NPD March 2015

NPD March 2015
Tracker	NPD
Total Revenue	$963.7 million
Previous	February 2015
Next	April 2015

This the NPD data for 2015, which covers the sales for March 1 through April 4, 2015 in the United States. The gaming industry generated $963.7 million.

Overall

A total of $311.1 million for Hardware. This is down 21% from 2014. For software, there was a total of $395.4 million, down 3% from 2014. Additionally, there was $9.5 million for PC retail software, which is down 64% from 2014. For Accessories, there was a total of $257.2 million, up 15% from 2014.

In terms of hardware, the Playstation 4 is the top-selling console for the month with the 3DS in second place. The cumulative total of the PS4 and Xbox One is still over 50% high than the cumulative total of their predecessors, now for 17 months sales. Nintendo noted that Nintendo 3DS has grown by 80% for the 1st 3 months of the year and the Wii U has grown by 20% for the same period

In terms of software, Battlefield: Hardline topped the month with sales better on Xbox than Playstation. Software sales from all 3 eighth-generation consoles increased from last March by 58% collectively. However, new releases had a decline of 16% from new releases from March 2014. Bloodborne had the second best debut month for a 1st Party PS4 game, only behind Infamous: Second Son. Mario Party 10 debuted well with 290,000 copies when including digital. Majora's Mask 3D would have made the list if it was on an SKU basis.

Lists

Top 10

1. Battlefield: Hardline
2. Bloodborne
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Mario Party 10
5. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
6. MLB 15: The Show
7. Minecraft
8. NBA 2K15
9. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
10. Final Fantasy: Type 0 HD

By Revenue

In 2024, Circana updated their historical data and released updated top 20 charts for each month from 2010 through 2023. This includes digital revenue from members of the Digital Leader Panel.

*means no Digital Data

** means no data from certain storefronts such as Battle.net

1. Battlefield: Hardline
2. Bloodborne
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
5. Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
6. MLB 15: The Show
7. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
8. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
9. Mario Party 10*
10. NBA 2K15
11. Dying Light
12. Minecraft
13. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U*
14. FIFA 15
15. Destiny
16. Far Cry 4
17. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D*
18. Evolve
19. Dragon Age: Inquisition
20. WWE 2K15

References

NPD/Circana sales figures

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