Total sales increased by 50 percent last month compared to May 2015.
#TOP TEN BOARD GAMES OF 2016 SOFTWARE#
Uncharted 4, Doom, and Overwatch all launched in May, and they and the rest of the newly launched games account for 51 percent of the overall physical software sales for the month.
The past month's new launches nearly double last May in unit sales and earned 108 percent more in dollars as well.
Games that launched in May were a big contributor to the year-over-year growth. The NPD notes that when comparing "sales for days in the market, doubled the sales of Doom." Overwatch managed to take the third spot despite it having considerably less time on the market than other games on the list. Ubisoft is currently this year's top-selling software publisher, thanks to titles like Far Cry Primal and The Division, which were the number one games for February and March respectively.ĭoom had its series' best first month when combining sales across all of its platforms and exceeded Doom 3's PC launch in 2004. It also had the best first month of any game in the series after Uncharted 3 and helped Sony become last month's leading software publisher. The NPD report notes Uncharted 4's "considerable feat" of claiming the number one spot due to its platform exclusivity.
#TOP TEN BOARD GAMES OF 2016 FULL#
You can check out the full top ten list at the bottom of this article-the list does not include bundled copies. Battleborn was also available for the majority of the month. This sale would have only covered the last four days of the NPD's report (which covers May 1-28). Battleborn saw substantial discounts around the time Overwatch launched. Rounding out the top five are Battleborn and Grand Theft Auto V. However, it's important to note two things: the number of players does not equal sales and the NPD report only covers the US. Uncharted 4 passed 2.7 million copies sold in its first week, while Overwatch hit 7 million players-a lot of these are likely to be digital, especially on PC. The NPD's report does not include digital copies. The top three are nearly identical to the three best-selling digital games on PS4 with Uncharted 4, Doom, and Overwatch standing tall. The top ten best-selling physical games in the US have been revealed, thanks to the NPD Group's sales report for May.
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