Overall
Hardware (By Units)
Software (By Revenue)
Software (By Units)
Notes
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- March retail game sales are up 24% year over year.
- Hardware was up 91% year over year.
- Console and Handheld game sales were up 5% year over year.
- Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games from participating publishers) were down 25% year over year.
Hardware (By Units)
- Switch ~906k
- PS4 ~390k
- XB1 > 225k
Software (By Revenue)
Software (By Units)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ~1.3m (SW ~925k + WiiU ~460k)
Notes
- Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the best ever Ghost Recon launch, and second best Tom Clancy launch after The Division.
- In reference to franchises: "Zelda is the top-selling property of all time within the Adventure super genre, selling 54 percent more revenue than the next best-selling franchise, Resident Evil."
- "Switch's packaged software sold 1.3m units, a record high for a Nintendo platform launch."
- Mass Effect: Andromeda had the second best launch behind Mass Effect 3.
- Horizon was the best Guerrilla debut ever, selling twice as much as their second best debut, Killzone 2.
- 1-2 Switch made the top 20 best-selling games chart with an attach rate of 19 percent.
- Starting next month, Microsoft's digital sales will be reflected in the software charts.
- We'll get a full year to date chart soon, but Ghost Recon is #1 for the year, For Honor is #2, and Zelda is #3 combining Switch and Wii U versions.
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2017: Jan Feb
2016: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2015: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2014: Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec