NPD September '16 Results - XB1 #1, NBA 2K17 #1

[SWORDF1SH]

In September 2016 the three best-selling games at USA physical retail were 1) NBA 2K17, 2) Madden NFL 17, and 3) FIFA 17. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

[ethomaz]

NBA 2K17 sold a whopping 1306K, up +18% from last year's NBA 2K16, at September 2016 USA Physical Retail. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

At Sep. 2016 USA Physical Retail Madden NFL 17 sold 727K without bundles (-14% from NFL 16) (1645K lifetime, -13%), and 788K with bundles

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

[Legend]

I was wrong about NBA.

[SWORDF1SH]

Forza Horizon 3 sold around 150k

[ethomaz]

Forza Horizon 3 was the #1 first-party game at USA Physical Retail in September 2016. ~150K range, great for a USA racing game in 2016. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

At Septenber 2016 USA Physical Retail FIFA 17 sold 444K, down a massive -30% from FIFA 16's 633K launch sales last year. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

Forza 6 did 195k at launch... that is bad for FH3.

[ethomaz]

BioShock: The Collection actually sold really well comparatively to other Sep. complete edition releases. Similar to Forza Horizon 3 in USA!

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

Grand Theft Auto V sold 152K at September 2016 USA Physical Retail, a whopping +15% above last September's 132K. Unstoppable! #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

Uncharted 4 improved at USA Physical Retail in Sep. 2016. ~100K range including bundles with the majority as the slim PS4 bundles. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

World of Warcraft: Legion was also at ~100K range at Sep. 2016 USA Physical Retail. That's huge for PC Retail because >90% is digital. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

Overwatch continues to chug along at 82K sold at Sep. 2016 USA Physical Retail, and more than 1 million sold physically on consoles. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

BioShock: The Collection actually sold really well comparatively to other Sep. complete edition releases. Similar to Forza Horizon 3 in USA!

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

[Legend]

Lots of numbers.

Nice to see Uncharted news again.

[DerNebel]

Forza Horizon 3 sold around 150k

That's exactly the kinda shame I expected, not even remotely a number to brag about. But hey it's the number 1 first party game (almost by default but don't tell anyone) of September,  wohoo.

[SWORDF1SH]

That's exactly the kinda shame I expected, not even remotely a number to brag about. But hey it's the number 1 first party game (almost by default but don't tell anyone) of September,  wohoo.

To be fair it was 5 days tracking and AC expects it to sell a similar amount next month. But yeah I get what you mean. As annoying it might be it's PR and they have to polish the data.

[DerNebel]

To be fair it was 5 days tracking and AC expects it to sell a similar amount next month. But yeah I get what you mean. As annoying it might be it's PR and they have to polish the data.

I mean they could just leave Forza out of the PR statement, just like they did with Recore. Nobody's holding a gun to their head after all, no need to spin when nobody's asking.

[ethomaz]

Also, despite the Slim PS4 release, reg. Call of Duty: Black Ops III bundles continued to dominate the bundle market. Think ~175K range!

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

The big one: No Man's Sky had an abrupt and horrific fall from grace at USA Physical Retail in September 2016 (from 508K to ~50K range).

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

Microsoft's ReCore sold below 50K units at USA Physical Retail in Sep. 2016. Probably stronger on digital but still bad for Inafune. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

At USA Physical Retail in Sep. 2016, Nintendo's Dragon Quest VII 3DS remake sold ~35K. Yo-Kai Watch 2 was also at that level. Wow. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

[ethomaz]

Hardware Average Selling Price (ASP) in Sep. 2016 USA Retail according to NPD: PS4: $306.10, XBO: $299.57, Wii U: $298.59, PS3: $152.50 #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

3DS did pretty well. It sold more consoles than last September at USA Sep. 2016 Retail, buoyed by the continued success of Pokemon Go. #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

The 10-year-old PS3 ACTUALLY SOLD MORE CONSOLES in the USA in Sep. 2016 (40,900) (+54.3% YOY) than the Wii U (36,300) (-58.9% YOY)!!!! #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

PlayStation 4 only sold 285,300 units ($87 million) at Sep. 2016 USA Retail. That's -19.3% from last September. Better luck next time! #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

Xbox One sold 332,800 consoles ($100 million) in the USA in Sep. 2016! The winner for the 3rd month in a row and +13.8% from last Sep.! #NPD

— AstronautClaire (@AstronautClaire) October 14, 2016

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Thats a larger gap than I was expecting. But I guess it isn't too bad. Now I feel October will be a toss up and ps4 will win the rest of the year after.

[Aura7541]

Yeah, the gap isn't too big.

From July through September, the XB1 has closed the gap by ~175K.

The LTD gap should be around 1.58 million.

[Kerotan]

Recore flopped and for how good a game or is and hyped forza bombed too.  Like Bioshock did equal sales and so did gta. NBA really impressive though.

Good win for Xbox and October will be close too.  But the big battle is November.  I can't imagine Microsoft sitting by and letting the Pro slaughter them so it'll be interesting to see what they try.  A $249 xbox with 1/2 games bundled?