NPD December 2016 Results: PS4 1568k (Pro 238k), XB1 1511k

[ethomaz]

Overall

• December retail game sales are down 15% year over year.
• Hardware was down 20% year over year.
• Console and Handheld game sales were down 12% year over year.
• Physical and Steam PC software sales were down 13% year over year.

Hardware (By Units)

• PS4 1568k (-1%) *
• XB1 1511k (+10%) **

* PS4 Pro sold 238k units
** XB1S > 1209k

Software (By Revenue)

December

• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
• Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix)
• Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)
• Madden NFL 17 (Electronic Arts)
• NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
• Watch Dogs 2 (Ubisoft)
• Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
• Pokémon Sun (Nintendo) *
• FIFA 17 (Electronic Arts)
• Pokémon Moon (Nintendo) *

* No digital sales included

December by Platform



Full Year

• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
• Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)
• Tom Clancy's The Division (Ubisoft)
• NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
• Madden NFL 17 (Electronic Arts)
• Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
• Overwatch (Activision Blizzard)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Activision Blizzard)
• FIFA 17 (Electronic Arts)
• Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix)

Software (By Units)

• Final Fantasy XV ~1573k (Retail Only)
• Dead Rising 4 ~350k
• The Last Guardian ~250k

Archive

2016: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
2015: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2014:                      Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[Aura7541]

My prediction on GAF is very pessimistic compared to the aggregate.

[kitler53]

i predict switch will do very, very badly.  a disaster.

[Aura7541]

PlayStation 4 was the top-selling home console in December in the United States | GamesBeat | Games | by Jeff Grubb

[ethomaz]

PlayStation 4 was the top-selling home console in December in the United States | GamesBeat | Games | by Jeff Grubb

Expected.

BTW

Xbox One is up yoy or they just spin with sales overall.

"December was the biggest month ever for Xbox One sales in the U.S., and Xbox One was the only [current-generation] console with year-over-year growth, according to NPD,"
"In addition, Xbox One was the top-selling console over the second half of 2016, following the announcement of Xbox One S at E3."

[GribbleGrunger]

Ok, Amazon could be back on track. I'm not going to assume it is for a fact yet but if Jan is right too then I think it's safe to say things are back to normal

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Xbox One was the top-selling console over the second half of 2016,

By what? 5k? MS will never learn.

[ethomaz]

By what? 5k? MS will never learn.

The issue lol is MS saying that won the second half that means they lost the year.

It is a shameless comment.

[Xevross]

PS4 < 1,582,000
XB1 > 1,376,000

XB1 v PS4 gap July - October 2016

267K

November gap

~167K

From GAF

So December gap must be less than 100k

[Legend]

I hope TLG sold good.

[ethomaz]

I hope TLG sold good.

Next week bro

[Aura7541]

Well, my GAF prediction is absolutely iced

[ethomaz]

Well, my GAF prediction is absolutely iced

How many you predicted... I was low to both (1200k and 1100k I guess).

[Aura7541]

How many you predicted... I was low to both (1200k and 1100k I guess).

You call that low? I predicted 900K XB1 and 950K PS4.

[Aura7541]