What were the Top 10 best selling games in May 2015 in the United States?
The newest NPD numbers are in, and so are the top lists of the highest selling game systems and games for last month in America.
Here is the full Top 10 of May 2015:
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1. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt (PS4, Xbox One, PC)**
2. Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One)**
3. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)**
4. Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
5. Splatoon (Wii U)**
6. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, 360, Xbox One, PS3, PC)**
7. NBA 2K15 (360, PS4, Xbox One, PS3, PC)**
8. FIFA 15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS, Vita)
9. MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)
10. Super Smash Bros. (3DS, Wii U)**
** Includes: CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware. Physical retail copies only.
Here’s The Witcher 3 TV commercial…
System Sales in May 2015:
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1. PlayStation 4 — Returns to the #1 overall platform spot
2. Xbox One
3. Nintendo 3DS
4. Nintendo Wii U
5. Xbox 360
6. PlayStation 3
7. PlayStation Vita
Note: Only the first four spots are confirmed. The rest are estimates, no complete hard sales data was released for the month.
Check out the PlayStation 4 Spring games sizzle reel…
Analysis of the game and hardware sales numbers:
Although NPD doesn’t by far track all digital sales, retail still gives a good impression of last month’s best selling video games.
To quote NPD industry analyst Liam Callahan…
About video games he said:
“Year-over-year software sales were down 25 percent from $273.9 million to $204.7 million.
The decline in May 2015 is attributed to poor comparisons to a strong release slate in May 2014, specifically the launches of Mario Kart 8 and Watch Dogs. Collectively, May 2015 launches sold 55 percent less dollars than May 2014 launches, however, catalog games outside of the launch month sold 3 percent more dollar volume compared to catalog games in May 2014.
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt was the number one game this month and also had the best-selling first month unit sales within the role-playing super genre for eighth generation consoles.”
About hardware he said:
“New hardware sales generated $153.6 million in May, which is down 18 percent year-over-year from $186.4 million.
Despite poor comparisons to May 2014 releases, eighth generation consoles software unit sales rose 8 percent in May 2015 and also gained 15 percentage points in overall software unit share to total 54 percent.”
Credits: NeoGAF