What were the Top 10 best selling games in November 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. – Notable for its Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales madness, where most people buy gaming-related Christmas gifts early.
Here is the full Top 10 of November 2015:
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1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III – (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC | Actvision Blizzard)** — Sold more than Advanced Warfare, highest selling game since 2013.
2. Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC | Bethesda Softworks)** — Sold 70% more than New Vegas and 9% more than Fallout 3, sales comparable to Skyrim.
3. Star Wars: Battlefront (PS4, Xbox One, PC | Electronic Arts)** — Sold 21% more than The Force Unleashed, the previous best selling Star Wars game at a 7 million sales worldwide LTD.
4. Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3 | Electronic Arts)
5. NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3 | Take-Two)
6. FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3 | Electronic Arts)**
7. Need For Speed (PS4, Xbox One | Electronic Arts)
8. Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One | Microsoft)**
9. Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (PS4, Xbox One, PC | Ubisoft)**
10. Just Dance 2016 (Wii, Wii U, 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3 | Ubisoft)**
** Includes: CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware. Physical retail copies only.
Here’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s star-studded TV spot…
System Sales in November 2015:
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1. PlayStation 4 — Stays on the #1 overall platform spot
2. Xbox One — Over 1.23 million estimated sales
3. Nintendo 3DS family
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 new PlayStation 4 Fall 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:
“According to NPD’s Checkout Tracking, video games increased its share of spend on both Thanksgiving and Black Friday [compared to] last year, making it one of the top-performing categories at retail over the holiday weekend.
November 2015 was the best month for Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U software ever, exceeding the second-best month December 2014, by 34 percent.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III was the top title in November 2015 with sales exceeding that of its predecessor, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Fallout 4 performed extremely well. Adjusting for days within the data month, this was the best Fallout launch in the history of the franchise having sold over 70 percent more units than Fallout: New Vegas and 9 percent more units than Fallout 3. In fact, Fallout 4’s launch is more comparable to Bethesda Softworks’ other successful launch of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront had the best first month sales for any Star Wars game, exceeding Star Wars: Force Unleashed by 21 percent.”
About video game hardware he said:
“November 2015 marked the best month ever in total unit sales when you combine Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U, surpassing sales of December 2014 and November 2014.
Within console hardware sales there were dramatic differences by console generation as eighth-generation consoles, [which includes Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U] sales rose by 22 percent in dollars and last generation sales dropped by 76 percent in dollars, which is sharper than the year-to-date decline of 57 percent. In November 2015, eighth-generation sales had 93 percent share of overall hardware sales, a 9 percentage point increase from last November.
After 25 months, the combined sales for the PS4 and the XBO are 47 percent higher than the combined sales for 25 months of PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware sales.”
Credits: NeoGAF
This year, the top 10 games seem like a multiplatform chart. Console-wise, the PlayStation VS. Xbox battle is on full-force for the current-gen systems trying to get dominance; With PS4 in the lead with 30 million sold, likely more than double the Xbox One’s. Leaving even Microsoft themselves weary if they can catch up this generation! 😮