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April 2013 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 130K (-44.9%) [NPD: Top selling platform]

*No other hardware sales data was revealed

Software

  1. Injustice: gods Among Us
  2. Dead Island: Riptide
  3. BioShock Infinite
  4. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  5. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – 140K (digital plus retail)
  6. NBA 2K13
  7. Skylanders Giants
  8. Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins – 94K (digital plus retail)
  9. MLB 13: The Show

Overall

Total new retail sales of video games down 25% year-over-year to $495.2 million

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March 2013 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360 – 261K
3DS – 9% increase (it is unclear if this is in terms of revenue or units sold)

Software

1. Bioshock Infinite (360, PS3, PC) Take 2 Interactive – 878K
2. Tomb Raider 2013 (360, PS3) Square Enix Inc – Franchise high
3. Gears of War: Judgement (360) Microsoft
4. God of War: Ascension (PS3) Sony
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, PC, NWU) Activision Blizzard
6. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) Nintendo – 365K
7. MLB 13: The Show (PS3, PSV) Sony
8. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, WII, NWU, PSP, PC) Take 2 Interactive
9. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (360, PS3, NWU) Activision Blizzard
10. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (360, PS3) Namco Bandai Games

XX. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates To Infinity – 145K retail + digital
XX. Fire Emblem – 64K retail + digital

Overall

Total video game industry new retail sales down 10% year-on-year to $992.5 million

Hardware sales down 32% to $221.6 million

Software sales up 2% year-over-year to $602.4 million

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February 2013 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 302K (-29.1%)
Nintendo Ecosystem (DS/3DS/Wii/Wii U combined): 455K
Wii U: 66K
PS3: 263K

Software

1. Dead Space 3 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts – 605K
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, Wii U PC) Activision Blizzard
3. Crysis 3 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts
4. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC) Take-Two Interactive
5. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3, 360) Konami
6. Aliens: Colonial Marines 2013 (360, PS3, PC) Sega
7. Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, PS3, Wii U) Ubisoft
8. Far Cry 3 (360, PS3, PC) Ubisoft
9. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3, PSV) Sony
10. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U) Electronic Arts

XX. Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS Retail): 117K
Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS Digital): 63K
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon LTD (DS): 250K

Overall

  • New retail software sales (including PC) totaled $369.9, down 27% year-over-year
  • New retail hardware sales totaled $244.2 million, down 36% year-over-year
  • Accessory sales fell just 3% to $213.9 million
  • Total dollars spent on new retail video game sales in February came to $810 million, down 25% year-over-year
  • Used video game market and rentals totaled $90 million
  • Digital distribution and subscriptions totaled $319 million.

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January 2013 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 281K (+4.07%)
Wii U: 55K (estimate, range from 39,424 to 59,000)
Vita: 35K (eistimate)

Software

Top 10 best-selling games December 2012:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, Wii U, PC)
2. Far Cry 3 (360, PS3, PC)
3. Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, PS3, Wii U)
4. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC)
5. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U)
6. DMC: Devil May Cry (PS3, 360)
7. Halo 4 (360)
8. Assassin’s Creed III (360, PS3, Wii U, PC)
9. Skylander Giants (Wii, 360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U)
10. FIFA Soccer 13 (PS3, 360, PSV, Wii, Wii U, 3DS, PSP)

Overall

Actual and Adjusted for longer five-week reporting period.

Video game hardware: $205M (+4% actual, -17% adjusted)
Video game software (console, handheld): $373.1M (+1% actual, -19% adjusted)
Video game software (console, handheld, and PC): $392.9M (0% actual, -20% adjusted)
Video game accessories: $256.6M (+30% actual, +3% adjusted)
Total video game sales: $834.7M (+9% actual, -13% adjusted)

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December 2012 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 1.4M (-17.6%)
3DS: 1.25M (-21.8%)
Wii: 475K (-55.2%)
DS: 470K (-25.4%)
Wii U: 460K [The Wii December 2006 launch 604K]

Software

Top 10 best-selling games December 2012:

  1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (360, PS3, Wii U, PC)
  2. Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, Wii U, PS3)
  3. Halo 4 (360)
  4. Assassin’s Creed 3 (360, PS3, PC, Wii U)
  5. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U)
  6. Far Cry 3 (360, PS3, PC)
  7. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC)
  8. Skylander Giants (Wii, 360, PS3, 3DS, Wii U)
  9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS)
  10. FIFA Soccer 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U, 3DS, PSP)
XX. New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo, Wii U) - 337K

Top 10 best-selling games 2012:

  1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (360, PS3, PC, Wii U)
  2. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U)
  3. Halo 4 (360)
  4. Assassin’s Creed 3 (360, PS3, PC, Wii U)
  5. Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, Wii U, PS3)
  6. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, Wii U, PC)
  7. Borderlands 2 (360, PS3, PC)
  8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)
  9. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSV, PC)
  10. FIFA Soccer 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, 3DS, Wii U, PSP)

Overall

U.S. retail down 22% in December year-over-year, and down 22% for all of 2012.

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November 2012 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 1.26M (-25.9%)
Nintendo 3DS: 540K (-32.1%)
Nintendo Wii U: 425K
Nintendo Wii: 420K (-51.1%)
Nintendo DS: 370K (+5.7%)
PlayStation Vita: 210K-225K

Software

01. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (360, PS3, PC, Wii U) Activision Blizzard – 7.5M (We know that PS3/360 accounted for 7.4M, and PC > Wii U. MW3 did 9 million, BLOPS 8.4, and MW2 did 6.1 million. This had one less week than normal.)
02. Halo 4 (360) Microsoft – 3.2M (Reach and Halo 3 did 3.3 million, but with about half or less the days. I’m unclear on if this counts bundles.)
03. Assassin’s Creed III (360, PS3, Wii U, PC) Ubisoft – 2.9M (The previous three games did around 1.1-1.3 million in their opening month. This is insane growth.)
04. Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, Wii U, PS3) Ubisoft
05. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U) Electronic Arts
06. Skylanders Giants (Wii, 360, Ps3, 3DS, Wii U) Activision Blizzard – up 250% year-over-year
07. Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2012 (PS3, 360, PSV, PC) Electronic Arts – 509K (Hot Pursuit did 417K, and The Run did a fair bit worse than Hot Pursuit.)
08. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, Wii U, PC) Take-Two Interactive
09. WWE 13 (360, PS3, Wii) THQ
10. FIFA Soccer 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, 3DS, Wii U, PSP) Electronic Arts

XX. New Super Mario Bros Wii U (Nintendo, Wii U) – 243K

Mario Kart 7 LTD: 2M

Overall

Total industry sales down 11%

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October 2012 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 270K (-31.3%)
3DS: 213K < x < 250K

Software

1.) NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC) Take-Two Interactive – 1.27M
2.) Resident Evil 6 (360, PS3) Capcom – 806K
3.) Pokemon Black Version 2 (NDS) Nintendo – between 460.2K and 806K
4.) Dishonored (360, PS3, PC) Bethesda Softworks – 460.2K
5.) Pokemon White Version 2 (NDS) Nintendo – 867K less Black Version 2 sales
6.) Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV) EA
7.) FIFA Soccer 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, 3DS, PSP) EA
8.) Medal of Honor: Warfighter (360, PS3, PC) EA – 300K
9.) Borderlands 2 (360, PS3, PC) Take-Two Interactive
10.) Skylander Giants (Wii, 360, PS3, 3DS) Activision Blizzard – 269K

XX.) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Some order of 360/PS3/PC) Take-Two Interactive – 114K
XX.) New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) Nintendo – 135K

Overall

Total video game industry sales of new retail products fell 25% year-over-year to just $755.55 million

Hardware sales $187.3 million in sales (down 37% year-over-year)

Software sales $451.8 million (down 25% year-over-year)

Video game accessories 5% increase to $135.6 million thanks to Skylanders figures

Source: NeoGAF

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September 2012 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 270K (-38.4%)
Nintendo 3DS: More Than 213K
Wii ?
PS3 ?
Vita ?

Software

1. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV) Electronic Arts – Over 2.55M (up 11% over Madden 12)
2. Borderlands 2 (360, PS3, PC) Take Two Interactive – 1.48M (up 234% over Borderlands 1)
3. FIFA Soccer 13 (360, Ps3, PSV, Wii, 3DS, PSP) Electronic Arts
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) Nintendo – 295K
5. Guild Wars 2 (PC) NCSoft
6. NHL 13 (360, PS3) Electronic Arts
7. World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC) Activision Blizzard
8. NCAA Footbal 13 (360, PS3) Electronic Arts
9. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSV, PC) Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts

Overall

  • Total consumer spending on new retail video games fell 24% year-over-year to $848.3 million
  • Software sales fell 14%
  • Hardware sales fell 39% to $210.9 million

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August 2012 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 193k (-37.3%)
3DS: Above 170K
PS3: Up from last month, below 193K

Software

1.) Darksiders 2 (360, PS3, PC) THQ – 247K
2.) New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) Nintendo – 240K
3.) Kingdom Hearts 3D (3DS) Square Enix – 180K (for comparison, KH:BbS on PSP did 225K in its opening month with the same number of days)
4.) NCAA Football 13 (360, PS3) Electronic Arts
5.) Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSV, PC) Warner Bros
6.) Sleeping Dogs (360, PS3) Square Enix – 172K
7.) Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (360, PS3) Activision Blizzard – 105K
8.) Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC) Warner Bros
9.) Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, NDS, Wii, PC) Activision Blizzard
10.) The Amazing Spider-Man (360, PS3, NDS, 3DS, Wii) Activision Blizzard

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July 2012 NPD U.S. Hardware and Software Sales Data

Hardware

Xbox 360: 203K (-26.7%)
Nintendo 3DS: more than 124k
Nintendo DS: more than 120K

Software

  1. NCAA Football 13
  2. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
  3. The Amazing Spider-Man
  4. Just Dance 3
  5. Batman Arkham City
  6. Call of Duty: Black Ops
  7. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
  8. NBA 2K12
  9. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  10. Dead Island

Overall

  • Total spending on new retail video game sales (hardware, software, and accessories) fell 20% year-over-year to $548.4 million
  • Hardware sales totaled $150.7 million, down 32% year-over-year
  • New retail software spending fell 23% to $278.2 million

Source: NeoGAF

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