The NPD has released its latest sales numbers for May 2016, and, as expected, WB’s Injustice 2 made a big impact when it came to dominating the charts.
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Consumers spent approximately $542 million on hardware, software and accessories for the month. Even though that’s a slight drop from the $610 million sold during May 2016, it’s still a pretty high number.
“Spending growth in hardware and accessories was offset by a decline in software spending driven by a lighter new release slate when compared to May 2016,” noted NPD analyst Mat Piscatella.
That said, Injustice 2 dominated the top ten list in sales, followed closely behind by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Grand Theft Auto V. Prey, the other notable release for the month of May, notched a fifth place spot on the list. The full top twenty is below:
- Injustice 2
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Grand Theft Auto V
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Prey
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia
- NBA 2K17
- MLB 17: The Show
- Overwatch
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Mass Effect Andromeda
- Farpoint
- Battlefield 1
- Nier: Automata
- Minecraft
- FIFA 17
“Video game software dollar sales in May 2017 fell 20 percent versus year ago to $271 million,” Piscatella noted. “The new release slate of May 2016, led by Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Overwatch and Doom proved a challenging comparable.”
The report also noted that Injustice 2 also made its way to number nine on the best-selling games of 2017, and it’s likely to stay there a while with some new DLC being added over the next few months, including the just-released Red Hood and the forthcoming Sub-Zero of Mortal Kombat fame. It also notched a first place win when it came to the top ten Xbox One and PlayStation 4 games sold.
Meanwhile, Nintendo continues to be dominant with both Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Rockstar is still riding high with Grand Theft Auto V, despite being out for over a few years now.
We’ll see what the month of June brings, though there aren’t too many high-profile releases around this time. We’ll see how things fare.
