Here is the full Top 10:
1. Diablo III (PC/Mac)** Activision Blizzard — 1 million sales
2. Max Payne 3 (360, PS3, PC)** Take-Two Interactive — 440,000 sales
3. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (360, PS3) Ubisoft — 400,000 sales
4. Prototype 2 (360, PS3)** Activision Blizzard
5. NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC) Take-Two Interactive
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)** Activision Blizzard
7. Sniper Elite V2 (360, PS3) 505 Games
8. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** Electronic Arts
9. Dragon’s Dogma (360, PS3) Capcom — 92,000 sales
10. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3) Ubisoft
** Includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware. Physical retail copies only.
Diablo III’s 1 million sales was retail in the U.S. only, after
adding in digital and global sales it ended up selling 6.3 million
copies in its first week alone… all aboard the Hype Train!
System Sales in May 2012:
Xbox 360: 160K (-40.7%)
Nintendo 3DS: 113.5K (+17%) [Comes from Anita Fraizer statement below and last year's result.]
Nintendo Consoles & Portables Combined (3DS + DS + Wii + anything else): 285K
1. Xbox 360 – Sold 160,000 Units.
2. PlayStation 3 – Sold over 114,000 Units.
3. 3DS – Sold 113,500 Units.
4 & 5. Wii & DS – Sold 171,500 Units.
More and more gamers are getting connected through Xbox Live.
NPD’s Overall Analysis:
NPD industry analyst Anita Frazier had the following to say:
“These sales figures represent new physical retail sales of hardware,
software and accessories which account for roughly 50-60% of the total
consumer spend on games. When you consider our preliminary estimate for
other physical format sales such as used and rentals at $155MM, and our
estimate for digital format sales including full game and add-on content
downloads including microtransactions, subscriptions, mobile apps and
the consumer spend on social network games at $420MM, we would estimate
the total consumer spend in May to be $1.17B. Our final assessment of
the consumer spend on these areas outside of new physical retail sales
will be reported in September in our Q2 Games Market Dynamics: U.S.
report.”
On Software
“PC Games sales realized a year over year increase of 230% realizing
$80MM in sales, which softened the decline in software sales overall.”
“Diablo III is the top selling title for May, the first time since
July 2010 that a PC-only game accomplished this feat. Since the game
launched day and date through digital distribution as well, full sales
of the title are some multiple of what is reflected in the retail sales.
Starcraft II was the title that topped the best-seller list in July
2010, a testament to the power of the Blizzard brand in PC gaming.”
“To dig deeper into the new physical retail software performance this
month, new launches generated 31% more dollars this May than they did
last May, largely due to the success of Diablo III. This May, new SKU
launches across console, portable and pc game software generated 188%
more unit sales per SKU than they did last May. So while there were
fewer new item introductions this May, they collectively generated more
unit and dollar sales.”
“YTD 2012, there have been 27% fewer new software title introductions
into retail which we believe is a big part of the softness we’re seeing
in May sales. A title obviously continues to see sales beyond its
launch month, so there is a longer term impact from a narrower array of
available new content. That said, we saw some exciting content at E3
that will come to market in the latter part of the year, and when great
content comes to market, gamers are still showing up at the stores to
buy it.”
