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[Nirolak]

Overall:

January retail game sales are down 4% year over year.

Hardware was down 15% year over year.

Retail game sales were down 10% year over year.


Software:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
2. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
3. NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
4. Star Wars: Battlefront (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
5. Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
6. Minecraft (360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
8. Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
9. Lego Marvel Avengers (PS4, Xbox One, 360, Wii U, PS3, 3DS, Vita)
10. FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)

Hardware:

PS4: Best selling platform, up year over year.


Other Information:

“Thanks to our fans and partners for making PlayStation 4 the top-selling platform and software sales leader in January, according to NPD,” a Sony spokesperson said in a statement provided to GamesBeat. “PS4 also saw impressive year-over-year growth in both hardware and software sales. We appreciate the support and will continue to deliver on our promise to bring the best entertainment experiences to gamers.”

http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/11/january-2016-npd-xbox-one-ps4/

 

[hawk2025]

Was Dying Light out in January or February last year?

Surprised at the Lego rankings. Typically it sells best on older consoles, no? Maybe the transition to the new generation is damn near done.

 

[Shizuka]

Lego did alright.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Will wait for engagement numbers.

 

[opticalmace]

Any notable January releases?

 

[Ryng_tolu]

GTA V is a monster!

 

[Toki767]

Maybe the first time a Lego game sold better on PS4.

 

[Welfare]

GTA at #2 is insane.

GTA was #3 last year.

 

[Loudninja]

As always the top 10 does not include bundle sales.

 

[gamz]

GTA V and Minecraft. Sheez!

 

[hawk2025]

One more thing on the Lego rankings -- perhaps the little temporary exclusive bits worked.

 

[AmyS]

Holy fuck @ GTA V.

 

[bananafactory]

Unsurprising month

PS4 top console

Games with hardware bundles for one platform sold better individually than the other.

FIFA Madden GTAV and Minecraft.

January is zzzzzz

 

[On Demand]

What's up with Lego selling more on PS4? Xbox and Wii usually have the family games market.

 

[Mpl90]

Quoting myself from the prediction thread

I was expecting Lego to be higher.
Not surprised to see Lego performing better on PS4 and One, it was the same on Amazon. Wondering how sales will look in the next months: Lego Jurassic Park saw big changes in the SKU between first and second month.

 

[Alpha Phoenix]

It's insane how COD keeps selling like that no matter the circumstances.

 

[viHuGi]

GTA VI will move at least 10m next gen consoles when it comes out.

Series is a monster.

 

[Ridley327]

Lego did alright.

I dunno about that. It was the sole big new release for the month, and it came underneath eight games that have been out for months, even years. It might have legs, but it's not an encouraging placing.

 

[allan-bh]

GTA V and Minecraft are unstoppable.

 

[Acosta]

Jesus at GTA...

 

[Boke1879]

For real taking in everything. Sony should lock down GTA marketing and COD marketing for the entire gen.

 

[The Flash]

 

[DriftingSpirit]

I am getting legit scared of GTA at this point. Minecraft is scary as well. Lego selling more on PS4 is surprising.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I guess I should get around to playing a Grand Theft Auto game someday.

 

[Maintenance]

And some members here said GTA was past its prime.

Please.

 

[slavesnyder]

Let's move to the new thread.

I like you.

 

[Vena]

To repeat from last thread (these are assumed/guesses):

20% growth would put PS4 right at X360's third year January.

X1 seemingly is not even touching the PS3's third year January.

WiiU forgot a zero in its other pants in its attempt to reach the Wii's third year January.

Also, though relative, isn't LEGO low? Its was the only big release on the month and its barely in the Top 10.

 

[Loris146]

There are no words for GTA V.

 

[Boke1879]

LMAOO dude went into serious meltdown mode.

 

[On Demand]

lol, what????

 

[etta]

Yessss, Rainbow Six Siege!

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

That's the second time I've seen "The Crap Gamer" today.

The first time he was bitching about Quantum Break being released for PC.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Also, though relative, isn't LEGO low? Its was the only big release on the month and its barely in the Top 10.

Only one week of sales.

 

[shinobi602]

GTA V remaining in beast mode.

 

[slavesnyder]

Help!

 

[RyudBoy]

So, Sony has that marketing deal with COD now, but is still selling better on XB1?

Interesting.

 

[Nori Chan]

Nice to see R6 still up there

 

[Acosta]

I'm dying here...

 

[DC1]

Man.. GTA need to step their game up.

 

[Vena]

Only one week of sales.

How front loaded are LEGO games anyway? I'd imagine not and as such that would be an important detail I wasn't aware of!

 

[SolidAwesome]

COD bundle seems to be working well for sony.

 

[Boke1879]

So, Sony has that marketing deal with COD now, but is still selling better on XB1?

Interesting.

Bundle sales aren't included in the software top 10

 

[Welfare]

R6S still selling more on Xbox.

So, Sony has that marketing deal with COD now, but is still selling better on XB1?

Interesting.

Bundles don't count towards the top 10 chart.

 

[The Mad Draklor]

Lol, this must be the worst day in his life xD

 

[Toki767]

So, Sony has that marketing deal with COD now, but is still selling better on XB1?

Interesting.

There's a PS4 bundle that isn't counted in these numbers.

 

[gamz]

So, Sony has that marketing deal with COD now, but is still selling better on XB1?

Interesting.

And Battlefront.

 

[Mass Effect]

Jesus christ, GTAV will never die

And Battlefront.

isn't the Battlefront bundle still around? that's probably why

same with CoD

 

[CosmicQueso]

How front loaded are LEGO games anyway?

Not very at all.

True enough, but still, it's not a great result. Must be that Ultron apathy kicking in!

Or maybe the titles above it had stellar months! Half empty, half full or something.

 

[bananafactory]

Any chance we can keep this about sales and not crazy Twitter meltdowns ?

 

[Ridley327]

Only one week of sales.

True enough, but still, it's not a great result. Must be that Ultron apathy kicking in!