NPD Sales Results for April 2016 | Dark Souls 3 and Ratchet and Clank Dominate

Wonder if QB and RotTR combined will touch Uncharted 4.

@NathanDrakeSwag: The PS4 is the market leader and suppose to have the best games but for whatever reason their fans aren't buying enough of their exclusives so it could debut number 1 on NPD. PS4 had a drought all year long last year and if U4 doesn't debut at number 1, the drought continues. Again, the PS4 is the market leader, they set the goal post but have failed to score a number 1 debut for their games in almost 2 years now. R&C should've taken the spot since it's like $40 bucks but failed. But U4 will be number 1 next month though.

Before NyaDC comes in and tries to use the 'Xbox has a smaller install base' argument, I need to preemptively point out that the difference between the Xbox One and PS4 install bases in the US is minuscule- less than a million units overall. That argument won't fly.

Apparently the PS4 has pulled ahead since the launch of Halo 5, never mind.

very surprised.

Overall:

April retail game sales are down 15% year over year.

Hardware was down 23% year over year.

Retail game sales were down 21% year over year.

Software:

Software:

1. Dark Souls III (PS4, Xbox One)
2. Ratchet & Clank (PS4)
3. MLB 16: The Show (PS4, PS3)
4. Tom Clancy’s The Division (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
5. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
6. Minecraft (Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3)
7. Quantum Break (Xbox One)
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
9. NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
10. Star Fox: Zero (Wii U)

Notes:

- Game sales couldn't keep up with Mortal Kombat X last year, which pretty much carried the industry itself.

- “Ratchet & Clank had the best launch of any game in the Ratchet & Clank franchise when adjusting for the number of days sold in the data month, with sales recapturing success not seen for the franchise since the height of the PlayStation 2 era,” said Callahan.

- “The launch of Dark Souls III marked the strongest launch in the franchise’s history,” said Callahan. “Sales for Dark Souls III nearly doubled that of its predecessor, Dark Souls II, when adjusted for days in the market.”

- "[By individual SKUs], Star Fox Zero for the Wii U was No. 5, while the Japanese role-playing game Bravely Second was No. 9. Pokken was No. 10. It’s worth noting that this is different from the NPD’s overall top 10, which combines platforms and things like special editions for a game’s sales."

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Sooo.... Quantum Break had a pretty poor debut. I guess it is a niche game now, since we were told that Souls are niche games, and it got beaten out by Dark Souls 3.

Also, congratulations to Ratchet, it seriously deserved the win.

Of course it does, but we don't know what the numbers are who are buying digitally. I just think NPD is pointless for software sales. Who sold more consoles, it still ok to use NPD.

Any HW #s this month?

I wouldnt mind playing pokemon on my Vita agreed

Further proof that you're a corporate slave and a hypocrite. ;D