- March retail game sales are up 24% year over year.
- Hardware was up 91% year over year.
- Console and Handheld game sales were up 5% year over year.
- Physical and Steam PC software sales (for AAA games from participating publishers) were down 25% year over year.
TOP 20 SOFTWARE
Notes:
- "In this debut month (month 1), the Nintendo Switch sold 31K more units than previous best-selling Nintendo month-1 platform, the Game Boy Advanced, which released back in June 2001. The two Nintendo Switch SKUs, the 32GB Gray Joy-Con, followed by the 32GB Neon Red/Blue Joy-Con, were the best-selling systems for the month."
- "March 2017 will go down in history books as the month Nintendo broke records.The Nintendo Switch had the biggest hardware launch for a Nintendo platform and the second biggest launch for any video game platform since 1995, the time NPD began tracking this category."
- Platform specific charts are below.
- Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the best ever Ghost Recon launch, and second best Tom Clancy launch after The Division.
- In reference to franchises: "Zelda is the top-selling property of all time within the Adventure super genre, selling 54 percent more revenue than the next best-selling franchise, Resident Evil."
- "Switch's packaged software sold 1.3m units, a record high for a Nintendo platform launch."
- Mass Effect: Andromeda had the second best launch behind Mass Effect 3.
- Zelda sold over 900K physical units on Switch.
- Horizon was the best Guerrilla debut ever, selling twice as much as their second best debut, Killzone 2.
- 1-2 Switch made the top 20 best-selling games chart with an attach rate of 19 percent.
- Starting next month, Microsoft's digital sales will be reflected in the software charts.
- We'll get a full year to date chart soon, but Ghost Recon is #1 for the year, For Honor is #2, and Zelda is #3 combining Switch and Wii U versions.
- Switch - 906.000
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild also sold over 1.3 million copies. More than 925.000 units were on Switch while another 460.000 were from Wii U
TOP 10 - MARZO 2017 PER PIATTAFORMA
XBO
1. Wildlands
2. ME Andromeda
3. For Honor
4. NBA 2K17
5. GTA V
6. COD IW
7. BF1
8. Halo Wars 2
9. Overwatch
10. Forza Horizon 3
PS4
1. Wildlands
2. Horizon Zero Dawn
3. ME Andromeda
4. MLB 17 The Show
5. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
6. Nier: Automata
7. GTA V
8. NBA 2K17
9. For Honor
10. COD IW
Switch
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. 1-2 Switch
3. Super Bomberman R (Konami)
4. Just Dance 2017 (Ubisoft)
5. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ (Nicalis)
6. Skylanders Imaginators (Activision)
3DS
1. Pokémon Sun
2. Pokémon Moon
3. Super Mario Maker
4. Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World
5. Mario Sports Superstars
6. Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (XSEED)
7. Super Smash Bros
8. Mario Kart 7
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
10. New Super Mario Bros 2
Wii U
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
3. Super Smash Bros
4. Minecraft (Microsoft)
5. Paper Mario: Color Splash
6. Pokkén Tournament
7. New Super Mario U + Luigi U
8. Super Mario Maker
9. Yoshi's Woolly World
10. Splatoon
Year To Date (all 2017 months combined):
01) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft)
02) For Honor (Ubisoft)
03) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
04) Resident Evil 7 (Capcom)
05) Mass Effect: Andromeda (Electronic Arts)
06) Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
07) Horizon: Zero Dawn (Sony)
08) Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
09) NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
10) Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)
Trailing 12 Months (April 2016 - March 2017):
01) Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
02) Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)
03) NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
04) Madden NFL 17 (Electronic Arts)
05) Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
06) Overwatch (Activision Blizzard)
07) FIFA 17 (Electronic Arts)
08) Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix)
09) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft)
10) Dark Souls 3 (Bandai Namco)
Modificata da Akai Life, 21 April 2017 - 09:36 AM.