Call of Duty WW2 tops each attainable chart in November NPD, PS4 and Xbox One each had an ideal month

This 12 months’s November NPD report is nice information all spherical, except you dislike cash.

The November 2017 NPD report is in and there’s nothing unfavorable to report this month.

Both Sony and Microsoft had wins in November 2017. The PS4 was the best-selling platform by way of items offered, and as beforehand reported, Sony shifted more PS4s in November 2017 than in any other month during the console’s lifetime. The PS4 is the 12 months’s best-selling console so far.

Meanwhile, the upper value of the Xbox One X noticed Microsoft herald probably the most in spend this month. Putting the competitors apart, it was additionally Xbox One’s greatest November for unit gross sales ever.

No touch upon Switch this month, ending a run of dominance from Nintendo – however we didn’t hear something unfavorable both, so we are able to most likely assume it’s nonetheless ticking away properly as we transfer into the vacations.

November 2017 NPD Software and charts

As ever, Activision’s annual money cow gave loads of milk and moo; Call of Duty: WW2 was the bestselling recreation of November, and likewise instantly outsold each recreation of 2017 and the previous 12 months. It does this yearly – Call of Duty is probably the most profitable franchise within the NPD’s historical past.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 got here in second place, as you’d anticipate from that model and despite the microtransaction scandal. The NPD didn’t have something to say on the subject, preferring to show its consideration to Assassin’s Creed: Origins, now in its second month however coming in at third anyway. Analyst Mat Piscatella mentioned Origins has “generated the highest consumer spend for an Assassin’s Creed franchise release since 2013’s Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag”, so it’s secure to say that stabbing is again.

We noticed large good points in racing, shooter and sports activities video games by means of November, which appears like Black Friday spending to me. Check out the complete charts under. As ever, titles marked with an asterisk don’t embody digital gross sales, and people with a double asterisk don’t embody gross sales by means of Battle.internet.

November 2017 high 20 video games by greenback gross sales, all platforms

1. Call of Duty: WW2
2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 2017
3. Assassin’s Creed: Origins
4. NBA 2K18
5. Madden NFL 18
6. Super Mario Odyssey*
7. FIFA 18
8. Need for Speed: Payback
9. Destiny 2**
10. Pokemon: Ultra Sun*
11. Pokemon: Ultra Moon*
12. Middle Earth: Shadow of War
13. Grand Theft Auto 5
14. The Sims four
15. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
16. Mario Kart eight*
17. Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus*
18. South Park: The Fractured But Whole
19. WWE 2K18
20. Just Dance 2018

November 2017 high 10 video games by greenback gross sales, Xbox One

1. Call of Duty: WW2
2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 2017
3. Assassin’s Creed: Origins
4. a gl
5. Madden NFL 18
6. FIFA 18
7. Need for Speed: Payback
8. Destiny 2
9. Forza Motorsport 7
10. Middle Earth: Shadow of War

November 2017 high 10 video games by greenback gross sales, PS4

1. Call of Duty: WW2
2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 2017
3. Assassin’s Creed: Origins
4. NBA 2K18
5. Madden NFL 18
6. FIFA 18
7. Need for Speed: Payback
8. Destiny 2
9. Grand Theft Auto 5
10. Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus*

November 2017 high 10 video games by greenback gross sales, Switch

1. Super Mario Odyssey*
2. Mario Kart eight*
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
4. Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim*
5. Splatoon 2*
6. Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle*
7. Sonic Forces*
8. Doom 2016*
9. Pokken Tournament DX*
10. Just Dance 2018*

November 2017 high 10 video games by greenback gross sales, 3DS

1. Pokemon: Ultra Sun*
2. Pokemon: Ultra Moon*
3. Pokemon: Ultra Sun & Moon Dual Pack*
4. Super Mario Maker*
5. Super Smash Bros.*
6. Mario Party: The Top 100*
7. Minecraft*
8. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions*
9. Mario Kart 7*
10. Pokemon: Sun*

2017 year-to-date high 10 video games by greenback gross sales, all platforms

1. Call of Duty: WW2
2. Destiny 2**
3. NBA 2K18
4. Madden NFL 18
5. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
7. Grand Theft Auto 5
8. For Honor
9. Injustice 2
10. Horizon Zero Dawn

Past 12 months high 10 video games by greenback gross sales, all platforms

1. Call of Duty: WW2
2. Destiny 2**
3. NBA 2K18
4. Madden NFL 18
5. Grand Theft Auto 5
6. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
7. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
8. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
9. NBA 2K17
10. Final Fantasy XV

General November 2017 NPD

Total business spend improve 30% 12 months on 12 months to $2.7 billion, with good points throughout all classes.

Combined gross sales of console and PC software program grew 19% year-on-year to $1.2 billion. Year so far, software program spend is up 6% on November 2016 to $5.four billion regardless of a couple of comfortable months.

Hardware spend was up a whopping 52% year-on-year to $1.1 billion. Year so far, spend is up 28% on November 2016 to $three.four billion, pushed by Switch, the SNES Classic and PS4.

Accessories grew by 11% year-on-year to $344 million. The NPD mentioned controllers particularly have been very sturdy, up 30% year-on-year. The greatest vendor is the lavatory normal black Dual Shock four for PS4.

Although on a very good month the disclaimer feels a bit of pointless, do not forget that the NPD’s month-to-month reviews monitor new bodily gross sales in addition to incomplete digital gross sales information within the US solely. It doesn’t embody an enormous swathe of income streams like subscriptions, microtransactions, add-ons, used recreation gross sales – and as such doesn’t signify the general well being of the video games business.

 
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