October 2014 NPD

Games
1

Trick or treat!

Software:

[ol]
[li]NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)[/li]> [li]Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (3DS)[/li]> [li]The Evil Within (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360, PC)[/li]> [li]Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (360, PS3, PC)[/li]> [li]Destiny (360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)[/li]> [li]Skylanders: Trap Team (360, Wii, Wii U, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, 3DS, mobile)[/li]> [li]FIFA 15 (PS4, 360, PS3, Xbox One, Wii, PS Vita, 3DS)[/li]> [li]Madden NFL 15 (360, PS4, PS3, Xbox One)[/li]> [li]Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4, XBox One, PC)[/li]> [li]Minecraft (360, PS3, PS4)[/li]> [/ol]

Additional Info:

In October 2014, ‘XBO SUNSET OVERDRIVE’ was the ninth-highest selling game when sorting on SKU rather than by title.

Hardware:

PlayStation 4 - Top selling console for the month

2

Huh. I haven’t seen a ton of Evil Within chatter–so this may just be my own representation bias–but that seems like a really strong showing for that game.

Good for Bethesda. It wasn’t my thing, but it felt like a very polished, quality game.

3

Strong momentum for the Wii version of Skylanders, outselling every current-gen version! Also interesting that the Wii U version outsold the other two current-gen versions; there’s no digital release for NPD to ignore, so most of that probably comes down to the lower cost of the hardware itself.

4

Looks like there will be a PC version of Sunset Overdrive sooner rather than later.

5

The Evil Within up that high is a bit of a shock. I guess all those Youtubers screaming like little girl has increased the audience for horror games. (But not for Alien, it seems.)

6

Sad to see Shadow of Mordor isn’t higher.

Is NPD still fully retail, or have they figured out a way to factor in digital sales? Because I haven’t bought a retail PC game for about 2 years, and I’ve only bought one retail game for my PS4 and Xbox One – I’m fully digital on those.

7

Still no monthly digital. They do a digital breakdown once a quarter.

8

I’m surprised to see Destiny sell the best on last-gen 360.

9

The software sales do not count units in hardware bundles, so I suspect quite a few sales are missing due to the PS4/Destiny bundle like last month.