Overall Results:
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.
Software:
March 2017:
** No Origin, Battle.net, uPlay, or non-Steam sales
Year To Date (all 2017 months combined):
- 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.
Hardware:
Switch: #1
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."
Other Information:
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.
Software:
March 2017:
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Record: Wildlands ** (Ubisoft) - Best Ghost Recon debut ever, #2 Tom Clancy title debut behind The Division.
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild * (Nintendo) - Over 900K physical on Switch. However, keep in mind that these are ranked by dollar sales, not units, and that this spot represents Switch + Wii U.
- Mass Effect: Andromeda ** (Electronic Arts) - Second best Mass Effect debut ever, after Mass Effect 3 (which sold 1.3 million in its first month).
- Horizon: Zero Dawn * (Sony) - Best Guerrilla debut ever, selling twice as much as their second highest debut, Killzone 2. That should put it around 648K.
- MLB 17: The Show * (Sony)
- Grand Theft Auto V ** (Take-Two)
- For Honor ** (Ubisoft)
- NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
- Nier: Automata (Square Enix)
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
- Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 = 4.0 Remix (Square Enix)
- Battlefield 1 ** (Electronic Arts)
- 1-2 Switch * (Nintendo) - 19% attach rate to the Switch.
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)
- Overwatch ** (Activision Blizzard)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege ** (Ubisoft)
- Super Bomberman R * (Konami)
- FIFA 17 ** (Electronic Arts)
- Lego Worlds (Warner Bros)
- Madden NFL 17 (Electronic Arts)
** No Origin, Battle.net, uPlay, or non-Steam sales
Year To Date (all 2017 months combined):
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft)
- For Honor (Ubisoft)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
- Resident Evil 7 (Capcom)
- Mass Effect: Andromeda (Electronic Arts)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
- Horizon: Zero Dawn (Sony)
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
- NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
- Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Activision Blizzard)
- Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts)
- NBA 2K17 (Take-Two)
- Madden NFL 17 (Electronic Arts)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two)
- Overwatch (Activision Blizzard)
- FIFA 17 (Electronic Arts)
- Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix)
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft)
- Dark Souls 3 (Bandai Namco)
- 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.
Hardware:
Switch: #1
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."
Other Information:
Year To Date (all 2017 months combined):
1. Wildlands
2. For Honor
3. Zelda
4. RE 7
5. ME Andromeda
6. GTA V
7. Horizon Zero Dawn
8. COD IW
9. NBA 2K17
10. BF1
12 Months Ending March 2017
1. COD IW
2. BF1
3. NBA 2K17
4. Madden 17
5. GTA V
6. Overwatch
7. FIFA 17
8. FF XV
9. Wildlands
10. Dark Souls 3
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