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[Mass Effect]

Damn, Splatoon! Can't wait to get it when I get my Wii U (hopefully soon)

PS4 back on top. Wonder by how much. I guess the GS deal last month actually was the reason the XB1 won April if GS' PR is to be believed.

Witcher 3 on top. No surprise there. Wonder what the split is between PS4 and Xbone.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Surprised Splatoon charted that high. I expected it to be 9th or 10th. I also thought the XBOne would outsell the PS4 this month.

 

[gimmmick]

I guess no price drop anytime soon for the ps4 at this rate.

 

[Kathian]

Not sure how those drops in sales overall can be told into a good story myself.

 

[Andronicus]

wow, i thought xbone was going to take it, but that software sales lead....damn

 

[Aaronrules380]

I'm....surprised that Splatoon is that low. Based on how well it sold the first few days in Japan, and the fact that Nintendo smartly put it out the same day there would be dozens of Nintendo fans lining up outside retail stores for Amiibos, I thought it would have had a shot at being as high as 2 (behind The Witcher). Nintendo is pretty good about giving numbers out, will be curious to see how it did.

What do Japanese sales have to do with anything here? Also it's a wii U exclusive that was only out for 3 days in may

 

[VanWinkle]

I'm....surprised that Splatoon is that low. Based on how well it sold the first few days in Japan, and the fact that Nintendo smartly put it out the same day there would be dozens of Nintendo fans lining up outside retail stores for Amiibos, I thought it would have had a shot at being as high as 2 (behind The Witcher). Nintendo is pretty good about giving numbers out, will be curious to see how it did.

I'm shocked that anybody would think any new IP Wii U game would do really well.

 

[Rembrandt]

Jesus @ GTAV.

 

[Mister Megative]

Only 139k? Ugh, that's bad. May is a very slow month.

PS3 was pulling FAR worse numbers than that at this point in its life. 360 wasn't much better. It's May early in a consoles life. Slow sales are to be expected.

 

[Kayant]

This is the first time PS4 has lead in every multi plat right?

Great performance from PS4 and Splatoon. My Wii U predictions am cry.

Edit -

Am clearly blind.

 

[Y2Kev]

Don't you need to see the absolute number first? I can't believe mlb is #9. Did this month suck mega?

 

[JCX]

Some gif judd judging a knockout in ranked.

 

[John Bender]

9.) MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)

So happy for MLB 15: The Show and the San Diego Studio guys

 

[Guymelef]

Where's Project Cars?

Everybody is waiting for Forza 6, it will sell millions.

 

[Isotope]

Happy to see The Witcher 3 and (Especially) Splatoon do well. Seems to be a slow month overall though with sales being down YOY.

 

[Jigorath]

And MLB still beasting.

 

[matmanx1]

The Witcher 3 represent!! Congrats to CDPR.

A slow month for hardware though, I bet. It will be interesting once we start getting more numbers from other machines (if we do).

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I'm....surprised that Splatoon is that low. Based on how well it sold the first few days in Japan, and the fact that Nintendo smartly put it out the same day there would be dozens of Nintendo fans lining up outside retail stores for Amiibos, I thought it would have had a shot at being as high as 2 (behind The Witcher). Nintendo is pretty good about giving numbers out, will be curious to see how it did.

It's a game on one sku on the lowest selling of the 3 current gen systems, new ip, and a shooter from Nintendo who isn't know for them

I'd say it beat expectations.

 

[OCD Guy]

Fifa less so i think

EA and Activision really have got the golden eggs don't they.

Games like Witcher 3 appear as they're big releases and fairly new, no doubt when Batman releases it will enter the charts,but those sort of games don't really chart throughout the year, but man call of duty and fifa have got legs alright.

I'd love to see how many copies those games sell compared to other releases.

 

[CrisKre]

SPLATOOOOOON! Yeah!

 

[Mortemis]

Damn, look at those wonderful 101 numbers for splatoon, amirite.

Seriously tho, great numbers. So many people need to be served crow.

 

[Empty]

splatoon. soar u beautiful angel.

 

[CoG]

PS4 is unstoppable. Those software sales!

 

[silva1991]

5.) Splatoon (Wii U)


the only thing that matters to me.

 

[Bass260]

Splatoon did incredibly well given only 3 days on the market. Hopefully it'll continue selling during June due to good word of mouth.

 

[ArchedThunder]

This is the first time PS4 has lead in every multi plat right?

Great performance from PS4 and Splatoon. My Wii U predictions am cry.

4.) Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)

???

 

[Exterminieren]

I'm....surprised that Splatoon is that low. Based on how well it sold the first few days in Japan, and the fact that Nintendo smartly put it out the same day there would be dozens of Nintendo fans lining up outside retail stores for Amiibos, I thought it would have had a shot at being as high as 2 (behind The Witcher). Nintendo is pretty good about giving numbers out, will be curious to see how it did.

Nintendo would be delighted if they could regularly replicate Japanese sales in the West.

 

[idlewild_]

Hardware sales are down 18% YoY even though MS purposefully tanked last May's sales? Yeesh...

edit: nvm, forgot about WD last year

 

[vin-buc]

PS4 software domination and best selling console. Great job.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Should we be worried about those year-over-year numbers for the industry?

No.

Tough comp month and the painful part of the consolidation of the market is already over. For now at least.

 

[Welfare]

XBO MoM drop was 26%

YoY rise is 81%

Weekly average

April: 187k / 4 weeks = 46,750

May: 139k / 4 weeks = 34,750

 

[Conduit]

PS4 software sales.... Holy shit

But where is PCARS??? Probably US crowd don't like sim racing.

Everybody is waiting for Forza 6, it will sell millions.

On PS4 too?

 

[Jigorath]

Should we be worried about those year-over-year numbers for the industry?

Last May had Watch Dogs and Mario Kart 8. Hard to top that.

 

[SmokyDave]

Where the fuck is Project Cars?

Heathens.

4.) Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)

???

Vita version must have shifted 0 copies in the states.

That wouldn't actually surprise me.

 

[Kaako]

PS4 domination it seems for software and hardware. Hell yes CDPR! Good job, Splatoon.

 

[donny2112]

And it continues:

Yay at #Splatoon

PS4 is behind PS2 in the U.S.

Fake Edit:
Worldwide? Just use U.S. numbers here. No reason to muddy things by mixing metrics.

 

[EmptySpace]

what about the mindshare™?

 

[Daingurse]

Grats to CDPR, series has come a long way.

 

[Nirolak]

Don't you need to see the absolute number first? I can't believe mlb is #9. Did this month suck mega?

Software was down 25% over last year.

 

[Exile20]

How many days was splatoon in for this NPD?

 

[LordOcidax]

Congrats Nintendo, ufff for Splatoon.

 

[Cornbread78]

The Witcher!

So happy for CDPR, great job guys and gals

Must be happy to have gone multi-plat.

 

[NotLiquid]

How many days was splatoon in for this NPD?

Three

 

[Burning Justice]

Glad to see Splatoon charted, but I would like to see hard numbers... May looks to be a pretty slow month overall, so not quite sure what #5 means...

 

[CrisKre]

How many days was splatoon in for this NPD?

three

 

[3rdamention]

MLB The Show... The exclusive that commonly gets dismissed, charts for the third straight month... It's an awesome game, deserves good sales...

 

[Wagram]

The best thing about NPD is the ridiculous PR spins. Next month it will be: We sold 287% better than Xbox (original) did in 2003!

 

[Javin98]

The PS4 version of The Witcher 3 is not surprising as well. Wonder what the split looks like.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Congratulations Splatoon. Nothing mind-blowing but on Wii U it will probably be the most popular title that doesn't feature Mario or Link.

 

[Kinsella]

Xbox One up 81 percent YoY, the entire hardware market down 18 percent YoY. So who caused that? I'm guessing PS4 sold a lot more last May than they did this May.

MLB The Show... The exclusive that commonly gets dismissed, charts for the second straight month... It's an awesome game, deserves good sales...

What does charting translate into? How can you judge its success without an actual sales number?