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May 2017 NPD - Top 20 software, info on total hardware/software/accessories sold and more

by rawmeatcowboy
19 June 2017
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Top 20

1. Injustice 2
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
5. Prey*
6. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
7. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia*
8. NBA 2K17
9. MLB 17: The Show
10. Overwatch**
11. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
12. Horizon Zero Dawn
13. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
14. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
15. Mass Effect Andromeda
16. Farpoint
17. Battlefield 1
18. Nier: Automata
19. Minecraft
20. FIFA 17

Total: $542 million (down 11 percent from $610 million in May 2017)
Hardware: $147 million (up 7 percent from $138 million)
Console software: $271 million (down 20 percent from $339 million)
PC software: $12 million (down 48 percent from $23 million)
Accessories: $112 million (up 1 percent from $111 million)
Switch Pro Controller was the best-selling controller of the month
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia pushed May portable software spending up 10 percent versus year ago

Switch was not the number one hardware platform, as PS4 managed to outsell. We don't have specific numbers on hardware sales data, but it seems the strained supply of Switch is the culprit.

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