What was the best selling game in April 2017? Nintendo Switch "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" and PS 4 "Persona 5" popular

Market research company NPD Group has announced the top ten games sold in America in April 2017.

Top 10 Best Selling Games In The US Time April 2017 - GameSpot
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The rankings published by the NPD Group are ranked by sales and somePublisherSales of packaged versions and downloaded versions are combined. So, it is not the sales ranking of the industry as a whole. According to the survey by the NPD group, sales of hardware (game machines), games (game software), accessories as a whole in the game industry increased by 10% on a monthly basis to $ 636 million (about 71 billion yen). Since November of 2015, monthly sales have increased continuously every month, this seems to be the first event since the survey.

In the game machine division, Nintendo Switch recorded top sales, and the unit sales in the US in April 2017 is 280,000. As a result, Nintendo Switch became the most popular game machine in the US market for two consecutive months. Furthermore, "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" has recorded sales of 460 thousand packaged versions and 90 thousand downloaded versions, making it the best selling game in April 2017. What is surprising is that "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" was released on April 28th and the NPD group's survey period was until April 29th, so it was the top two in real sales .


Another point to notice is "NES Classic Edition"Exceeded Xbox One and PS 4 by the sales rank in April. Overall, sales of game machines as a whole increased by 37% from the previous month to 195 million dollars (about 22 billion yen), which means that since the beginning of April 2011 it has updated American game machine sales record for the first time in a while It is going to be. Game software sales were strong, with Japanese games such as "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe", "Persona 5" and "Legend of Zelda Blessed the Wild" being strong, up 6% from the previous month to 340 million dollars (about 38 billion yen )is. According to Matt Piscatella, an analyst at the NPD group, "Persona 5 has recorded a large number of sales figures in the release month among the Persona series, five times the release month of the previous work," It is.


In addition, sales related to accessories increased by 4% from the previous month to 126 million dollars (about 14 billion yen), the best selling accessories are "Nintendo Switch Pro controllerThat's right.

Top 10 sales ranking of the entire game market by NPD is as follows. However, titles with "*" do not include digital sales.

First place:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe※
Second place:Persona 5※
3rd place:The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild※
4th:MLB THE SHOW 17
5th place:Ghost Recon Wildlands
6th place:Grand Theft Auto V
7th place:Mass Effect Andromeda
8th place:NBA 2K17
9th place:Overwatch※
10th place:Call of Duty Black Opus II

If you focus only on games for PS4, the top ten is as follows.

First place:Persona 5
Second place:MLB THE SHOW 17
3rd place:Ghost Recon Wildlands
4th:Horizon Zero Dawn
5th place:Grand Theft Auto V
6th place:Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
7th place:Mass Effect Andromeda
8th place:NBA 2K17
9th place:Call of Duty Infinite Warfare
10th place:Overwatch

When focusing only on games for Xbox One, the top ten is as follows.

First place:Ghost Recon Wildlands
Second place:Mass Effect Andromeda
3rd place:Grand Theft Auto V
4th:Overwatch
5th place:Forza Horizon 3
6th place:NBA 2K17
7th place:Call of Duty Infinite Warfare
8th place:LEGO world
9th place:Rainbow Six Siege
10th place:FOUNDER

For the Nintendo Switch game only, the top ten is as follows.

First place:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Second place:The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
3rd place:Lego city under cover※
4th:1-2-Switch※
5th place:Puyo Puyo Tetris S※
6th place:Super Bomberman R※
7th place:The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth +※
8th place:Just Dance 2017※
9th place:Skylanders Imaginators※

When focusing only on titles for mobile games, the top ten is as follows.

First place:Mario Sports Superstars
Second place:Pocket monsters
3rd place:Pocket monster moon
4th:Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
5th place:With Pochi! Yoshi wool world
6th place:Super Smash Bros. Smash Brothers for Nintendo 3DS
7th place:Mario Kart 7
8th place:The Legend of Zelda Time Ocarina 3D
9th place:Super Mario 3D land
10th place:New Super Mario Bros. 2

In addition, since Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been reviewed even at GIGAZINE, please check it if you are interested.

When I tried "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe" with Nintendo Switch for the first time in Mario Kart 64, I was impressed by the immutable pleasure - GIGAZINE