NPD Sales data for June 2015 is in and the PlayStation 4 continues its dominance in console sales, while Rocksteady’s Batman: The Arkham Knight was the best selling game of the month. Â Both hardware and software sales were up on year on year basis, at upticks of 8% and 18% respectively.
PlayStation 4 continues to lead consoles sales in the United States and worldwide
PlayStation 4 sales were likely bolstered by consumers purchasing the Arkham Knight PS4 Bundle. Â Sony says the bundle had “overwhelming popularity” last month. Â The PlayStation 4 hardware has been dominant in 2015 and during the near two years its been on store shelves. Â Microsoft has only managed to wrestle the NPD crown away from Sony a handful of months. Â Sony and the PlayStation 4 continue to lead consoles sales in the United States and worldwide.
Microsoft’s efforts on year on year basis were also quite good. Â June sales for the Xbox One were up over 50 percent from 2014. While the company also says that Xbox Live continues to see growth and engagement. Â Nintendo also saw growth year over year, lumping the Wii U and 3DS together to see a 20 percent increase over June ’14. Â Nintendo attributes most of this growth to the Nintendo 3DS and the momentum created by the launch of the New Nintendo 3DS XL.
In software, Batman: Arkham Knight was the top seller. Â Followed by The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, Lego: Jurassic World, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and Splatoon to round out the top five. Â The bottom five saw some familiar faces with Minecraft, GTA V, Mortal Kombat X, NBA 2K15, and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare completing the top ten. Â NPD Software sales only take into account new physical copies of games sold at retail.