You've got to give credit to Ubisoft: it may not make games that get NeoGAF giddy, but it sure knows the market well. For Honor has climbed straight to the top of NPD charts in the United States for the month of February, with Ghost Recon: Wildlands surely the frontrunner to pull the same party trick in March's report.
The game – which only had 12 days of tracking – held off Resident Evil 7 and Grand Theft Auto V to take the top spot, while the uber-niche Nioh actually managed to sneak its way into ninth. Overall it was another spectacularly bad month for the industry, though, with sales down 21 per cent year-over-year, and a decline in hardware spend making up the bulk of that.
Still, the PlayStation 4 was the best-selling system of the month, and the Nintendo Switch's launch should help contribute to a rebound of kinds in March. For those wondering: Horizon: Zero Dawn will chart in next month's report, so that explains its absence – despite it technically launching on 28th February.
NPD Software Top Ten: February 2017
- For Honor
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- Grand Theft Auto V
- NBA 2K17
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- Madden NFL 17
- Battlefield 1
- Nioh
- Overwatch
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Even after these games are gone and forgotten about, GTA5 will still be there.
Love for honor still playing and glad more people are grabbing it!
@Xaessya after judgement day terminators will still be purchasing GTA5
Nice to see a niche Japanese game (Nioh) crack the top ten. Hopefully it has good numbers.
Same for Nier in next month's report.
I wonder why we have the industry slowdown in general. We have a lot of systems out there and some cracking games being released.
Too bad they don't know how to keep a player base. Player numbers are so low for For Honor now that they removed the Players Online Count. Last I checked when they had it in the game it sat at around 25,000 to 30,000. Which doesn't sound that bad, but when the game had around 250,000 a couple weeks prior that is particularly alarming. I surmise that it's has a lot to do with P2P system, the overall lack of communication, and the toxic community.
I will never buy another Ubisoft game as long as I live. It was absolutely pathetic.
#Nioh is at the top ten yeahhhh #NiohGOTYCompetitor
Resident Evil 7 held strong after winning January, which is great. It'll most likely dip a bit in March but can hopefully maintain a top 5 spot. If not hopefully it at least charts, I want RE to continue more down that path than reverting back to the ways of 5 and 6.
It's a shame we don't get real numbers anymore I guess if MS are not winning then we won't(funny how when MS was winning we always got numbers last Gen, Hmm)
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Kyle Reese will be sent back on Operation MomBone with only his wits and a guide to finding the UFO on Mt Chiliad.
I'm genuinely shocked to see RE7 in the top ten let alone at number 2.
Assuming HZD, Mass Effect and Zelda will hold top 3 places in March respectively, will be interesting to see if the honor can still hold..
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