After being overthrown by the Nintendo Switch for a couple of months, stock shortages have opened the door and allowed the PlayStation 4 to reclaim its crown at the summit of the United States hardware charts. May 2017 wasn’t a brilliant month for the games industry, as overall spend dropped 11 per cent, though hardware sales did increase by seven per cent.
It’s software that suffered the most, enduring a 20 per cent decline year-over-year. Injustice 2 topped the charts, but this year the software slate was significantly lighter, and PREY could only reach fifth place. One thing worthy of note is that PlayStation VR exclusive Farpoint reached 16th position, which is surely wonderful news for the fledgling virtual reality medium.
We’ve included the full top twenty below, alongside the PS4 best sellers list, which only takes into account software on Sony’s system. Will the Days of Play promotion be enough to keep the PS4 on top in June? It looks like it’s all going to depend on how much Switch stock Nintendo can get into the channel at this point.
NPD Software Top 20: May 2017
- Injustice 2
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*
- Grand Theft Auto V
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- PREY*
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia*
- NBA 2K17
- MLB 17: The Show
- Overwatch**
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Mass Effect Andromeda
- Farpoint
- Battlefield 1
- Nier: Automata
- Minecraft
- FIFA 17
NPD PS4 Software Top 10: May 2017
- Injustice 2
- MLB 17: The Show
- PREY
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Farpoint
- NBA 2K17
- Overwatch
- NieR: Automata
NPD Best Selling Games Through May 2017
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- For Honor
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- NBA 2K17
- Injustice 2
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
*No digital sales
*No digital sales from Blizzard’s PC app
[source venturebeat.com]
Comments 26
Nice to see NieR still hanging in the top 20!
I think stock shortages played a part but I also just think the switch hype is dying down to more reasonable levels and the PS4 will continue to be on top till Mario odyssey release
since PS4 selling this well there really is no reason for sony to put out PS5 anytime soon. sony will try and drag out the PS4 has long as they can. gonna say 2019 is when you might start to hear news about PS5 and it will probably go on sell sometime in 2020
the Switch hype will never die
Really impressed with Farpoint. I know the actual numbers probably aren't worth shouting about, but the chart position is amazing when you consider it's a pricey PSVR exclusive.
Did well in the UK, too!
PS4 will probably repeat in June NPD with the Silver and Gold PS4 at $250USD and the sale on Horizon and other games.
Those stock issues are unfortunate. Not a whole lot they can do about it thanks to the component shortages.
@dark_knightmare2 I dont know. Everywhere I go in my area (near Toronto, Canada) there are switches everywhere. I could literally walk into any store that would be reasonably expected to have a switch and buy one. So I just dont buy the shortage issue...at least not in NA
Please god no PS5 anytime soon. I still have a backlog on PS3.
Of course I could just not buy one... nah.
@IBO 2020 ... living in the future!
Should've been an easy win for Nintendo. The demand was there for the system, but of course, it can't get the thing on shelves. Terrible job.
Nice to see Injustice 2 top the sales charts though. It deserves it, that's how you make a fighting game.
@Splints It' nowhere to be found in the US until last week there was a large batch arrived and the online stock was sold out within hours..
This was always bound to happen. Stock shortages probably aren't helping, but it would likely be the case regardless, if not now, then a month or two down the road. Sooner or later the hardcore Nintendo crowd will have their Switch's and it will be left to the casual market to drive sales. It's at that point sales will likely go off a cliff.
Mmmmm, Switch driving up them hardware sales. Good stuff.
Thank god. Month 3 killed it like with wii u
Injustice 2 doing really well, and not surprised.
On the Nintendo side, Fire Emblem Echoes has a big debut for a Japanese RPG in the monthly NPD list.
@IBO Uh... what Switch hype? It's already dead.
@Mahe hahahaha nice one. already dead hahah classic comedy there.
To be fair, the price drop on PS4 will have helped as well.
I own and play both and the Switch is an overall far superior piece of hardware for the foreseeable future, but my house purchase 2 PS4 slims in the last month as an upgrade for the god awful version 1 of PS4 and the PS3 as Game saw to sell the PS4 with Tekken 7 for £205!!!! couldn't pass that up.
The Switch is gaining some phenomenal momentum, this will see production increase leading up to Christmas as some real big numbers. The userbase of PS4 is fine and dandy, but you could see Switch catch PS4 up in it's lifespan, and what's wrong with that?? I couldn't recommend owning both pieces of hardware enough.
You've got your high powered graphical overtures on PS4 and you've got your ultimate online multiplayer format in the Switch. Play anyone anywhere anytime has never been so amazing. Break time at work yesterday saw me playing Ultra Street Fighter II and Arms in full HD online against people around the world. Throw Call of Duty and EA Sports into that online arena and you've got a true online gaming platform, no waiting till I get home, I can play whenever I like, hot-spotted to my mobile phone.
@get2sammyb Me too - I think it is one of those things that is a must have for PSVR owners who have already invested. The hardware really is that good.
@DESS-M-8 Yeeaah... you do realize that when Switch is selling less than PS4, it has no chance whatsoever to catch up to PS4's 60 million install base, right? Switch was just launched, and PS4 is already putting more distance between itself and Nintendo's latest brain fart.
@Mahe Just ignore him, his post history tells a very specific tale. Switch is obviously off to a decent start, but the PS4 is actually enjoying it's best start to a year since launch, so this all-round good news for the industry TBH.
Nice to see Nintendo having some success, also good to see Neir still selling.
Enjoy the games, ignore the ignorant trolls on all sides, it's win-win.
Well done SONY
@Mahe hahahaha
Brain fart.... clueless child
Omg! Who is buying GTAV ??? Seriously there must be an old billionaire that lovee the game and wants it to stay on top of the charts and buys a bunch of them every week, cause it's allways on top and it's so old!!!! 😲
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