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'Overwatch' was June's best-selling game, even with a handicap
In case you haven't noticed, Overwatch is really, really popular. Popular enough to support millions of active players, host high-stakes professional competitive gaming drama and even inspire a graphic novel adaptation. All this, and the game's barely three months old. Still not convinced? Okay, we've got one more thing: Overwatch sold better than any other game in June -- and according to NPD Group, it won that top spot with a handicap.
These were some of 2015's best selling games
What games sold the most copies in 2015? Exactly the titles you'd expect: the latest entries in long-running franchises like Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Madden NFL 16 and Fallout 4. It's not surprising -- sequels have the springboard advantage of an existing fanbase -- but disappointing: not a single new IP shows up on the NPD's top 10 best selling games list for last year.
April NPD: 360 sales double PS3, DS still on top
The NPD numbers for April have arrived, and things are looking good for Microsoft ... depending on how you look at it. Microsoft managed to sell 174,000 Xbox 360s in the month of April, more than doubling the 82,000 PS3s sold (incidentally, the Game Boy Advance sold 84,000). If you buy Microsoft's interpretation of the console war -- as in: our competition is the PS3, period -- then the Xbox 360 is kicking ass. Still, Sony and Nintendo have something to smile about, as the PSP, PS2, Wii, and DS all outsold the Xbox 360 in April. It's worth noting though, that the gap between the Xbox 360 and PS2 is significantly smaller than it was in March. It will be interesting to see if the revelation of Halo 3's release date will have an effect on Xbox 360 sales. Nintendo DS: 471K (10.9 million total) Nintendo Wii: 360K (2.5 million total) Sony PlayStation 2: 194K (38.2 million total) Sony PSP: 183K (7.4 million total) Microsoft Xbox 360: 174K (5.4 million total) Nintendo Game Boy Advance: 84K (35.7 million total) Sony PlayStation 3: 82K (1.3 million total) Nintendo Gamecube: 13K (11.7 million total) Microsoft Xbox: N/A [Via Joystiq]
