NPD Sep 2018: Spider-Man has largest launch in PlayStation exclusive history, PS4 best selling HW

[Playstation Tablet 1,756]

Here are the numbers for September 2018:

• Total: $1,376 million (up 7 percent from $1,285 million in September 2017)
• Hardware: $306 million (down 3% from $306 million)
• PC and console software: $747 million (flat compared to $744 million)
• Accessories: $323 million (up 43 percent from $225 million)

Year-to-date spending across video game Hardware, Software, Accessories and Game Cards is up 16 percent when compared to the same period a year ago, to $8.9 billion. Growth has occurred across all categories of spending, with Accessories & Game Cards driving the largest dollar growth.


SOFTWARE

Dollar sales of Console, Portable and PC Games Software reached $747 million in September 2018, flat when compared to a year ago. Year-to-date software spending is up 5 percent versus a year ago, to $3.9 billion.

Marvel's Spider-Man breaks PlayStation exclusive record: 
Marvel's Spider-Man achieved the highest launch month dollar sales for any PlayStation exclusive in history, and is the seventh largest launch ever achieved by any game on any PlayStation platform.

Marvel's Spider-Man generated higher dollars sales in its launch than any other game this year and currently ranks as the third best-selling game of 2018, and the #8 best-selling game over the last 12 months.

Marvel's Spider-Man achieved launch month sales 37 percent higher than the combined launch month sales of all other Spider-Man games released since The NPD Group began tracking in 1995.

Forza Horizon 4 has the biggest launch for an Xbox racing game:
Forza Horizon 4 achieved the highest launch month dollar sales in Forza franchise history, and is the biggest launch for a racing game on any Xbox platform in history. Forza Horizon 4 was the seventh best-selling game of September.

NBA2K19 becomes fastest selling sports game: 
NBA 2K19 debuts as the #2 best-selling game of September, and instantly becomes the 5th best-selling game of 2018. NBA 2K19 achieved the highest launch month dollar sales of any Sports genre game released since The NPD Group began tracking the industry in 1995. NBA 2K19 represents the biggest launch of any game in the NBA 2K franchise, and it is now the best-selling Sports game of 2018 year to date.

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey outdoes Origins: 
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey appears at #3 on the September charts with double-digit percentage dollar sales growth when compared to the launch of Assassin's Creed: Origins a year ago. Assassin's Creed: Origins now ranks as the 6th best-selling game over the past 12 months.

FIFA 19 has biggest opening since FIFA 16:
FIFA 19 launches at number 4 on the September charts, with higher launch month dollar sales than any release in the franchise since FIFA 16, and the third highest launch month dollar sales for any soccer game in history.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider charts at #5:
Shadow of the Tomb Raider enters the charts as the fifth best-selling game of September, achieving the second highest launch month dollar sales for the franchise following only Tomb Raider, which launched in 2013.

Super Mario Party charts at #9:
Super Mario Party was the top selling game on Nintendo Switch for the month and the 9th best selling game overall. Please note that digital sales are not included in NPD data.

HARDWARE & ACCESSORIES

Hardware spending down despite PS4 & XB1 gains:
Hardware spending in September 2018 fell 3 percent when compared to a year ago, to $306 million. Significant gains in spending on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hardware were offset by declines across all other platforms.

8th gen + Plug & Play consoles drive YTD spending:
For the 2018 year-to-date period, hardware spending has increased 18 percent to $2.4 billion. Spending gains for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and plug-n-play devices such as the NES Classic and SNES Classic have driven growth.

PS4 was the best selling console in September:
PlayStation 4 was September's best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars sold. PlayStation 4 hardware achieved the highest September unit sell-through for a non plug-n-play console since the PS4 in 2014.

Sony's PlayStation 4 remains the best-selling console hardware platform year to date. The PS4 Slim System 1TB was the month's best-selling hardware item in both dollars and units.

Xbox One sales are up YoY and YTD:
Xbox One hardware dollar sales in September grew more than 30 percent when compared to a year ago, and are now up more than 60 percent year to date.

The Xbox One X System 1TB Black is the best-selling Xbox One hardware item of the year in both dollars and units sold.

Accessories & Game Cards:
Total spending on Accessories and Game Cards grew 43 percent in September 2018 when compared to a year ago, to an all-time high of $323 million.

Year to date, Accessories and Game Card spending has grown 35 percent when compared to a year ago, to $2.6 billion. This is also an all-time high, significantly exceeding the $1.9 billion generated in the 2017 year to date period.

For the first time in tracked history, both September and year-to-date Game Card spending now exceeds that of Accessories.

RANKINGS
Physical and Full Game Digital for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel, ranked on dollar sales

1. Marvel's Spider-Man
2. NBA 2K19
3. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
4. FIFA 19^
5. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
6. Madden NFL 19^
7. Forza Horizon 4
8. Destiny 2^
9. Super Mario Party*
10. NHL 19
11. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of An Elusive Age
12. WWE 2K19
13. Grand Theft Auto V
14. Mario Kart 8*
15. Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi Striker
16. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
17. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy^
18. Super Mario Odyssey*
19. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
20. Minecraft*

* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included

Xbox One

1. NBA 2K19
2. Forza Horizon 4
3. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
4. FIFA 19
5. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
6. Destiny 2
7. Madden NFL 19
8. NHL 19
9. WWE 2K19
10. Grand Theft Auto V

PlayStation 4

1. Marvel's Spider-Man
2. NBA 2K19
3. FIFA 19
4. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
5. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider
6. Madden NFL 19
7. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes Of An Elusive Age
8. Destiny 2
9. NHL 19
10. WWE 2K19

Nintendo Switch

1. Super Mario Party
2. Mario Kart 8
3. Super Mario Odyssey
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
5. Mega Man 11
6. Mario Tennis Aces
7. Splatoon 2
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
9. Monster Hunter: Generations Ultimate
10. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy

Year To Date

1. Far Cry 5
2. God of War 2018
3. Marvel's Spider-Man
4. Monster Hunter: World
5. NBA 2K19
6. Madden NFL 19^
7. Grand Theft Auto V
8. Call of Duty: WWII^
9. Dragon Ball: Fighterz
10. Mario Kart 8*

[JonDnD 2,720]

Didn't you just complain that I posted some of this info ? Lol

[Voidler 1,679]

What are numbers for Spidey? 

 

Great result, I’ve been playing it the past week and it’s a lot better than I expected 

[Teh_Diplomat 2,054]

1 minute ago, Jon2B said:

Didn't you just complain that I posted some of this info ? Lol

By 'some' of this you mean Xbox S/X and Forza sales? Oh yeah ok, well then in this case mods please lock this duplicate thread

[JonDnD 2,720]

1 minute ago, Teh_Diplomat said:

By 'some' of this you mean Xbox S/X and Forza sales? Oh yeah ok, well then in this case mods please lock this duplicate thread

Where did I say this was a duplicate thread ? Are you retarded ? Lol 

[Quad Damage 1,811]

"biggest launch for an Xbox racing game"

 

 

omfg

[-GD-X★ 7,873]

spiderman was godly as fuck! it will probably end up being my GOTY. 

[Remij 4,745]

So did Tomb Raider not do too badly then?

[102020393023445948594 2,223]

14 minutes ago, Quad Damage said:

"biggest launch for an Xbox racing game"

 

 

omfg

holy shit.

[Teh_Diplomat 2,054]

5 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

So did Tomb Raider not do too badly then?

I honestly think the GS review was a tad harsh; I mean it does what it needed to do for fans of the series.

[JonDnD 2,720]

6 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

So did Tomb Raider not do too badly then?

Of course it didn't.

[Playstation Tablet 1,756]

11 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

So did Tomb Raider not do too badly then?

$110 million budget. So it's bad.

[-GD-X★ 7,873]

10 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

So did Tomb Raider not do too badly then?

glad it did well. it was my favorite in the trilogy because of the puzzles. 

[Remij 4,745]

4 minutes ago, Beta Bux Romeo said:

$110 million budget. So it's bad.

Hopefully they made their money back.

 

The PC version is somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000.  That's not great.  Plus it's getting review bombed because they already put it on sale for like 38% off. 

 

Ouch. 

[-GD-X★ 7,873]

1 minute ago, Remij_ said:

Hopefully they made their money back.

 

The PC version is somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000.  That's not great.  Plus it's getting review bombed because they put it on sale for like 38% off. 

 

Ouch. 

to be fair, the game appealed more to the classic TR fan who like puzzles/exploration (like myself). the combat sucked, the story was terrible, and the environments were 90% caves and water. 

[jehurey 3,299]

I thought Dynocrap said that Spiderman's launch was going to be an abysmal sales failure for such a popular comic-book property.

 

...............................no where's Dynocrap??????????????????

 

And, a multiplat Tomb Raider that wasn't that big of a hit was a BIGGER SELLER than Forza Horizon 4?

 

Things are not looking good for Microsoft first-party.

[Cooke 2,041]

I feel like the entire spider man franchise has been beaten to death in the last 15 years. I have absolutely zero interest in that franchise now thanks to Sony. 

[Teh_Diplomat 2,054]

7 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

Hopefully they made their money back.

 

The PC version is somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000.  That's not great.  Plus it's getting review bombed because they already put it on sale for like 38% off. 

 

Ouch. 

Yeah I remember seeing the on STEAM and being like 

[Playstation Tablet 1,756]

7 minutes ago, Remij_ said:

Hopefully they made their money back.

 

The PC version is somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000.  That's not great.  Plus it's getting review bombed because they already put it on sale for like 38% off. 

 

Ouch. 

I think they were expecting to have their own "FFXV" level sales beast but from their Western branch with TR. The devs already admitted the PC version tanked profitwise because of a 30% sale.

[Remij 4,745]

2 minutes ago, jehurey said:

I thought Dynocrap said that Spiderman's launch was going to be an abysmal sales failure for such a popular comic-book property.

 

...............................no where's Dynocrap??????????????????

 

And, a multiplat Tomb Raider that wasn't that big of a hit was a BIGGER SELLER than Forza Horizon 4?

 

Things are not looking good for Microsoft first-party.

Well FH4 wasn't available for pretty much the entire month lol..