Summary Post of some commentary (not everything) that I was talking about with other people through PMs (ZhugeEx please add to OP, along with that June 2001 post):
Overwatch May 2016 Console Total: 361k
Overwatch (PS4): 203k
Overwatch (XBO): 158k
Overwatch June 2016 Console Total: 423K
Overwatch (PS4): 222K
Overwatch (XBO): 201K
Note that the XBO share for Overwatch significantly rose this month.
Top sellers this month:
Overwatch: 423K (222K PS4, 201K XBO)
Doom: (similar demand to Uncharted)
Uncharted 4: 160-190K
Call of Duty: Black Ops III: 268K including bundles (204K on Sony platforms, 64K on Microsoft platforms)
GTA V: 233K in total (100K on Sony platforms, 133K on Microsoft platforms)
Kirby: Planet Robobot: >160K, #4 on the retail standalone charts below Uncharted 4
NBA 2K16: 160K
Minecraft (Wii U Edition release sold really well, above Tokyo Mirage Sessions and #2 for Nintendo outside Kirby)
Destiny: The Taken King
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
LTD track:
Dark Souls III by Bandai Namco
April 2016: 504K
June 2016: ~80K
July 2016: <60K, but not significantly
Disappointments:
Mirror's Edge: Catalyst: 99K (Similar sales to Mirror's Edge Catalyst: FIFA 16 which sold 97K, The Division, Sony's MLB 16: The Show, Black Ops III without bundles)
Battleborn: <20K (complete collapse from May)
Tokyo Mirage Sessions: >30K, but not significantly
Mighty No. 9: <40K, but not significantly
Mario & Sonic at the Rio Olympic Games: <25K, but not significantly
Star Fox Zero + Star Fox Guard: Not doing very well at all in Nintendo catalog, Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros, etc. sold above it this month
Monthly software sales (revenue):
PS4: -19% YOY (-27% MOM)
WIU: -29% YOY (+84% MOM)
XBO: -30% YOY (+9% MOM)
Industry: -31% YOY (-1% MOM)
....Takeaway: The industry suffered steep declines in software because of the bounty of big releases last June (Splatoon, Elder Scrolls Online, Arkham Knight), but PS4 was least affected
Monthly Software ASP growth:
Sony Consoles: -8.1% YOY
Microsoft Consoles: -10.7% YOY
Nintendo Consoles: -12.8% YOY
Industry: -11.7% YOY
....Takeaway: Games are getting sold at cheaper prices lately
Monthly hardware sales (units):
PS4: -36% YOY (+13% MOM)
WIU: -51% YOY (+37% MOM)
XBO: -28% YOY (+98% MOM)
Industry: -32% YOY (+44% MOM)
Major Publisher Revenue:
Activision Blizzard: +97.6% YOY, 17.96% Marketshare ($43.1 million)
Nintendo: -14.2% YOY, 14.76% Marketshare ($35.4 million)
Electronic Arts: +23.8% YOY, 9.29% Marketshare ($22.3 million)
Take 2 Interactive: -18.7% YOY, 7.93% Marketshare ($19.0 million)
Sony: +63.4% YOY, 7.44% Marketshare ($17.9 million)
Ubisoft: +8.7% YOY, 4.88% Marketshare ($11.7 million)
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Total software: $240.0 million
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These six publishers comprise 62.26% of the June 2016 USA software market.
