October 2016 NPD Thread! Software and hardware estimates up!

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Noobie said:

poklane said:

All via Aquamarine (Astronaut Claire): https://twitter.com/AstronautClaire

• According to NPD, $375.8 million physical SW was sold in USA+Oct 2016 and $129.9 million digital SW was sold. Digital console SW rate: 25.7%
• According to NPD, $337.7 million physical SW was sold in USA+Oct 2015 and $47.1 million digital SW was sold. Last year's digital rate: 12.2%
• Every Nintendo title combined comprised a mere 5% of sales at NPD USA Retail in Oct 2016, and we're almost at the holidays. Down -43% YOY.
• Battlefield 1 alone sold more than 4 TIMES as much revenue as every Nintendo title combined
• Out of $376 mil SW at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail, PS4 SW sold $171 mil (45%), Xbox One SW sold $156 mil (42%), and Wii U SW sold $13 mil (3%)
• At Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail, PS4 software is up +58% YOY, Xbox One software is up +22%, and Wii U software is -52%. All software is up +11%
• Looking at SW unit sales incl. bundle SW: PlayStation was up +40.1% YOY, Xbox was up +6.6%, and Wii was -40.8% at Oct 2016 NPD USA retail.
• Accessories decline from $160.2 mil to $121.0 mil (-24% YOY) at Oct 2016 NPD USA Retail imply that PS VR had a small initial retail shipment

Why PS4 software rose more ? i believe Halo released in last Oct that could be one reason XBOX one is seeing less increase as GOW cant match Halo numbers..

so we dont have PS4 hardware numbers yet?

Larger install base = multiplats will see a bigger spike in revenue.