December 2014 Video Game Sales Results

The NPD Group has released its report for the month of December. While software sales were down 13% year-over-year in December, hardware sales were up 20%. Overall, total industry sales were up 1% to $13.1 billion. For the second month in a row, Xbox One was the best selling platform followed by PlayStation 4, while Wii U established new benchmarks for hardware and software sales in a single month in December. Nintendo 3DS also had a strong December, including its largest month ever for first-party software sales. PlayStation 4 was the best selling platform for the year as a whole, and after 14 months on the market, cumulative sales of PS4 and Xbox One exceeded the Xbox 360 and PS3 cumulative 14-month total by 65%.

The top selling games of December were as follows:

1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Madden NFL 15
4. Super Smash Bros.
5. NBA 2K15
6. Minecraft
7. Far Cry 4
8. Just Dance 2015
9. Destiny
10. FIFA 15

The top selling games of 2014 were as follows:

1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
2. Madden NFL 15
3. Destiny
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Minecraft
6. Super Smash Bros.
7. NBA 2K15
8. Watch Dogs
9. FIFA 15
10. Call of Duty: Ghosts

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