The 10 Best-selling video games in 2015
The NPD Group has released statistics on sales in relation to the American market for December, as well as for the entire 2015.
Call of Duty Black Ops III is the best-selling video game in 2015 in the North American market, according to statistics gathered by The NPD Group. Back in the hands of Treyarch, Call of Duty with this chapter offers a new futuristic military history and especially an improvement of all aspects of multi-player.
For the second consecutive year, sales in the United States related to the world of video games stood at 13.1 billion dollars. Here is the complete ranking of the 10 best-selling video games in 2015:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
- Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
- Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
- Star Wars: Battlefront (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
- Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One) 360, PS3, PC)
- NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
- Minecraft (360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4)
- FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
- Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
Not surprisingly, much the first position, as Call of Duty was already the best-selling franchise in the last generation, and from this point of view does not change anything in the transition to PS4 and Xbox One. Same goes for Fallout 4 that, beyond the undeniable merits of product quality, benefits from a consistent marketing campaign by Bethesda.
Star Wars Battlefront is in the top 5 position, also due to the success of the film The Awakening of the Force, while sports titles from EA remain competitive in sales, overseas as well as in Europe. Star Wars Battlefront is also one of the few games of the league to sell more than Xbox One compared to PS4.
Note how the franchise that are normally among the best sellers, like Assassin’s Creed and Need for Speed, are not present in the top 10 positions. That players are tired of those products that just are renewed from year to year?
Limited to December 2015, sales in North America related to the games industry amounted to 3.22 billion dollars. Call of Duty Black Ops III continues to be the best-selling video game, followed by Star Wars Battlefront and Fallout 4. PlayStation 4 has once again surpassed the Xbox One, confirming the positive trend that had emerged also from a previous release of Sony.
