Switch Helps Video Game Market to 10% Upswing

The NPD Group has released its retail report for the month of April 2017. Both software and hardware sales were up year-over-year in April by 6% and 37%, respectively. Overall, total industry sales were up 10% to $636 million. For the second month in a row, Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console.

The top selling games of April were as follows:

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
2. Persona 5
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
4. MLB 17: The Show
5. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Mass Effect: Andromeda
8. NBA 2K17
9. Overwatch
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
11. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
12. Horizon Zero Dawn
13. LEGO City Undercover
14. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
15. LEGO Worlds
16. Rainbow Six: Siege
17. Battlefield 1
18. For Honor
19. Nier: Automata
20. Minecraft