Overall spending on video games were down 2% (hardware down 6%, software down 2%, accessories up 10%) for the month of August in the US according to NPD Group. The top-selling game was Madden NFL 18, and it topped the charts on both PS4 and Xbox One. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy also saw strong sales as it released towards the end of the month, and GTA V continues to be a beast.
Year-to-date the best-selling game of the year is still Ghost Recon: Wildlands, ahead of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Grand Theft Auto V, and For Honor.
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console ahead of PS4 and the two have been battling it out throughout the year with PS4 winning in May and June and leading year-to-date sales.
An interesting thing to note is that shooter sales are down 30% year-on-year, but then 2016 was an exceptionally good year for shooters, and we've still got Star Wars: Battlefront II, Call of Duty: WWII, and Destiny 2 to factor in before we tally up the full year comparison.
On the negative side of things, the sales of Agents of Mayhem must have been seriously disappointing for Deep Silver.
Software: (August)
1. Madden NFL 18 / EA Sports (new)
2. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
3. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy / Sony (new)
4. Splatoon 2* / Nintendo
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* / Nintendo
6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege / Ubisoft
7. Mario Kart 8* / Nintendo
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered / Activision
9. Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy / Activision
10. Overwatch** / Blizzard
11. Injustice 2 / Warner Bros.
12. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands / Ubisoft
13. Minecraft / Microsoft
14. For Honor / Ubisoft
15. Call of Duty: Black Ops III / Activision
16. Agents Of Mayhem / Deep Silver (new)
17. Forza Horizon 3 / Microsoft
18. Battlefield 1 / EA Games
19. NBA 2K17 / 2K Sports
20. UFC 2 / EA Sports
* No digital sales
** No Battle.net sales
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