{"id":114771,"date":"2017-01-20T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=114771"},"modified":"2017-01-20T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T13:20:47","slug":"the-best-selling-games-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/114771-the-best-selling-games-of-2016","title":{"rendered":"The best-selling games of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NPD Group\u00a0has released its 2016 sales figures for the US video game industry.<\/p>\n

Total consumer spend across the country increased to $30.4 billion in 2016.<\/p>\n

This is an increase in total spend from 2015 sales, which was reported at $30.2 billion.<\/p>\n

Listed below are the best-selling video games across all platforms in the United States in 2016, including physical and digital sales.<\/p>\n

Top 10 video games of 2016<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare<\/li>\n
  2. Battlefield 1<\/li>\n
  3. Tom Clancy\u2019s The Division<\/li>\n
  4. NBA 2K17<\/li>\n
  5. Madden NFL 17<\/li>\n
  6. Grand Theft Auto V<\/li>\n
  7. Overwatch<\/li>\n
  8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III<\/li>\n
  9. FIFA 17<\/li>\n
  10. Final Fantasy XV<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hardware and Software Sales<\/h3>\n

    The NPD Group also analysed US video game sales in December 2016 compared to 2015, looking at hardware, console games, PC games, and video game accessory trends.<\/p>\n

    These figures do not cover total consumer spend for video games in 2016, only the month of December.<\/p>\n

    US video game sales figures for December 2016 compared to December 2015 are detailed below.<\/p>\n

    \n
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Category<\/th>\nDec 2015<\/th>\nDec 2016<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Video Game Hardware<\/strong><\/td>\n$4.86B<\/td>\n$3.68B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Console Games (Physical and Digital)<\/strong><\/td>\n$6.16B<\/td>\n$5.79B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    PC Games (Physical and Digital)<\/strong><\/td>\n$318.3M<\/td>\n$333.8M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Video Game Accessories<\/strong><\/td>\n$2.49B<\/td>\n$2.35B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Total Video Game Sales<\/strong><\/td>\n$13.83B<\/strong><\/td>\n$12.16B<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/strong> <\/a>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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