NPD - Top 10 software sales for Aug. 2016

1. Madden NFL 17
2. No Man’s Sky
3. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Overwatch
6. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
8. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
9. Minecraft
10. Destiny: The Taken King

- $573.4 million spent on new game-related products
- this is a 1-percent improvement over the $568.6 million in August 2015
- Hardware August 2016: $178.1 million (down 6 percent) August 2015: $190.3 million
- Console Software August 2016: $273.7 million (up 8 percent) August 2015: $253.2 million
- PC game software August 2016: $14.2 million (up 18 percent) August 2015: $12.0 million
- Accessories August 2016: $107 million (down 5 percent) August 2015: $113 million
- second consecutive month in spending growth for 3DS