May 2013 NPD: Injustice wins again, 3DS dethrones Xbox

Injustice: Gods Among Us took the top position for a second consecutive month on the NPD charts.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us took the top position for a second consecutive month on the NPD charts. While impressive, there was also little competition. In fact, only three new releases made the list this month, and two of them aren't even technically new games. Metro: Last Light debuted at a respectable 6th place, while the new 3DS and Wii U ports of Donkey Kong Country Returns and Lego Batman 2 charted. The lack of new releases caused an 84% decrease in unit sales year-over-year, NPD analyst Liam Callahan points out.

Perhaps the most shocking news out of this month's report: Xbox 360 has finally been dethroned as the top-selling hardware in America. The winner this month is Nintendo 3DS thanks to its strengthening library of games. "Nintendo 3DS software unit sales were up sixty percent versus May '12, and when looking at the game ranking based on SKUs, there were three 3DS SKUs in the top 10," Callahan noted.

Xbox 360 was still the best-selling home console, so Redmond doesn't have to cry (yet).

Here's the chart:

    Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; new releases bolded)

  • Injustice: Gods Among Us (360, PS3, Wii U)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (360, PS3, PC, Wii U)
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns (3DS, Wii U)
  • Dead Island: Riptide (360, PS3, PC)
  • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
  • Metro: Last Light (360, PS3, PC)
  • NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC)
  • BioShock Infinite (360, PS3, PC)
  • Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)
  • Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (360, Wii, DS, PS3, 3DS, Wii U, Vita, PC)

Once again, be mindful that "these sales figures represent new physical retail sales of hardware, software and accessories, which account for roughly 50 percent of the total consumer spend on games."

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    June 17, 2013 4:00 PM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, May 2013 NPD: Injustice wins again, 3DS dethrones Xbox.

    Injustice: Gods Among Us took the top position for a second consecutive month on the NPD charts.

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      June 17, 2013 4:18 PM

      come by ShackFighter steam chat room for pick up gams!

      http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Shackfighter

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        June 18, 2013 6:00 AM

        Injustice seems to always have a ton of people playing online. I've never had a problem with getting set up with equally skilled players for ranked matches.

        I should be online tonight. I'll see if any of you are around for some matches.

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        June 18, 2013 7:14 AM

        almo, any thoughts on the stick that comes with the injustice battle edition? been thinking about getting back into fighters but i sold my old sf4 arcade stick

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          June 18, 2013 7:48 AM

          I bought it and love it and haven't had any issues ... but it's the only stick I've ever used and I haven't tried it with any other games yet.

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      June 17, 2013 5:16 PM

      I miss NPD giving out actual numbers.

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        June 17, 2013 6:34 PM

        I know, I used to get excited to see it every month. Now it's just kind of... meh.

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      June 18, 2013 7:50 AM

      Injustice rules you guys. I am still playing it every day. Do as eeeealmo says and come play with us:

      http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Shackfighter

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