The retail video game industry finished up 2% from last year with retail video game sales topping $3.28 billion. Those numbers may be slightly misleading since software sales were down 17% from last year. The new consoles, PlayStation 4 and XBOX One, saved the day with hardware sales up 28%.
Sony’s PlayStation 4 sold 4.2 million consoles while Microsoft’s XBOX One sold 3 million through the end of the year. However, the XBOX One had stronger sales than the PS4 in December.
The list below goes over the top selling video games in December. All of them but Grand Theft Auto 5 were available on both the current generation consoles as well as the next gen consoles.
- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Battlefield 4
- Just Dance 2014
- Madden NFL 25
- NBA 2K14
- Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Lego Marvel Superheroes
- FIFA 14
- Skylanders: SWAP Force