Once again, the monster that is Madden has come through for EA Sports.
Madden wound up as the top selling game in the month of August. Rounding out the Top 5 were Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Minecraft, The Last of Us and Call of Duty: Ghosts.
AUGUST US GAME SALES (August 3-August 30, 2014)
OVERALL DOLLAR SALES
- Total retail sales: $561.3 million (+8%)
- Non-PC hardware: $196.2 million (+116%)
- Non-PC software: $231.6 million (-21%)
- Accessories: $133.5 million (-2%)
- Total software: $238.7 million (-22%)
TOP 10 GAMES FOR August 2014
Title (Platforms) – Publisher
- Madden NFL 15 (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 ) – Electronic Arts
- Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PC) – Activision Blizzard
- Minecraft (Xbox 360, PS3) – Microsoft/Sony
- The Last of Us (PS4, PS3) – Sony
- Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3, PC, Wii U) – Activision Blizzard
- Lego Marvel Super Heroes (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, PS4, 3DS, DS, Xbox One, PS Vita, PC) – Warner Bros.
- Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One) – Electronic Arts
- Watch Dogs (PS4, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PC) – Ubisoft
- Battlefield 4 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One, PC) – Electronic Arts
- The Lego Movie Video Game (Xbox 360, 3DS, PS3, Wii U, PS4, Xbox One, PS Vita) – Warner Bros