December 2016 NPD: Final Fantasy XV shows it has a new recipe for franchise’s sales

It was a good month for Final Fantasy and Pokémon, but video game sales continue to see overall declines.

The video game industry generated $2.8 billion in revenues in the United States in December, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That is down 15 percent from the same period last year, despite new versions of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One S, appearing on the market. All four aspects of the industry that The NPD Group covers — hardware, console software, PC software, and accessories — were down.