PlayStation 4 Top Selling Console in the US for 10th Straight Month - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 November 2014 / 9,004 Views
Sony has revealed that the PlayStation 4 was the bestselling console in the US in October, according to NPD numbers. That makes 10th straight month the PS4 has outsold the Xbox One. Although Microsoft announced this week that tha Xbox One has outsold the PS4 since the price cut at the beginning of November.
"October 2014 marks the first 12 months of sales for the Xbox One and PS4; and after the first year, these consoles have had a great start as cumulative sales are currently over 70 percent higher than the combined first year totals of Xbox 360 and PS3," said The NPD Group's Liam Callahan. "Hardware sales of eighth generation consoles represent close to 80 percent of dollar sales this month driving overall consoles sales to increase by 186 percent over October 2013."
NBA 2K15 was the bestselling game in October. Other top selling games include Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, The Evil Within, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Destiny. Overall software sales did decrease year-over-year.
"Declines in software this month were driven by further declines of seventh generation software, which were not fully offset by gains in eighth generation consoles," said Callahan. "New launch performance was also soft as games that launched this month sold 42 percent fewer units than the games that launched in October 2013. Despite, however, the declines in sales this month of seventh generation software, research from our quarterly Games Market Dynamics: U.S. showed that usage of seventh generation consoles across Q3'14 is still larger than that of eighth generation consoles."
"Overall sales across hardware, new physical software, and accessories were essentially flat in October 2014 compared to October 2013. Hardware and accessory growth, at 59 percent and 22 percent, respectively, was enough to offset the decline in new physical software of 28 percent."
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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No shit Sherlock! Now the other 2 consoles need to sell at the same level to make me happy.
the best console yet!
The king has returned to reclaim its throne back.
And soon 11 months. (yeah, i bet one dollar on it :cool: )
It's bitter sweet for me. I like the PS4, but at the same time I want the Wii U to come out as victor,
Surprising that the terrific sales of the PS4 console is not driving more revenue for games for the console. I am sure it will catch up...
You have to take into consideration that digital purchases are a bigger factor than it used to be, and that data isn't commonly shared. That's why in the last sentence, it specifically refers to physical software.
still riding the e3 hype, no games and bad online
Suuuure
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