Earlier this week we found out that Sony’s PlayStation 4 had passed the 7 million sales mark, and it looks like that figure has helped to secure a third month in which sales are ahead of Microsoft’s Xbox One. Microsoft has revealed that 311,000 Xbox Ones were sold in the US during March, and also confirmed that 5 million Xbox Ones have been shipped to retailers, not sold. Apparently the gap in sales between the two new gen consoles for March was 60,000, meaning the PS4 sold approximately 370,000 in the US.
Sony have yet to officially announce PS4 figures for March, but tweeted a thank you message via the PlayStation Twitter.
Breaking news: NPD confirms PS4 #1 in console sales for March – thank you! @LuckyLongworth @yosp pic.twitter.com/pEQCLOQtyG
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) April 17, 2014
In terms of sales percentages hardware sales were up by 78% year on year, while software sales as a whole were down 28%.The top ten selling games for March were:
1. Titanfall
2. InFamous: Second Son
3. South Park: The Stick Of Truth
4. Call Of Duty: Ghosts
5. Dark Souls II
6. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
7. NBA 2K14
8. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD
9. The LEGO Movie Videogame
10.Minecraft
Source: GamesIndustry.biz, Xbox Wire, Twitter, NeoGAF
lambchop
Good showing for Infamous: SS considering everthing it’s the only exclusive.
lambchop
Good showing for Infamous: SS considering it’s the only exclusive.