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[I-hate-u]

People should remember that April is a slow month.

There's almost no way that this "victory" in April was by more than 50k units. Both seem to be below 200k this month.

Sure, its a slow month for both consoles, but what would have pulled the Xbone ahead of PS4 this past month, and not say February or January?

 

[Asd202]

Guys May NPD will be interesting.

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Like every god damn month

 

[Papacheeks]

I love all the front loaded post's about Bloodborne. No one is taking into consideration that a huge game released last month that had more hype, and was being XBox promoted; Mortal Kombat X anyone?

Let's see how digital sales and some of May sales show up In June.

The game has legs, it's still streamed a lot.

 

[NoMoreTrolls]

No matter how many times we repeat that WiiU is dead, 43K are still depressing. Curious to see Splatoon's performance next month.

Spoiler...

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ded

 

[Nothing1016]

Edit: lol my math was dumb. XD ignore this. All these years of calculus and still I mess up on basic math.

 

[msdstc]

there ya go sony, maybe you'll actually make games for the console now.

 

[Somnid]

It would seem Nintendo can sell games to owners of their systems but the limited release schedule has a much harder time getting people to buy the hardware. At the very least it would seem XCX might actually move something in NA.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Last April XB1 did 115k so I mean...

Oh for sure. Not taking anything away from MS, they flat out won the month and an increase year over year is always a good thing. I guess the relatively low hardware numbers are more an "its April" thing than anything else.

 

[Macho Madness]

Guess Bloodborne was a frontloaded game. Probably has long legs though, just not enough to hit Top 10 every month.

 

[statham]

PS4 deal was in March, XB1 was in April.

I know this because I traded in a PS3 for a PS4 during that deal.

Month prior.

I think they had it the month of March

must explain why Microsoft lost March.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Unexpected, considering Sony released Bloodborne on March 24th

Everyone who was going to buy a PS4 bought one in March for Bloodborne, so not as many bought in April

 

[phanphare]

wait, that 43k number was legit?


holy dead dead thing batman!

 

[Kathian]

If you thought Bloodborne would be a mega hit you literally thought the reason Dark Souls did not sell well was it was too visually poor for people to be interested.

 

[Asd202]

I love all the front loaded post's. No one is taking into consideration that a huge game released last month that had more hype, and was being XBox promoted; Mortal Kombat X anyone?

MK X sold more on PS4.

 

[Fatbody]

Does Xbox get Minecraft DLC that Playstation doesn't? It might sound silly, but I wouldn't be surprised if something like that tipped the scales in a tight race. Minecraft is that huge.

 

[RedAssedApe]

give us the ps4 numbers. plz

 

[SimplegamerTN]

I was thinking that maybe the Windows 10 event boosted the sales of the xbox one ! streaming games on pc and all that stuff is appealing , but then again windows10 has not been released yet ... Anyway good news for gamers, competition never hurts !

 

[xxracerxx]

There's a history of big releases boosting console sales, I'm honestly not sure if you mistyped what you intended on saying.

What I find especially odd is that the PS4 was doing really well, 1st place seemingly every month and now right after BB it's second. It seems to be an anomaly until MS can string together meaningful consecutive months so there's nothing really to read here imo.

I believe BB did boost sales, in March. They just calmed down in the month of April. Not sure what is hard to understand about that.

 

[neogaffer1]

I love all the front loaded post's about Bloodborne. No one is taking into consideration that a huge game released last month that had more hype, and was being XBox promoted; Mortal Kombat X anyone?

Let's see how digital sales and some of May sales show up In June.

The game has legs, it's still streamed a lot.

MKX had Sony co-marketing...

 

[ZhugeEX]

When you add in digital sales then the PS4 won.

 

[Gurish]

lol, I'm sure they're absolutely reeling from this one month of being randomly and slightly outsold. Your vengeance has been felt Gurish.

Yea whatever, they don't care and are too busy counting the money right? we all know what can happen if you are getting too cocky, maybe this gen is settled but it can bite them eventually.

If they will continue to not invest in exclusives and quality AAA they will sell much less than they are aiming and it can bite them when they'll release their next console too.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

wait, that 43k number was legit?


holy dead dead thing batman!

Don't worry, I'm sure something is going to come along and save it.

Just you wait.

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and wait and wait and wait

 

[Amused]

Wait... This can't be right can it? That would've meant that the Xbox One was under 90K last April if it's up 63% YoY.

Your math is off.

 

[vpance]

So I guess the Amazon correlation finally died then. Sad times.

 

[Empty]

gtav is just ridiculous

nintendo hasn't really done much with the n3ds yet, not surprising it's not making much impact.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Nice to see Scholar of the first sin chart.

I wonder what caused XBO bump. Did they offer any nice bundles? From what little I remember reading in the prediction thread, it seems most people expected a PS4 win.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

That's true, but a lot of the time XB1 takes the mainstream games crown.

Even so, 100 thousand+ is not good for any of them. Some more games would do nicely

Most non-FPS games fall PS4 more often than not. Call of Duty and Battlefield will usually skew XB1 in the U.S., but those are the exceptions.

And BF:Hardline numbers on the stats page are still usually PS4 2:1 over the XB1. http://bfhstats.com/

 

[Melchiah]

I'd really like to know how the sales are between platforms for Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.

 

[Soul Lab]

No matter how many times we repeat that WiiU is dead, 43K are still depressing. Curious to see Splatoon's performance next month.

do you think we're gonna see Splatoon's performance next month? I mean it's releasing May 29th.

 

[Crayolan]

GTAV sales are so insane, this long and it's still #2.

Cool to still see Smash up there too, would have expected it to drop off by now.

 

[NoMoreTrolls]

there ya go sony, maybe you'll actually make games for the console now.

Illuminate me, what stunning Xbox exclusive led to its win this month? What the fuck does that even mean?

Spoiler

NoGaemz

 

[EatMyFace]

The only explanation, the only one possible, is that there has been a full month of Halo MCC bundle. it's the only explanation, because PS4 even won software.

It's amazing, Halo is still very strong.

Good theory. Bundle didn't seem to do that well on Amazon but I guess thats why we have NPD tracking.

 

[StarBlazers1]

I think it's still too early, but there will be some ramp up due to halo 5. Who knows? If Sony doesnt come out of E3 with a compelling list of big games this year
, you may see some choose an xbox this year and wait for PS4 next year. It wouldnt be out of the realm of possibility.
I dont really think thats what happened in april, but we could see something like this happening again before the holidays.

 

[anexanhume]

must explain why Microsoft lost March.

No. Microsoft losing every other non-holiday month in its existence and Bloodborne explained why Microsoft lost March.

 

[CalamityPixel]

Holy shit.

Really didn't expect that for this month.

 

[Gbpackers31]

Wii U finally down this month YoY. Outside of a price cut, I don't see how it ever goes higher the rest of the year.

 

[SmartWaffles]

Xbox One came out of nowhere. Any idea what pushed the sales?

 

[WordsintheWater]

there ya go sony, maybe you'll actually make games for the console now.

Yeah, cause that's the reason Xbox One sold more last month, that huge Xbox One release that came out in April...

 

[joecanada]

I guess.

Honestly, if you just showed me the software sales, I would say PS4 won.

agreed, I guess the combination of the sales went xbox way, it must have been pretty close though.

xbox one - best seller hardline , COD

ps4 - best sellers on fighter, rpg,

some things never change lol.

 

[AlphaDump]

very surprising. Bloodborne had little effect, and MS ended up winning despite any major releases.


i didnt see that coming at all. well done to MS. I am not sure what did it, but Sony should be rethinking their strategy in NA, because this should have been an easy win for ps4.

 

[Fox_Mulder]

Sony really needs to drop an immediate price cut at E3.

 

[Stilton Disco]

XO coming top is incredibly surprising, but fair enough, good for MS.

 

[Atlas157]

there ya go sony, maybe you'll actually make games for the console now.

Didn't take long for one of these to show up.

Xbox One came out of nowhere. Any idea what pushed the sales?

Halo MCC bundle and the Gamestop trade in deal.

 

[shadowfall]

I am shocked. Didnt see Xbox One taking this month. Sad about not seeing Bloodborne in the list. Please let this not impact its sequel or dlc.

Congrats Microsoft I guess

 

[arimanius]

I love all the front loaded post's about Bloodborne. No one is taking into consideration that a huge game released last month that had more hype, and was being XBox promoted; Mortal Kombat X anyone?

Let's see how digital sales and some of May sales show up In June.

The game has legs, it's still streamed a lot.

Yet the ps4 version sold more. So don't know what your getting at?

 

[Pai Pai Master]

The age of Sony and Marvel is over

 

[Papacheeks]

MK X sold more on PS4.

But I bet it moved more XBox's because of the promotion they had with Microsoft.

 

[Asd202]

Wii U finally down this month YoY. Outside of a price cut, I don't see how it ever goes higher the rest of the year.

But but Splatoon next month!

 

[Megadragon15]

must explain why Microsoft lost March.

Let's not oversimplify PS4's win in March NPD.

 

[Boke1879]

I love all the front loaded post's about Bloodborne. No one is taking into consideration that a huge game released last month that had more hype, and was being XBox promoted; Mortal Kombat X anyone?

Let's see how digital sales and some of May sales show up In June.

The game has legs, it's still streamed a lot.

I think MK only had promotion for the Xbox exclusive online Tournament. By all intent though I think it was soft marketed for PS4. Especially since it sold more on that system.