Titanfall tops chart, but PS4 leads hardware again in March - NPD | GamesIndustry International
Titanfall tops chart, but PS4 leads hardware again in March - NPD
By James Brightman
THU 17 APR 2014 10:30PM GMT / 6:30PM EDT / 3:30PM PDT
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While the Xbox One shooter fared well, Sony's PS4 led hardware sales for the third consecutive month in the US, NPD said
The NPD Group has issued its March video game sales report, revealing a 28 percent drop in software sales (including PC) to $432 million. Hardware, however, soared 78 percent on the strength of the new consoles, totaling $395 million. Accessories were also up 4 percent to $224 million. Overall, total industry sales increased 3 percent to $1.03 billion.
NPD noted that Sony's PlayStation 4 led hardware sales (for the third month in a row) despite the Xbox One exclusive Titanfall topping the games chart. Globally, Sony announced recently that PS4 had surpassed 7 million units sold.
Hardware in general put in a robust performance during the last month, boosting the industry year-over-year. "PS4 and Xbox One continue to see success with cumulative sales of the two consoles through the first five months currently totaling more than double that of their predecessors, the PS3 and Xbox 360," noted NPD analyst Liam Callahan.
In addition to Titanfall, game sales were driven by Sony's inFamous on PS4, Ubisoft's South Park: The Stick of Truth and Activision's Call of Duty: Ghosts. Check out the top 10 chart below.
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You think this makes me care?? Sony stans are like G-unit stans, they think selling more means better. I'm playing games and I don't give a fukk about numbers... will those numbers make the gameplay better?? That's more important right??? Keep arguing about numbers while I play Titanfall.
See you then.
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