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[Bam Bam Baklava]

Random ass Xbox win whoa.

 

[Xtyle]

Hmm...xbone #1? How?
I don't remember there being any crazy deals or any big exclusive game for April

 

[Elandyll]

Surprised by no Bloodborne in the bottom 5, but :shrug: (story might be different with individual SKUs - here we have combined SKUs all systems)

Amazon ranking was a good hint that things might be mighty close this month, but indeed first time wrong in 18 months.

 

[Trago]

Smash 3DS still truckin' huh?

Kinda took me by surprise to be honest.

 

[n0razi]

There have been a ton of crazy xb1 sales recently.. Usually see ps4/1game bundles for $350 but I have seen xb1/3game/live bundles for even less which is crazy considering it was $500 for just the console

 

[Maximo]

PS4 Price drop at E3?

 

[MrMatt555]

Hardware:

Xbox One: Best selling console. (Up 63% year over year)

 

[Ondore]

Bloodborne, Xenoblade 3D and Mario Party 10 would have ranked in the old format.

 

[v1ncelis]

Competition is good. Now bring that amazing E3 Sony!

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Good on MS.

 

[TheXfactor]

sony got way too cocky with the ps4 honestly, doesn't surprise me

 

[bigkrev]

How did MLB have better legs than Bloodborne?

Bloodborne insanely frontloaded?

Anyone that wanted BB bought it at launch, and MLB came out super late in March, and now Baseball is back, so people will think about it more.

Considering how much better PS4 software sold, I'm baffled at Xbox winning the month

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Did MS release that MCC bundle in April?

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

WTF happened to Bloodborne...

 

[RoKKeR]

I'm sure this was a nice confidence boost for MS going into E3. Talks of a Ps4 price cut are premature IMO, the thing is still raking in cash for Sony.

 

[I-hate-u]

What happened that made Xbox spike in sales?

 

[donutzsick]

No more bloodborne

 

[Jigorath]

MLB held up better than Bloodborne. How weird.

 

[D4Danger]

Did everyone go digital with Bloodborne?

frontloaded niche game. It's not surprising it dropped off.

 

[Mory Dunz]

7-10

 

[Geg]

What bumped Smash I wonder, the dlc?

 

[IKizzLE]

People bought bloodborne early cuz of reviews....returned it after dying 30x before cleric beast. Told all their casual friends it's hard as fuck = no more charting.

 

[RdN]

Wow, Xbox One is 1st? That's really surprising to me. I remember seeing something saying that the PS4 had this month in the bag.

Anyway, that's great news for MS. Let's keep the competition going, we're the ones who are getting the benefits of that!

 

[def sim]

yeah dark souls

 

[inanutshell]

Surprising that Xbox won April given that I've been seeing lots of deals for the console the past few weeks in May including the Bestbuy $50 off one.

 

[Htown]

Bloodborne, Xenoblade 3D and Mario Party 10 would have ranked in the old format.

Oh really?

Good for Xenoblade, then.

 

[PixalTheCat]

Bloodborne, Xenoblade 3D and Mario Party 10 would have ranked in the old format.

Numbers???

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

sony got way too cocky with the ps4 honestly, doesn't surprise me

lol, are we starting with this bullshit already?

 

[Welfare]

Xbox One - 187k

Wii U - 43k

3DS - 116k (Little error in the data)

 

[Atlas157]

sony got way too cocky with the ps4 honestly, doesn't surprise me

They did?

 

[vpance]

Sony playing rope a dope I see. Like Mayweather vs Pacman

 

[Orthogonal]

Thought Bloodborne might sneak in, but not too surprised it missed. Dark souls 2 however did better than I expected. Great news for From Software.

 

[TheXbox]

I wonder why. Just a lack of momentum for Sony? Can't think of any games or announcements of note in April, barring Halo 5 news. (and I sincerely doubt halo arg would cause this)

 

[DidntKnowJack]

I'm generally a Sony guy, but if MS wins a month then Sony wins a month, its all good. Competition (hopefully) keeping both of them at the top of their game.

Though honestly, these aren't exactly outstanding numbers for any of them.

 

[Afrodium]

Shocked that Bloodborne is already gone

 

[allan-bh]

NPD night much more entertainment now

 

[sense]

sony got way too cocky with the ps4 honestly, doesn't surprise me

The Age of Sony is done!

 

[Daemul]

RIP Bloodborne

 

[johnsavage]

Smash 3DS still truckin' huh?

Dat Mewtwo DLC? Or was that the month before? Maybe it was just a slow month.

 

[Chris1]

Pretty big win for xbox, don't think anyone saw them winning NPD before October. Huge surprise.

Dark Souls 2 selling more on PS4 than XB1 is a bit surprising, especially so soon after Bloodborne.

 

[Nephtes]

Woah... Did not expect that.

MCC edition Xbox One?

 

[Chobel]

One game worth talking about that didn’t make the above list is Xenoblade Chronicles 3D. Nintendo revealed that it was the fifth best-selling game if you do not combine sales for platforms. Xenoblade only came out for the 3DS, so it’s at a disadvantage when compared to releases that are available across a huge range of different devices.

Amazing for Xenoblade

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

Xbone wonnered?!?


Wow, I wonder how close it was. Time for a (minor) price drop IMO.

Xbox One - 187k

Wii U - 43k

3DS - 114k

where is this data from?

 

[7DollarHagane]

oh nice to see Smash there. =)
also congrats to MKX. I need to check this out one day

What happened that made Xbox spike in sales?

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.

 

[jaydogg691]

I bought a Xbox One that month.

You're welcome.

 

[antone]

Nothing more than a confidence boost for MS. Talks of a Ps4 price cut are premature IMO, the thing is still raking in cash for Sony.

Yeah, Sony is Japanese company. So they don't really be doing price drops on items like American companies do.

 

[Handy Fake]

frontloaded niche game. It's not surprising it dropped off.

Aye, you're probably right.

Everyone must have been buying the $1000 PS4s with PT installed on them from eBay.

 

[JAYSIMPLE]

Consumers finally realising that Sony has no exclusive games at all this gen. Not one.


Joke of course


Roll on e3 it's gonna be a great year for all

 

[ascii42]

Didn't expect the XB1 win. Also good showing for Dark Souls

 

[Nirolak]

Bloodborne insanely frontloaded?

Is it that surprising?

It's a niche game with a dedicated audience.

It's really not a mass market title or a system seller to anything but its small devoted audience.

I'm not sure why people thought otherwise, though it does seem a common sentiment. Maybe the number of GAF posts are confusing people as to its relevance.