Oh boy oh boy, subsequent month’s NPD headline may be one thing totally different.
The PS4 has as soon as once more proved to be the bestselling within the NPD’s month-to-month US retail chart.
This scenario has been the norm ever since this era of consoles debuted, and it’s getting a bit uninteresting. We’re all fairly excited for subsequent months’ report, the place hopefully we’ll see some change up due to the Switch’s launch.
In the meantime, although, Sony’s success isn’t a surprise – particularly given the discharge of Horizon Zero Dawn proper on the finish of February and Nioh earlier within the month. Not to say Resident Evil 7’s platform-exclusive VR mode from the tip of January.
Xbox solely had Halo Wars 2 to fireplace again with, however it nonetheless managed to dig up some optimistic information in its NPD response assertion. According to Microsoft, the hours performed on Xbox One in February jumped 11% year-on-year, whereas distinctive customers elevated by 35% year-on-year. So whereas Xbox could also be behind PS4, it’s nonetheless rising properly, and that’s what’s necessary to Microsoft.
Interestingly although, Xbox stated GTA 4 going backwards-compatible helped drive engagement throughout February. Detractors might scoff, and entry to the again catalogue of the Xbox 360 doesn’t make up for an absence of exclusives, however backwards compatibility is a good characteristic that clearly will get quite a lot of use.
Anyway, the NPD group shall be again subsequent week with a full report on , software program and equipment, so keep tuned.
