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PS4 Tops US Sales Charts in May 2016 NPDs
With E3 days away and announcements ready to potentially shake up the console business, Sony's PS4 has again come away as the top-selling console in the United States during May 2016.
Sony confirmed with GameSpot that its console came out on top last month ahead of the NPD Group's monthly report, which is slated for release later this afternoon. For the second month in a row, it didn't offer any statement on the report beyond that.
Microsoft did comment on the report, though its focus was on anything other than Xbox One hardware sales, as is now the norm.
"In May 2016, gaming hours on Xbox One more than doubled compared to last year, driven by the launches of Overwatch and Doom as well as the addition of Call of Duty: Black Ops to the catalog of Xbox 360 titles playable on Xbox One," said marketing VP Mike Nichols in a statement shared with GameSpot. "Minecraft also hit a significant milestone with total sales to-date surpassing 106 million and an average monthly unique player rate of more than 40 million across all platforms. We are just days away from E3 2016 and we're excited to share more details on what Xbox fans can expect this year and beyond. We expect this to be a special E3."
Xbox One last outsold PS4 in the US during October 2015.
Nintendo has not yet commented on May's NPD report, but we'll report back with anything it shares.
There are reports that both Microsoft and Sony could discuss new versions of their respective consoles at E3 next week. (Nintendo won't be showing the NX.) If they do, that could have a serious impact on hardware sales in June. Hardware sales were already on the decline in April.
The full NPD report arrives later today. Check back then for more details regarding hardware sales last month.
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Sony confirmed with GameSpot that its console came out on top last month ahead of the NPD Group's monthly report, which is slated for release later this afternoon. For the second month in a row, it didn't offer any statement on the report beyond that.
Microsoft did comment on the report, though its focus was on anything other than Xbox One hardware sales, as is now the norm."In May 2016, gaming hours on Xbox One more than doubled compared to last year, driven by the launches of Overwatch and Doom as well as the addition of Call of Duty: Black Ops to the catalog of Xbox 360 titles playable on Xbox One," said marketing VP Mike Nichols in a statement shared with GameSpot. "Minecraft also hit a significant milestone with total sales to-date surpassing 106 million and an average monthly unique player rate of more than 40 million across all platforms. We are just days away from E3 2016 and we're excited to share more details on what Xbox fans can expect this year and beyond. We expect this to be a special E3."
Xbox One last outsold PS4 in the US during October 2015.
Nintendo has not yet commented on May's NPD report, but we'll report back with anything it shares.
There are reports that both Microsoft and Sony could discuss new versions of their respective consoles at E3 next week. (Nintendo won't be showing the NX.) If they do, that could have a serious impact on hardware sales in June. Hardware sales were already on the decline in April.
The full NPD report arrives later today. Check back then for more details regarding hardware sales last month.
More...