The winning streak of Sony's Playstation 4 has finally come to an end as the Xbox One emerged victorious in the month of April. The Xbox One sold more units than the Playstation 4, according to NPD's April report, due to be released later today.
"As the best-selling console in the U.S. in April, fans set record April sales and engagement for Xbox One last month. Xbox One console sales in the U.S. increased 63 percent in April 2015 compared to April 2014 and Xbox Live comparisons showed the number of active global users (Xbox One and Xbox 360) grew 24 percent. We are grateful to our fans for their passion and support and are looking forward to sharing more on the best game lineup in Xbox history at E3," said Mike Nichols, Corporate Vice President of Xbox Marketing, according to Forbes.
In the month of March, PS4 dominated sales charts, according to IGN News, and has been continually doing so since it's launch in September 2013, so this is a big win for Team Microsoft.
Even though Microsoft reported higher console sales in April, Sony remained the leader in software sales and pointed that out in a statement released in response to the NPD report. Sony also stated that the PS4 remainedthe cumulative sales leader in the US market.
A direct assessment between the two consoles worldwide would be tricky since Sony has sold more than 22 million PS4 consoles so far, according to IGN News, whereas Microsoft has combined both the 360 as well as the Xbox One consoles in it's financials, according to Gamespot.
According to Gamespot, Liam Callahan from the NDP group, stated that "hardware sales decreased by 4 percent due to the 55 percent decline in sales of seventh generation console hardware [Xbox 360 and ps3]." He also said that next-gen console sales were "stable" and "portable hardware increased by 36 percent."
Callahan also mentioned that the Microsoft's various deals and discounts have helped and have started to reflect in the sales figures. "Declines in hardware dollar sales were due to a decrease in average price of 4 percent, due to a drop in console hardware pricing." he said. In January, the Xbox One reduced its price to $350 whereas the PlayStation 4 continues to retail for about $400.
