The top selling console for October was Xbox One according to the NPD Group that came out today. According to Microsoft, Xbox One sales saw 81% growth compared to October 2014. The company said, “The success of Halo 5: Guardians led Xbox One to be the best-selling console in the United States in October, despite a price drop from PlayStation 4.”
The games that sold the most are as follows:
• Halo 5: Guardians (XBO)
• NBA 2K16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
• Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (PS4, XBO)
• Madden NFL 16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
• WWE 2K16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
• FIFA 16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
• Destiny: The Taken King (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
• Yoshi’s Woolly World (NWU)
• Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4)
• Rock Band 4 (XBO, PS4)
It’s great to see Halo 5 best all other multiplatform titles. It’s quite surprising that it beat Assassin’s Creed Syndicate on both next-generation platforms. This just goes to show you the strength of the title and the quality of the franchise. Additionally, the Xbox One was the only next-generation console that saw a year-over-year increase in sales in October. The PlayStation 4 sold fewer units despite a significant price drop last month.
Source: PlayStation LifeStyle
Asher is a games journalist, former News Writer (Gaming) at Windows Central. They contributed 1110 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on opinion pieces, game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: wrote over 1,100 ICXM pieces on Xbox news, hardware reviews, and platform commentary before joining Future plc’s Windows Central in 2017.