Xbox One continued to gain momentum in August, with sales in the United States up 26% over August 2014. Minecraft, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and Rare Replay topped the charts. Analyst Liam Callahan noted, “Bundles are increasingly becoming the standard way to purchase console hardware as 93% of unit sales in August 2015 came from bundles, which compares to 41% in August 2014.
Additionally, 5 out of the top 10 games sold best on Xbox in August. The consoles are arranged according to game sales. Gears of War and Rare Replay were the best-selling exclusives for any platform in August.
1. Madden NFL 16 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
2. Minecraft (360, PS3, XBO, PS4)
3. Gears Of War: Ultimate Edition (XBO)
4. Grand Theft Auto 5 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
5. Lego: Jurassic World (360, 3DS, NWU, PS3, XBO, PS4, PSV)
6. Rare Replay (XBO)
7. Until Dawn (PS4)
8. Call Of Duty: Black Ops Combo Pack (360, PS3)
9. Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4, XBO)
10. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
Source: IGN
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.