October Npd

October Npd headlines

• Battlefield 1 was the best-selling game in a month with a 36% year-on-year software spike - October NPD

  Battlefield 1 leads the pack this month, helping deliver a rosy result for the US games market.

• Xbox One outsold PS4 in the US during October, for the fourth month in a row

  Xbox One was once again the best-selling console in the US last month, according to the NPD Group.

• Xbox One wins October: thanks, Halo 5

  Halo 5 predictably pushed the Xbox One to dominate the US market last month.

• PS4 outsells Xbox One in the US for tenth consecutive month

  Although we expect the Xbox One price cut to change things drastically next month, during October the PS4 continued its unbroken streak as the best-selling eighth-generation console in the US.

• Analysts predict Xbox 360 will top October NPD charts

  Industry analysts Michael Pachter and Jesse Divnich have donned their prediction hats and are expecting a repeat performance from Xbox 360 on the October US sales chart.