Microsoft has announce through Xbox Wire the sales of Xbox One and Titanfall‘s performance as a system seller for the console.
Microsoft states that the Xbox One has sold over more than 5 million Xbox One units to retailers since the launch of the system. Microsoft also compares the Xbox One to Xbox 360 in terms of the latest system outpacing it “by more than 60 percent at the same point in time”.
Sales of the console be more than 5 million can be contribute to Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall as it was the number one selling game of March second only to Sony’s inFAMOUS: Second Son and many other games.
Highlights from March 2014 NPD Group results include:
- Xbox One continues selling at a strong pace with 311,000 units sold in the U.S. in the month of March, surpassing Xbox 360 sales by more than 60 percent at the same point in time.
- Xbox 360 continues to grow its install base with 111,000 units sold in March in the U.S., more than any other seventh generation console.
- Xbox One continues to see impressive software sales with an average of 2.9 games sold per console.
- With Xbox One and Xbox 360 combined, the Xbox platform sold the most games across all console platforms with 4.1 million games sold. Xbox One sold 1.4 million games in March and Xbox 360 sold 2.7 million, totaling 49 percent of the total software market share (Xbox 360 and Xbox One combined).
- During the month of March, Xbox One and Xbox 360 games in the top 10 title lists were as follows:
- Xbox One held four top titles in the generation eight top 10 console game title list in the U.S. including: “Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare,” “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” “Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes,” “ Titanfall.”
- Xbox 360 held six top titles in the generation seven top 10 console game title list in the U.S. include: “Minecraft,” “Dark Souls II,” “The Lego Movie Video Game,” “Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare,” “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” “South Park: The Stick of Truth.”
Data from NPD Group, March 2014
*Internal Microsoft data
