Sony refrained from releasing its usual self-fellating PR statement following last night's NPD report, leading many – ourselves included – to assume that the PlayStation 4 had failed to secure a seventh successive spell at the top of the US hardware charts. However, it's since confirmed to IGN that its new-gen system was indeed the best-selling console for the month of April 2016, so now you know.
It sounds like console sales were pretty weak across the board, which may explain why all three manufacturers declined to comment. Hardware revenue slipped by a whopping 23 per cent year-over-year, with staggering sales and lower prices to blame. Some argue that the PS4K is being prepared to offset this trend, by rejuvenating interest and also increasing the average price of each system sold.
Of course, it could just be that last month was, quite simply, a slow month for console sales. Big new titles like Dark Souls III and Ratchet & Clank may have done extremely well, but they're targeting existing console owners more than the mainstream market. We're sure that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End will prompt the beginning of an upswing for the American games industry as we edge closer to the holidays.
[source uk.ign.com]
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Agree with the conclusion, certainly some people were waiting for that U4 bundle, and some people were planning on buying a console with the game. I was looking for a deal but never found one. So now I'm one of those people waiting for Neo, or Sept 30, but May will still have better PS4 sales than April.
If I didn't already own a launch console now, I'd wait for the new ps4.
I predict PS4 will sweep the year
I heard nearly all ps4 sold throught bundle, maybe because there are no ratchet and clank & dark soul ps4 bundle so people hold off buying ps4, waiting for uncharted 4 bundle. Or ps4 neo.
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