Xbox One was the best selling console in the United States last month, according to April's NPD results.

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"As the best-selling console in the U.S. in April, fans set record April sales and engagement for Xbox One last month," Xbox Marketing corporate VP Mike Nichols said. Xbox One console sales saw an increase of 63 percent this past month versus April of last year. Additionally, the number of global Xbox Live users increased by 24 percent.Despite being eclipsed by Microsoft during the month of April, Sony Computer Entertainment America has released a statement as well, reminding the world that PlayStation 4 is still ahead of Xbox One in lifetime sales."We would like to thank fans around the world for their continued support of the PS4," the statement reads. "According to NPD, PlayStation continues to lead software sales for April 2015 and PS4 remains the cumulative sales leader in the US. We are looking forward to an amazing E3."During the month of March, PlayStation 4 dominated the console market , continuing Sony's long-running streak of being number one. However, it appears the company's impressive run has come to an end.According to NPD, April saw a decrease in overall hardware sales by 4 percent as a result of the 55 percent drop in seventh-generation console sales. Meanwhile, eighth-gen hardware figures have remained stable, with handheld sales jumping up 36 percent.Additionally, current-gen console sales continue to outpace those of the prior generation. "After 18 months on the market for Xbox One and PS4, we are seeing cumulative hardware sales over 50 percent higher than the combined sales of Xbox 360 and PS3 at the same point in their lifecycles," the report concluded.

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