The Xbox One was October's best-selling console, according to a statement from Microsoft.

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"Xbox One was once again the best-selling console in October in the U.S., U.K. and Australia," according to results given to Microsoft by The NPD Group and GfK Entertainment.October marks the fourth consecutive month Xbox One bested PS4 in US sales , and the second month for the UK and Australia. In July, Xbox One was the top selling 8th-generation console, but that month saw the Nintendo 3DS at the top of overall console sales.Microsoft said the launches of Gears of War 4 and Battlefield 1 helped drive console sales, with Gears of War 4 coming in as the number one "platform-exclusive title for October" in both the US and UK. Microsoft credited both Gears and Battlefield with increasing the number of multiplayer gamers on Xbox Live by 52 percent over the same period last year.At the end of last month, Microsoft revealed its holiday Xbox One bundles , including Gears, Battlefield, Minecraft, and FIFA options.The full NPD numbers for the US won't be released until next Thursday.

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