According to the NPD group, Battlefield: Hardline was the top selling game for the month of March. It beat out Bloodborne and Grand Theft Auto V to claim the title.

Battlefield: Hardline (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, 360, PS3, PC)

Bloodborne (PS4)

Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)

Mario Party 10 (Wii U) (sold 290,000 copies physical and digital, according to Nintendo)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)

MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)

Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)

NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (PS4, Xbox One)

Final Fantasy: Type 0 HD (PS4, Xbox One)

The top 10 selling games for March were:As a whole, physical software sales fell by 6% over the same period last year, but 3DS software sales increased 20% from March 2014. Sales of new software fell 3% over the same period.The best-selling console for March 2015 was once again Sony's PS4. Last month's top selling game, Majora's Mask for the 3DS , came as a surprise, as did the announcement that Nintendo's 3D S w Sony announced that the PS4 was still the best selling home console for the month.

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