PlayStation 4 is the best-selling platform for the eighth month in a row, Sony told IGN, with Madden NFL 15 on PS4 taking the "#1 spot for overall software sales."





Madden NFL 15 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3) Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC) Minecraft (360, PS3) The Last of Us (PS4, PS3) Call Of Duty: Ghosts (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC, NWU) Lego Marvel Super Heroes (360, PS3, NWU, PS4, 3DS, NDS, XBO, PSV, PC) Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare (360, PS3, PS4, XBO) Watch Dogs (PS4, 360, PS3, XBO, PC) Battlefield 4 (360, PS3, PS4, XBO, PC) The LEGO Movie Videogame (360, 3DS, PS3, NWU, PS4, XBO, PSV)

Xbox One sales nearly doubled in August compared to July, a Microsoft representative told IGN. Microsoft attribues this to "strong demand for the Xbox One Madden NFL 15 bundle ."North American video game hardware sales doubled year over year in August, 2014, according to NPD Group's Liam Callahan. This was "caused by an over 200 percent increase in console hardware sales with continued strong sales of eighth generation hardware (which includes Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One).”Madden NFL 15, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, and Minecraft lead the sales this month. Check out the top 10 best-selling retail games for the month of August below.The new-generation version of Madden NFL 15 outsold the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version, and performed best on PlayStation 4.On the hardware side, the combined sales of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles in their first 10 months is more than 70% compared to PS3/Xbox 360 sales in the same relative time period. PS4, Wii U, and Xbox One made up 70% of hardware sales in August, as well.

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