Mortal Kombat X and Xbox One Lead NPD for April 2015

[Shawn Zipay]

April 2015 was a month for fans of the letter X as both Mortal Kombat X and the Xbox One led the NPD sales charts. Let's take a look at the top 10 games sold during the April 2015 period.

1.) Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One)
2.) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, PC, 360, PS3)
3.) Battlefield: Hardline (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
4.) MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)
5.) Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
6.) NBA 2K15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
7.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
8.) Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
9.) Super Smash Bros. (3DS, Wii U)
10.) Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (PS4, Xbox One)

With the PS4 being the system of choice for many of the above games, the PlayStation brand continued to lead the charge for software sales. The Xbox One responded by being the best selling hardware in April, increasing its sales 63% compared to April 2014.

Sony continues to hold a comfortable lead on global hardware sales. Sony offered up a statement on today's figures.

"We would like to thank fans around the world for their continued support of the PS4. 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."

Microsoft also provided a public statement on these recent figures.

"As the best-selling console in the U.S. in April, fans set record April sales and engagement for Xbox One last month. Xbox One console sales in the U.S. increased 63 percent in April 2015 compared to April 2014 and Xbox Live comparisons showed the number of active global users [Xbox One and Xbox 360] grew 24 percent. We are grateful to our fans for their passion and support and are looking forward to sharing more on the best game lineup in Xbox history at E3."
-Mike Nichols of Xbox Marketing

How did Nintendo do? Well, I'm going to guess it wasn't all that great outside of Super Smash Bros.. It is also worth noting that Bloodborne sales fell off sharply after a strong showing in the March NPD figures. Overall, retail software sales are up 13% compared to 2014 while hardware sales were down by 4%.