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For next-gen, PlayStation 4 blockbuster game sales win in November, but Xbox 360 prevails overall

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sony’s PlayStation 4 came out higher in November when it came to sales of the blockbuster games on next-gen consoles, according to market researcher NPD. Meanwhile, the Xbox 360 versions of the big games sold the most copies.

But that makes sense, given the timing of sales. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 still has the largest active user community when it comes to the living room game consoles, with more than 80 million consoles in the market. Consequently, the Xbox 360 version was the bestseller for seven of the top ten games during the month of November, according to the report on U.S. physical retail sales of games in November.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.