April 2015 NPD: Xbox One outsells PS4; Mortal Kombat X tops software chart

Game spending was up slightly in April as Xbox One and PlayStation 4 owners are buying more games.

Total new physical game software and hardware sales at U.S. retailers was up 3 percent from $579.5 million in April 2014 to $595.7 million in April 2015, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That increase didn’t come from hardware, which was down 4 percent from $191.9 million to $183.9 million. But the money that people saved from fewer console purchases went into spending $256.7 million on new games in April, and that is up 13 percent year-over-year from $227.6 million.