January 2015 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One as Dying Light tops software chart Subscriber Only

The first month of 2015 saw the one big new game trump a bunch of returning best-sellers from 2014. But the biggest news is the return of the PlayStation 4 as the No. 1 selling console in the U.S.

The Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Warner Bros. Interactive’s zombie-survival game Dying Light pushed total game sales to $625.7 million in January. That’s down 5 percent from $662.1 million in January 2014. While software sales were up, hardware was down big time from $239.6 million to $185.5 million. This is a reversal of the 2014 trend that saw hardware up nearly every month while game sales lagged behind. It is likely switching around now as the hardware market is settling into place. The console gaming business is worth around $15 billion in the U.S. alone.