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January NPD: PS4 overtakes Xbox One while Dying Light topples Call of Duty

In a correction to an earlier report, the PlayStation 4 has beaten the Xbox One in the month of January. What hasn't changed is that Dying Light has overtaken Kevin Spacey and crew to take the #1 software slot.
Ozzie Mejia
Ozzie Mejia
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Shacknews erroneously reported earlier that Xbox One had taken the top hardware slot, however this does not appear to be the case. While the Xbox One does have record sales to hang its hat on, the PlayStation 4 has come out on top.

There weren't a lot of new software contenders to shake up the top 10 this month, but there was one that was able to finally take Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare down a peg. Despite its best efforts to take down the zombie menace, Dying Light was able to topple Activision's monolith and send it to the #2 slot, as overall software sales doubled from January of last year. The rest of the Top 10 stands mostly pat, with Grand Theft Auto V, Super Smash Bros., and NBA 2K15 continuing to hang around. Check out the full Top 10 below.

January Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC; new releases in bold)

  • Dying Light (PS4, XBO, PC)
  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
  • Grand Theft Auto V (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3)
  • Minecraft (360, PS3, XBO, PS4)
  • NBA 2K15 (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
  • Super Smash Bros. (NWU, 3DS)
  • Far Cry 4 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
  • Madden NFL 15 (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3)
  • Destiny (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3)
  • FIFA 15 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, Wii, PSV, 3DS)
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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

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