Destiny is the best-selling game in the US in September, ahead of Madden 2015 and FIFA 2015. Sony is particularly proud of this success, but Microsoft also benefits from the success of the game with the Xbox.
On the night from Thursday to Friday, some confusing news came from the US. About an hour before the numbers were officially announced, around midnight our time, some sites already opened with a press statement from Sony, claiming credit for the success of “Destiny” for their Playstation 4. Destiny was responsible for the most successful month in the Playstation Store. The game was a big hit digitally. On PS4 alone, players spent 125 million hours playing it, and 450,000 of those were uploaded live via the Share function.
Destiny is played five times more often on PS4 than the second-best title. Which one that is was not disclosed. Furthermore, the number of Playstation Plus subscribers has increased by 115% compared to the pre-Destiny time. Great numbers indeed.
Shortly afterwards, the US sites published the official values from the market research institute NPD. Here, Destiny actually ranked number 1 ahead of Madden 2015 and FIFA 2015; however, they indicated Microsoft’s “Xbox One” as the system on which Destiny sold the most.
The US site IGN suspects this is because the bundles were not included in the table. Also, the digital versions of the games did not count for the table. They want to hold back on further speculation until a statement from Microsoft is available.
As vg247 concludes, this discrepancy could be due to the fact that Xbox One players do not opt for digital purchases as often as players on the Playstation 4.
The sales chart in North America for September for “traditional retail versions” looks like this (the systems on which each title sold best are listed to the left).
1.) Destiny (XBO, PS4, 360, PS3)
2.) Madden NFL 15 (360, PS4, PS3, XBO)
3.) FIFA 15 (PS4, 360, PS3, XBOX, Wii, PSV, 3DS)
4.) Super Smash Bros. (3DS)
5.) Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4, XBO, PC)
6.) NHL 15 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
7.) Minecraft (360, PS3)
8.) The Sims 4 (PC)
9.) Disney Infinity 2.0 (360, PS3, NWU, PS4, XBO)
10.) Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (PS4, 360, PS3, XBO, PC)
