thismeintiel on 17 April 2014
I can see this going either way. On one hand, Sony may be releasing this to soften the blow of losing NPD. Though, I'm sure that if they did lose, it wouldn't be by much. On the other hand, Sony may have just gotten their numbers for March and saw that they had passed 7M, so announced it.
I kinda think the latter makes more sense, since I'm sure Sony knows they're own NPD numbers, now, but I'm not sure if NPD would have given them MS's before Thursday. Either way, great sales. Now, MS should announce theirs.
