The previous year i.e. Year 2013 was the launch year of two major next-generation consoles Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Both consoles were launched in November and both of them did very well. Xbox One managed to sale one million units in 24 hours of its launch. There are a lot of new generation games coming to new generation consoles.
Few days ago, we came to know that over 3 million Xbox One units have been sold. Now according to new report, Xbox One was the best selling console in United States in the month of December. A total of 908,000 Xbox One units were sold in December. That is about one million units alone in December in United States. Moreover 643,000 units of Xbox 360 units were sold too. That gave Microsoft, 46% of the December hardware console marketshare and that is about 10% more than the previous year’s December market share. Moreover, more than $1.39 billion were spent in the month of December for software, hardware and accessories on both the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Total video game sales in United States in December was $3.28 billion so Microsoft manages to take about 50% market share in this category as well. All that is a real success for Microsoft.