Xbox One Closes Sales Gap With PlayStation 4
Microsoft almost caught Sony on video game consoles sales in February and beat Sony on revenue, according to the latest report from NPD.
Sony's PlayStation 4 (PS4) led hardware sales in February, but only by a narrow margin, according to the NPD Group.
The Xbox One sold "over 90 percent of what the PS4 sold in terms of unit sales," according to NPD analyst Liam Callahan. But because of Xbox One's higher price, "it led hardware sales on a dollar basis," he added.
Neither NPD nor Sony specified a PS4 sales figure for February.
Microsoft grabed the chance and trumpeted its February numbers. The company said that 258,000 units were sold in the U.S. in the month of February. The company added that it also sold 114,000 units Xbox 360units sold in February in the U.S. Xbox 360 fans will have their opportunity to play "Titanfall," when it launches on Xbox 360 on March 25.
Sony said it had sold 6 million PS4s through March 2, while Microsoft sold 3.9 million Xbox Ones in 2013.
The Xbox One sold "over 90 percent of what the PS4 sold in terms of unit sales," according to NPD analyst Liam Callahan. But because of Xbox One's higher price, "it led hardware sales on a dollar basis," he added.
Neither NPD nor Sony specified a PS4 sales figure for February.
Microsoft grabed the chance and trumpeted its February numbers. The company said that 258,000 units were sold in the U.S. in the month of February. The company added that it also sold 114,000 units Xbox 360units sold in February in the U.S. Xbox 360 fans will have their opportunity to play "Titanfall," when it launches on Xbox 360 on March 25.
Sony said it had sold 6 million PS4s through March 2, while Microsoft sold 3.9 million Xbox Ones in 2013.
