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Xbox One from Microsoft had a rough ride from the releasing day of the console, but it managed to stay on track. Not long ago they announced that their sales for the United States region recorded the best selling console on the market in December. In November Xbox One was the best selling console on the market too, beating its powerful rival, PS4. For the company it can be considered as a monumental achievement. They added that the price will go down to $349 again. Only two weeks before the console was priced at $399.
In December 2013 the console faced a similar success. Still, for the whole last year PS4 emerged in the United States and all over the world as the console with the most important sales in volume. Sony’s Play Station 4 is, according to the numbers, the console which sold with an incredible speed, the fastest on the market, in all the history of PlayStation. The company sold all over the world more than 4.1m units in the Christmas period.
NPD numbers state that the games console hardware market in the United States faced a shrunk in overall sales from $1.37bn in December 2013 to $1.31bn in December last year. But for the whole year an increase in overall games console hardware market was observed, an increase of around 20 per cent to $5.07bn.
The best selling title of last year in December as well as for the entire 2014 was Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
The annual 2014 Top Ten for new physical releases
1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
2. Madden NFL 15
3. Destiny (Activision)
4. Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
5. Minecraft (Microsoft/Sony)
6. Super Smash Bros (Nintendo)
7. NBA 2K15 (2K Games)
8. Watch Dogs (Ubisoft)
9. FIFA 15 (EA)
10. Call Of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)
The US December Top Ten:
1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
2. Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)
3. Madden NFL 15 (EA)
4. Super Smash Bros (Nintendo)
5. NBA 2K15 (2K Games)
6. Minecraft (Microsoft/Sony)
7. Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft)
8. Just Dance 2015 (Ubisoft)
9. Destiny (Activision)
10. FIFA 15 (EA)
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