Xbox One was the Best Selling Console for December -- NPD

Damn... All us launch day buyers got hosed compared to all the awesome bundles the XB1 & PS4 put out; Not to mention the HUUUGE price cuts.

So xbox sold more games then PS4 and the ps4 has sold double of what the x1 have sold that only means everybody who bought the ps4 just did because of their fanboyisim! Almost 20 million and still couldent outsell the Xbox one in games lol

Now, Sony, drop your damn price so I can buy a PS4 lol

I bet once again it was rated for retail store sales in stead of actual people buying them sales like how PS4 sales are calculated. This isn't a win for MS. They are still loosing massively. They might now have maybe 10m consoles sold that actual people bought when PS4 have close to 20m.

@Fade2black001  These are NPD numbers. NPD numbers are those sold to consumers. Xbox One outsold PS4 in the U.S. in December 2014 and November 2014. That's what this article means.

@neotheden @Fade2black001 Outsold in only 2 countries IIRC. They are still WELL behind the PS4 in sales. MS might have 2 countries but Sony has the rest of the world especially Japan.

@Fade2black001 @neotheden  NPD numbers are for the U.S. only. That was in my original comment. The point of my rebuttal is that you incorrectly claimed that NPD numbers were sold-to-retailers when they're actually sold-to-consumers, and then you tried to take results from one market, which the  NPD handles, and twist it to the global level, which is a digression.

Of course they won December!! X1 is being given away!! I love my launch day X1 and Ps4, but I really want the X1 to take off now. I dont care if it sells for $150 cheaper than when I bought it around a year ago. The more gamers get on board the more games! Come One, Come All, enjoy GAMING!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the year that the new gen should start showing its superior power over the last!!

Awesome to hear

Good job Microsoft.  Now you just need to reveal your total consoles sold to consumers.

@Vylsith Why? Its not going to change anything for us gamers.

Awesome. Hope it continues! 

This is why MS is returning the price to $350, it gives them another edge over Sony plus we've all seen what Nintendo has coming down the pipe and they want to be prepared for it.

@kujel Nintendo has to win the title of "Best come from behind success". The WII U really had a stellar line up last year and it looks like they'll have another great year of games. I own a Xbox One and have had it since day one but I certainly cannot deny one simple fact : Out of the three consoles, the WII U has the best line up of purely fun games.

@wookietim @kujel I like some Nintendo games without a doubt, but once developers stop making games for last generation consoles, the Wii U will be pretty much done.  The lack of multiplatform titles is killing it.

@kujel desperation more likely. They went back to 400 and were destroyed by Sony. They can only keep discounting to keep momentum up. Not very healthy.

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still cant take screenshots or chat to my friends on 360 and its been over a year, pathetic

@hotwog21 oh shut up it's coming.

@hotwog21. you said the exact same comment on another article. You really seem to want screenshots. Idk why, I've had the ability on ps4 since launch and haven't taken a single screen shot.

@alightningboldt  Agreed. I can't imagine that more than 1% of gamers ever use the screenshot feature, especially now that we have the ability to record, edit, and share actual gaming clips from the consoles.

Healthy sales for the X1 AND PS4 are good for everybody in the long run so this is good news.

@rickphoenixxx  except Nintendo.

Too bad the NPD numbers are for US only.... 

@alaskancrab why do people like you always say that ? why you just can't be happy for the damn thing.

@wowfanboyzsmh @alaskancrab I'll agree that there's no reason to rain on their parade.  That being said, Microsoft hasn't released their total units sold to consumers for a reason.

Good. The Xbox and Wii U are both pumping out great games you can only find on the respective systems. My PS4 is used for multiplats and movies...not a good look for a game console.

reducing price and giving away lots of free games will do that

@Mindwipe77 That and most people already have a PS4 ..>.>

@Mindwipe77 Which, of course, was Sony's strategy for awhile. After all, they did unbundle their camera just to undercut the price of the Xbox One at launch and they have been giving away free games as well...

@Jjinne @Mindwipe77 Sony sold 4.4 million consoles over the holidays.  Clearly most people didn't get the memo.  Or maybe 18.5 million isn't most people.

@Vylsith @Jjinne @Mindwipe77  To put this all in perspective, there are 7.22 billion people in the world. Selling 18.5 million consoles is merely a grain of sand on a beach. I think we all need to take a step back and remember that 7.2015 billion people in this world don't give a darn.

"Overall for 2014, Sony came out on top both globally and worldwide" I think that was both a miswriting and a typo.

@Hurvl What's wrong with a little redundancy and repetition?

So Xbox is the top selling console of November and December. If this were a 12 round boxing match, that would mean they only won two rounds. Winner by unanimous decision: PS4.

@bob15x @sampson3121 @RoachRush they are saying the states , not north america

We'll be getting sales data for the US from the NPD later today, but Microsoft revealed that they came out number one in console sales in the US once again in a press release today.

In addition to having the number one console, Microsoft also trumpeted their success on the software front, writing, "Xbox One sold more games throughout November and December in the U.S. than any other current-generation platform."

@RoachRush in one country

@RoachRush unless its a knockout punch in the 12th round.

@sampson3121 @RoachRush north american is more than one country.

@bob15x @sampson3121 @RoachRush You are correct.  Unfortunately NPD only tracks sales data for the US and Canada.

@RoachRush It was the top selling console in the US for November and December.  It probably wasn't the top selling console worldwide.  This is obviously bittersweet given Sony's 18.5 million consoles sold to consumers announcement.

@kujel His statement was obviously biased.  The gap still probably widened over the holidays worldwide.  Microsoft has yet to announce units sold overall, and the reason is pretty obvious.  Good for Microsoft, but given the value they offered was significantly greater than the value that Sony offered, this isn't exactly a resounding victory on their part.  More of a lesson on how market saturation works.

A little bitter are we?

@RoachRush  Actually, Xbox won December 2013 as well. So, make that 3 rounds.

Shame it took this long to figure how to price and sell it the right way. Gave Sony such a lead that they will never take back. I'm glad they finally to it together.

@Triton They should have released 2 SKU's at launch. Not sure what they were thinking. The PS3 disaster should have told them that.

@nyadc @Triton I suspect 14 million in sold-through is a tad high... My guess is closer to 12 million. Either way, both of these consoles are selling really well - better than last gen even. Which is actually great since it might cause all of those "Consoles are dead" articles to recede for awhile...

I'm not ignoring anything. it was 10 shipped, meaning probably 8 sold. 2.5 million sold the last month and a half and you have 10.5.

@diggyphelps @nyadc @Triton And, again, you are discussing numbers almost 3 months old that ignored the biggest selling period of the year. It's not out of the question to consider that another couple million shipped and sold in that period.

It was 10 million shipped, ya mook. You are the one who needs to do some research.

No, they're a month and a half old, not 3 months... And I said 2.5 million over the holiday period, can you read? I guess you can't.

@diggyphelps @nyadc @Triton They sold 10 million,this was already known buddy go do the research.

@nyadc @Triton No offense, but you're delusional.  If they were that close they definitely would have announced it by now.  The 10 million shipped number was given after they already sent out the bulk of their holiday shipment, and the Xbox One is selling pretty poorly in most of the world.  It's no where near 14 million.  I'll give it 11.5 to 12 million at most.

@diggyphelps @nyadc @Triton Actually that 10 million shipped was in early November, so you are ignoring the christmas sales period - a period in which it is not unthinkable that another couple million were sold.

@Triton If you factor in Sony's total sales over the last two months with the PlayStation 4 against the Xbox One's sales which surpassed it in the US+UK for November and in December in the US, the Xbox One is likely sitting close to the 14 million sold-through range. 

They had essentially hit 10 million sold-through units at the beginning of November, Sony sold 4.1 million PlayStation 4's worldwide from November 23rd to January 8th and the Xbox One US+UK sales were only a few hundred thousand units behind that over two months so they're nearing or have at this point passed the 14 million sold-through mark.

They're not far behind the PlayStation 4, not far at all.

Evidence suggests that both Sony and MS fudge the sell through vs sold in variable.

My research has the XB1 sitting at around 13 million units sold to retailers so far.

Sony has 18.5 million sold to retailers, with a bit of channel stuffing going on.

Now before anyone starts yelling about the PS4 was sold through, I have only this...

If you're experienced in analyzing sales data, then you would know that Sony had no idea how many of its units had actually sold through to consumers so soon after the holidays. NPD for example, just got it's numbers together early this week, and are usually the first to do so. It was almost 2 weeks ago that Sony was reporting sold through numbers that included Dec.

Anybody familiar with this sort of stuff, along with Sony's record knows that the 18.5 number is sold in, rather than sold through.

@nyadc @Triton They had 10 million shipped... They did not win in the UK in Dec... It's widely believed to still be around 10 million, stop fabricating #'s.