wraggster
January 17th, 2014, 23:17
The best selling games platform in the US last year was the Nintendo 3DS, US numbers company NPD has revealed.http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles//a/1/6/4/7/5/9/2/eurogamer-2fqy4t.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/quality/70/format/jpg
The plucky handheld outsold every other format when looking at year-long totals,ShackNews (http://www.shacknews.com/article/82688/december-npd-xbox-one-beats-ps4-but-3ds-comes-out) reported, although last month's figures showed a strong performance by both new next-gen consoles.Xbox One edged out PlayStation 4 in December sales, although Sony's machine is still cumulatively ahead. Sony has blamed the PS4's December dip on it being out of stock "due to overwhelming demand".December also saw Wii U reach its highest monthly sales total to date, likely buoyed by the launch of Super Mario 3D World.Grand Theft Auto 5 was the US' best selling game of 2013, followed by Call of Duty: Ghosts, Madden 25, Battlefield 4 and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-17-3ds-was-the-top-selling-us-games-device-last-year
The plucky handheld outsold every other format when looking at year-long totals,ShackNews (http://www.shacknews.com/article/82688/december-npd-xbox-one-beats-ps4-but-3ds-comes-out) reported, although last month's figures showed a strong performance by both new next-gen consoles.Xbox One edged out PlayStation 4 in December sales, although Sony's machine is still cumulatively ahead. Sony has blamed the PS4's December dip on it being out of stock "due to overwhelming demand".December also saw Wii U reach its highest monthly sales total to date, likely buoyed by the launch of Super Mario 3D World.Grand Theft Auto 5 was the US' best selling game of 2013, followed by Call of Duty: Ghosts, Madden 25, Battlefield 4 and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-17-3ds-was-the-top-selling-us-games-device-last-year