News: May hardware sales up 95% year-on-year in the US

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News: May hardware sales up 95% year-on-year in the US

Added: 17.06.2014 9:24 | 44 views | 0 comments

PS4 on top for fifth month in a row, plus impressive growth for Wii U.

News: May hardware sales up 95% year-on-year in the US news

The increase can be attributed to continued momentum of the PS4 and Xbox One, with the former earning a fifth month as the best-selling system. 3DS was the second best-selling system in May.

NPD analyst Liam Callahan stated that while "much of May 2014's hardware growth was due to Xbox One and PS4, there was also year-over-year growth for the Wii U, and PS Vita".

Wii U sales are reportedly up 85 per cent versus May 2013, putting the system at approximately 60,000 units sold, and Mario Kart 8 was only available for a few days of the month.

Software sales were...