James Delahunty
9 Mar 2012 14:22
Microsoft reveals U.S. sales figures.
The company said that U.S. retailers sold 426,000 units of its Xbox 360 console during the month of February, citing data from NPD.
The result means that Microsoft retained more than 40 percent market share for the 12th straight month, while spending on all Xbox products (hardware, games, accessories etc.) hit £383 million in February.
Overall hardware sales in the video games industry were up month-over-month, but overall sales were down year-over-year, again. Software, hardware and accessory sales came in at $1.06 billion, down 20 percent from the same month in 2011.
Hardware was down 18 percent YoY to $381.4 million and software got smacked down 23 percent to $464.4 million. Accessory sales were down 16 percent to $215.2 million.