Kazka jau biski i pievas uzdiskutavot, tai net nesikisiu ten:> Siek tiek naujienu: NPD: Nintendo 3DS Outsells Xbox One in May, Sony PS4 Beats Both Microsoft, meanwhile, sees some slowdown as it falls behind Sony, Nintendo in sales The NPD Group, Inc. -- a top market research firm -- has released its latest console sales report for the month of May 2014. With the exception of one small surprise (more on that in a bit), the message is the same -- Sony Corp.'s (TYO:6758) PlayStation 4 continues to dominate sales while Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Xbox One remains a feisty, but struggling challenger. I. Nintendo, Sony Win Big as Microsoft Struggles The company's press release did not contain specifics on how many units each company sold, but it clearly indicated that Sony's console continued to dominate sales for a fifth straight month. As of March 31 official sales numbers put Microsoft at 5 million units sold, Sony at 7 million units sold, and Nintendo Comp., Ltd. (TYO:7974) Wii U has sold 6.17 million units. Nintendo's console launched in Nov. 2012; Microsoft and Sony's consoles went on sale a year later in Nov. 2013. Of the trio of console makers, Sony has thus far seen arguably the greatest success wooing third party content, while Nintendo has had the worst luck in courting developers. The last year has been a rocky one for Nintendo, which suffered largely due to its slow response at publishing new titles in its most popular franchises, like Kirby, Mario, Mario Kart, Smash Bros., Zelda, and Donkey Kong. It has been forced to cut its forecasts multiple times and saw sales drop early this year. Now its looking reinvigorated. Due to that, while Sony held the sales crown in May, Nintendo might be the biggest winner of last month for breaking out of its nearly year long slump. Its return to growth was driven -- by its own accounting, even -- by the much anticipated release of Mario Kart 8. Mario Kart 8 sold roughly 1.2 million copies, good enough for second place in the NPD Group's May 2014 top selling video games list. The NPD Group report that many of those sales have come from the bundled copy, helping to drive Wii U console sales back to growth, as well. Mario Kart 8 has been the fastest selling Wii U title in the console's young history. It was in third place in U.S. sales (versus second globally), showing gains in a market where Nintendo struggled throughout much of late 2013 and early 2014. II. A New Gaming Golden Age Overall hardware sales rose to $187M USD for the month, up a whopping 95 percent from May 2013 ($96M USD). Driven by 15 percent growth in video game point and subscription cards, interactive gaming toys, and gamepads, video game peripherals and accessories saw a modest 8 percent sales rise. Game sales were also golden in May. Downloadable content on consoles, smartphone games, and social network gaming continues to be a massive lucrative, but poorly understood channels. In-game microtransactions, subscriptions, mobile apps, and social network game spending totaled $787M USD (est.) for the month of May. That's well ahead of the $274M USD in software sales that the console and portable market saw (up 57 percent). PC games, meanwhile sold an estimated $10M USD for the month. Consoles and portables also saw $124M USD (est.) in rental and used game sales. III. Sony -- PS4 is the "Leading Next Gen Console" Looking ahead, June should bring more glad tidings for the gaming industry. Sony released a cheery statement on the NPD numbers. Senior Vice President of PlayStation Brand Marketing Guy Longworth commented: PlayStation continues to be the best place to play for innovative IP, as PS4 was the preferred platform for May’s biggest releases, including Watch Dogs and Wolfenstein: The New Order, and held four of the top five spots for next gen software sales. PS4 is the leading next-gen platform for sports, highlighted in May by the best-selling sports game, MLB 14: The Show.Microsoft, after releasing comments emphasizing the positives on the last two months' NPD reports (where it got beat, but still one in some regards, such as with Titanfall's strong sales) was uncharacteristically silent, and has yet to release a comment on Xbox Wire. It's unclear whether Microsoft will bother to say anything, given that it's virtually impossible to spin this month's sales figures in its favor. The Xbox One maker is likely looking forward to next month's numbers. It's hoping that the new cheaper Kinect-less $399 Xbox One SKU, will finally manage to stem the tide of Sony's victory march. If it can not, we're likely witnessing the two console giants reverse their roles of last generation, when Sony saw slow sales of the unprofitable PS3 and Microsoft saw booming sales of its Xbox 360. However, it's a bit premature to come to such conclusions. Holiday 2014 will likely decided decisively the winner(s) and loser(s) of this generation of consoles. For now, though, anything could happen. Source: http://www.dailytech.com/NPD+Nintendo+3DS+Outsells+Xbox+One+in+May+Sony+PS4+Beats+Both/article36064c.htm Graziai informacija isdestyta. Tai, kad 3DS parduoda daugiau nei X1 idomi statistika.
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