August 2014 U.S. Video Game Sales Up Due to High Console Sales

The new 8th generation video game consoles from Sony and Microsoft are helping spur the gaming industry, which is suffering from poor software sales. Total hardware sales rose to $196.2 million last month, up from $90.8 million a year earlier. All of this occurred despite a 21% decline in revenue sales of video game software. In the battle between the two consoles, PlayStation 4 beat out Xbox One in hardware sales for an eighth consecutive month and remains the cumulative leader for next generation game consoles.