It has been revealed by the NPD Group that in the United States, in 2017 PlayStation 4 was the most sold console in the country.
The analyst of NPD Group Mat Piscatella, said that during December the Switch console has the most sales in December, but regarding the annual performance, PS4 was crowned as the most sold console in the year that ended.
The video game industry in the North American market is worth $36 billion, 18 percent more than last year. For Piscatella, this means that the industry has a great success, and many people decided to invest their money in consoles, video games, subscriptions and more. About hardware, the expense that was recorded in the US in 2017 was $4711 million, or 28% more than last year.
PS4 was placed first place as it sold more units in the US in 2017.
The Sony console and Xbox One broke the record of the installed base of users because, after taking into account the performance in sales after 50 months in the market, PS4 and Xbox One exceeded what was achieved by PS3 and Xbox 360 by 18% and what was achieved by PS2 and Xbox by 4%. In other words, PS4 is the most sold console in this generation, and will reaffirm its title as the dominant hardware in the US.
