December 2014 Worldwide Hardware Sales - PS4 3.2M, Xbox One 2.3M, Wii U 1.1M, 3DS 3M - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 January 2015 / 20,934 Views

December is the biggest month of the year for video game hardware sales and December 2014 was no exception. With December 2014 worldwide hardware sales in lets take a quick look at how well each platform sold. December is a five week period that runs from the week ending December 6, 2014 until the week ending January 3, 2015.

The PlayStation 4 was the top selling console of the month selling 3,204,402 units. The temporary Xbox One price cut in the US helped make it the second bestselling home console of the month with sales of 2,284,298. The Wii U saw sales more than double month-over-month to 1,148,210.

Taking a look at the eighth generation handhelds, the 3DS outsold the PlayStation Vita by more than seven times. Nintendo managed to sell 2,961,316 3DS' for the month, while Sony sold 395,222 PlayStation Vita's.

Finally, there is the sales for the last generation home consoles. Sales for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were almost identical for a second straight month. The Xbox 360 sold 592,023 units, while the PlayStation 3 sold 614,565 units. The Wii lagged behind selling just 83,579 units.

Check back over the coming weeks for the December Gap Charts and an in-depth look into the full 2014 year in sales broken down by platform.

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

11 Comments

OfficerRaichu15 (on 15 January 2015)

good for everything but wii u :P

Ryng OfficerRaichu15 (on 16 January 2015)

Wii U is undertracked...

SjOne (on 15 January 2015)

Vita in a holiday season couldn't pass 400k. That thing is dead

Rogerioandrade (on 16 January 2015)

Oh man..... terrible numbers for Vita. Why does Sony still insist on it in the West?

Seventizz (on 16 January 2015)

Pass - I bought an Xbox One, the system with actual 'games'.

Mafuba (on 15 January 2015)

Source?

Sky Render Mafuba (on 15 January 2015)

I'm pretty sure the source is the VG Chartz numbers, which have historically been inaccurate until official numbers come in and they're adjusted accordingly. Case in point: Nintendo's own tally, released less than an hour ago, has counted the Wii U's sales for December to be 29% of the total units sold this year, and up 75% year-over-year as compared to December 2013.