It has emerged that Sony has become the global number one console manufacturer, beating previous global leader Nintendo, who has led the race for the past seven years. According to Nikkei reports, the combined sales of Playstation hardware reached an impressive 18.7 million units for the year ending March 2014.
The release of the PS4 clearly had a big impact, contributing nearly 7 million consoles to the tally, though the report notes that Sony’s overall hardware sales, including those for the PS Vita, had fallen 20% year on year.
In comparison, Nintendo sold 16.31 million consoles, with a 31% fall in sales, mainly due to the struggling Wii U. Microsoft’s sales rose by 16% to a total of 11.6 million, thanks to the release of the Xbox One.
[Source: Yahoo]