While software sales were down, the release of several blockbuster consoles
over the
holidays — including the
Xbox One and PlayStation 4 — resulted in a 99.8 percent increase in hardware sales during the
period.
The most critically - acclaimed
holiday lineup of exclusives in
Xbox history helped drive 44 percent growth in
Xbox Live hours
over last November, and 72 percent growth in U.S. first - party retail game sales comparing sales from August through November in 2015 to the same
period last year.»