Xbox One is the best-selling console in the United States in December

Microsoft has once again shared the Sales data for the United States of its video game consoles These have been compiled by NPD Group and well outperform Xbox One and Xbox 360, which ranked first and third on last month's sales charts.

In December 2013, 908,000 Xbox One units were sold These are added to the 909,132 consoles placed during the month of November, accumulating 1,817,132 Xbox One sold during the weeks it was on sale last year. In this way, Microsoft's new console seems to establish itself as the initial winner in the US market, although it is likely to lag behind Sony in the rest of the world.

The Redmonds' dominance in their own market should come as no surprise. Xbox 360 has led the console sales charts in that country for a good part of the last few years. The predecessor of Xbox One is still in good he alth, and during the month of December, 643,000 Xbox 360s were sold in the North American country

Thanks to the numbers of the two consoles Microsoft accumulates 46% of the market in the United States The figure rises to 50% if we talk of combined spend on both platforms, including hardware, software, and accessories. Without going any further, 6 of the 10 best-selling games in the United States for next-generation consoles are from Xbox One.

Differences with the numbers for Spain

During this week we have also known the installed base of consoles in Spain until the end of 2013.The data comes from the IGN Spain forums and they show how Xbox One, with 35,000 units, and Xbox 360, with 1,100,000 units, are behind their rivals

The figures include a comparative table of sales data for Spain and Portugal (Iberia) at the time of launch of each of the consoles. According to them, between the first week and the Christmas period 46,200 Xbox One consoles would have been sold Meanwhile, in a similar period of time, Sony would have managed to sell 188,500 units of your Playstation 4 in the peninsula.

The differences between the two markets are nothing new The United States has been the domain of traditional Xbox dominance and the new generation seems to I could continue that trend. In Spain, Sony consoles have always been more popular and it doesn't seem like that is going to change either.Still, there's a whole generation of consoles ahead.

Via | Xbox Wire In Vidaextra | These are the installed base and console sales data in Spain according to IGN