Xbox One and PS4 sold 1,000 systems per minute on Amazon at peak

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Retailer also reveals that Call of Duty: Ghosts, Just Dance 2014, and GTAV were its best-selling games this holiday.

The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 were so popular this holiday shopping season on Amazon that at peak, both systems sold at a rate of 1,000 consoles per minute.

Amazon revealed the figures as part of an announcement of its best-ever holiday shopping season. On Cyber Monday alone, shoppers ordered more than 36.8 million items worldwide at a pace of 426 items per second.

The Xbox One and PS4 are neck-and-neck for worldwide sales so far, moving over 2 million consoles each. Sony expects to sell a total of 3 million units by December 31-- now just two days away.

Amazon also revealed its top-selling video games for the holiday period. They were, in order, Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360), Just Dance 2014 (Wii), and Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox 360).

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Source: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-and-ps4-sold-1-000-systems-per-minute-on-amazon-at-peak/1100-6416856/

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-GazzaPosted:

NHK I knew they were hot sellers, but 1000 a minute? INSANE!


too many eager people right ? lol

TRSNPosted:

Valor That is incredible. The new consoles are raking it in.


I'm sure the hype will die out near in the future. I honestly haven't felt like a lot of people where I live have bought one, not sure why. Might be the lack of a video game arsenal they've built up on their 360s and PS3s.

TRSNPosted:

The-Professor Wow that really shows people actually have money in this world.


I'm not sure what you're trying to say here? Haha

AsboPosted:

Thats an impressive amount amazon workers must have been busy as hell.

NHKPosted:

I knew they were hot sellers, but 1000 a minute? INSANE!

The-ProfessorPosted:

Wow that really shows people actually have money in this world.

HaloUKPosted:

Miss Unbelievable. That just astonishes me, 1K per minutes?! That's 16 a second.


I know, thats a heck of a lot.

SIKSPosted:

Bankais 1,000 a minutes is insane. The companies are making so much money. No wonder they all look forward to the holiday season


Yeah it's insane how much money companies these days make just from the internet.

MissPosted:

Unbelievable. That just astonishes me, 1K per minutes?! That's 16 a second.

ValorPosted:

That is incredible. The new consoles are raking it in.


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