August 2014 NPD: PS4 outsells Xbox One for 8th straight month

Consumers once again spent so much money buying new consoles that they had little left over to spend on software.

Gamers spent $561.3 million on new physical hardware and software at U.S. retailers last month, according to industry intelligence firm The NPD Group. That’s up from $521.1 million in August 2013. Like the past several months, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 accounted for most of the growth as software sales were down from last year.