February 2015 NPD: PS4 tops Xbox One, and Nintendo scores with 3DS and Zelda

It was another strong month for Sony, as its console continues to to dominate. But Nintendo got some good news as well.

Consumers spent $955.6 million on new retail games and hardware at U.S. retailers in February, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That’s up 8 percent year over year. The PlayStation 4 was a major contributor to that increase, but the month also got big contributions from Nintendo and Microsoft as well in terms of both hardware and software. Hardware sales were $378.2 million. That’s up 10 percent compared to last year. The debut of the New 3DS XL helped give that figure a boost. Software was also up. It did 7 percent better than last year at $338.9 million.