Microsoft's Xbox One game console has surpassed the two million mark USA Today reported Wednesday.
"We continue to be humbled and overwhelmed by the positive response from our fans," Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of strategy and marketing for Xbox, said in a statement USA Today reported. "We are thrilled to see sales of Xbox One on a record-setting pace."
The news is the latest development since the device topped two million in sales last month.
"Our checks suggest there is strong demand for next gen hardware among both game enthusiasts as well as holiday shoppers, and most retailers still have open orders for both platforms," Colin Sebastian, an analyst and Baird told USA Today.
The Xbox One has an improved kinect sensor, which enables players to operate the device just by talking. Individuals can also connect the console to their satellite television equipment in order to watch TV, and flip back and forth between gaming, and viewing shows. The Xbox 360, can also do the same.
The game console came out Nov. 22, a week after Sony's PlayStation 4 was released. It has since sold 111,000 devices.
The $399 PlayStation 4 game console has eight x86 CPU-codes titled Jaguar, and is manufactured from Advanced Micro Devices according to Network World. It also comes equipped with upgraded graphics coprocessors capable of handling 1.84 teraflops of performance.
The machine has 500 gigabyte hard drive that can play blu-ray DVDs. There are also eight gigabytes of GDDR5 memory or quick network speed random access memory found in graphics cards. Game makers put 176 gigabytes of network speed a second on the machine since they wanted the computer to run faster.
There are also 11 apps including Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, Hulu Plus, Crackle, Crunchyroll, Epix, NBA Game Time, NHL GameCenter LIVE, Redbox Instant by Verizon, Vudu, and YuppTV.
Sony's previous game console models are the PSone, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3 in various sizes. There is also the Playstation Vita, which users can hold by hand.
