Microsoft has announced hardware sales for Xbox One are up 84 percent month over month in February.

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While PlayStation 4 topped the NPD February 2015 hardware charts , Microsoft is boasting that Xbox One had a record February in the United States. The 84-percent increase can be attributed to a number of factors, including the recent price cut for the console In addition, Xbox Live users spent on average 74 hours on the service throughout February, which breaks down to roughly 18.5 hours per week. Overall, that's "three times the amount of hours the average user spends on social networks," said Mike Nichols, corporate vice president of Xbox marketing at Microsoft."And, Xbox Live set new records, quadrupling global gaming hours on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in February 2015 compared to February 2014," Nichols said. "We are grateful to our fans for choosing to play on Xbox One."In addition to hardware charts, the NPD Group also revealed the best-selling games in February 2015 , with The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D leading the list.

Evan Campbell is a freelance news writer who streams games on his Twitch channel , talks about Nintendo weekly on the NF Show , and chats about movies and TV series on Twitter