In the battle of hardware and software, PlayStation is still overwhelmingly dominant this year. Sony revealed that the group sold the most consoles in the U.S. in January 2016, while the current generation console PlayStation 4 is also the software sales leader within the month, according to a report from Game Spot.

The company revealed that the numbers were from an NPD Group report. In an official statement, a Sony representative expressed their gratitude to the players and promised to continue working towards even better experiences.

"PS4 also saw impressive year-over-year growth in both hardware and software sales," the representative stated. "We appreciate the support and will continue to deliver on our promise to bring the best entertainment experiences to gamers."

Although there weren't specific numbers revealed by NPD Group or Sony, the Game Spot report revealed that the company has sold nearly 36 million PlayStation 4 units worldwide at the start of January 2016.

It's an impressive achievement for Sony, especially with the console race of the past few years. However, their rivals at Microsoft aren't too bummed out about being behind Sony in sales at the beginning of the year.

In an official statement, Xbox marketing executive Mike Nichols had a positive outlook on the numbers that kicked off the year saying it was a "great start" for the Microsoft team. He added that the total number of hours that players have been spending on Xbox One passed the 1 billion mark in January thanking their fanbase for the support.

Despite the advantage of Sony in sales, a report from Venture Beat revealed that developer Ubisoft is earning more from the average Xbox players than PlayStation players. In Ubisoft's fiscal third quarter, every $1 spent by a PlayStation 4 player on their games has the equivalent of an Xbox One gamer shelling out $1.25 on the same products.

Also positive was the team of Nintendo who released a statement that highlighted the success of their Amiibo and software, according to the Game Spot report.

"Coming off a strong holiday season, sales of Nintendo's Amiibo figures continued on a solid pace in January, with more than half a million figures sold in the United States, according to the NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales," Nintendo said. "Sales of Amiibo jumped 36 percent compared to January 2015. That was enough to push the total number of Amiibo sold in the U.S. to more than 12 million since they launched in November 2014."

The team added that "Super Smash Bros." for Nintendo 3DS reached lifetime U.S. sales of over 3 million in January.