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We all know that Sony’s PS5 is outselling Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S. Sony gives us sales data, Microsoft hasn’t in years. You generally don’t stay silent about those things when the news is good. And the new data seems to indicate what we all suspected: the Xbox Series X/S is being defeated by the PS5, and possibly two PS5s will be sold for every Xbox.
Microsoft’s Xbox sales have been a mystery since 2016, when the company stopped reporting hardware sales. During Microsoft’s regulatory battles that occurred as part of its journey to purchase Activision Blizzard, we learned that The PS4 outsold the Xbox 2:1. Now, a financial report detailing the number of next-gen consoles available appears to reveal, with a little math, that Microsoft’s latest console isn’t faring any better.
According to a slide Take-Two Games Third Quarter Financial Report, around 77 million “Gen 9” consoles have been sold as of December 2023. Gen 9 represents Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Figuring out how much of that 77 million is Xbox and how much is PS5 isn’t too complicated, even if Microsoft declines to provide sales statistics. Instead, we can look at Sony’s statistics, which in December 2023 revealed that 50 million PS5s sold to consumers. Assuming Sony has sold about a million more consoles since then, Xbox has likely only sold about 25 million consoles worldwide. Add it all up and Sony’s PS5 has probably sold twice as much as the Xbox Series X/S.
Normally, this data wouldn’t be too exciting and wouldn’t set off too many alarm bells online, but keep in mind that right now many Xbox faithful are waiting to see what the future of the brand will be after the reports came out. that suggested great exclusives, like star fieldThey could come to PS5. It has unleashed a great firestorm. as people wait to hear from Xbox boss Phil Spencer next week and find out what the future of Xbox will look like.
More data showing how not-so-popular Xbox consoles are selling doesn’t help calm these people, as they worry about the unlikely scenario of Microsoft retiring a Sega, abandoning its consoles, and releasing its games on all platforms. Next week can’t come soon enough.
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