Microsoft reveals total Xbox One console sales

Years ago Microsoft announced that they would stop reporting on Xbox console sales, instead focusing on highlighting total Xbox Live and Game Pass subscribers. As such, it comes as a big surprise that Microsoft have officially released the sales figures for both the Xbox One as well as the Series X|S.

As part of an ID@Xbox presentation during the BIG Festival in Brazil, Microsoft took to the stage and announced officially that since its launch in late 2020 the Xbox Series X|S have sold a combined total of 21 million consoles.

Even more interesting perhaps is the fact that we now know just how many consoles Microsoft pushed last generation, with the company revealing the Xbox One family to have sold 58 million units during its lifetime.

For comparison’s sake, as of the end of March, Sony had sold 38.4 million PS5 units, with the company projected to sell 25 million more during this Fiscal year alone. Of course, it was well known that the PS4 far outsold the Xbox One, but it is interesting to see just how much – having pushed more than double the units with 117.2 million.

Though the reveal of these figures was most likely a mistake, it is welcoming to see Microsoft being more transparent. It will be interesting to see whether Phil Spencer addresses this announcement.

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