The current generation of console gaming has entered its fourth year, and by and large, it’s maintained impressive momentum so far, especially where hardware sales are concerned.
In its recently released quarterly fiscal report, Take-Two Interactive has stated that 77 million units of ninth-gen consoles have sold worldwide as of December 31. Previously, Sony announced that the PS5 had sold 50 million units worldwide as of December 9.
That would mean that lifetime sales for Xbox Series X/S stand at 27 million at most- though in that scenario, the PS5 wouldn’t have sold at all between December 9 and the end of the year, which is highly unlikely (to say the least). Probably, we’re looking at around 24 million units sold for Xbox Series X/S (as of the end of 2023).
Of course, Microsoft doesn’t share hardware sales figures, though last June, the company confirmed during an ID@Xbox presentation at BIG Festival in Brazil that Xbox Series X/S sales stood at 21 million units worldwide.