Microsoft’s financial report for the previous quarter is now out, and… it’s not exactly good news, really.

Xbox is doing okay overall, with 1.6 million units shipped over the three months covered in this period. That number might seem to be low, but it’s lower still- it combines the sales of Xbox 360 and Xbox One. This probably means that, realistically speaking, neither console sold a million units worldwide in this period, which is shockingly poor performance.

“Xbox Platform revenue decreased $306 million or 24%, driven by a 20% decline in console volume and lower prices of Xbox One consoles compared to the prior year. We sold 1.6 million Xbox consoles during the third quarter of fiscal year 2015 compared with 2.0 million consoles during the third quarter of fiscal year 2014,” Microsoft said.

It wasn’t all bad news, however- while the Xbox may be struggling, the Surface line of tablets is finally a hit, thanks to the Surface Pro 3 consistently posting strong numbers. With the recent announcement of the Surface 3, and the strong word of mouth that it is generating, Microsoft should see its performance in that segment of the market go only up.

However, from a gaming perspective, it’s hard to deny that as of right now, they are in a very bad place. Even considering the best case scenario – all consoles sold were Xbox One units – and adding it to Microsoft’s 10 million shipped announcement from last December only brings the Xbox One’s lifetime shipments at 11.6 million units. That is still nowhere close to the 20 million sold that the PS4 had managed as of more than a month ago.

Hopefully, Microsoft is able to turn the tide on this console around, and turn it around soon.

Microsoft released their earning numbers in their latest financial briefing that they held today, and for us folks who follow gaming, there was a fair bit of interest there- Microsoft announced that they had shipped 6.6 million Xbox consoles this past quarter, which sounds very impressive, until you consider that, much like Sony used to do back when the PlayStation 3 was struggling, Microsoft have, yet again, combined the sales of the Xbox 360 and Xbox One together, thus masking the true sales of each console, both in this period, and lifetime.

Overall, Xbox platform revenue decreased by 20%, which Microsoft attributes to lower sales of Xbox 360 this year than last, in turn blamed on declining interest in last generation machines; Microsoft did, however, note that the price cut had been successful for the Xbox One, and that it had led the sales market for two out of three months of the quarter in the US.

Elsewhere, in some other good news for Microsoft, they finally have a successful tablet on their hands, as the Surface Pro 3 is officially a hit- Surface revenue increased $719 million or 56%, primarily due to Surface Pro 3 units sold, offset in part by a decrease in revenue from other Surface devices sold. In fact, Surface Pro 3 was the big money bringer this time around, and Xbox’s lessened revenue actually offset the gains brought in by Surface Pro.

Still, it appears that on the whole, the Xbox One’s struggles are now behind it- it continues to build a very strong library, and it is now at a desirable and attractive price that should maintain some sales momentum.