Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox Series X/S is still the company’s fastest-selling console.
As revealed during Microsoft’s FY22 Q4 earnings call (via IGN), the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are still Xbox’s fastest-selling console generations of all time. Last year, during Microsoft’s FY21 Q4 earnings call, it was revealed that Xbox Series X and S are Microsoft's fastest-selling consoles. Almost a year later, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms this is still the case.
What this means is that, despite only releasing two years ago, Microsoft has already sold more Xbox Series X and S consoles than any other generation of Xbox. According to IGN, Nadella’s exact words during the call were: "[Microsoft has] sold more consoles life-to-date than any previous generation of Xbox."
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Xbox’s success with this current generation has been well documented over the last year. In April 2022, it was revealed that the Xbox Series X and S outsold Sony's PlayStation 5 in Q3 2022, making it the "market leader" in new-gen hardware for the previous quarter. Of course, the ongoing chip supply problems play a part in these figures.
The Xbox console also previously had one up on the PS5 in Japan where the Xbox Series X/S outsold PS5 in Japan for not one but two months. Speaking of Xbox fans in Japan, back in March 2022 it was revealed that the Xbox Series X and Series S had already collectively outsold the Xbox One’s lifetime sales in Japan (as of February 2022), just a year and three months after launch.
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