Within the absence of official numbers of Microsoft, Xbox Sequence X/S {hardware} gross sales have been the near-exclusive area of hypothesis and estimates, although we do typically get semi-official updates nonetheless.
As an example, in its quarterly earnings report, Take-Two Interactive has acknowledged that PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S are estimated to have cumulatively offered over 94 million items worldwide as of November 2024. Primarily based on formally revealed PS5 gross sales figures, that offers us an concept of the place Microsoft’s current-gen {hardware} gross sales stand.
As of September 30, the PS5 had offered over 65.5 million items worldwide. One would assume that it’s going to have offered one other couple of million items in the course of the month of October (on condition that the ultimate quarter of yearly is often PlayStation’s strongest). That may imply roughly 67-69 million items of the 94+ reported by Take-Two belong to PS5, which in flip would point out that Xbox Sequence X/S gross sales stand at someplace between 27-29 million items as of November.
That’s not concrete math by any means, however even should you had been to take essentially the most conservative attainable estimate for PS5 gross sales post-September, it wouldn’t paint an ideal image for Xbox gross sales.
Analyst estimates final 12 months steered that Xbox Sequence X/S could have crossed 28 million worldwide shipments as of June. In the meantime, the final time Microsoft shared official gross sales figures for Xbox Sequence X/S was in June 2023, at which period the console duo stood at 21 million items offered worldwide.
