"Xbox Series X|S sold an estimated 2.7 million units in the US market during 2024, marking its worst full-year performance in Xbox history. The numbers in Europe are staggeringly worse, with an estimated 290,000 units sold over the year. When you add the two up, you get just under 3 million in total units sold, which paints a very worrying picture for Microsoft's hardware gaming division.
These numbers are both down from 2023 (which was also a tough year), when Xbox sold 3.8 million units in the US and 550,000 units in Europe, for a combined 4.35 million. This is a nearly 10% drop year over year in units sold, leading Microsoft to report a Microsoft reported a 42% drop in Xbox hardware revenue for the quarter ending in June 2024 in recent months."
Meanwhile PS5 had its best quarter ever last holiday season with record breaking console sales and software sales, selling 9.5 million units from october 2024 to december 2024. PS5 has sold 4 million units in november 2024 meaning they sold more units in a single month than Xbox did during the whole year.
Many people haven't noticed this, but Xbox has completely stopped marketing their consoles since last year. No holiday sales, bundles, discount...
Xbox was also out of stock multiple times in different countries, like due to low supply.
They are clearly moving on.
SNOYARYANS WON
JESUS CHRISTINE WESTON CHANDLER SONICHU WON
HEXBOXCHUDS LOST
TOTAL SNOY-NINTENDO-SONICHU NIPPONESE CONSOLEGOD VICTORY
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Are fricking snoys really doing that much better, b-word?
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Honestly what kind of plebs are buying these things?
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Normies who don't know any better. I'm in a tech role and the two other people in my age group don't have PCs at home. Not even laptops.
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I think consoles could survive as a concept thanks to zoomer tech illiteracy. They just need a good marketing strategy
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It was over for consoles the minute they made you install the game and started crutching on day zero updates. One of the big selling points of old consoles (and nintendo stuff still) is being able to play the game within a minute of popping in the game. PS5 and Xbox make you wait waaaay to long to actually play the slop.
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I mean I bought a fricking switch because Nintendo is fricking weird but other consoles are fricking just a fricking shitbox pc
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