This little tidbit has seemingly snuck under the radar. According to Twitter user Idle Sloth, Xbox quietly revealed during its recent ID@Xbox Developer Accelerator Program presentation at BIG Festival in Brazil that sales numbers of its Series X and S consoles have reached a combined 21 million units sold.
Slides from the ID@Xbox Developer Accelerator Program
21M+ – Xbox Series X|S
79M – Combined Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
48% – Series S Players are New to XboxCredit to @LucasTaves 📸 pic.twitter.com/sdjWDaY3Zn
— Idle Sloth💙💛 (@IdleSloth84_) June 29, 2023
A quick search of VGChartz confirms the numbers, with the Xbox Series X|S sitting a good 17 million units behind the PlayStation 5’s 38 million sold to date, as both consoles reach the end of their third year on store shelves. Granted demand far outstripped supply during the first two years marred by a chip shortage and a certain global pandemic, but still, solid numbers.
What’s interesting to note is the amount of new Xbox users, amounting to 48% of Series S purchases. Though how much of that 21 million are, in fact, Series S consoles remains a mystery, the number of new members to the Xbox service has no doubt been spurred on by the success of Xbox Game Pass. With a new Xbox Series S due to hit the market soon with larger internal storage, along with the much anticipated release of Starfield, far more people may be joining them very soon too.
Are you one of the 21 million? Do any of these numbers surprise you? Let us know in the comments below or on our socials.
Known on the internet as Kartanym, Mark has been in and out of the gaming scene since what feels like forever, growing up on Nintendo and evolving through the advent of PC first person shooters, PlayStation and virtual reality. He'll try anything at least once and considers himself the one true king of Tetris by politely ignoring the world records.
