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Xbox Series X|S Best-Selling Console in Norway in 2022

Xbox Series X|S Best-Selling Console in Norway in 2022 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 January 2023 / 4,975 Views

The head of GamesIndustry Christopher Dring via Twitter has revealed the Xbox Series X|S was the best-selling console in Norway in 2022.

"Xbox Series S and X are the best-selling consoles in Norway," said Dring. He added these figures were for 2022 when asked what the timeframe was for this information.

in the UK, the Xbox Series X|S was the third best-selling console in 2022 behind the Nintendo Switch in first place and PlayStation 5 in second place.

All three consoles saw a drop in sales in the UK in 2022 compared to 2021, however, the Xbox Series X|S had the smallest drop with sales down nearly 15 percent. Switch sales were down 26.5 percent and PS5 sales were down nearly 33 percent.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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kazuyamishima (on 11 January 2023)

So it begins

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Pemalite (on 11 January 2023)

Being cheaper and more powerful than the Playstation 5 would sway people.
But being more readily available helps too.

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Qwark Pemalite (on 13 January 2023)

This is Norway this is one of the richest countries in the world, with a very rich population. Money is not really an issue there. But availability is.

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scrapking (on 11 January 2023)

How interesting. I wonder what makes its success different in Norway than the rest of the EU?

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trunkswd scrapking (on 11 January 2023)

I'm not really sure. You'd think if there was any place in Europe the Xbox would be #1 it would be the UK. But it was in 3rd place there. I'd say limited stock could explain why it outsold the PS5, but not the Switch.

Though, one thing Chris didn't mention is how much ahead it was.

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CosmicSex trunkswd (on 12 January 2023)

Do we have Norway information from 2021? My gut is telling me that 2023 will yield different results with the PS5 back in stock. The Switch... It's so weird because it's a different story from country to country

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VAMatt scrapking (on 11 January 2023)

I'm going to bet a lot of it has to do with availability relative to PS5.

Switch is a very mature system at this point. People that want it own it, in many cases

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DonFerrari scrapking (on 11 January 2023)

shortage of ps5 and perhaps switch.

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method114 scrapking (on 11 January 2023)

With the shortages it's hard to draw any conclusions from sales numbers. Once both consoles are readily available then we will have a better idea of what's going on.

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BonfiresDown scrapking (on 12 January 2023)

I don’t know why but Xbox has traditionally been stronger in Scandinavia relative to the rest of Europe. We are PC gaming focused so maybe people are less sceptical of a Microsoft console.

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DonFerrari BonfiresDown (on 12 January 2023)

Crossbuy and GP may help on that as well, perhaps the person have a PC as main but for other rooms he use Xbox.

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method114 DonFerrari (on 12 January 2023)

Yea I have a buddy who does this.

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DeEscapist (on 12 January 2023)

In Poland might be the same. The biggest polish selling platform which is huge actually show massive selling gap between Switch/Series (they are close) and PS.

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AJNShelton (on 12 January 2023)

That's something

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