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Xbox Series X|S vs Xbox 360 Sales Comparison - February 2023

Xbox Series X|S vs Xbox 360 Sales Comparison - February 2023 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 April 2023 / 5,867 Views

The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.

This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox 360.

The Xbox Series X|S launched in November 2020, while the Xbox 360 launched in November 2005 in North America and December 2005 in Europe and Japan. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.

Xbox Series X|S vs Xbox 360 Sales Comparison - February 2023

Xbox Series X|S vs Xbox 360 Sales Comparison - February 2023

Xbox Series X|S vs Xbox 360 Sales Comparison - February 2023

XSX|S Vs. X360 Worldwide:

Gap change in latest month: 35,848 - XSX|S

Gap change over last 12 months: 534,578 - XSX|S

Total Lead 3,796,797 - XSX|S

Xbox Series X|S Total Sales: 20,855,929

Xbox 360 Total Sales: 17,059,132

February 2023 is the 28th month the Xbox Series X|S has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the Xbox Series X|S when compared to the aligned launch of the Xbox Series 360 by 35,848 units.

In the last 12 months, the Xbox Series X|S has grown its lead over the Xbox 360 by 0.53 million units. The Xbox Series X|S is currently ahead by 3.80 million units.

The Xbox Series X|S has sold 20.86 million units in 28 months, while the Xbox 360 sold 17.06 million units. Month 28 for the Xbox Series X|S is February 2023 and for the Xbox 360 is February 2008.

The Xbox 360 did not reach current Xbox Series X|S sales until month 35 where it had sold 21.03 million units.

The Xbox 360 crossed 20 million units sold in month 34, 30 million in month 43, and 40 million in month 54. The Xbox 360 sold 85.73 million units lifetime. The Xbox Series X|S is 64.87 million units behind lifetime Xbox 360 sales.


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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3 Comments
VAMatt (on 09 April 2023)

It will be interesting to see how this holiday goes for Xbox. It will be going against one of 360's best holiday seasons.

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shikamaru317 VAMatt (on 10 April 2023)

Largely depends on if they can fix the supply issues that are plaguing Series X by the Holiday. Right now Series X supply is still very limited, online restocks only last for a few days before selling out, and a stock check at the 8 closest Walmarts to me, the 5 closest Gamestops to me, the 3 closest Best Buys to me, and the 3 closest Targets to me show either no Series X stock or very limited Series X stock right now (1 or 2 consoles in the store at most, with most stores sold out completely).

If they can fix the supply issues by the Holiday, I could possibly see Series X in 2023 beating 360's 11.1m sales in 2008. With good supply for both S and X by the Holiday, all it would take to beat 360's 2008 sales would be a $250 Series S bundle with for the Holiday, and a $450 Series X bundle for the Holiday. Hopefully they have an actual Holiday bundle for S this year, not just some microtransaction cosmetics and currency for some GaaS games like the last 2 Holidays for S, maybe a Starfield S bundle for $250. Same for X, we really need to see a bundle with a game like Starfield for $450 by this Holiday imo.

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VAMatt shikamaru317 (on 10 April 2023)

This generation for Xbox has one big factor and it's favor, and one big factor working against it relative to the 360. In the 360 generation, there were likely a good number of double dips because of the red ring of death. Some people did not warranty their console out. They just went and bought a new one. So that probably artificially inflates the numbers a little bit.

For the current generation, due to the series x supply problems, there were a lot of people that bought a series S because that's what they could get. Now, or soon, when series x becomes more easy to find, a lot of those people will buy an X. So there will likely be more to console households than in previous generations.

I don't guess there really is a good way to account for these things. But, I do think they matter from a business standpoint, because you're not likely to sell more than one copy of a game per household, even if that household has multiple machines. So, a more interesting statistic would actually be how many households own a nice generation Xbox. I would imagine Microsoft has that data, but I'm sure we'll never see it.

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