Xbox Series X|S vs Xbox One Sales Comparison - September 2023 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 November 2023 / 12,766 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 One.
The Xbox Series X|S launched in November 2020, while the Xbox One launched in November 2013. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.
XSX|S Vs. XOne Worldwide:
Gap change in latest month: 59,982 - XOne
Gap change over last 12 months: 2,284,884 - XOne
Total Lead: 200,015 - XOne
Xbox Series X|S Total Sales: 23,902,979
Xbox One Total Sales: 24,102,994
September 2023 is the 35th month the Xbox Series X|S has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the Xbox One when compared to the aligned launch of the Xbox Series X|S by 59,982 units.
In the last 12 months, the Xbox One has outsold the Xbox Series X|S by 2.28 million units. The Xbox Series X|S is currently behind by 200,015 units.
The Xbox Series X|S has sold 23.90 million units in 35 months, while the Xbox One sold 24.10 million units. Month 35 for the Xbox Series X|S is September 2023 and for the Xbox One is September 2016.
The Xbox One crossed 30 million in month 46, 40 million in month 61, and 50 million in month 81. The Xbox One has sold 57.96 million units lifetime. The Xbox Series X|S is 34.06 million units behind lifetime Xbox One 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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Microsoft is selling two devices, not 1, and one of them is priced at just $250 compared to the old $400 minimum. Still can't outsell last gen.
Series X sales are less than half the sales of the horrible performing One. That is awful.
Fire Phil.
Phil has made some mistakes, but MS gaming revenue is still near all time heights. Doesn’t make sense to fire him.
i agree, the are obviously making big dollars or they would make a change, but, they should be doing way better than the X1and i think a change is coming.
starfield did not provide the necessary impetus. If xbox sales don't see a big increase this holiday it may never recover. but you never know the xbox 360 had very high sales at the end of its life
Imho, games on PC day 1 are the thing killing sales.
Bring back Don. Jokes aside, he has probably done more for Xbox than Phil.
I blame Don.
Ouch! RIP xbox 2027.
If xbox has an holiday period as bad as last year i don't see the series ever catching up to the xbox one, which is WILD to say
I knew MS's strategy would eat into their hardware sales. I mean pretty much every knew that. I just don't think we realized just how quickly it would happen. I honestly believe eventually MS will abandon hardware. Doing this will allow them to work out a deal with PS for GP as well with Nintedo. Which is their overall goal.
My theory is that lot of frustrated PS5 potential customer bought Series last year. Now PS5 stock back to normal, Series sales decline.
Oh oh. The fear of Xbox Series is returning soon... the holiday season!
MS not making hardware will happen eventually, we all knew it. Well, aside from their crazy fanbase. Does not matter, they would still pay $50 a month and still claim it is the best value in gaming.
With all due respect, I believe you are wrong.
I could type many lines explaining reasons for MS to continue making consoles and keep the Xbox platform alive, but... someone else has already done it very well...
https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/247350/business-perspective-does-ms-really-need-xbox-hardware/9/#:~:text=Around%20the%20Network-,Ryuu96,-Currently% 20Online
Over the course of a few posts, Ryuu96 made an impeccable analysis and indicated several factors that show that the Xbox is in the market to stay. Anyone interested read it.
They stopped caring about Xbox since 2017 and focused on Game Pass since then. The only reason they keep making Xbox is to gain more subscribers for their Game Pass. They even said they don't care about console war anymore.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21123956/microsoft-xbox-competitors-phil-spencer-cloud-gaming-amazon-google#:~:text=Microsoft's%20head%20of%20gaming%20and,main%20competition%20for%20the%20future.
https://www.businessinsider.com/xbox-boss-says-xbox-now-competes-with-google-and-amazon-2020-2
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21123956/microsoft-xbox-competitors-phil-spencer-cloud-gaming-amazon-google
https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/5/21124148/phil-spencer-microsoft-xbox-xcloud-amazon-google-competition
https://www.techradar.com/news/xbox-boss-says-facebook-and-amazon-are-its-main-gaming-competitors
The 2027 version of Xbox Series X is litteraly a full digitial machine.
His analysis says that they failed at getting ABK which isn't true. On top of that he says there is no guarantee they will be able to get GP on PS and Nintendo. Why? EA and Ubiosft both have their sub services on there. Why would GP be excluded? On top of that Steam has already said they would work with MS to get GP on there.
