Xbox Series X|S vs Xbox One Sales Comparison in Europe - December 2023 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 February 2024 / 7,003 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 Europe 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 Europe:
Gap change in latest month: 274,080 - XOne
Gap change over last 12 months: 512,081 - XOne
Total Lead: 519,053 - XOne
Xbox Series X|S Total Sales: 7,341,779
Xbox One Total Sales: 7,860,832
December 2023 is the 38th 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 274,080 units.
In the last 12 months, the Xbox One has outsold the Xbox Series X|S by 0.51 million units. The Xbox Series X|S is currently behind the Xbox One by 0.52 million units.
The Xbox Series X|S has sold 7.34 million units in 38 months, while the Xbox One sold 7.86 million units. Month 38 for the Xbox Series X|S is December 2023 and for the Xbox One is December 2016.
The Xbox One crossed 8 million units sold in Europe in month 39, 10 million in month 50, and 12 million in month 62. The Xbox One sold 14.86 million units lifetime in Europe. The Xbox Series X|S is 7.52 million units behind lifetime Xbox One sales in Europe.
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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Surprised it could fall behind Xbox One so much. It's not like XB1 was especially popular in europe.
Look at both this and the PS5 vs X|S (US) charts and something happened at month 25 on both charts. That was the event horizon for Xbox; the point of no return.
I think that's when ps5's started to become in stock more. Ps5 destroyed it head to head, and ps5 is even making the xbox one starting to destroy it. Crazy
I really wonder why Xbox Series has so much trouble to sell a good amount of units during the holiday seasons...
PS5 and switch are strong competitors. Xbox One was only competing against PS4
Poor supply chain management for console hardware, along with a catastrophic 2022 in terms of software. 2022 will likely be remembered as the turning point of 9th generation, because MS had no Series Xs available for that holiday and no system selling games either.
The damage is probably not recoverable in the short term, as we saw with the Starfield launch where it didn’t even register a console sales bump. The early adopters chose the PS5, and the casuals just follow the early adopters.
Series X had zero supply constraints in Europe since about Q2-3 2021.
Surprised sales are doing well for xbox despite it seeming to go all digital.
Sales are worse than the unpopular xbone. That's not good.
