It's no secret that Microsoft has no dog in the console wars. This has been the case for the better part of the past two decades. But, that doesn't mean that it can't celebrate sales milestones. Case in point, the Xbox Series S/X has recently outsold the original Xbox.
, the Xbox Series S/X, whose numbers, by the way, aren't technically available to the public, has sold roughly 25.37 million units through November 2023, which puts it nearly a million over the console platform's progenitor, which has a lifetime sales of 24.65 million units.
Here is a breakdown of the console's sales per region: North America - 13.66 million units Europe - 6.99 million units (2.35 million units in the UK, 1.3 million units in Germany, and 0.92 million units in France). Japan - 0.54 million units Rest of the world - 4.19 million units The lack of exclusives is hurting Xbox's potential sales.
VGChartz's numbers don't specify how much more Microsoft sold of the Series S compared to the Series X or the other way around, but we can only presume that the Series S makes up the vast majority of the sales. Regardless, the numbers may encourage Microsoft to reinvest in the same set-up for the next generation of Xbox consoles, which might arrive as early as 2026. However, we're hoping Microsoft doesn't forget that the Xbox Series S's "dominance" over its much more powerful sibling is less due to its price and more because of its availability.