Idle Sloth has shared a slide from the ID@Xbox Developer Accelerator Program that reveals over 21 million Xbox Series X|S consoles have been sold since their release in November 2020. The number seems to confirm that Microsoft’s hardware isn’t selling anywhere near as well as Sony’s, whose PlayStation 5 is listed with global sales of over 38 million, per data from VGChartz, although Nintendo Switch blows away both, with a figure of 126 million. Another slide suggests that in-game advertising is coming to Xbox games soon.
Top 30 Best-Selling Consoles (July 2023)
| Pos | Platform | North America | Europe | Japan | Rest of World | Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlayStation 2 (PS2) | 53.65 | 55.28 | 23.18 | 26.59 | 158.70 |
| 2 | Nintendo DS (DS) | 57.92 | 51.84 | 32.99 | 11.28 | 154.02 |
| 3 | Nintendo Switch (NS) | 45.45 | 32.30 | 29.33 | 19.42 | 126.51 |
| 4 | Game Boy (GB) | 43.18 | 40.05 | 32.47 | 2.99 | 118.69 |
| 5 | PlayStation 4 (PS4) | 38.15 | 45.84 | 9.62 | 23.44 | 117.05 |
| 6 | PlayStation (PS) | 40.78 | 31.09 | 21.59 | 9.04 | 102.49 |
| 7 | Nintendo Wii (Wii) | 45.51 | 33.12 | 12.77 | 10.23 | 101.63 |
| 8 | PlayStation 3 (PS3) | 29.92 | 30.87 | 10.47 | 16.14 | 87.40 |
| 9 | Xbox 360 (X360) | 47.09 | 25.08 | 1.66 | 11.90 | 85.73 |
| 10 | Game Boy Advance (GBA) | 40.39 | 21.31 | 16.96 | 2.85 | 81.51 |
| 11 | PlayStation Portable (PSP) | 21.41 | 24.39 | 20.01 | 14.98 | 80.79 |
| 12 | Nintendo 3DS (3DS) | 25.47 | 20.45 | 24.67 | 5.35 | 75.94 |
| 13 | Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) | 33.49 | 8.30 | 19.35 | 0.77 | 61.91 |
| 14 | Xbox One (XOne) | 32.97 | 14.86 | 0.12 | 10.02 | 57.96 |
| 15 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) | 22.88 | 8.15 | 17.17 | 0.90 | 49.10 |
| 16 | PlayStation 5 (PS5) | 15.67 | 11.68 | 3.59 | 7.51 | 38.45 |
| 17 | Sega Genesis (GEN) | 18.50 | 8.39 | 3.58 | 3.59 | 34.06 |
| 18 | Nintendo 64 (N64) | 20.11 | 6.35 | 5.54 | 0.93 | 32.93 |
| 19 | Atari 2600 (2600) | 23.54 | 3.35 | 2.36 | 0.75 | 30.00 |
| 20 | Xbox (XB) | 15.77 | 7.17 | 0.47 | 1.24 | 24.65 |
| 21 | Xbox Series X/S (XS) | 11.82 | 5.98 | 0.44 | 3.72 | 21.96 |
| 22 | GameCube (GC) | 12.55 | 4.44 | 4.04 | 0.71 | 21.74 |
| 23 | Sega Master System (MS) | 2.00 | 6.95 | 2.52 | 9.37 | 20.84 |
| 24 | PlayStation Vita (PSV) | 2.70 | 3.94 | 5.73 | 3.44 | 15.82 |
| 25 | Nintendo Wii U (WiiU) | 6.15 | 3.27 | 3.33 | 0.82 | 13.56 |
| 26 | GameGear (GG) | 5.40 | 3.23 | 1.78 | 0.21 | 10.62 |
| 27 | TurboGrafx-16 (TG16) | 0.75 | N/A | 7.76 | N/A | 10.00 |
| 28 | Sega Saturn (SAT) | 1.83 | 1.10 | 5.80 | 0.53 | 9.26 |
| 29 | Dreamcast (DC) | 3.90 | 1.91 | 2.25 | 1.07 | 9.13 |
| 30 | Sega Advanced Pico Beena (Beena) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.10 |
Slides from the ID@Xbox Developer Accelerator Program
— Idle Sloth💙💛 (@IdleSloth84_) June 29, 2023
21M+ – Xbox Series X|S
79M – Combined Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
48% – Series S Players are New to Xbox
Credit to @LucasTaves 📸 pic.twitter.com/sdjWDaY3Zn
Looks like In-Game Advertising is coming soon pic.twitter.com/seNpBJXWxn
— Idle Sloth💙💛 (@IdleSloth84_) June 29, 2023