Xbox Series X|S Sales Had A Strong Week In Japan, Rarely Beating Out PS5

Omg this is a historic moment. Go Xbox!

As long as Xbox continues to have forward momentum, I think it will be enough to keep Microsoft happy.

PlayStation - much to Sony's credit - has become synonymous with gaming in most regions of the world. This is quite evident when you look at the "most played" games on Sony's platform being games that don't even require a PlayStation to play. This suggest people are simply buying the "next PlayStation" just because it's the newest version of what they had before and not necessarily for reasons of playing Sony ecosystem games.

When you look at Xbox most-played games, the majority of titles are found solely in Microsoft's ecosystem. This suggest that, much like Nintendo consoles, people who buy Xbox are buying it for a specific reason.

Microsoft just needs to give people plenty more reasons to buy into Xbox just like how Nintendo gives people plenty of reasons to buy a Switch.

People are creatures of habit - especially when it come to brand purchases.

More good news for Xbox and players in general. Sales will improve worldwide when more first and third-party content is available on Game Pass.

EDIT: Expected posters already coming.

Good that the numbers have increased but let’s not get carried away eh?

This article made me roll my eyes so much it gave me a headache

@GamingFan4Lyf
Extremely good point Nintendo consoles live on Nintendo exclusives that’s why I have a Switch.

Pretending moving on do I buy a PS5 or Xbox.
Both run third party games.

If what you say is true and people that buy Xbox for Xbox games like people buy Nintendo for Nintendo games. Being truthful Xbox really need to get their whole act together to get anywhere near the Nintendo exclusive quality of late.
Until then general public won’t be picking up Xbox consoles and just go to the gaming brand known in PS5 and let’s not forget PS5 does have some good exclusives as well that attracts general public with things like Spider man etc all flashy graphics etc.

@OldGamer999 Sure, Sony does have those games and they appeal to a core audience and can draw in new gamers.

But the vast majority of gamers are casuals and not the people in the comments section of gaming sites. They just kind of stay where they are because that's where they have always been.

They aren't concerned with publisher acquisitions, DF analysis, or whether GT7 is better than Forza. They just "upgrade" to continue playing COD, Fortnite, and [sports game X].

Sony is withholding stock for the new ps5 slim model in japan but I'll let you all believe this a legit xbox victory 😆

@GamingFan4Lyf
Yep Sony seriously captured the right audience in the PS4 era and that’s were these people are staying, but I would also say the spider man’s etc really draw new people and existing with PS4 to them yet again.
Also promoting and advertising as well.

Less of a strong week for Xbox and more an oddly weak one for PlayStation

I remember when Xbox were selling 200 consoles if that a week in Japan so it is good to see.

It's Xbox who are the ones releasing plenty of games not the competition, Gamepass Ultimate also wipes the floor of any other subscription. I prefer the console that is getting games not the console that sells more.

Hopefully a trend.

@Doublecell don’t worry, next week PlayStation will be in the #1 position, and you could sleep well again.

@fbnaulin won’t beat the evergreen switch. Then the switch 2 will dominate

Glad to see. Currently playing Dead Space on game pass and excited on the massive wealth of IPs that Microsoft now has.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner I'm desperate for a Switch 2 so long as its backwards compatible. My switch is really on its last legs. Controllers are unusable due to drift and the fans are just so damn loud now.
Regarding these numbers they really aren't worth the fanfare. They're actually pretty poor no matter what they are compared to.

How is that a strong week? It sold virtually the same last week didn't it

Seems like the Japanese are waiting for the slim PS5 to release.

@MrMagic probably part of it. Also probably part due to upcoming persona games on gamepass too

@OldGamer999 I bought an Xbox because Bethesda went over and I was nervous of missing out on future games - that's my reason

I mean get those W where you can find them Xbox lol. Switch sold 60k+ 👀

Honestly don't think Japan are that interested in the lil PC twins. Sure PS5 will move a bunch of units when they get stock but then will it still be in 2nd place to Switch ? Maybe 3rd when Switch successor arrives.

@Vipor007
Well that’s for exclusive reasons then.

@carlos82 yeah more or less ,but it makes xbox gamers have hope, if you look at the total figures ,its dismal for xbox only a 2 percent market share in Japan ,over 2 million ps5 sold where they have a 40 percent market share ,the rest is obviously the switch,xbox had a good week ,but unfortunately it means nothing,and let's make it clear ,it has nothing to do with the ABK deal,Japanese gamers won't care,also no Japanese company will ever be acquired by ms,with those figures ,let's face facts here ,xbox are doing better ,but they couldn't really do any worse.

@Mephisto2869 The latest figures are over 4 million Ps5's sold in Japan and Xbox has sold approximately 2.3 million across all 4 generations of Xbox since the original launched in Japan 21 years ago.
I doubt it will ever take off in Japan with those numbers.

@MrMagic the ps5 shifted a lot of consoles in October by those figures

@Mephisto2869 www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/08/ps5-quietly-crosses-4-million-units-milestone-in-japan.
I just remembered reading it over on Square.

@Mephisto2869 regardless of the reasons, I never thought I’d see the day when Xbox outsold PlayStation in Japan.

You are right though for the reason. It likely won’t happen again.

@Kienda its happened in the past when ps has had a bad week due to stock shortages ,may and June i believe ,they also stopped supplying stores with the old ps5 as all future sales will be the ps5 slim ,so this may have had something to do with it ,anyway they both got trounced by the switch ,with 66k units sold in the same week 😂

@GamingFan4Lyf That was exactly what happened last generation. Most people were playing casual games on PS4 because Wii U was basically a failure and Xbox One was bigger and 100 more expensive, but the PS4 didn't have any new games in the beginning and when they came, they still weren't the real system sellers.

Xbox is becoming more and more relevant as a gaming ecosystem since the end of the last generation. Now with mobile games and ABK, that ecosystem is getting broader and might benefit us the "hardcore" players on Series S|X. While PS's power is strong in many countries, Xbox 360 was more successful than PS3 worldwide in terms of hardware and software, with Sony selling cheap PS3 revisions even after the generation had ended to boost their numbers. Sony is strong, but Xbox is getting stronger.