New Financial Report Provides Estimated Xbox Series X|S Sales Figure As Of Late 2024

As we know by now, Microsoft no longer provides accurate sales figures for Xbox Series X|S consoles, meaning we often have to go off estimates to get an idea of how the systems are selling. As it turns out, it's not just us that has to try and work things out either - mega-publisher Take-Two has provided a fresh consoles sales estimate this week.

As part of its latest financial report, the GTA publisher has revealed that Sony and Microsoft have sold something north of 94 million current-gen consoles between them. When you then subtract Sony's official PS5 sales number of 65 million+, you're left with fewer than 30 million units sold for Xbox Series X and S.

Now, we do have a few caveats to add to this. First off, this is just an estimated figure, with Microsoft not providing an official Xbox Series sales number since mid-2023. Secondly, this new Take-Two estimate is as of November 2024, meaning Xbox has likely shifted another chunk of consoles since.

Even so, this puts the Take-Two figure at slightly less than what we heard from VGChartz last month - the outlet estimated north of 31 million sales in the same timeframe. We'd probably take the publisher's number more seriously though, given that VGChartz is known to be liberal with its figures - although that number may be slightly closer to Xbox Series X|S sales as of February 2025 considering more consoles will have shifted since Nov 2024.

Having said that, Xbox console sales do seem to be dropping off quite rapidly. We've heard that 2024 figures were down 30% on 2023 in the US and down 50% on 2023 in Europe, although the latter excludes the UK. This is perhaps no real surprise, as Microsoft has started to advertise pretty much any gaming device as an 'Xbox' in recent months.

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[source ir.take2games.com]