Tuesday, July 20th 2021
Xbox Outsells PlayStation in the US by $200 million in June, Sets Hardware Sales Record
According to NPD data, Xbox just set a new hardware sales record the past month of June in the U.S., outselling PlayStation to the tune of a cool $200 million. The Xbox division cumulatively brought in a total $401 million dollars in the past month of June, marking a year-over-year (YoY) revenue growth to the tune of 112%. That large, $401 million number also marks a new record for Xbox and its Microsoft parent - the previous revenue record for the Xbox division was set way back in 2011. ten years later, it can be said that Xbox is better than ever before.
That same $401 million revenue from Xbox hardware clearly puts Sony's PlayStation in the rear-view mirror, as the company "only" achieved a $207 million revenue for June 2021 - a 1% decline YoY. That Microsoft managed to pull this off in the hardware shortage scenario we currently live in is impressive; and it does speak to the amount of pent-up demand that's still vying to enter the company's coffers. The record comes a month after Microsoft announced the deployment of Xbox Series X server blades to its xCloud programme, which occurred on June 26th. It appears likely that the company was distributing its Series X production capabilities between the retail sector and its own xCloud service before June 26th (with the additional time required for installation and all that entails), which would explain the sudden record in June. As Microsoft freed xCloud-bound capacity to the retail sector, the record thus ensued.
Impressive as that record (and outselling PlayStation specifically) are, hardware really is one of the lesser sources of revenue in the gaming landscape. Hardware gaming sales for the first half of 2021 totaled $2.3 billion for Hardware (consoles) and $1.2 billion for Accessories - but the brunt of the revenue flows from Content (which includes software sales, DLC, and subscriptions), which brought in some $25.4 billion in revenues in the same timeframe.
Source:
Thurrot.com
That same $401 million revenue from Xbox hardware clearly puts Sony's PlayStation in the rear-view mirror, as the company "only" achieved a $207 million revenue for June 2021 - a 1% decline YoY. That Microsoft managed to pull this off in the hardware shortage scenario we currently live in is impressive; and it does speak to the amount of pent-up demand that's still vying to enter the company's coffers. The record comes a month after Microsoft announced the deployment of Xbox Series X server blades to its xCloud programme, which occurred on June 26th. It appears likely that the company was distributing its Series X production capabilities between the retail sector and its own xCloud service before June 26th (with the additional time required for installation and all that entails), which would explain the sudden record in June. As Microsoft freed xCloud-bound capacity to the retail sector, the record thus ensued.
54 Comments on Xbox Outsells PlayStation in the US by $200 million in June, Sets Hardware Sales Record
Xbox s has been available in most stores I have seen and Stores are now getting Xbox X in store compared to the PS5 that has still only been online-only, so of course, Xbox is going to sell more.
As was said before as well, all consoles sell out instandly so if one just happen to be able to get a good shipment out there, then their sales numbers will be much higher for that month.
If we have to believe Wikipedia the PS sold a total of 8 million by now where as the Xbox series X/S did 6.
NES outsold the master system
Playstation outsold the n64
PS2 outsold the xbox and gamecube combined
wii outsold the x360 and ps3
Only the PS4 and the SNES were definitive winners in the "most powerful = winners" catagory, and if you want to get subjective the PS4 pro was outsold by the xbox series x. Neither updated console sold particularly well. Technically the neo geo was a SNES competitior that was far more powerful but failed. Same with the 3DO, but that's getting into experimental territory.
On another topic, wonder how much the console sales of both Sony and Microsoft will improve AMD revenues at the end of the year.
I still have my Orginial PS3 from 2006 and it's still working great. Testament of how well it was built to last. I had friends with xbox 360 and red rings of death all the time. I took apart an xbox 360 and inside you could see why it overheated. The fans blew air out but was not next to the CPU anywhere. If you reversed the fan and blew air over the CPU it never overheated.
I own a PS4 Pro as well but I miss the Nvidia from the PS3 the graphics to me was much sharper and clear on the PS3 vs the PS4 or PS5. AMD has gotten better at using ATI tech.
The PS3 cell processor was a compelte nightmare to code for, most developers did not have sony's 1st party backing to figure it out, and even sony's coders took nearly a decade to truly understand how to use the chip. 360 versiosn of games from that era consistently run with better framerates and details then the PS3 versions. Nothing to do with laziness, same as the N64's complicated seetup, you are not the only, not even the biggest fish int he pond, nobody is goign to devote resources to your console when it sells like crap.
And seriously, how does the PS3 at 720p render games sharper then 1080p consoles years later? That doesnt even make any sense.
As for the Xbox and PS5, I'm personally no interested in them, but I glance at the newegg shuffle from time to time and I always see some Xbox version going for $300-400. Whereas I see the PS5 going for $500-800, depending on the crap they bundle with them.
If money was a deciding factor for me and I was in the market for a console, I'd be much more drawn to the Xbox over the PS5.
Anyways, no doubt PS5 is more popular than Xbox globally.