After Four Years, Xbox Series X Is Finally Outselling the Series S (in the US)

[John Elden Ring]

It took four years, but the Xbox Series X is finally outselling the Xbox Series S in the United States by a slim margin, according to this month's report from Circana.

Circana, which tracks US game spending in dollars, reports that the Xbox Series X accounted for 58% of all total Xbox Series units sold in September, and 51% of all Xbox Series units sold life to date.

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Update 11:14am PT: We spoke with Piscatella about why the Series X has passed the S, and he had this to say:

Few things happening here as opposed to earlier in the cycle when S was leading. Of course, we have to start with supply. Series S was more widely available during 2020-2022, with X only getting fully in stock a few years after launch due to looks at everything 2020-2022. Then we also have console buyers in general shifting to a slightly older audience with higher average household income than we saw early in this generation, which would suggest that perhaps price sensitivity may be a bit lower now than it was previously. There are likely several other contributing factors, but these are the two I'd put on the top of my list.

 

[KvallyX]

I almost bought the 2TB Galaxy Black to replace my existing Series X. But since it didn't improve any performance, I canceled my pre-order.

 

[AllBizness]

I dont like this article since it makes it seem like Series S had more demand then Series X and it never did. It's just that Microsoft lost less money on Series S so they pushed that console instead. Now with the move to 6nm they are loosing less money on the Series X so they are pushing that now instead. To be clear the weak ass Series S was never more desirable and in more demand then the Series X. Never.

 

[Monkeyclaw]

The Series S was the downfall of MS and an achillesheel to gaming as a whole..... Damn thing should've never seen the light of day.

 

[Dr. E99]

The Series S was the downfall of MS and an achillesheel to gaming as a whole..... Damn thing should've never seen the light of day.

Nah, that was the Xbox One. They never recovered from that disastrous reveal.

I agree that Series S was a bad idea though.

 

[Monkeyclaw]

Nah, that was the Xbox One. They never recovered from that disastrous reveal.

I agree that Series S was a bad idea though.

The S caused delays on other systems like the X because devs tried to get games running on it that shouldn't have even released for the damn thing. It was a roadblock in gaming development.

It had no right to exist next to the Series X. Just slam an SSD in a Scorpio/ One X and at least that thing could push games like Sea of Thieves in native 4K which the Series S could't do.

Series S. S is for Shit.