Xbox Series X|S Sales Climb, PS5 Sales Flat - Global Hardware Aug 14-20

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Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

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Xbox Series still showing very healthy growth, up over 30% YOY, and that's without any real killer games for this year too.
PS5 still has to make up a fair bit of ground to get back into the black.

PS5 is about 35% ahead of XS sales lifetime, but only 22% ahead this week, so a reduction in PS5's percentage lead. PS4 by contrast sold over 130% more than the Xbone.

I think the Series S is doing a good amount of the job.

It was a smart move by Microsoft.

I feel like in a normal generation the S probably would've been more trouble than it was worth, but by a happy accident it arrived into a time where silicon was at a premium and so the fact it took less resources to make than the X proved a big advantage in a situation where just being able to get stock on shelves was difficult and invaluable.