Microsoft Reveals Xbox Series X/S Sales Numbers

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SvennoJ said:

haxxiy said:

This means that in the end PS4/XB1 outsold the PS3/X360 despite a whole year headstart for the X360 and a quick drop-off that was rather uncharacteristic of Sony consoles for the PS4.

How are the totals looking with Wii / WiiU / Switch in the mix?

I guess 3DS and Vita need to be added as well to make a guess at whether the dedicated console+handheld market is still growing or shrinking. With these new numbers it does look like the HD twins grew a little. But is that from people leaving Nintendo for basically abandoning the TV side. Handheld was already shrinking I think, PC saw growth.

What I'm trying to get too, how healthy is the video games market in terms of growth. Is the pool of gamers still growing and is that all carried by PC while the dedicated console+handheld market is shrinking?

When it comes to the size of the different gaming markets mobile is by far the biggest, followed by PC then consoles. That's why Microsoft is releasing their games day one on PC now and why they are trying to expand into the mobile market. Microsoft executives wants Xbox to be as profitable as their other divisions in the coming years. 

That's also why we are seeing Sony release their games on PC, even if it is a year or two after the PlayStation version. They realize not all PC gamers are interested in buying consoles and bringing their games to PCs will help drive more revenue and profits. 

And for Nintendo look at Pokemon Go and how big it was on mobile. 

Console market overall has been fairly stagnant in terms of the number of people who use them. It's just the average money spent per person on consoles has increased over the last few generations.