I wouldn't have bet on the Original Xbox doing better than the Xbox Series did last year in USA. Obviously sales in 2024 were horrendous but I didn't know figures for the original Xbox.
But it's not just in the USA, which Welfare's video is focused on. It's the same globally.
Turns out that 2024, in a year where a system isn't being launched or replaced, is the worst year for an xbox console ever, including the original xbox.
| Console | Year | Sales |
| Xbox 360 | 2011 | 14.1m |
| Xbox 360 | 2010 | 14.0m |
| Xbox 360 | 2008 | 11.1m |
| Xbox 360 | 2012 | 10.8m |
| Xbox 360 | 2009 | 10.6m |
| Xbox One | 2016 | 9.6m |
| Xbox One | 2015 | 9.1m |
| Xbox One | 2017 | 9.1m |
| Xbox One | 2018 | 8.8m |
| Xbox Series | 2022 | 8.7m |
| Xbox Series | 2021 | 8.1m |
| Xbox 360 | 2007 | 7.9m |
| Xbox One | 2014 | 7.6m |
| Xbox Series | 2023 | 7.5m |
| Xbox 360 | 2006 | 6.8m |
| Xbox | 2002 | 6.5m (shipped) |
| Xbox One | 2019 | 6.5m |
| Xbox | 2004 | 6.2m (shipped) |
| Xbox | 2003 | 5.7m (shipped) |
| Xbox Series | 2024 | 5.0m |
And yes I do think that if they go forward with future hardware it will be sold at a profit, and thus substantially more expensive than an equivalent PlayStation making it a niche product. The question then is how can they get third party support for it with a likely very small install-base. There best bet for third party support is just allowing it to play any PC games but then they lose a revenue stream from third party software and I question whether it's even worth MS's effort to make a device anymore.
With Xbox hardware sales already at their lowest point ever it's going to be very interesting to see what happens over the next couple of years.
Last edited by Zippy6 - 3 days ago
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