The Xbox Vs PlayStation War Just Got A Crushing New Stat For Microsoft Fans

This revealing legal filing from Brazil pertains to the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. It was first unearthed by Thurrot, which has also taken the trouble to translate it. According to the document, Sony has Microsoft beat in terms of both console sales and install base, and the filing admits that Sony has sold twice as many consoles as Xbox did in the previous generation. This, of course, refers to the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.

As of March 31, 2022, Sony sold more than 117.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles. Half of that is 58.6 million, which means that Microsoft must have sold no more than 58.6 million units of Xbox One consoles as of the end of the first quarter of 2022. Thurrot estimated that a likely ballpark figure for units sold by Microsoft by the third month of 2022 was between 50-55 million. 

While the Xbox One didn’t fare well, it seems that its successor is doing much better. According to a recent Microsoft earnings call, the Xbox Series X and S are the fastest-selling Xbox consoles to ever be released. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has also claimed that Xbox Series X|S has managed to sell more units than PlayStation 5 in the United States for the last four consecutive months. There may be some important reasons for this — especially taking into account the array of supply and demand issues the gaming industry has faced over the last few years. Let’s hope that some official numbers will be released in the future so that we can see the total number of consoles sold and compare the two generations.