Phil Spencer Touts Current Xbox Series Lifecycle “Twice The Size” Of The Xbox 360’s Success

When entertaining the idea about the Xbox’s demise or shortcomings, the platform faces no filter from the internet. Most recently, even Microsoft went ahead to address that the gaming division officially lost the “console wars’ more than two decades after Xbox entered the market. However, the current Xbox Series platform has illustrated to be a massive success for Microsoft according to previous statements – even if its not the same volume competitors bring in.

At launch, the Xbox Series X|S was already celebrated for overtaking preceding hardware being the most-sold system for launch in the history of Xbox. Additionally, Xbox Series S for Black Friday 2021 was the most-purchased console then. In 2022, the Xbox Series X took that position as well in the year following. 

According to Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer when speaking to The Guardian, he reveals that the success of the Xbox Series X|S so far has already doubled the revenue compared to the Golden Aged system – the Xbox 360.

Our business right now, from a revenue standpoint, is about twice the size as it was in the Xbox 360 generation. And we’re millions of consoles ahead of where we would’ve been compared to 360. We’ve never had more Xbox players than we have right now.

Other advances in Xbox sales can be pointed towards the Japanese market as well. Despite the Xbox Series suffering compared to selling in home territory for both Nintendo & PlayStation, Microsoft has faced new milestones in a short duration. In that, the latest Xbox iteration sold 100,000 units in just over a year compared to the Xbox One which required three years to make the same impact.

In other breaking news from the developing case against the FTC for the Activision Blizzard acquisition, it was revealed that both Bungie & Sega were candidates for the Xbox firm’s acquisition itinerary to bolster Xbox Game Pass previously. You can read the full report by heading here.

What is your input of the Xbox Series’ success compared to the Xbox 360?

Source: The Guardian