That’s according to a report from the VGC, which spoke to unidentified publishers. This means that the Xbox Series X / S managed to surpass the launch of 150,000 versions of Xbox One in 2013, albeit slightly, a record for Xbox in the UK at the time.
However, it didn’t go over Sony’s impressive 250,000 units, which the PS4 managed to sell in its first 48 hours on sale. That number is still the highest in the UK for a console launch, and it has yet to be exceeded. It has also appeared under a number of other versions of the PlayStation console, including the PS3.
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According to the report, which has since been corroborated by Niko Partners Senior Analyst Daniel Ahmad, two-thirds of the units sold were X-series consoles, leaving one-third for the S-series.
VGC notes that pre-orders for the Xbox Series X / S were significantly higher compared to previous generations, limiting the number of units available for sale on day one. This would explain why Phil Spencer recently had to apologize for the console’s stock shortage, a situation Microsoft says will continue until March or April.
Microsoft has already revealed that the Xbox Series X / S sold more at launch than any previous Xbox console in the world, but since the company is no longer interested in sharing exact unit sales, we’ll have to wait. let the industry hold hands. find out how many units there were. really sold.