Talking Point: How Much Time Have You Spent Gaming On Xbox Consoles This Year?

Probably 20%. PS5 is my main console. I've barely touched my switch this year. Recently got a PC and I'm in boomer shooter heaven so I'll be playing that mostly for a while

It’s been another great year of games! My best guess for my split:
PC - 40%
Steamdeck - 20%
Switch 2 - 15%
Series X - 15%
PS5 - 10%

There should be a PC desktop option. That is my main way to play. Xbox (consoles, pc app, handheld, and cloud)is probably around 30% of my gaming.

PC (steam/gog/epic/emulation) 50%, then xbox 30%, then playstation 10%, then Nintendo 10%.

Would love to tell you, but Microsoft apparently couldn't afford to do an end of year Wrap up. A multi-trillion dollar company couldn't afford to show fans how much they gamed this year....crazy times.

Switch 1 & 2 and series x will be first or second.
PS5 third.
Same as 2024.

Got my first XBox ever last year, a Series X. Played it about 30% compared to about 60% PS5 and 10% Switch. Mostly due to some backwards compatibility, playing the Halo series for the first time ever, and Forza Horizon 5/Indiana Jones.

This year…about 55% Switch/Switch 2, 40% PS5 and MAYBE 5% XBox. If that. Got Horizon 5 and Indy on PS5. No reason to fire up the XBox currently.

Xbox Series X is certainly my main platform of choice with PC (primarily the Handhelds - like the Xbox Ally X or OG RoG Ally, but occasionally my laptop) are a 'distant' 2nd for those few occasions when I can't access the TV. My PS5 has become more a 'exclusive' only box and I let my PS+ lapse, so I find myself using it the least now.

My main 'ecosystem' is very much Xbox and whilst I do access that 'mostly' through the Series X that I've had since launch, I think that my PC and even Cloud use has increased. I was 100% a 'console' gamer only (Xbox and PS5) but over the course of this generation, my PS5 usage has declined the most and I've bought gaming PC hardware to access 'Xbox' primarily - often when I can't use the TV (therefore the Consoles). So my 'console' usage is perhaps down, but my Xbox Platform usage across multiple devices is up this year.

Between major 3rd party games skipping Xbox for what feels like generations now and the whole ‘Xbox is 3rd party now with no exclusives’, I’ve found my Xbox console playtime shrinking with each passing year.

People can try to scrape the bottom of the barrel of excuses as much as they want, but at the end of the day why would I play Xbox games on Xbox where I can’t play Sony first- and third-party exclusives when I could just do all my gaming on PlayStation and get both? PC oriented players might have a different outlook, but a PlayStation and a Switch(2) as a compliment is the obvious path for the console first gamer.

I have a Switch, PS5 and Xbox and have spent at least 80% of my time on my Series X. GamePass, of course, is a large part of that. I mainly use my PS5 for exclusives and there just haven’t been that many of them.

Switch 2 - 70%
Series X - 15% (Gamepass)
PC - 10% (Ultima online)
PS5 - 5%

I spent over 5600 hours playing Xbox last year and I assume about the same again this year with Final Fantasy XIV my most played game again this year. Unfortunately I can't confirm this thanks to Xbox skipping the wrap this year.

I keep track of hours played so I can tell you pretty confidently:
Xbox: 45%
PS4: 30%
Retro: 20%
Switch: 5%

I bought a PS4 Pro in the beginning of the year and played through all their "prestige" exclusives - disliked almost all of them - I have no taste for hand-holdy cinematic 3rd person games. Reminded me why I like Xbox/indies/retro much more than modern PS stuff.

The first half of the year, I used my Series X a fair bit. Mostly playing Gears 2, 3, 4 horde online and some Game Pass titles here and there (Clair Obscure, DOOM: The Dark Ages, THPS 3+4)

I stopped paying for Game Pass. And my Series X hasn't been powered on since June.

Most of my gaming time goes to Steam Deck OLED, PS5 Pro, & Switch 2. In that order.

I've gone 90% Xbox, maybe 5% pc handheld and 5% switch 1.

I do love the novelty of play anywhere on my Rog ally, but the series X on a TV is the most pleasing console I've ever played

I've played my PS5 a lot more than Xbox this year probably about 80% of my time has been on PS5 going through my backlog that's built up over the years. Think i only finished 4 games on Xbox this year but 2 of them are in my top 5 for the year Avowed and South of Midnight.

If you sign in on https://www.trueachievements.com/ with your Xbox account, you'll get a yearly wrap and more.

Most of my play time (90%) is on Series X. Secondly, New Nintendo 3DS and Switch 1. I've played quite much on Wii U as well, replaying Metroid Prime Trilogy with better controls than on Switch. Add a bit on PC (Play Anywhere titles) and PS4 (Wipeout, SFV).

I'm going to estimate 90% of my time has been playing the Xbox. I say estimate because Microsoft have done us dirty and not given us a Wrap meaning I cannot be precise.

What I do know for certain is that I played just two games on my PS5 this year (Days Gone: Remastered and Ghost of Yotei) with a total of just 217 hours. Every other game I played has been on my Xbox, and as I spent about 2000 hours on my Xbox last year (1950 hours up until the Wrap released on the 4th of December 2024), I think 90% is a fair estimate...

100% Xbox becuase I have only
Got a Xbox haven’t got a PlayStation or pc or handheld would love to try diferent but haven’t got the money to spend on more machine in my 40s so family frist I game in my free team have a nice Xmas and new year

I misread the title of the article when I first saw the headline, @FraserG. I thought you were asking how much we had spent on the Xbox, rather than how much time. Anyway, because I keep records of everything that I spend on games, I thought I would total it all up. What a stupid thing to do that was! 😂

So, I have spent £1038,92 on games for the Xbox this year, and £462.49 for two Collector's Editions on the PlayStation. Believe it or not, £15.03.41 is actually good by my standards when compared to previous years, and the reason I keep records is so that I try not to spend quite so much... 😂

Consoles have been the most, of my gaming time. 2026 will be very different, as has the last 3 or 4 months since getting my PC, cheaper games, by a lot, (or free).
Giving up the convenience of gaming on the sofa to the PC in the spare room, worth it to me.

Wait until you retire, @Oldgamer03, then you can enjoy spending money (providing her indoors will let you, of course!)... 🤣