Xbox Series X|S Outsold PS5 In February, Lost Top Spot To Switch

Like you mentioned stock situation has so much to do with it, hard to gauge until people can walk into a store (virtual or physical) and see both on the shelf.

Xbox is back baby

Stock shortages are causing changes every month, one month its playstation on top, then xbox and then a few months with switch on top, I wonder how many years it will be until you can walk into a store and purchase a series X or playstation 5

Series X/S was also #2 in the UK for February according to Christopher Dring from GamesIndustry.biz.
#1 = Switch
#2 = Xbox Series X/S
#3 = PS5

@blinx01
You beat me to it I was gonna post UK 😂

The PS5 stock trackers on Twitter were relatively quiet in February lol. Got really lucky in January with the Walmart drop.

Even with shortages...

With Horizon and Gt7 being close I would have never expected this. November was obvious xbox would have won.

Like why Sony didn't make the most on their most important month?

Beating them on total dollar sales… damn no one can claim it’s because it the cheap XSS.

The big news here is that somehow Xbox managed to manufacture and ship more units than PlayStation, and not because the XSS is easier to make, based on also beating them on the dollar charts.

It’d be interesting to see it broken down in to XSS, XSX, PS5. The XSS can easily be bought in store. I know a lot of Playstation gamers who also bought the XSS as it’s a fantastic machine an a bargain. I guess i was lucky, i got my PS5 on release an my missus got me the XSX in store 2 week before Xmas 2021.

Regardless it’s still a good sign; especially in the UK I would say. Everyone here seems to promote Playstation all the time. Anyway it’s a far cry from the doom and gloom days of Xbox One.

@sjbsixpack shes a keeper.

@Bmartin001 Can’t really follow this on any side stock shortages are a huge factor for example where I live PS5’s and series X are always sold out. Where as Xbox series S are readily available for you to walk in a store grab one and go just like the Xbox one. Gonna be some time before these are “accurate”.

@uptownsoul Likely because both of those games are on GamePass.

@uptownsoul pretty sure you know it’s because of Gamepass!

@GunValkyrian There are more reasons to upgrade than new games. Such as upgrades on old titles and faster load times.
There also has been plenty of new games coming out whether from 3rd or 1st party. They may just not be games you like.

@uptownsoul pretty sure he is saying it doesn’t affect sales of games that aren’t on Gamepass. Of course if a game IS on gamepass the sales won’t be as strong.

@GunValkyrian How many you looking for?

Sony has put out at least half a dozen exclusives. That’s one every two months at worst.

Xbox hasn’t had as many but they have GamePass with a ton to play.

@K1LLEGAL
Microsoft have managed to get stock in February and also start of March in UK with series x at Smyths toys and Game.
It has surprised me they have managed good stock replenishment.

@GunValkyrian
I do agree to a point that Xbox could do with some AAA exclusives from their studios more spread through out the year.
But being with Xbox since day one I try to get used to their strategy which is give it large in June E3 and release fourth quarter of the year, which always puzzles me and doesn’t seem a good selling strategy and give their new AAA games chance to breath and have single exposure.

But then again who am I tell a trillion dollar company what to do 😂

Other than that at the minute there are some great third party titles about to play.

@GunValkyrian i suggest you get a new hobby then cuz more delays coming this year. Or you could just play games like the millions of people do on either console...just a thought.

@uptownsoul I'm pretty sure most people would agree that $10/15 a month to play Halo Infinite since November is better for sales than $28/45 for MM in Feb.

Awesome! Nice to see Xbox Series S/X dominate ps5 for a change. I'm enjoying my Xbox Series S!

@somnambulance actually yes, because 5 year old console is still my personal favourite out of current machines.. I would however, expect everyone interested to already have one (OLED model might be a reason though)

Microsoft after reading this news:

Huge Xbox fan here. But maybe the ps5 was just sold out so people bought what was available. Or maybe people buying the "other" console now.

I'm planning on getting ps5 if someone makes a wireless Playstation controller in Xbox layout. I can not stand Playstation controller. It's terrible and very uncomfortable.

@uptownsoul
Halo Infinite was #2 on the US NPD software sales for December, despite being day one in Game Pass and having a F2P multiplayer.
Forza Horizon 5 was #4 on the US NPD software sales for November, despite being day one in Game Pass.

Wonder if ps VR 2 cuts into PS5 production

Let’s see what the numbers look like when these two systems are both readily available when you walk into a store. I can’t take these sales figures seriously until the asterisk is removed from the equation.

Even as a long-time Nintendo fan, I can't understand Switch's level of success considering all the issues surrounding the hardware and controllers and the lack of new first-party quality content compared to every console before it. I guess this is why Nintendo is being lazy, it's working somehow.

@Banjo- if any company is Lazy, it's Sony (fony)!
Same lame controller layout every generation, which are highly uncomfortable by the way. Lack of Backwards Compatibility to ps1, ps2, and ps3 games. Spinoff games to Nintendo's IPs, and can't come up with anything original. Holding on to Spider-Man is all they got.

Nintendo on the other hand, creates an Amazing Hybrid console that can be played on the Go, has over 30 Incredible Exclusives that will be played and remembered for decades to come!
I never had any issues with any "drifts".

@Banjo- PS: Nintendo Switch has the Best Quality Exclusives since the N64 and Super Nintendo Days. Do you even own a Nintendo Switch!!?

If you want lazy, Play ea and 2k sports games every year. Talk about a waste of money.

@NintendoEternity Both Nintendo and Sony have been lacking since they snagged the throne.

"I never had any issues with any "drifts"."
You are incredibly lucky to not have drifts on your joycons (or they have it and you haven't noticed).

"Same lame controller layout every generation, which are highly uncomfortable by the way. "
For me, the joycons are the most uncomfortable controllers I've used ever (I have big hands), being the ps3 and xbox one controllers the most comfortable I've used.

"has over 30 Incredible Exclusives that will be played and remembered for decades to come!"
Nintendo spitting games left and right is not a sign of great quality. Not all of their new games are memorable (ARMS, anyone?). Nintendo has to heavily rely on their own games. Otherwise, third party games that many more people play will steal their thunder (because the Switch is not the flagship system of gaming; PC is).

"Lack of Backwards Compatibility to ps1, ps2, and ps3 games. Spinoff games to Nintendo's IPs, and can't come up with anything original. Holding on to Spider-Man is all they got."
Lack of true Backwards Compatibility to nes, snes, n64, and gamecube games. Remasters galore of Wii U games that flopped on that console. Holding on to Mario Kart 8 and still milking it to death.

"Nintendo Switch has the Best Quality Exclusives since the N64 and Super Nintendo Days. Do you even own a Nintendo Switch!!?"
So, why does Nintendo keep losing the publisher of the year title? Your fanboyism makes you think that the Switch is the only console with good games on the planet, which is far from reality...

PS5 will sell more physical consoles eventually. Xbox is about having as many people playing in as many ways on as many systems as possible.

@uptownsoul
I think you are pulling at straws and seem salty to actually say anything positive about Xbox.

For Forza and Halo to be #4 and #2 respectively during the most competitive months of the year in November and December, while being day one in Game Pass, throws your whole narrative out the window.
Even MLB The Show 21, day one in Game Pass, was the #2 game in Xbox's Top 10 for April.

@uptownsoul just bought. Series S and no way I buy it if not for GamePass

Series X has been in stock throughout march in the uk from Microsoft website and is still available now

Q) How do you think Xbox Series X|S will sell across the generation?

A) Hard to say at this moment, aside from it definitely selling better than the Xbox One. I don't think it will outsell the Switch in either systems lifetime, but as for it against the PS5... I believe that will depend on the reception of both companies exclusive output.

Rumours seem to be suggesting that 2023-2034 is going to be the years for Microsoft's purchases starting to come into play with new games (not just old titles on Gamepass) and I believe it will be how these will be received which will further influences the sales progression.

@NintendoEternity Yes I have a Switch and yes this is my opinion. Am I allowed to have it? However, I agree with you about Sony being lazy since they released the PS4 rehashing the same game pattern for all their first-party productions and it's the same on PS5 except for the controller that seems an Xbox-joy-con hybrid because of the shape, rumble inside the triggers and "HD" rumble.

By the way, can you list those over 30 incredible Nintendo exclusives on Switch? I bet you can't.

And what backwards compatibility does Switch have? Do you mean the Expansion Pack service that, unlike Game Pass, isn't good value and doesn't let you purchase separate games?

Switch is the only Nintendo console that has disappointed me and I've been a Nintendo fanboy all my life, since SNES.

PS: Virtual Boy was not released here so I only saw it in the magazines.

@Banjo- Shin Megami Tensei V, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Pokémon Sword/Shield, Mario Party Superstars, Super Mario Party, Super Mario Odyssey, No More Heroes III, WarioWare: Get It Together!, Metroid Dread, New Pokémon Snap, pac man 99, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening HD Remaster, Luigi's Mansion 3, Ring Fit Adventure, Mario Tennis Aces, Paper Mario: The Origami King, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Arms, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Yoshi's Crafted World, Snipperclips Plus: Cut it out, together!, Super Mario Maker 2, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Astral Chain, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Splatoon 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, AND So Many MORE are Coming out this year!!!!

@Savage_Joe arms is very fun. And those wii u games didn't "flop" because they were "bad" games, it was because hardly anyone owned a wiiu.

I mean Nintendo games. Some of those are third-party like Marvel Ultimate Alliance and might get a re-release outside Switch. Shin Megami Tensei V is published by Atlus, owned by Sega. No More Heroes is published by Grasshopper. Astral Chain is owned by Platinum. Pac-man 99? I bought a Switch to play Nintendo's games.

Mario Kart Live (...), Yoshi's Crafted World (disappointment), Snipperclips (mini games), Animal Crossing New Horizons (more boring than New Leaf), Super Mario Maker 2 (almost a port), Splatoon 2 (a downgraded version of the original)... Are those incredible exclusives? You're being overly generous.

The only games I was excited about were Super Mario Odyssey (the most boring Mario 3D game, in my opinion), The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening remake, Luigi's Mansion 3, Fire Emblem Three Houses and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (a disappointment).

@UltimateOtaku91
True, well mainly as far as the amount of money spent on each brands console... But when it comes to unit sales, Nintendo Switch has pretty much been steady on top for a couple years now. The Switch has been hands down the real king of sales since the PS5 and Xbox Series generation has started. The Switch would be owning PS and Xbox on money spent if the Switch cost as much or even close to as much as Xbox and PS systems cost.

I am a huge Xbox fan, obviously, I am here and comment on a majority of articles here. So please don't take this comment as some sort of troll or put down to PS or Xbox.... Just stating some facts.

I'm sure stock supply is dictating the sales chart right now and maybe the Series S is helping a lot to get people on 'next-gen' hardware.

Physical Software sales have been 'irrelevant' for years as more and more move towards digital and now with more games releasing to subscription services, Sales are meaningless. Xbox Studio games are unlikely to be the best 'selling' games of the month/year due to Game Pass, but could have the 'highest' player counts. Considering FH5 & Halo had 18m+ players within 'weeks' of release.

@NintendoEternity It took Nintendo 5 years to let you see friends on the paid app, and you still don't have the much requested folders. Nintendo are lazy. No-one here is going to take fanboying over Nintendo seriously.

The concept of the Switch is fantastic, and to some degree, very well executed, but then there's many many areas where they just have not put any effort in at all and it shows.

@NintendoEternity that's what flopped means... nintendo failed to market those games and incentivize people to buy a Wii U. So they put the "deluxe" label to justify a full price rerelease on Switch.

@GunValkyrian Nonsense - maybe your expectations are too high. There are so many games that I have to manage what is on my console even with the 1TB expansion upgrade. Gamepass is game rich alone, not to mention the games I have purchased.

Genuinely always surprised when people celebrate sales figures of a product they own like a sports team winning. Especially when it’s clear this is about supply. But YEAH GO XBOX. Back of the shed. (Niche joke).

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@Banjo- 😆 of course I'd expect an answer like that.
Astral Chain is owned by Nintendo although Platinum made it, same goes for Bayonetta 2 and 3. Look it up. Marvel ultimate alliance 3 will always be exclusive on Switch. Same goes for NMH 3.
And you do realize Phil Spencer is a huge Nintendo Switch fan right, and Banjo is on Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass as well because of Phil.

@NintendoEternity Why do some Nintendo fans think that everything is black or white? You like some things, I like others. You think Switch is the best Nintendo console. I don't think so. Of course, I expected someone like you to come in when I said that Switch is the only Nintendo console that has disappointed me. What's your point? That Switch didn't disappoint me? 😂

@Savage_Joe And the "deluxe" tag means a full-priced lazy port. If other publishers did that they would be bashed but Nintendo always gets a free pass whatever they do because their fans are the biggest suckers.

@NintendoEternity since the switch has released it has had more first party and third party exclusives than playstation and xbox combined, and the majority of them are excellent games, this is just my personal list of games I've played on the switch since it released plus a few that are coming this year

Advance wars
Animal Crossing
Arms
Astral chain
Bowsers fury
Bravely Default 2
Bayonetta 2
Bayonetta 3
Brain training
Breath of the wild 1
Breath of the wild 2
Famicom detective club
Fire emblem warriors
Fire emblem three houses
Fitness boxing
Hyrule warriors
Kirby all stars
Kirby forgotten land
Luigis mansion 3
Laytons mystery journey
Links awakening remake
Monster hunter stories 2
Monster hunter rise
Mario and rabbids
Mario Golf
Mario tennis
Mario kart 8
Mario strikers
Mario odyssey
Mario party
Marvel ultimate alliance 3
Metroid dread
Metroid 4
Ninjala
Octopath traveler (previous exclusive)
Paper mario
Pokemon snap
Pokemon legends
Pokemon sword/shield
Pokemon diamond/pearl
Pokemon let's go
Pokémon mystery dungeon
Nintendo switch sports
No more heroes 1&2
Pikmin 3 deluxe
Ring fit adventure
Rune factory 5
Shin megami tensei 5
Splatoon 2
Splatoon 3
Super mario 3d all stars
Snipperclips
Skyward sword hd
Smash bros ultimate
Tetris 99
Triangle strategy
Tokyo mirage sessions
Warioware
Xenoblade chronicles 2
Xenoblade chronicles definitive edition
Xenoblade chronicles 3
Yoshi crafted world

Now the switch doesn't have the power like new gen consoles do but it definitely has the quantity of quality games over Sony and Microsoft.

@UltimateOtaku91 Absolutely 💯 ❤️

@Banjo- but other companies do that so many times and FOOLS buy the games over and over:
Madden every year
Fifa every year
Wwe 2k every year
GTA 5 being released for the 4th time

Nintendo ports a Game and people loses their minds 😆

@NintendoEternity I haven't bought GTA V yet but the Series X version seems to be the one to get. Last time I played FIFA was when I was a kid with my cousins. Madden and WWE are more popular in USA. Also, those companies you mention rely on a couple of games to make money. What would EA do without sports and what would Rockstar do without GTA? They are not Nintendo that serve their own platform customers.

I'll give you better examples:

Sony released The Nathan Drake Collections, three PS3 remasters for the price of one (PS4).

Sony released Wipeout Omega Collection, a collection of remastered games and expansions (PS4).

Microsoft released The Master Chief Collection, six remasters for roughly the price of a new game (Xbox One).

Microsoft released Rare Replay, a collection of 30 classic games (some of them remastered) for £€$30 (Xbox One).

Nintendo released many full-priced single Wii U ports (Switch, same generation as Wii U).

Nintendo is absolutely the worst company in terms of customer service and value.

We could go on forever but let's end it here because you will tell me now that Wii U ports released full-priced is the right thing to do and the loop will never stop but remember that Nintendo has become like this because of people like you.

@Banjo- I've been playing Nintendo since the Super Nintendo Days, so Yes I will Spend my money on Nintendo to Support them. I'll Support Xbox as well.

I could care less about sony.

@NintendoEternity I have a PS4 but I'm not interested in PS5 because Series X and Microsoft are better than PS5 and Sony in terms of hardware, value, etc. and I can't justify having all the consoles in the market. I barely have time for Series X and for my retro needs (Wii U including backwards compatibility, SNES Classic...).

@Banjo- I agree with you there. Ps4 is better than ps5. My sister's husband has the ps5, and it's literally just an Oversized ps4. I'll wait for the PS6.
I'm perfectly happy with my Nintendo Switch OLED and my Xbox Series S.

@NintendoEternity I'm glad we reached an agreement. PS5 is an oversized PS4 Pro-Pro-XXL, indeed. I have the Switch Lite, the Switch OLED was tempting me but I'll wait for upgraded hardware and some more software that I don't own on Wii U already. Series S is great value.

@NintendoEternity same controller layout every generation, have you thought about what you wrote and how Xbox has the same layout since the first Xbox the ironry in your message.

Both are decent consoles I had PS5 since launch then got the Series X for Christmas there is no need to go and bash a console that has the same standards as the Xbox both have the same layouts on their controllers.

Difference between the two and even Phil Spencer has said it he likes the new controller on the PS5 with the haptic feedback etc. Funny same layout but what has Xbox brought this generation "Fony" hasn't with that same layout controller?

Wrong to bash something thats the same for both.