Xbox Series X|S Outsold PS5 And Nintendo Switch In The UK Last Month

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• Money

Tbf all three consoles sales were down year to year so it's not all good news.

I been looking at the VGChatz website and XBox is slowly catching up to PS5, getting very close to potentially surpass it in America and narrowing the gap in Europe, and that does not even consider the number of XCloud server racks they build. MS seems to be fighting hard for those supply parts.

At this step, Xbox might be in a position of advantage in American regions by the time the shortage is over, and at that point it might be hard for PS to catch up since very likely all those acquisitions will be actually delivering Xbox exclusives at a steady pace. Assuming they can keep this supply pace up, that is.

And before the Nintendo fans jump with the Switch had shortages in the UK it definitely did not.
Was available though out March in most stores both original and OLED.
I was surprised to see Switch get outsold though in the UK.

@RevGaming the best superpower, really 🤷🏻‍♂️

The 360 did very well here in the UK, I loved my 360, then MS completely blew it with the One. It’s good to see them doing well again, we need the competition that Xbox brings. It’s a unique situation with stock shortages, if Xbox can meet demand in places like the UK and US they’re going to have a strong generation.

Good on Xbox. Bought my Series X in November and I've enjoyed it.

Isnt simply because microsoft has the funds to pay outrageous amounts for parts.

Who cares about how Xbox are outselling the competition,
let’s just be happy they are yeah?

If Sony it struggling for parts, who cares that’s not MS problem
They are competing….

I would have bought a Switch Pro, we got a Switch retread instead.

@Dezzy70 the switch is in its peak now and sales will start to slow down gradually over the next few years.

Wonder if nintendolife will post this news.... 🤔

@UltimateOtaku91
I think if Nintendo got out some really big AAA games out BOTW2, Mario Odyssey 2, DK platform game, maybe a new AAA IP, the Switch could still sell just as good.
For me it’s issue is graphically and third party wise it’s getting left behind for some of the general public and now there is two new machines in town even more powerful.
Time will tell as always

@Dezzy70 I'm sure everyone who's buying BOTW2 already has a Nintendo switch to play the first game. Now if they released some new AAA games like Metroid and donkey Kong then those could contribute to more sales.

Nintendo have never really gone for power though, they don't seem interested in 4k Ray tracing and 12 GB RAM machines hence there cheaper price for hardware. They still produce some good looking games like BoTW, astral chain and the latest Kirby, but third party devs just don't want to spend the time and resources down scaling their games which is Nintendo's main issue. Plus I think the main reason the switch has sold so well is because the vast majority of users use it as an handheld device, if the switch was a pure TV console with the exact same games then it would pushing around 50 million consoles sold and even animal crossing wouldn't of sold so much

@UltimateOtaku91
You are spot on there the handheld hybrid feature has certainly paid off.
I play docked and enjoying Kirby at the moment.

@Dezzy70 me too, on the fire world which I think is the last one

@Fenbops
The Xbox360 was my Xbox glory years here in the UK, my console to show off and the console friends wanted.

@UltimateOtaku91
Only on the third world but also doing 100% including the time trial target times 😂

@Dezzy70 mannn the 360 was epic. Gears, Halo 3, Forza, Fable 2 and some great exclusive JRPG’s. One of my favourite consoles.

Bravo! Not that I care about a console beating out others in sales, but glad the current gen Xbox is doing so well.

Supply issues play a role in this, but maybe not as much. For someone who doesn't have a flexible income or the luxury to buy two consoles so close to each other, would they really forego a shot at a ps5 for a series x? A fanboy who wants a ps5, wouldn't. So the sales must be going to people who are genuinely interested, as opposed to settling.

Tl;dr, nothing.

@Rural-Bandit
I will have to think about my favourite console
First, second and third it’s a tough one.
So many to chose from.
Do you ever have a Neo Geo back in the day?
For a small period that was a show off console in the UK.

Neo Geo was absolute amazing at the time, a buddy of my had one, with only two games, I think both fighters, but the system was real expensive on its own, and the gamecartridges cost more than 200 bucks a piece at the time.... but hey you had an arcade at home....

Good job Xbox! I received an email invitation from Sony to try and buy a PS5 between certain times on a certain day lol. Tempted to buy one to fleece it.

@uptownsoul Your completely wrong, your idea that demand is slowing for the Xbox is pure utter conjecture with no proof. Yet the reports today that have proof highlight how Microsoft paid for chip priority to get more stock.

@uptownsoul That’s not proof and your living in a dream world, because your choosing to deliberately ignore the facts and instead promote your hypothesis with no actual proof. Microsoft paid for chip priority, those are the facts.