Some say Xbox consoles are dead. These are the same people who say Xbox Game Pass is killing industries or it will be Microsoft’s last console. Fortunately for everyone, the wishes of enemies are just that, and the reality is that the company is doing better than ever. This is something that can be seen with the naked eye in the public accounts they present to their investors and in the heavy investments they make in the gaming sector.
The truth is, today’s news shouldn’t surprise anyone. Satya Nadella himself has confirmed that the Xbox Series is the company’s best-selling console in the brand’s history. So hey, this “this will be the last Xbox thing” some more raving about is a fantasy maybe fueled by some sort of mushroom.
Spoiler warning: Xbox is doing better than ever
In a recent interview with the media The New York Times, Phil Spencer has confirmed (via: Benji sales) which for many was already an open secret, the new consoles go like a blow. However, there is one more detail that we may not have known; We had always assumed that the console shortage was due to supply issues, but the manager’s perspective is different.
The responsible head of the division assures that it is not that the semiconductor crisis is affecting sales, but that demand is now greater than ever despite the fact that supply remains at the level of previous years.
The offer is in fact still interesting. It’s because demand exceeds supply… At this point we’ve sold more this generation Xbox, Xbox Series X and S, than any previous version of Xbox.
In the absence of official figures, these statements are still going well for the player, this translates into something that we already see every day, Xbox Live is constantly getting new players. You can see it in games that you thought were dead before, now it’s rare to not see anyone playing it. For me it is a very positive point that Microsoft is betting on consoles, I have a good PC to play in but I prefer my box in the living room to press and play.
