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Cairo – Samia Sayed – Microsoft has finally admitted that the PlayStation 4 has overtaken its Xbox One game console in terms of sales and user base, as documents submitted to Brazil’s National Competition Regulatory Authority revealed these numbers, according to a report by The Verge.
In those documents, Microsoft said that Sony has overtaken Microsoft in terms of console and installed base sales, selling more than twice the number of Xbox consoles in the last generation. Microsoft has not released Xbox One sales numbers since 2016.
Sony is also no longer announcing PS4 shipments, and its lifetime sales numbers remain at 117.2 million, and according to the documents, Microsoft may have sold less than 58.5 million Xbox One consoles, and Microsoft appears to be closing the gap with its Xbox Series S/X consoles. .
According to Ampere’s analysis, “Sony ended 2021 with cumulative PS5 sales reaching 17 million units, about 1.6 times the Xbox Series sales performance.” Late last month, Sony warned of poor future PlayStation (PS) game console sales, Besides lowering its annual profit forecast, it closed its $3.7 billion acquisition of Bungie, developer of Destiny and the popular Halo franchise.
The company revealed that it shipped 2.4 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the June quarter, up just 4% from the 2.3 million shipped during the same period last year, and PS5 lifetime shipments are now at 21.7 million.
Microsoft previously said it expects revenue to decline from low to medium single digits, driven by lower first-party game content on Xbox consoles, and in the June quarter, gaming revenue fell 7 percent and 5 percent in constant currency.