Microsoft Admits Xbox One Sold LESS THAN HALF as Many Units as PS4

[@Cruxis_Angel]

Nintendo and Microsoft shots themselves in the foot so hard that Sony won be default. WiiU and Xbox one were big yikes

[@therealjaystone2344]

It wasn’t the first time when Sony responded to another one’s failures. Look at e3 1995.

[@SilverSpireZ]

The craziest part of this whole situation is that even despite all the bullshit we were calling out back in 2013, many of those aspects have returned with Xbox Series and PS5. And not nearly as many people are complaining now. Where are all those people now?

[@brandonscott3423]

Exactly right

[@bigboi5545]

The people who were complaining back then are the old guard now, and have been drowned out by younger gamers conditioned to treat such bullshit as the norm. Its as simple as that.

[@spritvio639]

What are those?

[@aegonthedragon7303]

No other company has attempted to replicate what MS tried to do, thats why no one is really calling it out. Xbox Series X/PS5 doesn’t require me to sign on everyday otherwise it will refuse to work and you can play used games.

[@joeykeilholz925]

On PC to some extent. The online subscription alone is a plague on every major console. But the popularity of complaints in the majority discourse is not indicative of user sentiment. People probably still feel the same way about those aspects of the platform. If companies never take feedback and the hate fades over time there's nothing we can do. Making these smaller changes that people don't notice until it's too late is the slimy shit I don't want.

[@TwilightRealm723]

To be honest, we kinda knew for years that the PS4 was outselling the XB1 in a higher than 2:1 ratio thanks to VGChartz Even if the manufacturer isn't reporting sales / shipment numbers, they're still able provide pretty accurate estimates regarding sales numbers! According to them: the PS4 sold roughly 117M units, while the Xbox One sold 50.53M. Things got slightly better for Xbox when the One S came out in 2016 but by that point it was obviously too litle too late

[@trafalgarlaw6549]

Xbox one sales dropped since 3 or 4 years ago, so you must take the 50m of xbox one and compare them to when ps4 was 105m aproximately.

[@Blazio]

Such a shame honestly. The failure of it and the Wii U, led to me getting made fun of as a kid for having those consoles and not PS.

[@glungusgongus]

WIIU isn't even close to Xbox

[@joeykeilholz925]

Bruh I had a pc in 2012 when tons of people decided to be shitty to me. Dude said "pc has 10 inch screen why would I want to do that". Pc users were damn rare in high school in that time. I had to hear about how cool couches were and how that invalidates pc somehow. PC no controller. All this stupid shit. As PC has become unbelievably popular in the years following and the platform getting Sony and Microsoft big exclusives like Spider-Man and halo I have felt pretty damn validated in my choice. But being shitty to people has no excuse and those should be distinct concepts in your mind instead of being mad at Microsoft for their middling success with that console. You gotta remember it's just us vs them tribalism at the end of the day. The relative success of consoles doesn't somehow make bullying valid. Also, wii u is a joke while Xbox one was somewhat mediocre but ultimately successful enough. It had most of the same games as ps4. The problem was exclusive titles for sure. But, again, if people want to be friends and not pieces of shit that's up to them.

[@inktea256]

@@glungusgongus Still an underrated console with some of the best exclusives ever made. (See: Elma in a bunny suit, being able to pilot a mech in a fully open world, and Goetia. Evidently the devs were very excited to reveal Goetia but did literally nothing with her character. So she was literally there to show off her admittedly awesome alien design and glorious alien butt. She is literally just a sentient humanoid squid butt. Stupid writers. Still one of the greatest open-world games ever made, crafted through sheer technical genius. 👍)

[@sweet_sukeban4022]

Don't worry the ps4 didn't have anything worthwhile either.

[@glungusgongus]

@@sweet_sukeban4022 LMAO. switch only user

[@stripedrajang3571]

Um, that's not failure. Did the PS4 sold more than Xbox One? Yes. But is 50 million Xbox One sold consider a failure? No. Things like this is what fuels console wars and toxicity.

[@mr_smiles4213]

I agree it wasn’t a failure like people make it out to be I never got that

[@alecatttheman896]

they are losers bro they looking for something to make them feel good about worshipping playstation

[@therealsploge]

That is actually a pretty good number considering how terrible it was. No exclusives worth buying the console for. The Wii U had a better exclusives lineup.

[@Nando75549]

Most of my family are playstation players while I'm a nintendo player. But, we all agree having an xbox at that time was pointless.

[@t.fernbach602]

It's like me admitting I'm shorter than Shaq.

[@SpeedStar-cq5qy]

When it came down to sales of the Xbox One, it sold well in the Americas but struggled in parts of Europe and in Asia where the PS4 dominated. Much of it came down to marketing, some of the early blunders of the system (eg. the Kinect and DRM), and lack of good exclusives.

[@FTChomp9980]

Reason why I got a PS4 because I heard it was good I had that and the Wii U both good consoles though I only use the PS4 for 3rd Party games mostly.

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

PS4 pretty much got every major 3rd party title for its generation, and still gets supported even in 2022. 2nd best option of its time other than PC.

[@someguy9070]

@@SuiteLifeofDioBrando yeah I’d agree for the most part. I didn’t own a ps4 up until the very bitter end I’m talking I got a used one in mid 2020. From what I remember and have experienced the PS4 was the best well rounded console between the competition. I ended up eventually selling it once I got a PS5 a year later but it was a solid system. I had everything from the 8th generation so the Wii U, Xbox One, PS4, and Switch ( I count that as a 8th generation console which I know is a hot take but I don’t get why) so yeah. The PS4 was the most well rounded Console.

[@kamikazilucas]

50 million seems perfectly fine and considering how alot of their sales are on pc aswell it didnt exactly become a flop for them

[@nsgames24]

Not to mention, they're Microsoft. They definitely got the money to take big hits like this.

[@kamikazilucas]

@@nsgames24 would hardly call it a hit, im sure they made back their dev costs and im sure they made a decent profit on the later consoles, xbox one s defo idk about one x tho

[@Vigilanteblade]

9:39 : Yes, very agreed. I am so glad that the motion gimmick is mostly dead. This trend nearly made me quit gaming altogether. This was the only point in my entire life when I spent nearly a year not touching a single game becaise it turned me off the hobby.

[@natejoe9924]

Even though I'm a big Xbox fan I will agree with you about rare I'm kind of mad that Microsoft required rare I kind of wished it would have stuck with Nintendo

[@nsgames24]

I still scratch my head to this day, wondering why Nintendo never bought them out completely.

[@max_the_german4989]

As far as I know, in the Gamecube era Rare was becoming a shadow of what they have been in its best N64 times, with a lot of key people leaving. Nintendo knew why they didn’t buy completely when they had the chance but instead sold their shares to Microsoft. What was the best Rare game since then?

[@natejoe9924]

@@nsgames24 exactly now we got a dumbass game like sea of Thieves

[@natejoe9924]

@@nsgames24 and whatever this next game they're working on I'm not too happy about it

[@natejoe9924]

@@max_the_german4989 I think they was making phone games then LOL

[@sageoffire3964]

Why is this a shock? Haven't we known this for a while. Haven't we known since last year that the XONE sold around 52M compared to PS4 110M?

[@Mojavekight17]

Nothing official

[@sageoffire3964]

@@Mojavekight17 Maybe, but we still.known for a couple years that it was sitting in the low 50 millions, so why is everyone saying Microsoft lied when they admit........the exact thing we've know for the past two or three years now?

[@Mojavekight17]

@@sageoffire3964 I didn't know people were saying Microsoft lied.

[@muffinxcancer]

Still loved my Xbox one and all of my stuff is now compatible with my PC so still v happy with the experience.

[@Majinhero]

It's kind of a shock that it's even 1/2. If there was no gamepass it would have been even worse.

[@trafalgarlaw6549]

XD sorry but can't stop laughing after hearing Xbox is doing well selling or porting their games to pc xD I can imagine on Playstation headquarters "Xbox sold 100k copies of gears 5 on pc" - " Oh my god, we must do the same" XD XD XD XD.

[@shinra2755]

After the excellent 360 the One was a major disappointment. It had numerous problems. The Series X/S is an outstanding platform- a return to form.

[@mr_smiles4213]

It literally has no games and halo infinite was a disappointment how

[@hollowsamurai2707]

@@mr_smiles4213 you say that like anyone has games most AAA game rn are rerelease or 3rd party for both Xbox and PlayStation

[@LordelX]

The PS4, Xbox One and Wii U generation was probably the worst generation ever. Sony had no healthy competition. Still, 50 million systems sold is not a failure. That’s double the original Xbox. Do we consider the original Xbox a failure too?

[@Xray19]

At that time in 8 gen console I was mostly on Wii U

[@nsgames24]

It was the main console that I had the most fun on and still my favorite console from the 8th Gen. The PS4 did eventually get some games that I was very interested in trying out while the Xbox One... not so much. For me, all they had was Killer Instinct (2013), Rare Replay, and the Forza Horizon games.

[@firefly3196]

For me the worst thing was when Don Mattrick said, „If you don’t like always on, buy a Xbox 360.“

[@valletas]

Worst part? The xbox series x is always online... They just didnt adventise it this time

[@DSmith3279]

Wait, what does that mean?

[@valletas]

@@DSmith3279 every game you buy digital on series x needs an internet connection otherwise you will not be able to play them Some time ago there was some server issues that prevented people from playing the gamed the bought

[@Majinhero]

@@valletas I think they patched that out now, but the SeriesX/S still needs to log on at least once to be useble at all.

[@jhowlett1264]

what about Sony's GT7? its always online. remember when the servers went down? you couldn't play it for 30 hours.

[@JonBlack413]

@@jhowlett1264 That’s a live service game like Destiny and Fortnite etc. Not the same thing.

[@DanteCrowlley]

I don't have any console since 360, I still have problems with old gen vs next gen graphics, I literally skipped 2 gens n my PC isn't really powerful, but it gets the job done with some struggle depending on how new the game is

[@alecatttheman896]

Ps4 and Xbox one were not that different they were basicslly ps3.5 and 360. 5 they were 30 fps on last gen games like GTA5 I went PC that gen too untill pro and one x came out

[@Fonz128]

IMO Xbox one games sucked!Microsoft ruined Gears of war to the point where it’s not even recognizable. Gears 5 looks and feels nothing like the 1st gears of war. Gears lost its roots and its soul.

[@Cruxis_Angel]

Same with halo. Microsoft is getting carried by forza and gamepass at this point.

[@yiangaruga4928]

Time to rewatch Crowbcat's video on the Kinect lmao

[@Evixyn]

I was not going to get neither of those platforms as I was not interested in gaming, however majority of my friends at college at the time loved overwatch back in 2016 and majority of them played on Sony Playstation Four. So I purchased the system and a copy of over watch and we played for nearly two years and that was my PS4 experience.

[@reggielacey2235]

Yet the Xbox series x and s are outselling the PS5 especially in Japan

[@SteddiFLo]

Nope didn't surprise me. PS4 was cheaper. I can buy, trade, exchange without the hassle like Xboxone DRM in the beginning.

[@subjectnivleis7572]

You forgot the always online drm bs at launch

[@TheGamerGuy1981]

Not a shock really,they screwed the pooch so badly last generation I really mostly just used my PC and Switch with some PS4. They are doing much better on all fronts but one this generation (first party games output) but they have a lot to recover from.

[@alvarochaves1999]

It didn't fail, Mr. Clickbait.

[@akvalues]

PS4 is probably the greatest PlayStation the PS2 was my favorite but the PS4 is my favorite now. I feel the same way about Switch it’s better then the SNES. But the greatest XBOX is still the first XBOX it’s still great for modding!

[@HeroTheHedgehog999]

I have a Xbox one…… yes sue me….. I honestly regret owning it. But because I have a Xbox 360 my mom bought a Xbox one….. and I didn’t get a Nintendo Switch until the January 2022. Yes sue me for that one too. Because it took me way too damn long. I felt so left out for years. My switch currently isn’t even usable because of me.

[@oldenvye6432]

I'd assumed for a while that Xbone had sold about 55 mil and it's funny how success is measured - If it was Microsoft's first foray into the console space then this would a runaway success but Gamepass is the real winner here. If they hadn't hobbled themselves out of the gate with the price and inclusion of Kinect and all that drm/used game crap I think they'd be hovering at 85 million at this point - They lost half of the 360 audience in the opening stage to the PS4 and they never got them back.

[@vanilla8956]

Say what you will about the Wii U but it had strengths that had appeal to some people, such as local multiplayer and good exclusives. But I have never understood what the appeal of having an Xbox One ever was. It always seemed like the only people who wanted one we’re the middle schoolers obsessed with being loyal to xbox who try to argue with any kid who has a different console that they “aren’t cool enough” Even if you really like Forza, can’t you just get a different car game on PS4?

[@cliffturbo2146]

One of Xbox's selling point was also Halo, but now the collection is on Steam.

[@vanilla8956]

@@cliffturbo2146 I’ve never played it but people I’ve met who are Halo fans told me that generation of Halo games was trash

[@cliffturbo2146]

@@vanilla8956 Well after Halo 4, the series mostly got mixed receptions from the fans. But I can confirm that games before that were great.

[@jamesroy791]

And same will the Xbox series x /s you know it's bad when I can go to any store and buy both of them meanwhile I can't find one PS5

[@natejoe9924]

I don't care what nobody says I like the Wii U

[@bsanchez3563]

Well.. you know a much as a I love ps3.. ig the idea of backwards compatobility with 00s games fwiw.. then it feels it somehow gets in ya head like how in hs the cute chicks kind of hard to ignore.. so yeah it does seem pretty shrewd of a move they having put in it into the series x nackwards compatible with over 19 titles from the xbox.

[@Fellipe2k5]

WoW…no shit man

[@natejoe9924]

No I hate it to connect games I only use it to scan my cards

[@natejoe9924]

I'm a Xbox fan and that was a bad choice I'm glad they got rid of that CEO I forget his name this was all Microsoft's fault they shouldn't have kept him in

[@nsgames24]

His name was Don Mattrick. Shortly after the Xbox One's reveal at E3 2013, he ended up leaving the company (probably because of the huge amount of backlash the system received)

[@natejoe9924]

@@nsgames24 okay Don mattress thanks for telling me I'm glad he left I was going to go to PC

[@nsgames24]

@@natejoe9924 Don mattress. LOL 😂

[@natejoe9924]

@@nsgames24 Don Matttrick sorry about that misspelling🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@YoMamaBih]

Love the background music in this video. Please use it for mord

[@kaarthuisplus]

Its funny how always online is a requirment for gamepass now.

[@mr_smiles4213]

Yeah no shit what’d you expect

[@yourapeeinguy8263]

well how dumb were they? Underpowered and more expensive than a ps4 (at launch)...with the must have kinect. Also remember when they planned on always online DRM, my god they were dumb.

[@natejoe9924]

Before I had a debit card I would have to put that long 25 character code and if you miss one you have to start all over again because you don't know where you missed it at😡😡😡😡 so scanning the card you can use for before I got a debit that is the only reason why I liked it to connect to scare my 25 character card

[@-Down-D-Stairs-]

Skittles for Smash Bros.

[@natejoe9924]

I brought the Xbox One but that was because of that old CEO he wants to make the Xbox One a TV box man I was going to go to PC but I'm glad Phil Spencer came in and kind of shift the boat

[@natejoe9924]

I kind of like to connect not for the reasons you make thing I liked it because I used to buy the gift cards play with the connect you could just scan the the card it was pretty convenient

[@natejoe9924]

I did like Halo 5 was it the best Halo no it definitely was not but personally I did like it

[@natejoe9924]

But I doubt Activision will end up like rare it just gets under my skin about rare

[@nsgames24]

They only have themselves to blame

[@GENESIS_7]

I decided to put my money on xbox one last time and got a series X, lets see how it’ll go, this generation is their last chance if they fck it up again they’ll no longer be a sony competitor, they’ll be second forever

[@hollowsamurai2707]

Cringe

[@matthewmagnani2915]

Yeah, so?

[@ehboss3220]

It's awful

[@sonicgamer420]

i mean we knew that already

[@natejoe9924]

Yeah that is pretty smart

[@jumpnshootinmansredolderbr5031]

BUT BUT KINECT ANIMALS WAS SUPOOSE TO SAVE THE XBOX ONE!!

[@PlutoKam]

Isn't this old news though? why is this suddenly being discussed again

[@thetruestar6348]

WE ALL KNEW IT

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

I still use my ps4. lol

[@porkyminch5131]

I still use my Wii

[@spritvio639]

@@porkyminch5131 Bro, me too lol.

[@spritvio639]

Me too.

[@alecatttheman896]

yeah 50 million is bad they should pack up and let playstation be the only console now

[@lolcat]

It's crazy because the Xbox 360 and Wii did so well compared to the PS3 (PS3 did catch up by the end)

[@havenmotel]

What can they say people must reallllllly love The Last of Us

[@bronxbreed2762]

Xbox one is bs. It failed to install 3 games I had.

[@ehboss3220]

It's so bad lmao

[@dantemerlo5524]

Xbox is a huge failure and it still has DRM.😄😆🤣