Even beating the Xbox 360? That's huge.
Xbox Series consoles have sold the best of any other Xbox console at launch, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has asserted.
Speaking with The New York Times’ Kara Swisher, Spencer discussed the launch of the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X.
“Supply is actually as big as it’s ever been,” Spencer said of the Xbox Series launch.
“It’s that demand is exceeding the supply for all of us,” he continued. “At this point, we’ve sold more of this generation of Xboxes, which is Xbox Series X and S, than we had any previous version of Xboxes. So it’s our job to get the supply there to meet that demand.”
Spencer also told Swisher that while Xbox Game Pass subscriptions are on the rise, Microsoft’s direct sell model — ie players actually purchasing individual games, either physically or digitally — is still leading the way when it comes to revenue.
“Transaction is bigger than subscription. Subscription is growing faster, just because it’s relatively new,” he explained. “And with Game Pass, we were one of the first movers in that space. But the transaction business is very large. We still sell physical disks.”
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