![]() ![]() The Xbox One also featured limited backward compatibility with both the original Xbox and the 360.All Xbox consoles developed by Microsoft have played a significant role in the video games industry since their inception.Īs the popularity of video game consoles continues to grow, it’s important to explore the history of all Xbox consoles. One of the main reasons for this massive gap is that when the PlayStation 4 was released, Sony launched their console at a loss and sold the PlayStation 4 $100 cheaper than the Xbox One. Overall all Xbox One models (original Xbox One, S, and X) sold approximately 48.69 million consoles whilst the PlayStation 4 managed to sell almost 115 million consoles to date. Sales-wise, the Xbox One lacked behind its main competitor Sony and its PlayStation 4. This was due to the release of the Xbox One S. The Xbox One was released on November 13, 2013, the original Xbox was discontinued just less than 3 years later. The original Xbox One had an incredibly short lifespan. Users who did not want Kinect would only pay $399 for their Xbox One. Users who wanted the Kinect features would pay $499 for their console at launch. Initially, when the Xbox One came out, it shipped with or without Kinect. ![]() The Third Generation Xbox is called the Xbox One. Later a black Xbox 360 was released which was named the Xbox 360 Elite featuring minor upgrades. Third, Fourth, and Fifth positions are dominated by the Call of Duty franchise with Modern Warfare 3 taking third place, Black Ops at fourth, and Black Ops II as the fifth best-selling game on the Xbox 360.Īdditionally, Retail buyers could choose between 2 configurations – the Xbox 360 Pro (Premium) and Core (Arcade) models. However, Kinect Adventures’ sales are closely followed by Grand Theft Auto V which sold approximately 23 million copies worldwide on Xbox 360. The best-selling Xbox 360 game is Kinect Adventures! with 24 million copies sold. The PlayStation 3 only slightly outsold the Xbox 360 with 87.4 million consoles sold versus Xbox 360s 84 million consoles sold (Source: Wikipedia). Released in late 2005 – early 2006 worldwide, a year ahead of the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 suffered from not having enough supply to meet the large demand.ĭuring its lifetime, the Xbox 360, and all its models and variations managed to maintain an almost equal market share with Sony’s PlayStation 3. The best-selling games for the original Xbox were Halo 2 (8.46mil copies sold), Halo: Combat Evolved (5mil copies sold), and Fable (3mil copies sold).īoth franchises became flagship games for future Xbox releases, with Bungie (developer of the Halo franchise) releasing 5 Halo games to date. Unfortunately, Sega’s Dreamcast only sold approximately 9.1 million consoles and ranked last in sales. Nintendo’s GameCube sold almost as many consoles as the Xbox but still fell short with approximately 22 million console sales. The PlayStation 2 is also currently still the number 1 best-selling console worldwide (source: Wikipedia). The first generation Xbox sold roughly 24 million consoles which was unfortunately still heavily outsold by its competitor Sony with their PlayStation 2 which sold over 155 million consoles in its lifetime. The first generation Xbox was actually the sixth generation of consoles, competing with other sixth-generation consoles like the Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation 2, and Nintendo GameCube. Only on February 22, 2002, was the original Xbox released in Japan, followed by a Marelease in Europe and Australia. The original Xbox had various release dates – the first Xbox was initially released in America on November 15, 2001. ![]()
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