Xbox overtakes PlayStation in Japan
Personally, the Xbox Series S appeared to be a highly appealing console from the start due to its fantastic price-performance ratio. It features a good hardware combination, and while it has less raw GPU power than the Xbox One X, it makes up for it with a far better CPU and high-performance SSD storage.
The main thing to remember is that the Xbox Series S allows us to enjoy a new generation experience at a very inexpensive price, so much so that we can acquire it for 289 USD, which is less than its suggested retail price. It is also the only new-generation console that has not had stock issues and can be purchased directly and without delay.
To all of the foregoing, we must consider the importance of Game Pass, a service that allows us to play a large number of games for a modest monthly charge. There is no doubt that the Xbox Series S console is without a doubt the best option on the market right now for people who intend to play in 1080p resolution. In fact, we discussed this when we learned how much it would cost to create a PC at its peak.
And it does it in such a way that the platform has surpassed the PlayStation 5 on its own, excluding Xbox Series X sales. The data comes from the respected Famitsu magazine, a medium that already sounded powerful in the 1980s, and confirms that the Microsoft system sold 61.20 units in the last week of May, while the PS5 only sold 2,693 units.
It is true that the data on consoles sold is affected by the actual availability of each model, and that the impact is even higher when we talk about weekly figures, but even with this in mind, it is a major achievement and a positive fact, especially given Xbox's track record in Japan.
To give you a sense of how poorly these consoles have succeeded in this country, consider that only 2.3 million devices have been sold in the last 20 years, with the Xbox 360 accounting for 1.616 million of the total.
Microsoft has not given up in Japan, albeit, in the end, it is the Xbox Series S, supported by Game Pass, that is ringing the bell. So much so that data from last April showed that the Xbox Series S was extremely close to the Series X in terms of unit sales (88,000 and 95,000, respectively). We'll see how this generation of consoles ends up in Japan, but one thing is certain: they're not going to replicate the popularity of the Xbox 360.
If you're on the fence about whether to buy an Xbox Series S or a Series X, the fact is that it all comes down to your demands and money. To summarize, the first is a low-cost console that combines practically all of the benefits of the new generation and is designed, above all, to play in 1080p. The second, on the other hand, is meant to play at 4K, regardless of upscaling or dynamic resolution, and is significantly more expensive.
