The growth of Xbox in Japan It has been a constant in recent years. Historically considered forbidden territory for Microsoft due to fierce competition from two major Japanese brands, Nintendo and PlayStation, the North American company has made great efforts to change the trend. Something that is beginning to bear fruit. And now we know that Xbox Series S outsells PlayStation 5 in Japan over the past week. This has been made known by the Famitsu portal (via Alex Aniel on Twitter), which has offered a detailed sample of the consoles sold in the week that was from May 9 to 15 in the country of the rising sun.
It finally happened. Xbox Series S by itself outsold the PS5 in Japan last week (May 9-15).
Xbox Series S – 6,120
Xbox Series X-105PlayStation 5 (Disc+Digital) – 2,963https://t.co/UkBOIwNghU
— Alex Aniel (@cvxfreak) May 19, 2022
As you can see in the previous tweet, only Xbox Series S has managed to sell 6,120 consoles during that seven-day period, while the two PlayStation 5 models (with and without a reader) have sold 2,963 units, together. For its part, Xbox Series X has remained in 105 units. There is no doubt that the lack of stock continues to be a problem for both brands and that Sony would have added higher numbers in the event that these supply problems did not exist, just like Microsoft with Xbox Series X. However, no It is no longer magnificent news for the American company and reaffirms its commitment to expand in Japan.
Sales figures for all Xbox consoles in Japan revealed
In the past, fully involved in the Xbox One generation, the Redmond brand spent weeks in Japan selling just over a few dozen consoles, so these numbers are not trivial at all. It seems that in Japan a different product like Xbox Series S has penetratedwhich offers all the quality of the new generation of consoles at a very low price and betting one hundred percent on the digital market.