According to the agency, the cumulative sales of Microsoft Xbox Series S | X game consoles reached 18.5 million units.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen South China Wu Yanzu for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com March 2 news, according to the latest estimates released by market research firm Ampere Analysis, Microsoft has sold a total of 18.5 million Xbox Series S.| X game console. Microsoft no longer officially announces Xbox console sales, and the above figures are estimates from the agency.

For a better comparison, CTOnews.com attaches Sony's official figures published in its latest earnings report: PlayStation 5 sales have exceeded 32 million units.

Ampere Analysis analyst Piers Harding-Rolls believes that problems such as supply chain will lead to many challenges in the game console market in 2022. Revenue from the global console games market declined from $60.9 billion in 2021 to $56.9 billion in 2022.

Sony's market share (including console hardware, games and services) in 2022 was 45%, down 1.3% from 2021. Microsoft's market share grew from 25.5% to 27.3% over the same period, driven by increased spending on console hardware and services such as Game Pass.