Looks like around 3.5 million Series S|X consoles sold so far

[No-1HoloLens-Fan]

@TLLDOB

Based on what I’m reading they haven’t sold many XSS, they’re almost all XSX. I wonder how long Microsoft will read the tea leaves and cancel the S. Makes things simpler for devs.

Series S will be tested when big games like Halo and next GTA release.

Halo is coming end this year and will be the first sign for Microsoft.

With a game like next GTA, Microsoft will reaps the benifits of the low cost console.

[Thanathorn]

@TLLDOB

Based on what I’m reading they haven’t sold many XSS, they’re almost all XSX. I wonder how long Microsoft will read the tea leaves and cancel the S. Makes things simpler for devs.

This feels like a dishonest post. Series S won’t get it’s first real test until next Christmas when consoles and more next gen games are available. A lot of posts like this will look bad in a few years when the Series S is more competitive.

[Opatschi]

Ayyee next holidays when the series s goes on a sale with free to play actually free this thing will fall of the shelfs getting a system for let’s say 250€ to play coming games is huge.

[Thanathorn]

@Opatschi

Ayyee next holidays when the series s goes on a sale with free to play actually free this thing will fall of the shelfs getting a system for let’s say 250€ to play coming games is huge.

Most people who criticise the Series S don’t even own one. It’s a fantastic machine and it’s going to help Halo Infinite by a mile.

[Zappy5]

@TLLDOB

Based on what I’m reading they haven’t sold many XSS, they’re almost all XSX. I wonder how long Microsoft will read the tea leaves and cancel the S. Makes things simpler for devs.

They’ve sold all they’ve made regardless of system. Launch was always going to be hungry for X but clear that S is a play for longer term and market that can’t stump for X. Plus PS5 owners who fancy getting a cheap gamepass entry.

So no I don’t think there is any chance they will cancel the Series S. Not for several years at the very least.

[BlackheartVinyl]

They ain’t cancelling the Series S. Get this shit outta here.

[Whistler]

@Ruthwik_Rao

Exactly. These people do be saying the darndest shit

He’s an actual game analyst with big industry connections every direction of the earth, just because he hates Xboxera for some dumb personal reasons doesn’t mean he isn’t a reliable source on things.

I think he started out as just a regular forum user who dug deeper into information that could be found on the internet. He then apparently got some contacts that would give him info and developed a twitter following. Now I believe he did get a job doing some sort of analyst work, but does he actually represent a firm that does gaming analysis like Matt from NPD?

[BRiT]

@Whistler

Now I believe he did get a job doing some sort of analyst work, but does he actually represent a firm that does gaming analysis like Matt from NPD?

As others have already told you, Yes.

[Ruthwik_Rao]

@Whistler

I think he started out as just a regular forum user who dug deeper into information that could be found on the internet. He then apparently got some contacts that would give him info and developed a twitter following. Now I believe he did get a job doing some sort of analyst work, but does he actually represent a firm that does gaming analysis like Matt from NPD?

yes. He’s Senior Analyst at Niko partners, a firm that largely analyses and covers the Asian gaming market.

[Whistler]

@BRiT

As others have already told you, Yes.

Huh? This is my first time commenting on this.

@Ruthwik_Rao

yes. He’s Senior Analyst at Niko partners, a firm that largely analyses and covers the Asian gaming market.

Thanks, I heard he got a job as an analyst but I did not know where.

[Thanathorn]

I bet Series S sells better than Series X during the holiday season this year.

[BRiT]

@Whistler

Thanks, I heard he got a job as an analyst but I did not know where.

Sorry, must have confused you with the others trying to discredit him.

[Medusa (Natalie)]

@Thanathorn

I bet Series S sells better than Series X during the holiday season this year.

I recall phil speculating the opposite for at least this first year in the interview he gave with the verge

We figured that our first holiday, and probably our second holiday, you would see more of the higher end SKU, the Series X sold. We built more Series Xs than we did Series Ss. I think when we go into spring and summer, we’ll probably moderate that a bit. Over the long run, in most cases, price wins out. If you just go back and look at previous generations and when console generations hit the real sweet spot of sales, which is one of the reasons we like having that, that’s the Series S at its price point.

Which I think makes sense early on, particularly his part on spring and summer being a bit different, I suspect for this first year or so Series X will be a highly desired item folks are willing to splurge on during the holidays, with Series S price tag being more comfortable for folks who don’t have gift money to spend in the off season months. Long term though that will change as more than just Enthusiasts and Early Adopters start to buy the new gen systems.