In 2018, the unit sales of Microsoft’s Xbox One video game console amounted to 6.96 million, a slight decrease from the year before. Xbox One’s predecessor, the Xbox 360, was put to market in 2005 and sold about 85.8 million units in total till the end of its lifespan in 2017.

Xbox

Designed by Microsoft, Xbox is a series of video game consoles including the original Xbox, Xbox 360 and the newest Xbox One. Respectively belonging to the sixth, seventh, and eighth generations of video game consoles, the Xbox consoles established Microsoft’s standing in the video game industry, with Sony and Nintendo as the other two major competitors.

Console Gaming

Since the release of the world’s first gaming console in 1972, the Magnovox Odyssey, the console gaming industry has exploded in popularity and become a massive global industry. Modern consoles regularly sell tens of millions of units throughout their lifespan as players from around the world compete in everything from virtual sports to medieval fantasies. In 2018, Sony’s Playstation 4, Nintendo’s Switch and the Xbox One were the highest-selling game consoles worldwide, each selling millions of units.