Xbox Series X and S have cleared 100,000 consoles sold in Japan, putting the platform on course to clear the lifetime sales of Xbox One in just one year.
According to the latestFamitsusales data,XboxSeries S sold 2,920 units and Xbox Series X sold 527 units during the week ended October 10.
This brings the combined lifetime total sales to 102,591 (64,284 for Series X and 38,307 for Series S).
In comparison, it tookMicrosoft’s previous console 220 weeks (4.5 years) to reach the 100,000 sales milestone by November 2018, according to data collated byGame Data Library.
And with around 115,000 lifetime sales,Xbox Series X|Sis on track to outsellXbox One’s total Japanese sales around one year after its launch.
However, in context Series X|S is still tiny compared to the other platforms on the market andPlayStation 5is already well ahead at some 1.2m units sold. However, givenXbox’s historically poor market performance in Japan, it’s a more positive start in a country where Xbox has typically struggled.
Microsoft has made renewed efforts in Japan with its most recent console launch. Xbox Series X and S launched day-and-date with other territories last November (compared to a year later with its previous console) andPhil Spencerhas saidit intends to better cater to Japanese playersthis console generation.
In the months after it launched Xbox Game Pass for both console andPCin Japan last April,saw more player activity than in any time in its history in Japan, Spencer has previously claimed.
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