Sony is upfront about its PS5 console sales, and it was already known that it sold nearly 62 million units to date, a figure that was revealed with its last earnings report. Microsoft is not as forthcoming, and so that 28.3 million figure of combined Xbox Series X and S sales in the graph above is plucked from Aldora Intelligence.

Gamers no longer need an Xbox to play Xbox games. Instead, Microsoft is betting that a subscription model can make gaming available to more people and launch it into the forefront of the industry.