Xbox Series X and S were the best-selling consoles in the UK in January

The Xbox Series X and S were the best-selling consoles in the UK in January 2021, beating the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch for the first time since their launch. overtook all competitors in January. The Nintendo Switch took second place despite an increase in sales of 21% and sales of consoles, in general, of 148% compared to the previous year. Microsoft posted record profits in January, with its gaming hardware segment growing 86% due to the launch of the X Series and S. GI’s report notes that the PlayStation 5 took third place in the charts by GfK.

Considering the Switch’s huge success, especially last year, and PlayStation’s recent dominance in the standoff between Sony and Microsoft, that’s a positive sign for Xbox. However, this is probably as much influenced by market shortages as it is by simple demand – IGN UK DealsRobert Anderson reported that Xbox Series consoles saw three or four stock drops in the UK in January, with the PS5 seeing only one.

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It was recently revealed that the PlayStation 5 shipped 4.5 million units worldwide as of December 2020, which matches the launch of the PS4. AMD recently anticipated that its chip shortage would last until the first half of 2021, which could affect production of the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 consoles.

These supply constraints have resulted in a noticeable increase in the resale of consoles, leading to a possible ban on console scalping from gaining momentum in the UK Parliament, which could prevent the high levels of inflated resale that we have seen. have seen with the new generation consoles.

Elsewhere, Animal Crossing New Horizons held firm as the UK’s best boxed game for January 2021, with Hitman 3 entering the chart at No. 12, making it the top-selling launch of the month. Here’s our review of Hitman 3, which we got a 9, calling it “highly replayable”.

Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.