Official Xbox One income person mostly been a mystery, but present Microsoft is yet admitting the obvious: the PS4 outsold the Xbox One — by a lot.

Microsoft stopped reporting its Xbox One income figures astatine the opening of its 2016 fiscal year, focusing alternatively connected Xbox Live numbers. The alteration meant we’ve ne'er officially known however good Xbox One was holding up compared to the PS4 aft the Xbox One’s troubled launch. Analyst estimates person consistently enactment Microsoft successful 3rd spot down Sony and Nintendo, and present documents (Word doc) submitted to Brazil’s nationalist contention regulator (spotted by Game Luster) yet shed immoderate airy connected however the Xbox One procreation went.

“Sony has surpassed Microsoft successful presumption of console income and installed base, having sold much than doubly arsenic galore Xbox successful the past generation,” admits Microsoft, arsenic translated from Portuguese.

Sony nary longer study PS4 shipments, which means beingness income beryllium astatine 117.2 cardinal arsenic of March. While Microsoft hasn’t provided a factual income fig for Xbox One, its admittance means the institution indispensable person sold little than astir 58.5 cardinal units. That lines up with marketplace probe from Ampere Analysis successful 2020, which enactment the instal basal of Xbox One astatine 51 cardinal units astatine the extremity of Q2 2020. Nintendo Switch presently sits astatine 111.08 cardinal beingness sales, and looks acceptable to walk the PS4 aboriginal this year.

The Xbox Series S is helping span the PlayStation income gap. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge

Microsoft seems to beryllium closing this elephantine spread with its Xbox Series S / X consoles, though. Ampere Analysis says “Sony ended 2021 with PS5 cumulative sell-through reaching 17 cardinal units, astir 1.6 times the show of Xbox Series sales.” While Microsoft recoded a quarterly hardware gross diminution for Xbox recently, CEO Satya Nadella said Microsoft has “been the marketplace person successful North America for 3 quarters successful a enactment among next-gen consoles.” Microsoft inactive doesn’t uncover authoritative Xbox income figures.

The Xbox One mightiness not person sold well, but Microsoft’s enactment connected the Xbox One procreation laid immoderate important groundwork for the Xbox Series S / X. Microsoft transitioned into the Xbox Series X with 1440p support, Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), and tons of 120Hz games each astatine motorboat acknowledgment to investigating these features connected erstwhile Xbox One consoles.

Microsoft’s admittance of anemic Xbox One income travel arsenic portion of a broader statement betwixt Sony and Microsoft implicit the Xbox maker’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Sony and Microsoft are some arguing implicit Call of Duty, crippled subscriptions, and overmuch much arsenic Microsoft attempts to wide its acquisition successful Brazil. Microsoft has besides claimed successful documents submitted to Brazil’s regulator that Sony pays for “blocking rights” to forestall developers adding their contented to Xbox Game Pass.