The Xbox One may be selling even less than previously thought.
This follows an accidental leak by EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen, who claims that the console has yet to even reach 20 million sold consoles to date.
Jorgensen didn’t announce the exact figures himself, but a breakdown of the results in a shareholder meeting gave enough detail as to what the consoles lifetime sales were.
“I think our business seems to be operating pretty consistent as it has been over the last couple of years,” Jorgensen said on the call.
“The console purchases are up through the end of calendar year 2015. Our estimate is 55m units out there, which has exceeded virtually everyone’s forecast for the year and now almost 50% higher than previous console cycle so, all of that is very, very positive.”
As Sony have announced 35.9 million consoles sold to date and providing both EA and Sony’s statistics are accurate we can assume that approximately 19.1 million Xbox One consoles have been sold to date.
Microsoft stopped publicly announcing its sales figures in October 2015, instead choosing to focus on its Xbox Live user metrics.
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No!!!!!!! Stop the press!!!! Under Twenty million? I’ll never play my Xbox one again!! I have a great heading for the next article……. Facebook down for over fifteen milliseconds and causes mass suicide’s in thousands of mindless drones who couldn’t share what they ate for supper!!!! If this article was to let “shareholders” know what their stock value might be due to EA shooting comments out AND providing Sony and EA are accurate then screw reading factual information because if EA said it…… it’s got to be right. Aren’t writers supposed to do a little research these days on what’s factually proven and distribute that to their readers. Basing an article on twitter feeds and forecasted sales seems to be the norm for lazy writers these days, and this clickbait article proves just that. Why not title it “Xbox one fans have been lied to!!” or “Sony and EA are my new god and their word is bond!!! Write something that people actually care about you Sony Pony. And throw up some provable, tangible evidence of the numbers and maybe, just maybe adults can take you seriously. Until then, write for The National Enquirer. Their readers love this garbage.