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

The Xbox Series X and S were the UK’s best-selling consoles in January 2021, beating the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch for the first time since launch. surpassed all competitors in January. The Nintendo Switch was in second place, although sales grew 21% and console sales, in general, an increase of 148% over the previous year. Microsoft recorded 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 ranked third on the GfK charts.

Given the huge success of the Switch, especially last year, and the PlayStation’s recent dominance in the tug of war between Sony and Microsoft, this is a positive sign for the Xbox. However, this is probably influenced by both the scarcity of the market and the absolute demand – IGN UK OffersRobert Anderson indicated that the Xbox series consoles saw three or four declines in UK stocks in January, with the PS5 seeing only one.

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

These supply restrictions saw a noticeable increase in console resale, leading to a potential ban on console scalping gaining traction in the UK parliament, which could prevent the high levels of inflated resale that we saw with next generation consoles.

Elsewhere, Animal Crossing New Horizons remained strong as the best selling game in the UK in January 2021, with Hitman 3 entering the chart in 12th place, becoming the best-selling release of the month. Here is our analysis of Hitman 3, which we scored 9, calling it “highly reproducible”.

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