Of All the Platforms, Xbox Is the only One to Have Just Grown Year-on-Year - but There's a Big Catch

Meccha Chameleon outsells Star Fox in June chart as Xbox console sales rise

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Of all the platforms, Xbox is the only one to have just grown year-on-year - but there's a big catch

Market analysis firm Circana has published the latest edition of its monthly report, which tracks spending across game hardware and software in the US. June's edition is another bleak one, with a near-universal decline.

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U.S. video game spending in June of this year dropped a substantial 21% compared to June of 2025. While that kind of decline might sound dismal, especially placed within the context of current economic struggles and abundant price increases everywhere, it's also due to just how good June 2025 was for video game spending, bolstered by the record-breaking launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, as reported by the latest Circana analyst report. EA Sports …

Xbox Series X|S consoles U.S. sales see an impressive 86% jump in June 2026, as PS5 and Nintendo slide — "Highest units this year."

One depressing part of the Xbox story over the past few years has revolved around Xbox hardware sales, which have been in near freefall decline quarter in, quarter out. Factoring the memory crisis, attention market saturation, bad marketing, and the general negativity over the Xbox brand — the Xbox Series X|S platform has had a pretty awful gen, despite arguably being the best console Microsoft has ever made (on paper). RELATED: Xbox Series X|S …

Xbox Sales “More Than Doubled” In June 2026 In The US, While PS5 And Switch 2 Dropped

Despite Xbox console sales doubling YoY, hardware sales across the US are down 62%

Total video game sales in the US fell by a fifth year-on-year, with total projected video game sales estimated to have dropped from $5.7 billion to $4.5 billion between June 2025 and June 2026.