As Resident Evil Requiem Passes $500m Revenue, Analysis Shows 8.6% Sales Were on Xbox, With Remaining 91% Shared Between PS5 and Steam

Resident Evil Requiem has surpassed the $500 million revenue mark, with 8.5 million copies sold across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. However, only around 8.6% of those sales, which amounts to approximately 731,000 copies, were made for Xbox consoles. The remaining 91% of the sales were distributed between the PS5 and Steam, with 48.1% of copies sold on PS5 (around 4.01 million) and 43.4% on Steam (around 3.69 million).

This sales distribution highlights Xbox's struggles compared to its rival, Sony's dominant PlayStation 5. Xbox Series X/S sales have been notably low, with estimates suggesting they've sold just over 35 million units, below the previously unpopular Xbox One's 58 million units during the last console generation. The sales split for Resident Evil Requiem and GTA 6 preorders have raised concerns about Microsoft's position in the console market, particularly in light of GTA 6's heavy PS5 skew.

Xbox's chief strategy officer, Matthew Ball, stated that Microsoft was "very happy" with GTA 6 preorders, which were breaking records for Xbox and matching their share of the console market. However, these sales figures suggest that Xbox still lags behind PS5 in terms of sales performance, despite the potential for a new generation of hardware.