Xbox Was December's Biggest Publisher, and 64% of Its Sales Were on PS5, PS4 | Push Square
For the month of December, Xbox was the biggest video games publisher in the world — according to a recent number-crunching analysis.
The data comes from Ampere, which states that $465 million was spent on games owned and published by Microsoft, making it the largest publisher of them all last month.
This shouldn't come as much of a surprise, really — Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was the company's biggest driver of sales in December, as you might expect, while the well-received Indiana Jones and the Great Circle also launched in that time frame.
One interesting statistic is that 64 per cent, nearly two thirds, of December's consumer spending on Microsoft's video games was on PS5 and PS4. Though this will broadly be thanks to Black Ops 6, this might partly explain why Xbox is now all-in on releasing its games on rival systems.
Xbox was ahead of EA in December, which itself raked in $366 million, largely thanks to EA Sports FC 25.
Having swallowed up ZeniMax Media (Bethesda) and Activision Blizzard, we expect December 2024 will be far from the only time Xbox is the leader in terms of software dollar sales. The company's strategy shifting into multi-platform launches will certainly help it, too.
What do you make of this? Discuss in the comments section below.
Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he's developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He's also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.
My favourite Xbox consoles are the PS5 and (eventually) Switch 2. Thanks Satya!
No surprise considering who they own. It’d be actually impressive to me if Xbox wasn’t an IP of Microsoft with its deep pockets. Which allows for these purchases and things like subsidized gamepass. As a third party publisher Xbox studios
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