Xbox Sales Jumped 76% in UK After Starfield Launch & New Xbox Series S

A new version of the Xbox Series S and the Starfield launch drastically increased console sales for Microsoft in a short time.

A new report from GfK (via GamesIndustry.biz) states that Xbox Series S and X sales jumped 76% week-on-week for the seven days ending September 2. That was the most successful week for the hardware this year, according to GfK games boss Dorian Bloch.

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However, we can't expect only this new Series S to be responsible for the spike. Starfield has attracted millions of players and even surpassed Skyrim's peak player count on Steam, so it definitely had a hand in the deal, resulting in the Xbox Series X sales increasing 46% for the week ending September 2.

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