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

Meccha Chameleon has made a huge splash on the US charts, placing ahead of Star Fox on the Nintendo Switch 2.

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.

Xbox console sales more than double despite 62% US hardware market decline

Despite Xbox sales doubling year-on-year, hardware spending has dropped in the US

Who says Xbox is dead? Console sales double year-on-year as PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 falter

Quick SummaryXbox sold "more than double" the amount of consoles in the US last month, in comparison with the same period in 2025.Meanwhile, both Nintendo and PlayStation suffered dips in their respective hardware sales.Xbox is currently undergoing a reset which has resulted in a vast amount of jobs being lost across the business. It is also dramatically changing strategy – nigh-on reversing a decade of decisions to refocus the company and brand…