Yes, they have, but history teaches us that they reserve the right to brag about any little sales victory they can hang their hat on, no matter how trifling or petty, should an opportunity present itself.
“December was the biggest month ever for Xbox One sales in the U.S. and Xbox One was the only eighth generation console with year-over-year growth, according to NPD. In addition, Xbox One was the top-selling console over the second half of 2016, following the announcement of Xbox One S at E3. In November and December we saw Xbox Live engagement reach an all-time high of 3.9 billion hours, up 23 percent compared to 2015 driven by fan excitement for the greatest games lineup. Looking ahead, we expect 2017 to be a special year for gamers thanks to the upcoming launch of the most powerful console ever in Project Scorpio and a terrific portfolio of new games with Xbox Live support on Xbox One, Windows 10 or both.”
(I know I could have ended the quote after the first two sentences to make my point, but it’s worth recalling that Xbox has been selling consumers consoles on false hype for years.)
