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An Xbox Series S console, which ships without a disc drive

xbox just posted its worst physical sales number ever — barely 4 out of every 100 discs sold in the us this year

Circana's 2026 numbers put Xbox at just over 4% of new physical game sales in the US, miles behind Nintendo's 63% and PlayStation's 32%.

Hitbox · Aug 22 · 6 min

A game controller in low light — Xbox's strategy shift in 2026

Gaming

Xbox is quietly becoming a publisher that happens to sell a console. I don't think that's the mistake everyone says it is

3,200 jobs cut, four studios let go, Halo shipping on PlayStation, and a 2027 super-console still being funded. everyone's reading that as collapse. I've been staring at it for a week and I think it's a deliberate — and defensible — bet.

Hitbox · Jul 20 · 9 min

Gaming

Palworld finally hit 1.0 after two years — free, and it didn't wipe your save

1.0 landed free, kept everyone's saves, and added 72 Pals. I'm more interested in what surviving two years of 'this game is dead' discourse actually took — because most Early Access hits don't make it.

Hitbox · Jul 19 · 7 min