Like the worst sort of father, Xbox doesn’t show much care for its youngest consoles anymore, at least judging solely by recent sales data. Black Friday weekend, normally one of the most important for any brand for pre-holiday sales, shows Xbox got beat out by Nintendo, Sony, and—to give the news an ounce of irony—even a relatively obscure Kinect-like console .

Mat Piscatella, a video game industry analyst at Circana, reported that the PlayStation 5 accounted for 47% of total Black Friday week console sales, in the U.S. ending Nov. 29. That makes sense, considering the console was on sale for about 40% at some retailers. Sony’s console—both the digital version and one with a disc drive—was on sale for less than even its pre-hike price . Meanwhile, coming up second was the Ninte

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