Regardless of a ten% decline in console {hardware} gross sales, it appears the brand new consoles are nonetheless a sizzling commodity. Between the PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S, the most recent PlayStation console beat out the competitors for some time and surprisingly in Japan only recently. It additionally beat out the Swap within the US simply final yr and was branded because the fastest-selling console within the US.
As reported by NPD’s Mat Piscatella over on Twitter, the PS5 was the best-selling console within the US each in unit and greenback gross sales. To place this in perspective, the PlayStation console beat out its competitors within the US in each August and September and now October. If the momentum retains up, it’s attainable for Sony to only retain that high spot till subsequent yr.
Little doubt as the vacation season rolls round, we’ll see PlayStation and Microsoft go into overdrive to try to persuade perspective patrons to select up their console as an alternative of the competitors’s. It’s additionally price noting that many individuals nonetheless haven’t gotten themselves a current-gen console as a result of shortages, however hopefully that may change within the close to future.
US NPD HARDWARE – PlayStation 5 was the best-selling online game {hardware} of October in each unit and greenback gross sales, whereas Xbox Collection ranked 2nd throughout each measures.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) November 14, 2022
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