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[Ampere Analysis] - In 2023, PS5 Sold 22.5m Units This Year (+65% YoY), Xbox Series 7.6m (-15% YoY) And Switch 16.4m (-18% YoY) WW

https://www.ft.com/content/3b89e9f7-e3cf-4e60-bfa4-987af24efa75

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Sony says that PS5 crossed the milestone just 1 week slower than the PS4

PlayStation sales and blockbuster games propel console market back to growth

Sony outsells Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo’s Switch as sector recovers from post-pandemic slump

www.ft.com

Apologies for the subscription needed.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sony-highlights-ps5-momentum-hardware-sales-top-50-million-2023-12-20/

 

[Tsaki]

"...to outsell Microsoft's Xbox by almost three to one in 2023"

 

[Caio]

PS5 sales are increasing in a significant way, and Jan/feb 2024 will be very strong. I would like to see Nintendo announcing their Next Hardware, I think it's almost time.

 

[lh032]

2025 sales should be able to break the ps4 sales record in the same time.

 

[BrunoCoel]

Sony says that PS5 crossed the milestone just 1 week slower than the PS4

Oh no

 

[Deerock71]

Oh no

I mean...it's definitely worth noting.

 

[graywolf323]

Oh no

imagine where PS5 would be without the shortages the first ~2 years, to be only a week behind PS4 is not a concerning thing

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[HeWhoWalks]

What it also means is the PS5 is about to jump ahead of the PS4 and should remain there.

Consider this is with a pandemic and the PS5 is a monster!

 

[Daneel Elijah]

30 millions in December 2022. 40 millions in July. 50 millions in December 2023. 60 millions for when? Great success. I hope that the next E3 will be good. With a PS5 Pro expected, a price cut could happen. So no reason for the sales to slow down unless the Switch 2 is really good.

 

[Tsaki]

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sony-highlights-ps5-momentum-hardware-sales-top-50-million-2023-12-20/

"
The entertainment conglomerate is looking for a strong performance from the PS5, which is in its fourth year on the market, during the holiday shopping season to hit its sales target of a record 25 million units in the current financial year ending March 31.

"Given the momentum we've had in November and a lot of what we're seeing in December, just in general we're feeling very good about sales overall," said Eric Lempel, senior vice president for global marketing, sales and business operations at Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Sony's games business was its largest unit by sales and the second-biggest contributor to operating profit after music in the last financial year.

Management comments in August that PS5 sales had been weaker than expected led to jitters among investors. Sony has said its 25 million unit goal is a "high target and not within easy reach", with the company looking to strike a good balance between sales volumes and profitability.

"We've done some good promotions this year. I will say we've done fewer promotions at this stage of the lifecycle than we ever have in the history of the company," Lempel said in an interview.

"

 

[Dcr1d3r]

50 million you say...damn congrats Sony!!

 

[mansoor1980]

career moment

any congratulations from phil spencer?

 

[jroc74]

What it also means is the PS5 is about to jump ahead of the PS4 and should remain there.

Consider this is with a pandemic and the PS5 is a monster!

Yup.

Its steadily creeping up on PS4.

 

[Mokus]

 

[ReBurn]

career moment

any congratulations from phil spencer?

This thread was just posted 15 minutes ago and it's not even 6 am on the West Coast. He probably hasn't checked in here to see it yet.

 

[Thirty7ven]

Console sales don’t matter though, they will do nothing for software sales first and third party, so Sony should definitely figure out a way to shrink their userbase in order to make more profit.

 

[Woopah]

Looks to have sold about the same as Switch and Xbox Series combined!

2025 sales should be able to break the ps4 sales record in the same time.

Either this year or next year will be the peak. It will be declining in 2025.

 

[BrunoCoel]

career moment

any congratulations from phil spencer?

Is this the greatest gif of all time?

 

[ReBurn]

Console sales don’t matter though, they will do nothing for software sales first and third party, so Sony should definitely figure out a way to shrink their userbase in order to make more profit.

No need to be insecure. This Is a milestone and the strawmen can't actually hurt you.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

he is banging to the song called:
"Outdated Pillars"

 

[MisterXDTV]

Looks to have sold about the same as Switch and Xbox Series combined!


Either this year or next year will be the peak. It will be declining in 2025.

If a PS5 Pro comes, it won't decline in 2025

 

[gokurho]

Sony says that PS5 crossed the milestone just 1 week slower than the PS4

PlayStation sales and blockbuster games propel console market back to growth

Sony outsells Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo’s Switch as sector recovers from post-pandemic slump

www.ft.com

Apologies for the subscription needed.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sony-highlights-ps5-momentum-hardware-sales-top-50-million-2023-12-20/

Where is engagement chart ?

 

[Thirty7ven]

Also hasn’t Ampere been wrong before multiple times?

Xbox only dropping 15% yoy doesn’t seem to track.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Sony hasn't even released proper current-gen heavy hitters yet.

Although, Spiderman 2 definitely can be considered the first.

 

[NEbeast]

Console sales don’t matter though, they will do nothing for software sales first and third party, so Sony should definitely figure out a way to shrink their userbase in order to make more profit.

Says every xbox fanboy who now says sales don't matter.

 

[mansoor1980]

50 million in engagement?

 

[ByWatterson]

Console sales don’t matter though, they will do nothing for software sales first and third party, so Sony should definitely figure out a way to shrink their userbase in order to make more profit.

 

[Pelta88]

And

 

[DaleinCalgary]

No need to be insecure. This Is a milestone and the strawmen can't actually hurt you.

right over your head

 

[ReBurn]

right over your head

Not really. It's just one of those snarky, low effort "but but but people said " comments people make in response to console war trauma.

 

[Woopah]

If a PS5 Pro comes, it won't decline in 2025

We are expecting PS5 Pro in 2024 right? There would have to be noticeable price reductions in 2025 for that to be the peak, and I'm not sure Sony will want to do that.

 

[H-I-M]

"...to outsell Microsoft's Xbox by almost three to one in 2023"

Not a 20:1 ratio like the leaked European numbers for November?

Sony is FLOPPING and OVER!!!

 

[RoadHazard]

30 millions in December 2022. 40 millions in July. 50 millions in December 2023. 60 millions for when? Great success. I hope that the next E3 will be good. With a PS5 Pro expected, a price cut could happen. So no reason for the sales to slow down unless the Switch 2 is really good.

Uh yeah, about that...

 

[Horseganador]

It would be far ahead without the stock problems for more than two years, in Europe it could not be purchased normally until January of this year but it is clear that it will far surpass the PS4, all the Sony firsts remain, the PS5 pro, GTAVI remains, etc...Xbox is doing numbers for a dying console that is on its last legs, in 2024 it will fall even more.

"Nonetheless, Lempel said the latest Black Friday sales period helped make it the biggest November for PlayStation sales, when measured by both units and revenues, in Sony’s almost 30-year history in gaming."

 

[ergem]

Jim Ryan is my hero.

 

[DrFigs]

so it's doing worse than the ps4?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Yea but what are the engagement numbers?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

so it's doing worse than the ps4?

It's catching up with it after Covid.
It was 2 months behind the PS4 in July. Now it's a single week behind meaning it's probably surpassing it this month or January.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

so it's doing worse than the ps4?

By one week.

Did you miss all of the context surrounding it, though?

 

[SenkiDala]

Oh no

Sony is doomed.

 

[DrFigs]

It's catching up with it after Covid.
It was 2 months behind the PS4 in July. Now it's a single week behind meaning it's probably surpassing it this month or January.

i wish there was a graph so i could see the trends. but what you're saying is plausibly true. sales being down 20% in u.s. npd's didn't seem promising though

 

[jroc74]

So....who won Black Friday?

so it's doing worse than the ps4?

You tried, and thats all that matters.

 

[Tomi]

Ps5 is unstoppable

 

[Bernoulli]

 

[Kilau]

This thread was just posted 15 minutes ago and it's not even 6 am on the West Coast. He probably hasn't checked in here to see it yet.

 

[Dr.brain64]

Despite covid. WOW!

 

[zedinen]

 

[FrankWza]

 

[Withnail]

Jim Ryan wins again. Going out on a high.