According to the estimates shared, PlayStation 5 is still selling well. More than twice as many PS5 consoles have been delivered to customers in Europe than Nintendo Switch and several times more compared to Xbox Series X and S. Since the beginning of sales, the latest generation of Sony consoles has arrived in the homes of 10.93 million European players.
PlayStation 5 is spreading like hotcakes in Europe
It is estimated that in March Europeans bought 597.5 thousand. copies of PlayStation 5, which is an increase of as much as 315.4 percent. year on year (compared to March 2022). This is partly due to the still significant problems with the availability of consoles on the market, which Sony has struggled with since its launch (i.e. since November 2020). Only in January The Japanese manufacturer has declared that the console is already on the market. Still – compared to the competition – this is an impressive result. Nintendo Switch sold 273.5 thousand at the same time. copies, and Xbox Series X/S consoles sold less than 134 thousand. pieces. For comparison, sales of the previous generation PlayStation 4 reached 5.5 thousand. copies.
Compared to March 2022, Nintendo and Microsoft sales of the Switch on the Old Continent fell by 21.2 percent, and in the case of Xbox, the decrease reaches as much as 40.4 percent. Interestingly, PlayStation 4 at the same time from its premiere (i.e. after three years and four months) also sold noticeably worse than PS5 now. In March 2016, 442,000 were sold. copies of PS4, or 155.5 thousand. less than PS5. For comparison, Microsoft sold less than 140,000 at the time. Xbox One consoles.
The difference is also noticeable if you consider the entire first quarter of each year. From the beginning of January to the end of March this year, Sony sold about 1.5 million PS5 units in Europe, which is a huge jump compared to the same period in 2022 – then it was 404,000. pieces. This is a jump of as much as 270%. year on year (from 970,000 units). Xbox Series X/S until March this year. achieved a result of approx. 355.3 thousand. units, a decrease of 15%. (from 418,000 units), and Nintendo Switch – 800,000, which in turn means closing the quarter with a result of 18.3 percent. worse than in the previous year (a decrease from 979 thousand units). PlayStation 4 sales also fell sharply (by 43.9 percent), but the entire console market increased by 45.7 percent, thanks to the much larger number of PS5s that went to players this year.
Source: Gazeta
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