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It's pretty bad for PS as well.
They like portables the most
Yeah quite low. Wonder if it's because they have no stock there or Japanese just going more portable or a combination of both.
Both.
Wasn't Sony pushing most of their stock to America? Believe I read that somewhere. So that can't be helping.
Yeah Sony are more focused on the US because they know it's MS strongest market
That, and the PS4 took a back seat last gen in Japan as well. The Switch is off the charts this gen.
Oh yeah even if Sony split the units evenly the Switch would still be kicking its arse
Yeah, Sony and MS are duking it out while Nintendo is silently taking over the world.
Now we have the numbers-
Highlights:
-PS5 confirmed to be fastest selling launch console ever with most hardware sales in debut month (both worldwide and US).
-PS5 ahead by approximately 440k units in the US.
-Xbox Series consoles debuted lower than Xbox One by 100k (at least in the US)
-Jan 2021 - bar set for 250k ish for next gen consoles given history from predecessors.
Total results of US hardware revealed (from resetera):
December 2020
Switch: ~2.1m
PS5: ~0.8m
XS: ~0.7m
November 2020
Switch: 1,36m
PS5: 1.14m
XS: ~0.8m
2020 Total hardware Result
Nintendo Switch - 9042K
Playstation 5 - 1940K
Xbox Series X/S - 1500K
Playstation 4 - 1890K(Nov and Dec data not available)
Xbox ONE - 1282K(Nov and Dec data not available)
LTD
Playstation 4: ~34.12M(7 years and 2 months)
Xbox ONE: ~28.79M(7 years and 2 months)
Nintendo Switch: ~26.03M(3 years and 10 months)
Playstation 5: ~1.94M(2 months)
Xbox Series X/S: ~1.5M(2 months)
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All Debut Months
PS5: ~1.14M
PS4: ~1.1M
NSW: 911K
XB1: ~900K
XBS: ~800K
XBX: 722K
GCN: 663K
WII: 476K
WIU: 425K
PS2: 391K
360: 326K
PS3: 197K
FIrst December
NSW: 1.5M
XB1: 908K
PS4: 863K
PS5: ~800K
XBS: ~700K
XBX: 700K
WII: 604K
GCN: 573K
PS2: 522K
PS3: 491K
WIU: 460K
360: 281K
First January
WII: 436K
NSW: 275K
PS4: 271K
360: 249K
PS2: 248K
PS3: 244K
XB1: 143K
XBX: 128K
GCN: 62K
WIU: 57K
Given launch supply constrained console usually sell around 250K in January, that should be the bar set for PS5/XBS this month.
Highlights:
-PS5 confirmed to be fastest selling launch console ever with most hardware sales in debut month (both worldwide and US).
-PS5 ahead by approximately 440k units in the US.
-Xbox Series consoles debuted lower than Xbox One by 100k (at least in the US)
-Jan 2021 - bar set for 250k ish for next gen consoles given history from predecessors.
Total results of US hardware revealed (from resetera):
December 2020
Switch: ~2.1m
PS5: ~0.8m
XS: ~0.7m
November 2020
Switch: 1,36m
PS5: 1.14m
XS: ~0.8m
2020 Total hardware Result
Nintendo Switch - 9042K
Playstation 5 - 1940K
Xbox Series X/S - 1500K
Playstation 4 - 1890K(Nov and Dec data not available)
Xbox ONE - 1282K(Nov and Dec data not available)
LTD
Playstation 4: ~34.12M(7 years and 2 months)
Xbox ONE: ~28.79M(7 years and 2 months)
Nintendo Switch: ~26.03M(3 years and 10 months)
Playstation 5: ~1.94M(2 months)
Xbox Series X/S: ~1.5M(2 months)
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All Debut Months
PS5: ~1.14M
PS4: ~1.1M
NSW: 911K
XB1: ~900K
XBS: ~800K
XBX: 722K
GCN: 663K
WII: 476K
WIU: 425K
PS2: 391K
360: 326K
PS3: 197K
FIrst December
NSW: 1.5M
XB1: 908K
PS4: 863K
PS5: ~800K
XBS: ~700K
XBX: 700K
WII: 604K
GCN: 573K
PS2: 522K
PS3: 491K
WIU: 460K
360: 281K
First January
WII: 436K
NSW: 275K
PS4: 271K
360: 249K
PS2: 248K
PS3: 244K
XB1: 143K
XBX: 128K
GCN: 62K
WIU: 57K
Given launch supply constrained console usually sell around 250K in January, that should be the bar set for PS5/XBS this month.
EDIT:
No it won't.
Not the current SWITCH model/s.
They have 2 and PS5 will likely have a Pro model.
So current multi years old Switch/Lite vs PS5/Pro.
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Microsoft said they had their biggest Xbox launch ever yet debuted with lower sales numbers in the US. I guess they had to allocate some to the new countries which spread the stock thin.
Switch is selling better than ever. Xbox and PS aren't catching those numbers anytime soon. Easy win for the Switch and its sales are proof people aren't worried about it being an old model.
Which MS also made clear.
Which MS also made clear.
Switch ending up being the King of last gen is definitely a surprise.
A few PS5s dropped last Thursday but they were gone in seconds. I had one in my Amazon cart but it wouldn't let me buy.
A few other retailers supposedly had a little stock but again it was gone so fast. I'm guessing they are only shipping small amounts, either that or demand is still through the roof.
Microsoft Poised for Strong Earnings Boosted by Cloud, Videogaming
Demand for Xbox gaming consoles has outpaced supply
www.wsj.com
The software giant’s fiscal second-quarter earnings due Tuesday afternoon will reflect a period when demand for the latest versions of its Xbox videogame consoles has outstripped supply. Wall Street expects Microsoft to post $40.2 billion in sales, the highest for any three-month period and up around 9% from the prior-year quarter. Net income is expected to jump by $1 billion to $12.6 billion, according to FactSet.
Demand for Xbox gaming consoles has outpaced supply
Microsoft Earnings Jump on Pandemic-Driven Cloud, Videogame Demand
The software giant’s profit and sales jumped, propelled by pandemic-fueled demand for videogaming and accelerated adoption of its cloud-computing services.
www.wsj.com
The software giant’s fiscal second-quarter earnings due Tuesday afternoon will reflect a period when demand for the latest versions of its Xbox videogame consoles has outstripped supply. Wall Street expects Microsoft to post $40.2 billion in sales, the highest for any three-month period and up around 9% from the prior-year quarter. Net income is expected to jump by $1 billion to $12.6 billion, according to FactSet.
Argos in the UK had stock the other day for both consoles. People got up at 3am to buy them and all gone within minutes
Your children?Only one thing is "up" at 3am at my house.
A few PS5s dropped last Thursday but they were gone in seconds. I had one in my Amazon cart but it wouldn't let me buy.
Yea haven't heard anything about restocks in my country, they're very sparse, I'm accepting the fact I probably won't get a PS5 till later in the year, which is ok then I can get all the exclusives second hand by then.
Revenue =/= profit. Just saying. But things are looking good from appearance at MS side.
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Complete Chaos At Tokyo Retailer Over PS5 Sales
The PlayStation 5 launched last November, but months later, it’s still hard to snag one, especially in Japan. Early today, the Yodobashi Camera electrics megastore in Akihabara, one of the biggest in the country, sold a huge shipment of PS5. All hell broke loose.
kotaku.com
"Early today, the Yodobashi Camera electrics megastore in Akihabara, one of the biggest in the country, sold a huge shipment of PS5. All hell broke loose.
People began shoving and pushing, descending on a Yodobashi clerk who had a stack of an estimated 300 numbered tickets to purchase the PS5."
"Why did this happen? As Twitter’s AJapaneseDream points out, the Akihabara location is apparently only one of two Yodobashi Cameras in the greater Tokyo-Yokohama area that does not require the retailer’s black credit card to purchase the hardware—a requirement that was instituted, it seems, to thwart resellers.
What’s more, unlike in the past, the store gave out numbered tickets first come, first served. In the past, also in an effort to discourage console flipping, the retailer would give away raffle numbers for the chance to purchase the hardware."
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