PS5 accounted for over 50% of all game consoles sold during Q1 2023, in the UK
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not surprised at all, PS5 is pulling away, fast.
Hopefully that's it for Xbox. What is the point of it if it gets destroyed like this on it's second best market while bleeding money to attract buyers and having a much cheaper entry point?
So, the second biggest market for Xbox is slowly moving away from the platform. This is what happens when you treat your customers outside the US as an afterthought. I can't imagine any possible scenario where Xbox gains marketshare again. They can buy every publisher and all the devs they want, people have been burnt way too many times at this point to buy a Xbox again, in the hopes that they will produce games that the market actually wants in a quality comparable to its competitors.
Congrats to Sony. I think once Tears of the Kingdom drops, Nintendo will see better sales again, though I think most people are waiting for the next console at this point
Congrats to Sony. I think once Tears of the Kingdom drops, Nintendo will see better sales again, though I think most people are waiting for the next console at this point
Sales don’t matter! Xbox is the market leader! Vampire survivors is bigger than god of war!
Series x lack of supply excuse doesn't work here as well.
Plenty of series x consoles available, there is a demand issue with xbox in the uk.
Plenty of series x consoles available, there is a demand issue with xbox in the uk.
They are having a hard time getting former Xbox owners and PS4 owners to buy the Series. Right now the Series only appeals to hardcore Xbox fanboys and clueless/cheap casuals that probably never had a console before.
The Series consoles are a disaster.
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yes, it stole all God of War hype. overshadowed. trust me dude.
this is just PS5, don't forget, PS4 still alive and kicking.
But... engagement? game anywhere? Day wan? RDNAAAA2? How many cars have been parked in Forza Horizon 23?
With sales ratios like this, I really think sony should just refuse to put cod on their platform once their contract is up. Microsoft thinks they can grow cod and make it be better or at least the same? Good luck.
FFS @PropellerEar lol
I think those dudes just exist to tell fanboys what they want to hear.
InstallBase estimates.
January: 125,000
February: 143,000
March: 138,000
Total consoles sold: 406,000
PS5 sold: > 203,000
January: 125,000
February: 143,000
March: 138,000
Total consoles sold: 406,000
PS5 sold: > 203,000
I dunno if Jim and Sony have the cajones but if they pulled the plug on Activision..... that would be a huge blow to MSFT and a lesson they would have to learn about being so aggressive in acquisitions.
This is more on MS, I believe. Phil will learn the hard way that games need more the PS ecosystem than the PS ecosystem needs them.
I don't think Sony can even do that without being sued. What they can do is to never promote or engage with ABK and just let Xbox poison their IPs over time.
Take the money that would go into CoD an put it in it's direct competitors like Respawn games. Make an example out of ABK (and Bethesda too).
So MS will become the biggest third party publisher in the next generation. I think its written on the wall now