PS5 Best-Seller in the UK in November With Sales Up 129%, Xbox Series X|S Sales Up 4%

[Gods&Monsters]

Call of Duty couldn't stop video game sales dipping in November | UK Monthly Charts

Over 4.55 million video games were sold during November in the UK, a drop of 3% over the same period in 2022. This is a…

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COD down 38%

Portal is number 5 and sold out

PS5 delivers big month for the console market

Moving over to GfK data, over 486,000 games consoles (panel data) was sold in the UK during November, a sharp rise of 176% month-on-month, and up 32% over November last year.

This was due to heavy discounting around Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo consoles over the Black Friday period. It was really the first Black Friday where PlayStation 5 was able to participate (the console was almost entirely sold out during this period in 2022, 2021 and 2020).

Sony's machine accounted for practically half of the games consoles sold during November. PS5 sales were up 149% month-on-month, and up 126% over last November.

In second place for the month was Xbox Series S and X, which saw a hefty 231% sales jump month-on-month, again due to Black Friday discounting. Compared with November 2022, Xbox sales are up 4%.

Nintendo Switch took third spot, with sales up 175% month-on-month but down 19% over the same period last year.

Year-to-date, console sales are up 12% over the year before, driven by improved sales for PS5.

Elsewhere, 1.275 million peripherals and accessories were sold in the UK across November (GfK panel data), which is a rise of 118% over October but down 3.5% over last November.

From IB:

Hardware
486,000 Consoles (panel data) +176% (x2.76) MOM, +32% (x1.32) YOY
PS5: +149% (x2.49) MOM, +126% (x2.26) YOY
XBS: +231% (x3.31) MOM, +4% (x1.04) YOY
Switch: +175% (x2.75) MOM, -19% (x0.81) YOY

YTD Consoles: +12% (x1.12) YOY

Accessories: 1,275,000 +118% (x2.18) MOM, -3.5% (x0.965) YOY

PlayStation Portal accessory for PS5 debuts at #5

 

[kuzon]

Up 4%…

 

[JAHGamer]

I need @Welfare to explain how Xbox with “shortages” did just as well (bad) as Xbox with plentiful supply

2023 - more supply, cheaper consoles, and Starfield/Forza

2022 - “shortage”, full priced, and Pentiment

Xbox is on life support

+4% given these factors is horrible

 

[Cool hand luke]

It's the year 2035. PS7 is outselling the Nintendo SoloDuo and Apple GameProMax. Xbox is long gone, having dragged down the remnants of its acquired studios into the abyss.

Resetera and Welfare still can't admit Sony's the best at this kind of thing.

 

[Dabaus]

Up 4%…

Is this new information compared to what we got last week?

 

[Gods&Monsters]

 

[TubzGaming]

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[Evilms]

UK November 2022

Total : ~372 000

1-NSW : -138 000
2-X/S : ~125 000
3-PS5 : ~106 000

 

[anonpuffs]

so, ps5 at about 240k up from 96k in october, xbox at 130k up from 39k in october. kekeke what a disaster for xbox

 

[Satoru]

It's the year 2035. PS7 is outselling the Nintendo SoloDuo and Apple GameProMax. Xbox is long gone, having dragged down the remnants of its acquired studios into the abyss.

Resetera and Welfare still can't admit Sony's the best at this kind of thing.

Resetera and Welfare still can't admit that Xbox is not in the market anymore, citing supply shortages as to why consumers can't find an Xbox in store shelves.

 

[voke]

If my memory serves right Xbox had "shortage" of supply last year. This year stock was plentiful, yet only sold 4% more despite discounts. @Welfare please explain

From what it looks like, Sony owns HALF the entire console market right now. Thats pre ps5 pro, pre GTA, pre sucker punch, pre naughty dog. Then you have switch 2 coming, xbox cannot compete with either of them lmao.

 

[Cool hand luke]

COD being down 38%, if you assume this trend continues throughout its lifecycle and is consistent globally, means MW2 would have to have sold 24.2m (24.2 * 0.62 = ~15m) copies to not be outsold by God of War Ragnarok (15m) within a year.

"Equally laughable"

 

[Danja1187]

Seems Sony severely underestimated demand for the Portal.

 

[Dabaus]

Spain numbers are out as well if someone wants to make the thread:

Spain sales November 2023 - PS5#1 NSW#2 XBS#3 Sales

Top 10 Sales Week 44: October 30 to November 5, 2023 https://www.gamereactor.es/ventas-espana-super-mario-wonder-hace-el-triple-salto-y-supera-las-100000-1057003/ Super Mario Bros. Wonder Marvel's Spider-Man 2 EA Sports FC 24 for PS5 EA Sports FC 24 for PS4 EA Sports FC 24 for Switch Nintendo...

www.resetera.com

 

[Welfare]

If my memory serves right Xbox had "shortage" of supply last year. This year stock was plentiful, yet only sold 4% more despite discounts. @Welfare please explain

From what it looks like, Sony owns HALF the entire console market right now. Thats pre ps5 pro, pre GTA, pre sucker punch, pre naughty dog. Then you have switch 2 coming, xbox cannot compete with either of them lmao.

I only speak to the US market about shortages since it's where I live. I think it's been mentioned by others that Series X supply was low in the UK up to last holiday.

Just a quick look, this article on December 13, 2022 shows that Series X was coming back in stock around or before that time https://www.independent.co.uk/extra...consoles/xbox-series-x-stock-uk-b2099668.html

One thing I wish was mentioned is the S and X splits. Something I've noticed all year in the US is that Series S demand is awful, with Series X far outperforming it. The S is also doing far worse in 2023 than 2022, pre November. UK Xbox could be a case where Series X is higher than 2022 but Series S is down, bring the overall number lower.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Spain:

November 2023​

Hardware for the month:

PS5: 109.000
Switch: 58.000
XBS: 14.500

 

[Gods&Monsters]

One thing I wish was mentioned is the S and X splits. Something I've noticed all year in the US is that Series S demand is awful, with Series X far outperforming it. The S is also doing far worse in 2023 than 2022, pre November. UK Xbox could be a case where Series X is higher than 2022 but Series S is down, bring the overall number lower.

They need to discontinue the S but rumor is they already paid AMD for the wafers so it would be a write-off. Just take the hit I say.

 

[JAHGamer]

From Mowcno on gaf

Proof that Pentiment > Starfield/Forza

 

[AshHunter216]

They need to discontinue the S but rumor is they already paid AMD for the wafers so it would be a write-off. Just take the hit I say.

I think there may be too many Series S consoles out there for MS to just drop support for the platform halfway through the gen; would piss people off and potentially get them in trouble. Also, who know if MS will do a mid gen refresh. It would be a lot to ask devs to support 3 Xbox versions with different specs at the same time given its install base.

 

[anonpuffs]

Spain numbers are out as well if someone wants to make the thread:

Spain sales November 2023 - PS5#1 NSW#2 XBS#3 Sales

Top 10 Sales Week 44: October 30 to November 5, 2023 https://www.gamereactor.es/ventas-espana-super-mario-wonder-hace-el-triple-salto-y-supera-las-100000-1057003/ Super Mario Bros. Wonder Marvel's Spider-Man 2 EA Sports FC 24 for PS5 EA Sports FC 24 for PS4 EA Sports FC 24 for Switch Nintendo...

www.resetera.com

Hardware:
PS5: 32.000
Switch: 6.000
PlayStation Portal: 5.700
XBS: 2.000
Meta Quest 3: 250

Hardware:
PS5: 48.000
Switch: 30.000
XBS: 9.000
PlayStation Portal: 1.500
Meta Quest 3: 1.100
PSVR2: 200

Week leading up to black friday and black friday week. jesus those numbers are immense