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PS5 Best-Seller, XS Sales Drop by Nearly 50% - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for January 2025

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 937,226 units sold for January 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 72.97 million units lifetime worldwide.

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Abnor_Mal88d ago

Total domination, the march continues

ABizzel188d ago (Edited 88d ago )

These sales aren’t good across the board especially YoY.

Nintendo makes sense, the Switch 2 has been announced so those sales are going to slowly dry up to nothing when Switch 2 releases.

PS5 being slightly less than a million isn’t bad, but it’s not ideal and there’s a chance that this 30% reduction YoY can continue for the next couple of years since the US is likely to go into a recession, and the threat of global tariffs could make a needed price drop impossible to drive sales. The lack of AAA first party games is likely the cause as well, which will hopefully get better later this year and along with GTAs release (unless it gets delayed to early 2026).

Xbox is just dead in the water in comparison, and on track for another less than 3 / 4 million consoles sold for the year. They need a complete rebrand of the business, but again unfortunately a potential recession and tariffs would ruin them launching a new console anytime soon (2026 / 2027) although they need it to get off the same launch cycle as Sony and move more into the PConsole space (basically an Xbox-Windows Steam Machine).

1Victor88d ago

@abiz: “These sales aren’t good across the board especially YoY.”
Did you expected a honest numbers report from VGFAKECZ 🤦🏿

FinalFantasyFanatic87d ago

I think this is a fair analysis of what's going on and what's likely to happen in the future despite the disagrees.

__y2jb87d ago

I don’t understand the downvotes. Literally everything you said is correct.

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Father__Merrin88d ago

Ps5 is just wow but it's strange I've always been a PS fan but now more time on PC and Series X the VPN game codes for xbox are to cheap to have passed up

S2Killinit88d ago

Xbox is just going down the drain and fast.

Knushwood Butt88d ago

Americas 2:1
Europe 10:1
Asia 20:1

2 : 1 isn't bad really, but elsewhere it's a massacre.

ABizzel188d ago

They need a complete rebrand at this point. Give up the console race, and instead focus on merging PC and Console gaming by making a $399 & $599 Xbox-Windows Steam Machine, that simply runs a Windows 11 Xbox Launcher and call it a generation.

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BehindTheRows87d ago

In their best territory, 2:1 is bad.

Coupled with everything else, it is HORRIBLE. That’s why they are porting their games to PlayStation.

artgamer88d ago (Edited 88d ago )

American made trash, total boycot imminent.

S2Killinit88d ago

Umm excuse me, I find that offensive. Whats its nationality have to do with it.

__y2jb87d ago

Do you watch the news? Trump has destroyed americas reputation and much of the world wants now wants to vote with their wallet and boycott American products.

S2Killinit87d ago (Edited 87d ago )

Trump is a moron. I get that. But Americans are not trump. They just vote for him because they are concerned for their economic situation and Biden/democrates didn't help since they are also part of the problem. The middle class is bearing the weight of the poor and the rich are getting richer, and people turn to this idiot trump to save them because all he does is bitch about things and make big claims. It works . Now we are waiting to see if he will save the economy or only shit on our democracy.

And if you are referring to the genocide of palestinians, no defense there. We lost credibility. Our politicians showed that all of that talk of human rights, bastion of democratic values, and being holier than thou to dictatorial governments was all a big bluff. Our politicians are as bad as the rest. But again, the american people themselves arent the same as their politicians.

PhillyDonJawn88d ago (Edited 88d ago )

2026 will be a make or break year for Xbox. A new gen console by ms has to drop. Like the rumors said.

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FinalFantasyFanatic87d ago

They're planning to drop one? it won't change anything, hardware is not the problem for Xbox, it's pretty much everything else, primarily their games library.

PhillyDonJawn84d ago (Edited 84d ago )

It's now been confirmed Xbox is dropping new hardware along side CoD in 2026.

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Elden Ring Nightreign Review - Praise the Night | MP1st

Elden Ring Nightreign Review - Nightreign isn't merely a multiplayer spin-off; it's a testament to FromSoftware's ability to innovate.

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Elden Ring Nightreign Review | TheXboxHub

Paul writes: If you have a reliable squad to run Elden Ring Nightreign with, then this is as easy a sell as the original Elden Ring.

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The Last of Us Part II Remastered Sold 2 Million Units During HBO Season 2 Run, Analyst Reports

Marketing analyst estimates over 2 million units of The Last of Us Part II Remastered sold during HBO Season 2.

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Redemption-646h ago

If true, this is why Sony keeps making them. A lot of "gamers" might complain or cry about it. But as long as these things keep making money, they will keep doing it and ignore all those complaining online

neutralgamer19925h ago

You are absolutely correct end of fbe day money talks and so far their remastered/remakes have generated a lot of money

Lightning772h ago

So y'all are more worried about a companies pockets than your own entertainment? Are you pretending to like the same game being re-realeased each year?

CosmicTurtle2h ago

Nobody said anything like this above.

S2Killinit39m ago

No that is not what they are saying. People want to play these games. But, We have a minority of people who think they speak for everyone.

Lightning772h ago

@cosmic That's pretty much implied. Keep doing the same thing because it makes the company money forget my entertainment as long as they get richer. Instead of demanding more. If this was anyone else there would be backlash and it would be real that's a fact.

In a nutshell yes that is good the game is getting more attention more than ever thanks to the show I understand and acknowledge that. I'm saying all it promotes is more re-releases and remasters from games that don't need it.

franwex5h ago

Will HBO make a season 3 without Sony? They did with Game of Thrones after all.

S2Killinit39m ago

Why would they make it without Sony?

Grilla6m ago

I thought part 2 was 2 seasons, seasons 2 and 3. Season 4 wouldn’t have any source material unless ND made part 3 by then.

Scissorman3h ago

This isn't an argument for the low-hanging fruit, but this here is exactly why Sony - and others - will keep producing them. Dev costs are low. Profitability is high. It's low risk, high reward. And given the skyrocketing costs in the AAA space, projects like this help fund future titles. I don't like it, and I'd much rather Sony - and others - release new titles, but I sure as hell understand why it happens.

PhillyDonJawn2h ago

Whats the point of making new games when you can keep releasing old ones 😂 they keep buying so why not?

S2Killinit42m ago

Soooo all those people talking trash are pretty surprised eh?