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PS5 Best-Seller, XS Sales Down Just 2% YoY - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for April 2025

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 671,845 units sold for April 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 75.58 million units lifetime worldwide.

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 350,417 units to bring its lifetime sales to 150.36 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 205,866 units to bring their lifetime sales to 32.98 million units.

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IAMRealHooman1d 13h ago

*whistles* Obscure where you at boy?

CrashMania1d 12h ago

Probably figuring out where to place the goalposts before commenting.

pwnmaster30001d 11h ago

He never goes into sales or anything that Xbox is doing bad in.

badz1491d 9h ago

Buh buh buh...Muh Space Marine Remastered..

I guess he will say something like that haha

S2Killinit17h ago

I predict next generation will sell even less as they are burning so many bridges with fans. Obscure will be taking the goal posts home with him

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darthv721d 13h ago

"XS Sales Down Just 2% YoY".... they are turning it around boys... hold the line!!!!
/s

Eonjay1d 13h ago

April was actually pretty good then for Xbox. I had expected this as there was a run on the Series X pre price boost. I would expect May to be down by more but revenue might actually hold due to the price hike.

badz1491d 9h ago

It just means that last year was already a significantly insignificant year for xbox

Scissorman1d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h ago )

down 2% from an already low number is still bad. and if we look a little closer, 140K of those sales were from US alone, meaning that a meager 65K sold to the rest of the global market. outside of the US, xbox is a dead brand. and it is holding on by a string in its strongest territory. this is why MS had to go multiplatform. low xboxes sales means fewer gamepass subscriptions, which means you can't afford to put hundred million dollar budget games on the service anymore.

jznrpg1d 11h ago

Scalpers were buying them the day they announced price hikes

Eonjay1d 13h ago

For the Switch to be down 37% with the same price shows that nearly everyone is just waiting on the Switch 2.

dveio1d 11h ago

I gotta say I didn't expect PS5 sales to be down only 14% year-on-year, thought the decline would be higher.

Interesting:

PS5 being down 382k units compared to PS4's April in 2018 is probably the result of the God of War reboot release in April 2018.

It was even the later half of April, the 20th.

Great exclusives can have a pretty strong impact on hardware sales I guess.

Scissorman1d 11h ago

they can, but PlayStation also enjoys the benefit of being the console of choice for all AAA third-party releases as well. id imagine when GTA6 launches, you are going to see massive PS5 sales along with it.

dveio1d 10h ago

Yeah, I think the month GTA6 will finally get released, we should see a substantial growth in hardware units being sold.

It should, no matter when, be a 1m month in units easily.

BeHunted1d 7h ago

"PS5 being down 382k units compared to PS4's April in 2018 is probably the result of the God of War reboot release in April 2018."

Nah, it's more about the rising costs of the PlayStation subscription and the console price going up. If tariffs increase, I've got a feeling the PS5 Pro could be the first console to break the $1k barrier in the USA.

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Ghost of Yotei Rated in Korea for Mature Content Including Gambling and Sexual Themes

Ghost of Yotei is rated "19+" in Korea due to sexual content, gambling, and strong violence. The game is set to launch in October for PS5.

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jznrpg3h ago

Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei in the same year is dope.

S2Killinit3h ago

Rated for mature content. Thank you 🙏

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Fairgames Is a 'Super Clunky' Cross Between Fortnite and The Division

Feedback from pre-alpha test was very poor

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Lightning7712h ago

Chris Dring lied he said Fairgames Internally was received well. This is also the same Chris Dring who backtracked his statements about devs wanting to Skip Xbox because of their multiplatform strategy.

So much for his credibility on all things gaming.

Redgrave7h ago

Remember when Redfall scored well internally

I don't trust this phrase anytime it's used.

Lightning775h ago

You're right just like how Herman said that Concord was "The Greatest Mp of the Modern era"

We shouldn't trust internal hype.

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Lionsguard2h ago

"Internally was received well" means the devs played it and then proceeded to circle-jerking their own work.

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RhinoGamer886h ago

Sony leadership and production team still have their jobs... #how #why

DarXyde4h ago

I'm glad it's failing. They're trying way too hard to make this live service slop work.

Stick to your strengths and double down there. Not hard.

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Elden Ring: Nightreign – All Nightfarer Classes Explained

Explore every Nightfarer class in Elden Ring: Nightreign. Learn each class’s unique skills, strengths, combat roles, and how they fit into the game's co-op and roguelike mechanics ahead of its May 30, 2025 release.

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