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PS5 Sells Over 1.3M, All Consoles Drop YoY - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for March 2024

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 1,338,835 units sold for March 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 56.89 million units lifetime worldwide.

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 945,038 units to bring its lifetime sales to 139.50 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 350,932 units to bring their lifetime sales to 28.30 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 6,238 units to bring its lifetime sales to 117.17 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are down by over 153,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 193,000 units. PS4 sold 1,492,148 units for the month of March 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 543,701 units.

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buffig30d ago

That's a pretty small pool of players to try and flog Gamepass to

Ironmike30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

What x and s have sold 27million not that small google it and u do relise gamepass on pc as well silly comment really mt

S2Killinit30d ago

On xbox, it is a small number of consumers, which may explain why MS is continuously working to diminish console gaming.

buffig29d ago

Yes, but that existing market has stagnated. That's the problem MS has. They've sold all they can to that existing 27m. If their goal is to keep expanding Gamespass, 300k users every month is not a very big pool, when the competing market is around 1.5m per month

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Einhander197229d ago

The xbox numbers are being inflated by 10-20% percent.

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Neonridr29d ago

PC + Xbox users amounts to quite a bit I would think.

Christopher29d ago

Steam + Xbox is quite a bit, I agree. Now, what type of argument are we trying to win with this info since both Xbox an PS games are on Steam?

Neonridr26d ago

@Christopher - my comment was more directed at the Gamepass being targeted at Xbox users only. PC is a huge market and I am willing to bet that plenty of people play Xbox titles on their PCs as opposed to consoles only.

Flewid63829d ago

PC players make up a massive chunk, but GamePass selection is never on par with PS Premium.

dveio30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

Geez.

That's almost a solid 4:1 ratio in favor of the PS5 compared to Xbox. In just the fourth year of the console generation.

itsmebryan29d ago

@dveio

I don't understand why people keep using console sales as a sign of success. Sony lost over $10 billion in value, operating income was down 26%, layoff, etc... Please explain how well financially Sony is doing compared to Microsoft. What was a smarter buy Bungie or Activision?

dveio29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

@itsmebryan

Why do you think that console sales don't matter IF a company decides to build a console and enter the console market?

Ok, let us be honest here:

Hypothetically speaking, IF the ABK deal would not had been finalized: what would be the Xbox brands state now, according to the very latest quarter report from MS?

It once again would have been dead negative.

"I don't understand why people keep using console sales as a sign of success."

Because that's what was driving Microsoft to go spend ~$100bn in aqcuisitions and billions into their Game Pass subscription model.

IF Zenimax and ABK had never happened - that's the point here.

And that's just what Microsoft does perfectly like no other. They've got a shitload of money behind them and instead of conquering market share, they simply buy it.

That's what Microsoft has been doing with everything related to Windows. And that's what they are doing with Xbox.

You are right: Sony took a hit to the gut. BUT they still drew a ~$1.3bn profit.

Jigga6929d ago

xbox series x/s doing worse than xbox one. No wonder they release their games everywhere now.

Christopher29d ago

Horse before the cart, IMHO. I feel they are doing worse on hardware *because* they put their games everywhere now and because the focus so much on subscription model gaming/streaming.

dveio29d ago

Honestly, what has changed here specifically?

Xbox Game Studios' games had always been released simultanousely on PC and Xbox. You can look way back to the very first Xbox for that. Can't you?

Having said that, what's actually behind the "they put their their games everywhere now" argument?

The ONLY thing that has changed, at least in my perceiption of the Xbox brand, is Game Pass. But even Game Pass isn't the only subscription model out there. I really don't count SoT or Grounded that high as an argument here. MS is piloting with them.

If I look at the latest quarter report of MS, I personally see nothing but a boosted Xbox revenue.

If you, just hypothetically speaking, exclude Zenimax, ABK & Co. here, like that they wouldn't have ever happened, the Xbox brand would AGAIN be economically dead/in the negatives.

And this is me speaking as a guy who actually wants competition to stay.

But I despise Microsoft for always being so blatantly incompetent to their own fan base, yet they still defend them. And I despise Microsoft for being so rich, mostly due to very shady business practices.

They don't care about videogames. They wanted to buy Nintendo and push Sony out of the market. Facts that have been exposed during the ABK trial.

The ABK mostly was the saving turnaround for them. And this speaks volumes.

Barlos29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

Bye Xbox. DO Let the door hit you on the way out.

Aloymetal29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

100%!!
Remember back when MS told the whole universe that ''project Scorpio'' aka the most powerful beast in the galaxy was going to rule and that ''this gen will be different''....Their fanbase was repeating this like gospel and I told a few here that it won't matter, nothing will change just like gamepass didn't change anything for them.

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purple10129d ago

My brother has day one Scorpio edition Xbox one. If anyone wants to buy it
Happy to sell for any colllectors

Lightning7729d ago

Gamepass is one of the only things keeping them a float what are you talking about?

Christopher29d ago

The problem is that Sony absolutely needs someone like Microsoft as competition in hardware/console. Without it, it's worse for the consumer. Much worse.

P_Bomb29d ago

I agree. A monopoly on the high end console market does me no favors. Need at least two competitors that push eachother to do better.

Einhander197229d ago

PlayStation has competition from PC, mobile, Nintendo, streaming, and infinite other things that want to take peoples time.

Scissorman29d ago

I don't get this notion. Do people really think that if MS hardware goes away, Sony is going to start selling $5,000 consoles and $250 games? And that their audience would just accept it?

ocelot0729d ago

It's a shame what's happening to Xbox. I was genuinely a big fan during the 360 days. Didn't like the end of it didn't like the start of Xbox one. The fans did well voicing displeasure about the DRM stuff and the kinect rubbish.

But after that I see plenty of people especially on n4g but also Facebook, x, verious gaming forums go from wanting Xbox to be better and challenging Microsoft to their BS. To becoming a bunch of yes boys. Phill couldn't do any wrong in there eyes and if you dare say anything bad about Xbox you where labeled a other console fanboy.

kayoss29d ago

I honestly think that the DRM debacle can be forgiven. I think the main problem with Xbox was that they didnt have any outstanding games. They went almost an entire generation with out releasing anything significant. I think this was what kept players from investing into xbox.

ocelot0729d ago

Some of it can be forgiven. But I seem to remember the whole not being able to sell you're disc based games.

I do agree about the games. Microsoft where awful during the Xbox one generation. Just seemed to be Halo, Gears and Forza coming from them with the odd few new IP's like Sea of Thieves, Recore.

Charlieboy33329d ago

Xbox fanboys want Playstation to fail way more than they want Xbox to succeed

ocelot0729d ago

Think that swings both way to be honest.

Tedakin29d ago

All Playstation influencers do is talk about how much they hate Xbox. They never talk about Playstation. They're obsessed.

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As Fallout76 Crosses 20Million Gamers Amid Success of TVSeries, Todd Howard Talks Franchise’s Future

“Fallout 76″ has found a whole new world of players thanks to the popularity of Amazon’s “Fallout” TV series. The Bethesda Game Studios title, which first launched in October 2018, crossed 20 million downloads and plays as of Wednesday.

Obscure_Observer14h ago

Impressive!

Hopefully Fallout 5 will be among next gen Xbox´s launching games.

-Foxtrot13h ago

Yeah will be great. Can’t wait for it on the PS6.

just_looken3m ago(Edited 2m ago)

Though it would be nice i think tod with his team should stay away from it let someone else take the helm like fallout new vegas.

I also hope after all these success they do not make fallout 76 number 2 sense 76 is the most profitable game they made in the series thanks to monthly subs. Then you got the billion + they made on elder scrolls online.

First thing first is the new elder scrolls title they been working on and we got more updates for starfield to come out but one has recently added a new feature called interactive maps you can see icons along with paths now true next gen.....

So yeah with starfield being there "years" of dev time biggest budget/team size do you trust them with the next fallout title?

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The case for Pokemon Black and White remakes in 2024

A number of leaks have popped up that reference Pokemon Black and White remakes in some way. Are they all coincidences or real in 2024?

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Combat Director Wants Final Part To Offer Players "Even More Freedom"

The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth combat director has expressed that he wants the final part in the trilogy to offer players "even more freedom".

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gold_drake20h ago

i wonder if where gonna be able to jump

EternalTitan1h ago

Well its not an action game.
Even Elden Ring added jumping as an evolution of the combat system since Dark Souls did not feature jumping.
I want jumping as much as the next action game fan but this isnt that type of game.

gold_drake1h ago

i didnt say i wanted it.

i said "i wonder".

and part 3 could literally be anything they want it to be.

-Foxtrot14h ago

I love the game so far but please don’t make the final part a mini game fest

Everytime I get to a new part in Rebirth it’s “mini game time”

Inverno8h ago

Hope ya don't mind me asking since it seems like you've played it, did it feel like a decent step up from the last game or was it more like the best from the last but more polished?

CS78h ago

It makes Remake feel like a demo.

9.5/10 imo. And I think the “mini games” did a great job of adding variety to the gameplay. Purely optional as well.

-Foxtrot7h ago

Here's my thoughts

I think it's a big step up from the first instalment, I'm enjoying it way more.

I thought keeping it just in Midgar was silly, it felt dragged out and it didn't have much variation in terms of the scenery.

However with Rebirth, as soon as you get out of Kalm you have a big world to explore and it's great to just wander round and explore.

Now that I'm half way in though, despite still liking what I'm playing, the gameplay loop is now starting to slow down on me. I've got to a new region and I'm like "Yaaay...need to go and find those towers again, oh look another special beast marker, is that a bird I see in the distance? Better follow it to another Mako Crystal"

It's like....you know how Peter Jackson was only supposed to have two Hobbit films then Warner Bros wanted a third film so he stretched the second film out as much as he could so he could keep stuff for the third film making a trilogy? Yeah it feels like that, so these mini games are a part of that overall gameplay loop to keep us going and stretch the game out overall so they have something for the third and final game.

I personally think you could have had the first instalment get you out of Midgar and through to Grasslands / Junon and the second game finishes things off.

Becuzisaid8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

I had a weird cycle of love/hate for all the mini games as I played through. At first I really hated the seeming need to check all these boxes while exploring the grasslands. I didn't enjoy the Gilgamesh quest initially, and thought Queen's blood was fine but didn't want to commit to it. The side quests didn't really grab me either.

Then for some reason everything in Junon region changed my mind and I did pretty much everything. I liked most of the side quests, I actually liked playing fort condor (didn't care for it in the intergrade dlc). And my interest for completing these quests stayed pretty much through to Cosmo Canyon.

Then they added that horrible Lifestream memory/battle mini game and I started getting so burnt out of it all. I just wanted to do the story. I didn't do any side quests in neibleheim and beyond except for the summon. I abandoned Gilgamesh.

So what I'm saying is I would like the third part to go back to the focused progression from remake. Keep the mini games to the gold saucer. Start the game snowboarding if you want, but from there keep the story rolling.

-Foxtrot7h ago

That's funny you say that because I did everything in the Grasslands but once in Junon I started to slow down a little until Corel where by the end I was burnt out. I'm still currently going but I'm just doing what I can while things keep getting thrown at me.

I would have preferred half of these mini game side fillers / collectibles for some really beefy side quests that really adds onto the world of FFVII.

Inverno6h ago

Sounds like they hadn't really figured out what they wanted to do with Remake and this one is more of what they thought of doing which is probably why they're dragging it out to make a trilogy. Disappointed to hear it has towers cause man do i hate towers lol. It's been a while since I've played the first and it'll be a while longer to play the sequel, but it sounds like I'll enjoy it. 7 really impressed me especially after being disappointed with 15, felt like Square finally realized that FF was THEIR big franchise again.

Tacoboto4h ago

How many hours are you into it at this point?

My friend got like 20-30 in and pretty much quit because of its mini game era. He loved and basically binged through Gran Blue compared to Rebirth

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MetroidFREAK218h ago

As long as it comes out on PS5 to have the entire series on one platform, do whatever you want

franwex6h ago

The combat is my favorite thing about Rebirth. Would be really cool if they can improve it even more.

Knightofelemia6h ago

I hope after FF7 Square will either give a new FF game the remake treatment. Or give some of their older titles a remake treatment like Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, even Xenogears.

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