The PS5 Has Shipped An Estimated 5x More Units Than The Xbox Series X/S In The Last Quarter

When the PS5 and the Xbox Series X/S first launched all the way back in 2020, console sales were not what either platform manufacturer wanted them to be. The pandemic slowed things down more than ever before, even though in the case of each next-gen console, all the units that were manufactured, sold.

Of course that didn’t last, and soon manufacturing limitations on the consoles were a thing of the past, and sales started to leap forward. For one next-gen console platform, at least.

[-Foxtrot]

I can see why Microsoft is putting their games on PlayStation with these numbers

Imagine how many copies of future games like Elder Scrolls VI, Blade, Indiana Jones and more they could sell if they went fully multiplatform.

[OtterX]

If they don't, it would be the death of them.

[Cacabunga]

Can we then stop calling this a console war? Sony rolling over xbox trillions with a few cross gen games.. what would it be when a new uncharted, horizon or tsushima 2 comes out.. even worse, with GTA6 no one would buy an xbox to play it..

[purple101]

while I see your point, i'm one of those people that dont really want to see a M$ logo, when I boot up, however good the game is, unless truly exceptional, I've got enough games from Sony and enough coming down the pipeline, plus the 2 free smaller games on ps+, why do I need to give Microsoft anymore money,

I usually play just GT7 and cod, you've got Gran Theft Auto coming, its over for microsoft, they shot themselves in the foot, and now have to hobble away, to the losers corner, sit there, and repent.,!!! hahaha

[bloop]

That's crazy man. Just because you prefer blondes doesn't mean you should turn down a brunette.

[GamerRN]

Yeah and that's the fanboy problem right there in a nutshell

[Profchaos]

Does it matter they are basically third party at this point if your a Nintendo fan do you turn a game off because it was developed by Sega.

Also so many games are using Azure backend and display it in on their fine print so you'll not play any game using that to

[OtterX]

@Purple101 At this point, Microsoft just wants to be the American Tencent, but also just happen to have a console available for those who want it.

I hate what they're doing to the industry, but I would play the next Elder Scrolls on PS5 or PS6 even if I had to look at a MS logo at the beginning. At this point, I'm just invested in the series. I didn't feel this way about Starfield, which is why I've skipped it. Worst case scenario, I'd pick Elder Scrolls up on PC if it didn't come to PS, but I've stayed true to my word - I have not, and will not buy another Microsoft console after 3 red ringed 360s. They've killed my console support for life. They showed how scummy they can be by knowingly rushing out a product before it was ready, just to try and capture a 1 year headstart.

If a MS logo shows up at the beginning of the next Elder Scrolls on a Playstation console, so what? That means Sony won and MS is just another publisher. Many of the large publishers are quite dirty, so it fits them well. I wouldn't mind seeing their console die off though and them solely take up this publisher role.

[Jingsing]

Yeah, I never bought another Xbox console after the 360. But at the same time you shouldn't find yourself captive to Elder Scrolls if the company behind it is very scummy. I dropped COD after Ghosts and I don't regret it the company has only become worse and I'm glad I never was part of funding that.

[OtterX]

@Jingsing oh yea for sure. If I sense that Elder Scroll 6 is a shell of its former self w a trashy microtransaction setup, I'll probably skip it. I'll wait for previews and reviews but I sure am hoping for the best. I still play Skyrim to this day in VR.

[purple101]

I mean yeh, if they do produce something good, i've got a laptop, +HDMI cable to the telly, link a bluetooth dual sense (that I already own), and hey presto, I don't need an xbox,

but I can't see that happening, ps5pro will the the best way to play, with best graphics and sound, for me.

[gold_drake]

yeh same, surprised it took them so long.

[jznrpg]

Personally I did not care for the Indiana Jones trailer. The combat looks too much like a Doom/Dishonored game to me. I think it could have been so much more. Which is too bad as I grew up with the movies and Raiders of the Lost Ark is still one of my favorites from when I was a kid.

If they can bring Elder Scrolls back towards Morrowind I would love it. If it’s like Skyrim it will be pretty decent but not great. Blade has potential. Hopefully it’s nothing like Redfall. I don’t really trust MS to make good games and rather not give them my money as they are bad for gaming. I’ll buy some games used, maybe but that’s about it

[Profchaos]

If the Jez rumour is true Microsoft has placed no red line around any first party game going to PS.

Although Jez has been acting like a spoilt brat not getting his way lately seems he's grown disenfranchised with Microsoft and is kind of lost given its most of his identity so I don't trust everything he says atm.

But basically if we see a halo game come to PS I'd call that a death kneel to the brand

[Barlos]

A surprise to nobody.

[S2Killinit]

5X is a surprise as it’s just unreal.

[fr0sty]

Yeah, this console war just became a console genocide.

[Jingsing]

Sony would probably be selling more if they stopped sending mixed signals about their future. Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft about the future of consoles is folly and has limited their potential sales. Microsoft want Sony and the world to believe that consoles are done as a business so companies like Sony and Nintendo etc can end up serving Microsoft's platform. Remember when it comes to Microsoft "It is us or no one and the three E's" Don't fall for it.

[S2Killinit]

MS has forced everyone’s hand in regard to PC. If the other two dont release on PC, they will be giving them an edge. Imo

Although i think Sony/PlayStation would be wise to release selectively on PC.

[Jingsing]

The way Sony are doing it though is very suspect, It almost seems like they are trying to tunnel their way out of Steam with a PSN back-end. They should have just launched their own store. Yes this would no doubt upset PC users but you just can't have everything on Steam as that means no market competition. Microsoft and Sony should only use their own stores. That way they can also enforce their subscription fee's (I don't think there should be fee's) like they do on console as right now they are saying people on console have to pay this fee but if you play on PC you don't. That is very anti-consumer.

[Skuletor]

While putting their games on PC would lose them some console sales, there's a large market of people that prefer consoles for their simplicity and convenience, I wonder if it would really effect them negatively. Well, I guess at this current point they won't be dragging PC players into a PS Plus subscription, so there's that.

[crazyCoconuts]

I think after Xbox is gone they'll make a bigger push to move PC gamers over to PS, and they may halt momentum on the PC ports to do that. PC and Nintendo gamers will be the only ones left to convert

[Einhander1972]

Jingsing

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"The way Sony are doing it though is very suspect, It almost seems like they are trying to tunnel their way out of Steam with a PSN back-end"

That's not accurate, what they want is simply to be able to count PC users as PlayStation users. It's no different than what EA Ubisoft or Microsoft are doing. Heck, people need to sign up for extra accounts even on consoles to play some of their games, you can't play Sea of Thieves or Minecraft without a Microsoft account.

I'm not sure why PlayStation is being singled out like this, I get why it was a problem in Helldivers because they added it after the game was released which caused problems for people who already owned the game, but at the same time it was nothing that all the other major publishers weren't already doing.

[ChasterMies]

“Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft ”

Sony is putting games on PC because the market for people who spend $2000 on a gaming PC is different from the market that spends $500 on a gaming console. Also consider that consoles are sold at a loss. Sony probably makes more from selling Sony published gamed to PC owners than selling consoles to PC owners who would only use them play those games.

[shinoff2183]

I dont think consoles are sold at a loss outside of the first couple years.

[InUrFoxHole]

Hold your breath if you think they're gonna stop bringing games to pc

[BehindTheRows]

Selling more? They just had one of the biggest periods for a console EVER (20.8m). That’s not exactly something for them to scoff at. They’d just break more records by selling more, but it’s not a necessity.

Their balance of selling what they’re selling while making plenty of money is how you successfully run a console business.

[neutralgamer1992]

PC gaming is a platform which is compatible with consoles. So many of keep saying the same nonsense for years ago. PC isn’t going anywhere and more and more games will be on PC

[jwillj2k4]

This doesn’t matter Xbox is the best box to use. Engagement is up, we can tell by the number of subscribers to gamepass, even though we gave it away for a dollar and it still isn’t growing due to it being a ponzi green is go.

[babadivad]

Microsoft killed their own brand.

[Sonic1881]

It's definitely looking like that

[MetroidFREAK21]

To those who only game on Xbox (2 of my IRL friends) thoughts and prayers

[Elda]

Not surprising in the slightest. The song will always remain the same.

[Abnor_Mal]

I was an article headline before my Google feed refreshed that stated Sony moving forward will not be looking a console sales anymore, but rather playing time.

[StoneTitan]

Thats not true. It was about gamesales not hardwaresales.

[Abnor_Mal]

Oh okay thanks for the correction

[Futureshark]

Plenty of former, disillusioned Xbox owners buying up PS5 now they know they can play Xbox games plus all the new PS titles on Playstation, whilst Xbox flushes itself down the toilet.

[anast]

The towel has been thrown. This has to be the worst beatdown in gaming history.

[Hofstaderman]

Never mind throwing the towel, they should just slump out of the ring already...its akin to beating a corpse at this point.

[Aloymetal]

Since the moment MS entered the gaming industry, they've been obsessed with dethroning the most successful home gaming console brand in history with their cancerous ways and that was/is their biggest mistake. The thought money was one way to do it not counting the real threat which is the amount of GLOBAL loyal fans the PS brand has and the amount of gamers around the planet that never cared and never will for the green brand its games and services.

[Hofstaderman]

@Aloy pretty much. And the kivker is they had the right formula with the 360 well at least up to about 2010. Then they tried following the wii and right shot themselves in the foot. I firmly believe that from that point the could never right their ship.

[jznrpg]

@Hofstaderman the problem with the 360 model was pay for exclusives and pay more because the developer lost out on Sony sales. That wasn’t a sustainable strategy and that’s why they are here at this point

[CBaoth]

no that was PS2 vs. Gamecube/Xbox era. The slaughter deterred Nintendo from ever releasing another true console and forced MS down the spiral we see now.

[Einhander1972]

If COVID hadn't happed it would be way worse.

And the truth is that xbox is almost certainly still being over tracked.

[Skuletor]

I can see that number rising, after the way Microsoft have been managing themselves recently too.

[DivineHand125]

It's just bad decision after bad decision over there at Xbox. Some small things add up to put them in the position they are in now. Too much focus was placed on the game pass at the expense of the Xbox console. They should have known that the growth of Game Pass is dependent on the success of the Xbox console as that will be where the majority of their subscribers are coming from. It seems they must have laid off their marketing team because I can't remember seeing any type of ad for the Xbox outside of a press conference while I see PlayStation from time to time.

They are struggling to make games that can go head to head with PlayStation and I believe it was done on purpose as a means of cutting costs. The main issue with the game pass model is that it is not sustainable to put AAA games on that service on launch day without 100m subscribers. This is why we are getting games at 30 fps at launch on the game pass. They told us that these games had to be 30 fps because the series X was not capable enough when in reality, they are unfinished games because Redfall had a 60 fps update last year and Starfield is about to get a 60 fps patch on series X.

[ChasterMies]

Microsoft has all but said they are exiting the Xbox hardware business. I can see them selling Xboxes like they sell Surface laptops, quietly. For Microsoft, the real money is in the software, and if they sell games on PS5, Steam Deck, and your smart TV, they make money.

[VariantAEC]

True but seeing how all their games come out totally broken due to rampant mismanagement. I don't see MS making much money on games as a publisher either.

[mastershredder]

Buying studios without a way to sustain them was MS’s stupid, very, VERY stupid strategy to counter Sony’s successful hardware sales. In addendum, MS just destroyed the legacy of several studios all in order to stranglehold the market. They were willing to neglect them and shave them off bin them just so no one else could have them. Like a jealous lover “if I can’t have you no one can!” Wt serious f MS? They deserve every foot they fall from grace (faux azz grace that it was).

[S2Killinit]

MS needs to escape the sphere of PlayStation. Maybe a handheld as rumored would be a good escape plan.

Ps: Then again, that will put them in Ninty’s sphere. Haha

[Barlos]

Maybe they'll just buy them. It's worked out well so far 🤣

[Exthun]

I think that's the reason for the wide margin. Me in the store, well who has the best exclusives and third party support and MS games. Its not Rocket science.

[WelkinCole]

Again why the whole Beth/Acti pruchase is stupid. Xbox last roll of the dice in the console war. The writing was on the wall since last gen but they still refused to face reality. Globally gamers are just not into them.

[BehindTheRows]

That’s what happens when people desire a console vs not.

[hiawa23]

No surprise. MIcrosoft Games(previously called Xbox) need to put their games on as many platforms as possible starting with the PS5, and I mean all on them if they want to continue to be one of the richest companies, publishers, in the world. That would be best for all gamers, devs, and their investors, and maybe the industry.

[franwex]

I think Microsoft stopped competing directly with PlayStation when they released Game Pass. Similar to how Nintendo stopped competing directly after the GameCube. Xbox consoles are essentially another avenue to where people can subscribe to the service. Microsoft as a whole has shifted to services and subscriptions in the last decade (it has been extremely lucrative), so Xbox is simply an afterthought. There’s not even an Xbox division in Microsoft either. There’s an entertainment division where Xbox is part of.

[PS3gamer4life]

Put golden eye on the Playstation

[GamingSinceForever]

Golden Eye deserves a proper remake.

[randomvoice]

And this ladies and gentlemen is why we're hearing more and more about Xbox games going multiplatform. Their own platform has made it impossible to sustain themselves. More than 70% of the game sales came from PlayStation. It is a no-brainer they are doing this.

[Chocoburger]

It didn't have to be this way. Microsoft Xbox could have remained a contender but greed and ignorance took over. While Don Mattrick screwed up royally, Phil Spencer is the one who dug Xbox's grave.

I will always enjoy my Original Xbox and 360, but after that Xbox was dead to me. Its their own fault. I still remember idiots defending Microsoft's 2013 DRMs plans. They never understood how truly wrong they were. And I still won't forgive Microsoft since they haven't done anything to make up for 2013,let alone 2014 - 2024. What a shame.

[Hereandthere]

Every year since 2016 all we get from xbox is a high budget exclusive every qt and nothing happens, so it no wonder PlayStation is crushing xbox, phil and sarah should have been replaced years ago.

[Mulando]

Actually MS communicated this in advance that the production is on hold for a time. This automatically also leads to less shipments. But yes, xbox sales got really slow.

[Jigga69]

I don't understand... Phil said they had a great plan to defeat PlayStation four years ago.