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[Mibu no ookami]

Mibu no ookami Sony is going to hit their 25M target, no doubt whatsoever

Yeah, I really don't think so.

Mr.Phoenix

 

[Elysium44]

Folks are saving that when we get hosed in january with energy price increases.

I found out the new energy prices today, not much of a rise. I bet a lot of people who most need that cost of living payment will piss it up the wall and then be back with their hand out moaning about the mean Tories.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Yeah, I really don't think so.

Mr.Phoenix

Meany.....

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

PS5 up by 217% YoY. Xbox just "matched" last year despite heavy discounts.

Yeah…remember when the narrative was that Xbox always sells a lot during Black Friday?

PS5 BF week wasn't even particularly strong in the UK although massively up yoy because they had massive sales the week before and the week after there was the official launch of the Slim.

In summary: the full November data will be crazy for PS5.

Edit with estimates:
For BF week:
PS5 83K
XB S/X 56K

Full month:
PS5 250k
XB S/X 100-120k

The UK is the second strongest market for Xbox vs PlayStation and yet it’s selling less than half? I can’t even imagine that WW gap tbh. It’s going to be a disaster.

And PS5 is going to have lots of releases for the next few months:

Today: DLC for FFXVI
4 days from now: Free DLC for God of War
January: TLOU2 Remastered
February: Helldivers 2 and FFVII Rebirth
March: Rise of the Ronin

Still to come in 2024: MLB The Show, Death Stranding 2, Silent Hill 2, PS5 Pro during the fall.

And this is without a huge effort from PS studios first party.

Next year the bloodbath will continue.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Xbox exactly 0% flat? We've already heard that one before Dring.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Meany.....

If I was wrong here, I wouldn't be mad about it, but nothing that I've seen would suggest that they're going to hit 25 million.

In the US you could tell that the old spider-man bundled SKU has/had stayed in stock for entirely too long. If they were outpacing the numbers they needed to make up the difference here, these should have sold out much faster.

I also don't think Spider-Man itself is selling enough units to really drive the numbers Sony is going to need in order to hit 25 million.

Then you have a really weak January/February compared to 2022. They can't compete with that in 2024, not just with FF7 Rebirth.

They've been way more aggressive with the pricing than I had anticipated, but I would still be very surprised if they hit their number.

 

[DenchDeckard]

With the percentages this is what i have for BF week

Black Friday UK 2022

Switch : 61.000 units
Xbox Series: 58.000 units
PS5: 26.000 units

Total: 145.000 units

Black Friday UK 2023

PS5: 82.500 units (+217%)
Xbox Series: 58.000 units (flat)
Switch: 54.000 units (-11%)

Total: 194.500 units (+34%)

Awesome numbers all around! GG to the big 3

 

[Bernoulli]

PS5 = +217%
XBS = 0%

So PS5 tripled its sales... and Xbox, despite the discounts, only managed to stay the same as last year.

And he is in damage control mode

PlayStation may grab the headlines, but it was still a strong week for Xbox Series S and X

 

[Imtjnotu]

Gets stomped out in the revolutionary war.


Celebrates an American shopping holiday

 

[kruis]

And PS5 is going to have lots of releases for the next few months:

Today: DLC for FFXVI
4 days from now: Free DLC for God of War
January: TLOU2 Remastered
February: Helldivers 2 and FFVII Rebirth
March: Rise of the Ronin

Still to come in 2024: MLB The Show, Death Stranding 2, Silent Hill 2, PS5 Pro during the fall.

And this is without a huge effort from PS studios first party.
Next year the bloodbath will continue.

I've been pissed off at Sony for not announcing any new games from their 1st party studios this year. I'm now wondering if this could have anything to do with the release of the PS5 Pro in Q3 '24. It would make sense to launch the PS5 Pro with games that make use of the extra graphical power. I really hope so because Sony's own 1st party output has been underwhelming recently.

 

[Fake]

Physical games for life.

 

[Mownoc]

I've been pissed off at Sony for not announcing any new games from their 1st party studios this year.

Helldivers 2, Concord, Fairgame$ and Marathon were all announced this year. Now if you meant no single player 1st party games then yes.

 

[kruis]

Helldivers 2, Concord, Fairgame$ and Marathon were all announced this year. Now if you meant no single player 1st party games then yes.

I couldn't care less about GAAS/multiplayer games. I only play third person single player games.

 

[Ronin_7]

As the article says, the PS5 was heavily supply limited last year.

In fact, last BF week, the console share was

Switch - 42% of all consoles sold
Xbox Series - 40% of all consoles sold
PS5 - 18%

Source

The growth % this year is impressive…but that’s from a low start point.

PlayStation 5 black friday lasted 2 weeks, so week before BF was also massive.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

If I was wrong here, I wouldn't be mad about it, but nothing that I've seen would suggest that they're going to hit 25 million.

In the US you could tell that the old spider-man bundled SKU has/had stayed in stock for entirely too long. If they were outpacing the numbers they needed to make up the difference here, these should have sold out much faster.

I also don't think Spider-Man itself is selling enough units to really drive the numbers Sony is going to need in order to hit 25 million.

Then you have a really weak January/February compared to 2022. They can't compete with that in 2024, not just with FF7 Rebirth.

They've been way more aggressive with the pricing than I had anticipated, but I would still be very surprised if they hit their number.

Maybe Spiderman has remained in stock because there is a shit ton of stock available. For the sole intention of hitting those targets.

A man can dream huh?

Can you remember what the data we have thus far says they have shipped for the FY quarters on record?

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Maybe Spiderman has remained in stock because there is a shit ton of stock available. For the sole intention of hitting those targets.

A man can dream huh?

Can you remember what the data we have thus far says they have shipped for the FY quarters on record?

Even with a shit ton of stock, the bundle should have sold out. You could see where it was on the Amazon best sellers and while it was high, it wasn't as high as it needed to be.

I recall the thread, but I don't remember the numbers off hand. It should be in the sony quarterly thread.

 

[GHG]

Nice!

This is my favourite piece of news in the whole report.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Here's the tale of Chris Dring in a nutshell...

I'm sure Chris is fully aware of what people think of him now, but that isn't going to change anything.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Good thing for gaming.

Everyone eating good!

 

[Unknown?]

I've been pissed off at Sony for not announcing any new games from their 1st party studios this year. I'm now wondering if this could have anything to do with the release of the PS5 Pro in Q3 '24. It would make sense to launch the PS5 Pro with games that make use of the extra graphical power. I really hope so because Sony's own 1st party output has been underwhelming recently.

Who cares if its first or second party?

 

[mckmas8808]

If I was wrong here, I wouldn't be mad about it, but nothing that I've seen would suggest that they're going to hit 25 million.

In the US you could tell that the old spider-man bundled SKU has/had stayed in stock for entirely too long. If they were outpacing the numbers they needed to make up the difference here, these should have sold out much faster.

I also don't think Spider-Man itself is selling enough units to really drive the numbers Sony is going to need in order to hit 25 million.

Then you have a really weak January/February compared to 2022. They can't compete with that in 2024, not just with FF7 Rebirth.

They've been way more aggressive with the pricing than I had anticipated, but I would still be very surprised if they hit their number.

The price of the PS5 plus Final Fantasy 7 rebirth should outpace Q1 2022

 

[NEbeast]

I guess Adams apple is going to avoid this thread.

 

[jroc74]

Who cares if its first or second party?

And to think some ppl like to show the amazing PS2 lineup in arguments about launch lineups.....and yet now 2nd party, 3rd party exclusives dont count.

For reasons.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The price of the PS5 plus Final Fantasy 7 rebirth should outpace Q1 2022

I seriously doubt that. The fanbase who will buy FF7 who didn't buy FF16 AND didn't get integrade ps5 is going to be pretty small at least relative to hogwarts legacy.

 

[TransTrender]

Didn’t Xbox win BF this year? Or did i miss something?

I remember posting in that thread, but I was super drunk, then next day seeing it was from 2022?

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Surprisingly good result for Xbox. Considering that last year there was a shortage of PS consoles, the fact that the Xbox sold the same amount as the last year, despite PS being available proves once again my suspicion that if Xbox cost less than 499$ and 299$, people would buy it more. When Xbox has the same price as Playstation, consumers prefer buying Playstation.

 

[mckmas8808]

I seriously doubt that. The fanbase who will buy FF7 who didn't buy FF16 AND didn't get integrade ps5 is going to be pretty small at least relative to hogwarts legacy.

Ugh. Hogwarts was big. Forgot about that.

 

[Astray]

You know things are bad when people are celebrating having no growth in monthly sales volume because it means there's no drop.

This almost assuredly means that Xbox hardware will end up with an overall % drop in annual UK sales.

 

[xiskza]

Install base lads: Xbox will win UK Black Friday week

They are so damn cringy over there