[Gamerant] Study confirms PS5 most in demand Christmas gift this year

Serieously? The ps4 sold 116+m consoles.
It would be the most demanding out of the three consoles.

This shouldnt be a suprise.

This holiday almost feels like a soft relaunch because they weren't available the last two christmas seasons to most people.

Also, im sure it pays to show games at the biggest gaming event of the year lol
 
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To all trying to get a PS5 for Christmas:

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Serieously? The ps4 sold 116+m consoles.
It would be the most demanding out of the three consoles.

This shouldnt be a suprise.
The study isn't about consoles only...that would be obvious.

I seriously can't imagine where this console could be at overall sales if Covid and all production issues never happened.
 
The study isn't about consoles only...that would be obvious.

I seriously can't imagine where this console could be at overall sales if Covid and all production issues never happened.

Sonys biggest competitor this gen has been getting enough chips/stock in stores. They would have probably sold twice the amount of consoles otherwise

Sony like this
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Need JImbos face on this
 
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The study isn't about consoles only...that would be obvious.

I seriously can't imagine where this console could be at overall sales if Covid and all production issues never happened.
I said it pre-launch and I maintain it, if they had produced 30 million units during the first FY they would've sold every single one of them without breaking a sweat.

Next FY they're rumored to be aiming for 30 million units, so it'll be interesting to see how things go there.
 
Got mine off Verzion website of all places, Best Buy's has them for instore pick up if lucky (usually few days after order). Stock much better. Many god of wars under the Xmas tree this year. Now if I could get a god of war controller….
 
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... Rakuten used Google Trends to research which items are the most searched for in each state in the US during the Christmas period...
That's not a study, that's literally just Google.

In any case, I'd be surprised if it wasn't the case: PS5 has been a hot ticket item since day one, and with GOW:R landing, I'd expect that demand to only increase.
 
Got mine off Verzion website of all places, Best Buy's has them for instore pick up if lucky (usually few days after order). Stock much better. Many god of wars under the Xmas tree this year. Now if I could get a god of war controller….

You def snoozed and looozed on that one they were in stock for weeks
 
I saw two unassuming women argue and then throw punches over the last copy of PS5 Miles Morales in GAME (UK Gamestop) until someone explained to them that it can be downloaded. That was in August this year.

You can't purchase that type of mindshare...
 
Interesting how "claims" becomes "confirms" when looking through the Sony glasses.
The "study" is based on Google Trends for the US. But the results are pretty much in line with what was last November NPD results. Also is based on individual states, so diferent states got diferent results.

When all US states combined the result came out as PS5 as the most searched product for x-mas, Switch the 2nd most searched, and iPad the 3rd most searched.
 
The "study" is based on Google Trends for the US. But the results are pretty much in line with what was last November NPD results. Also is based on individual states, so diferent states got diferent results.

When all US states combined the result came out as PS5 as the most searched product for x-mas, Switch the 2nd most searched, and iPad the 3rd most searched.
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Of course! Stu wants this.


Funny how this video is still relevant 2 years later. Things are better now, but in some countries u still need to writte a letter to Mister Holly Jolly two faced sunuvabich in hopes to get a PS5.
 
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That console was definitely a blunder.

Sony not launching a Series S equivalent was a blunder. Imagine where they would be had they produced twice the number of consoles they already have.

Sony has the mindshare. Casuals are buying PS by default. A PS5 lite version would also sell out.
 
Sony not launching a Series S equivalent was a blunder. Imagine where they would be had they produced twice the number of consoles they already have.

Sony has the mindshare. Casuals are buying PS by default. A PS5 lite version would also sell out.
But we don't want that. No one does. We want ps5's. We don't care about sales either. We just want ps5's. You can play your lite stuttery fuzzy picture console.
 
Sony not launching a Series S equivalent was a blunder. Imagine where they would be had they produced twice the number of consoles they already have.

Sony has the mindshare. Casuals are buying PS by default. A PS5 lite version would also sell out.
The opposite, in fact.

When people are buying a $500 console (PS5 #1) over a $250 console (Series S #3), why would the $500 console need a $250 variant, only to create further complications for game developers for the entirety of the generation and decrease their own hardware revenue?
 
Sony not launching a Series S equivalent was a blunder. Imagine where they would be had they produced twice the number of consoles they already have.

Sony has the mindshare. Casuals are buying PS by default. A PS5 lite version would also sell out.
When looking at actual sales, how can you say this?

If Sony not launching a Series S type console was a mistake, Series consoles would be out selling PS5's.

They genius move was the console with no disc drive and the exact same specs. MS shoulda made a Series X DE.
 
Sony not launching a Series S equivalent was a blunder. Imagine where they would be had they produced twice the number of consoles they already have.

Sony has the mindshare. Casuals are buying PS by default. A PS5 lite version would also sell out.

Not really since production would be split between the PS5 and PS5 S. Not to mention we are talking about 2 different hardware designs as well.

What Sony did was design a console that they can easily mass produce and only need one production line. Numbers prove that it definitely wasn't a mistake for them.

Plus the PS5 design has other benefits as well. Such as Sonys ability to redesign it easily.

Nothing wrong with what Sony did with the PS5 and I definitely wouldn't call it a blunder given the numbers.
 
Not really since production would be split between the PS5 and PS5 S. Not to mention we are talking about 2 different hardware designs as well.

What Sony did was design a console that they can easily mass produce and only need one production line. Numbers prove that it definitely wasn't a mistake for them.

Plus the PS5 design has other benefits as well. Such as Sonys ability to redesign it easily.

Nothing wrong with what Sony did with the PS5 and I definitely wouldn't call it a blunder given the numbers.
Based on your criteria it's an indisputable fact that Sony absolutely made a blunder by not making the PS5 look like an eraser.

The PS4 looked like an eraser, and had a higher sell through rate at this point last gen.
 
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