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[XXL]

Since we got new information for LTD sales data I decide to do so math and extract the recent sales ratio.

As of June 2024 the PS5 is at 61.3M consoles and Xbox is at 28.3M consoles.

Here is the thread with this info.

WSJ - PS5 shipped 61.7M and Xbox Series 28.3M WW, as of the end of june 2024, PC Sales Falling

Yep Exclusives matter. In fact nothing else matters. Just look at Nintendo they Even can deliver a most outdated hardware ans sell it like pancakes( at proffit) just because thier exclusives. So that makes the recent acquisitions even more puzzling. Wouldn’t you want to ensure those titles...

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More Context

PS5 sold 32M as of Feb 2023

PS5 Sales Climb To 32M, Which Is Millions Behind Where PS4 Was Over Same Period Of Time

Sony sold 7.1 million PS5 consoles in the past three months.

www.gamespot.com

Xbox had sold 21M as of June 2023

Microsoft Reveals Xbox Series X/S Sales Numbers

Following almost a decade of not reporting on Xbox sales, Microsoft casually reveals the sales numbers of its last two console generations.

gamerant.com

In the last 18 (or so) months the PS5 has sold around 30M units.

In the last 13 (or so) months the Series X/S has sold around 7.3M units.

So PS5 is outselling Xbox Series Consoles at a rate of about 4 to 1 the last 15 months or so.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Big accomplishment for Sony.

 

[snapdragon]

The XBONE and Series X/S are just straight-up bad consoles with little or underwhelming exclusive games

would be insane if Microsoft went out with one of the most dogshit consoles ever

 

[Same ol G]

Pro is still too expensive...

 

[K' Dash]

where are the games?

 

[XXL]

This explains why the Xbox ship in sinking so fast and why they're changing directions every 5 mins.

 

[clarky]

Big accomplishment for Sony.

More that the competition is completely shite.

 

[clarky]

The XBONE and Series X/S are just straight-up bad consoles with little or underwhelming exclusive games

would be insane if Microsoft went out with one of the most dogshit consoles ever

Untrue. The Series X is a fine console, just there is no compelling reason to own one.

 

[Hrk69]

The XBONE and Series X/S are just straight-up bad consoles with little or underwhelming exclusive games

Why do you think the Series X is straight-up bad?

I'm genuinely curious

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Untrue. The Series X is a fine console, just there is no compelling reason to own one.

Why do you think the Series X is straight-up bad?

I'm genuinely curious

Neo account looking to poke people

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[XXL]

Pro is still too expensive...

Honestly the PS5 Pro could end up outselling the Series X.

For the sake of argument, If we say half of the sales of the Xbox sales are Series X, that would ultimately put Series X at about 20M, if they can manage to sell 35-40M consoles (40M is hard to believe at this point).

I can easily see the PS5 Pro selling 17.5-20M units by the end of it life time.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Why do you think the Series X is straight-up bad?

I'm genuinely curious

Because only the most popular/successful things are good. Everything else is objectively bad.

 

[Kacho]

Xbox ain’t got no games

343i was given a decade to bury Halo

Gears got turned into a Saturday morning cartoon

 

[Hrk69]

Because only the most popular/successful things are good. Everything else is objectively bad.

 

[clarky]

Honestly the PS5 Pro could end up outselling the Series X.

For the sake of argument, If we say half of the sales of the Xbox sales are Series X, that would ultimately put Series X at about 20M, if they can manage to sell 35-40M consoles (40M is hard to believe at this point).

I can easily see the PS5 Pro selling 17.5-20M units by the end of it life time.

The Pro isn't selling 20million at that price point.

 

[GymWolf]

 

[violence]

The XBONE and Series X/S are just straight-up bad consoles with little or underwhelming exclusive games

would be insane if Microsoft went out with one of the most dogshit consoles ever

I wouldn’t say they’re bad. They’re just unnecessary if you have a PC. I’d probably choose Xbox if I didn’t have a PC. The backwards compatibility is better and the quick resume is pretty great.

 

[clarky]

I wouldn’t say they’re bad. They’re just unnecessary if you have a PC. I’d probably choose Xbox if I didn’t have a PC. The backwards compatibility is better and the quick resume is pretty great.

Hopefully the rumoured next xbox brings those features to PC.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Pro is still too expensive...

Imagine the scalper prices!

 

[lughnasadh123]

I'd love to read the story of how the mindset going into this gen was to the mindset of how it's ending as it couldn't be any more different. No idea how launching a traditional home console makes any sense going forward yet by all accounts they have something cooking.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

More that the competition is completely shite.

I was hoping people would sense my sarcasm.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I'd love to read the story of how the mindset going into this gen was to the mindset of how it's ending as it couldn't be any more different. No idea how launching a traditional home console makes any sense going forward yet by all accounts they have something cooking.

But it wont be traditional

 

[XXL]

The Pro isn't selling 20million at that price point.

I said by the end of it lifetime and I think 17-20M is realistic, in say 3-4 years. It's going to sell a few million right away and it'll most likely have some sort of bundle involving GTA VI at some point.

 

[Kacho]

I wouldn’t say they’re bad. They’re just unnecessary if you have a PC. I’d probably choose Xbox if I didn’t have a PC. The backwards compatibility is better and the quick resume is pretty great.

I really like the Series X hardware. Good features, compact, runs cool & quiet, I can play Ubisoft games without the Uplay launcher. But yeah, a little redundant if you play on PC. Especially when you see how some AAA games look/perform on console. Woof.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[Pop]

Cause no Halo

"If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox," says Spencer

 

[kaizenkko]

Honestly the PS5 Pro could end up outselling the Series X.

For the sake of argument, If we say half of the sales of the Xbox sales are Series X, that would ultimately put Series X at about 20M, if they can manage to sell 35-40M consoles (40M is hard to believe at this point).

I can easily see the PS5 Pro selling 17.5-20M units by the end of it life time.

Xbox is really weak as hardware these days, but calm down, I doubt Pro will sell 20+ millions at $700+.

 

[clarky]

I said by the end of it lifetime and I think 17-20M is realistic, in say 3-4 years. It's going to sell a few million right away and it'll most likely have some sort of bundle involving GTA VI at some point.

No way it outsells the PS4pro. You crazy.

Also Sony don't seem so keen on discounts these days.

 

[MarkMe2525]

I said by the end of it lifetime and I think 17-20M is realistic, in say 3-4 years. It's going to sell a few million right away and it'll most likely have some sort of bundle involving GTA VI at some point.

You said 17-20M easily. That has a different connotation than "this is realistic". Hence, the different understanding of what you say you really meant.

Edit: "easily see PS5 Pro selling 17-20M" is more accurate

 

[Moriarty1889]

Absolutely pitiful numbers for Xbox.

 

[XXL]

Xbox is really weak as hardware these days, but calm down, I doubt Pro will sell 20+ millions at $700+.

I think 20M would be max with price cuts and things like that down the road.

I think it can do 15M+

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

I think more troubling than what rate the PS5 is outselling the XS consoles, it's at what rate their sales are slowing down.

At this rate they may not break 2M console sales in the whole of next year.

It's doing end of life numbers. And I don't just mean end of life numbers. I mean numbers a console puts up when it's successor is on the market.

 

[BlackTron]

The Pro isn't selling 20million at that price point.

It might by the end of its run though. If they never budge on price/bundles/the whole package, nah.

 

[havoc00]

 

[XXL]

You said 17-20M easily. That has a different connotation than "this is realistic". Hence, the different understanding of what you say you really meant.

That's fair. I shouldn't have said easily.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[jm89]

Live footage of
adamsapple
Little Chicken

 

[clarky]

It might by the end of its run though. If they never budge on price/bundles/the whole package, nah.

That would put it at more than the PS4pro though i believe. It has no chance of selling 20 million unless its a ten year generation.

 

[Kacho]

We eatin' good Xbrehs

 

[Little Chicken]

Series X/S are just straight-up bad consoles

No they aren't. Series X is a great console, not sure how anyone could seriously suggest otherwise.

Sony are only now catching up to the Series X's feature set with the Pro.

 

[havoc00]

 

[adamsapple]

We eatin' good Xbrehs

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

The Pro isn't selling 20million at that price point.

Keep telling yourself that Dorothy.

 

[Edmund]

Imagine getting your shit pushed in so hard even after all the astroturfing, paid shills, controlling the media and buying ABK + Zenimax.

Fucking embarrassing.

 

[XXL]

I think more troubling than what rate the PS5 is outselling the XS consoles, it's at what rate their sales are slowing down.

At this rate they may not break 2M console sales in the whole of next year.

It's doing end of life numbers. And I don't just mean end of life numbers. I mean numbers a console puts up when it's successor is on the market.

 

[MisterXDTV]

It's doing end of life numbers. And I don't just mean end of life numbers. I mean numbers a console puts up when it's successor is on the market.

Now people will tell you they will early-start next-gen!

Like that would accomplish anything

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Kvally]

where are the games?

Patience. Wolverine will be out in 2026.