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Fire Emblem Engage y PS5 fueron lo más vendido en España en la tercera semana del año

El nuevo juego exclusivo de Switch debutó en el número 1 con más de 11.000 unidades vendidas. PS5 comienza llegar a las tiendas de España y vendió casi 9000 unidades.

vandal.elespanol.com

Spain | Week 3, 2023 | Retail | Vandal

1. Fire Emblem Engage (Switch): 11.650 / New
2. The Last of Us Parte I (PS5): 6.750 /
3. FIFA 23 (Switch): 2.650 /
4. Pokémon Escarlata y Púrpura (Switch): ¿? / 358.500
5. Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch): ¿? / 191.000
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
7. FIFA 23 (PS4):
8. Uncharted: Colección Legado de los Ladrones (PS5): 1.400 /
9. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch):
10. NBA 2K23 (PS4): 950 /

Hardware:

PS5: 8.900 (8.800 Disco | 100 Digital) / 14.950 YTD
Switch: 4.250 (2.550 OLED) / 37.500 YTD
XBS: 550 (400 S | 150 X) / 3.000 YTD

 

[Fess]

What’s an Xbox?

 

[Ronin_7]

What’s an Xbox?

Xbox had a good gen in Portugal & Spain with 360 & the brand was stronger.

But yeah it collapsed.

 

[DenchDeckard]

150 series x....wowza

 

[X-Wing]

8900 vs 550. What a bloodbath.

 

[lh032]

XBS: 550 (400 S | 150 X) / 3.000 YTD

The buyers were Microsoft employees in Spain.

 

[Sw0pDiller]

Xbox had a good gen in Portugal & Spain with 360

Take a look at what the 360 brought: games! And lot of em. That's what's been missing with the one and now, (like they do not learn) with the series. Going on for 7 years now... They are working on a turnaround by just buying everything.

 

[Fess]

Xbox had a good gen in Portugal & Spain with 360 & the brand was stronger.

But yeah it collapsed.

Tbh I’m not surprised, I mained XSX for consoles at first but probably spent 10x more time on PS5 last year. Gamepass is great but I enjoy AAA games and MS simply dropped the ball, they don’t deserve any success right now, they need to earn it back by releasing some big budget AAA games.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

You'd think that Xbox Series S + cheap Game Pass trick would be a hit in a poor country like Spain. 400 units sold in a week is embarrassing.

 

[Poltz]

These Xbox numbers worldwide have been utterly pathetic tbh.

 

[Fess]

Maybe the low sales numbers are fabricated to help paint the picture that they’re far behind Sony and it’s no problem if they buy Activision Blizzard?

 

[Heisenberg007]

You'd think that Xbox Series S + cheap Game Pass trick would be a hit in a poor country like Spain. 400 units sold in a week is embarrassing.

People overestimated the impact of this strategy.

It was masked during the first couple of years because of PS5 supply shortage and Xbox's early adopters (the 30-40 million people who are brand loyalists and always buy Xbox).

Now, the situation has changed, and data like this will become more and more common as we move forward in this gen.

 

[pasterpl]

What’s an Xbox?

You should ask
¿Qué es una Xbox?

/s

 

[LiquidMetal14]

HIJO DE SU CONCHA MADRID XBOX SALES

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

The split between the Series and PS5 is almost as bad as that in Japan between the two.

 

[Arioco]

HIJO DE SU CONCHA MADRID XBOX SALES

Nobody would ever say "hijo de su concha" in Spain. LOL Try again when they post sales in Argentina.

 

[Ronin_7]

You'd think that Xbox Series S + cheap Game Pass trick would be a hit in a poor country like Spain. 400 units sold in a week is embarrassing.

Spain isn't a poor country.

Spain & Portugal are price sensitive If you're giving people 2 options like Xiaomi vs Oppo per example.

But if you're putting iPhone vs Oppo or PlayStation vs Xbox, 99% would choose iPhone & Playstation Even if they need a few more time to save €€.

The other 1% probably would Walk Way without none unless they really need it.

Brand strength is the most important metric.

 

[Ronin_7]

The split between the Series and PS5 is almost as bad as that in Japan between the two.

No it isn't.

Xbox is irrelevant in Asia, it isn't irrelevant in Spain... It's just weak.

Many Japan Sales also go to China so by seeing Japanese sales we can see how irrelevant the brand is in ASIA.

 

[Tchu-Espresso]

TLOU roaring back.

 

[jm89]

This is before the big stock drop aswell, which happened this week. Could see 20k+ for ps5.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Nobody would ever say "hijo de su concha" in Spain. LOL Try again when they post sales in Argentina.

LA PUTA MADRID QUE TE PARIO

 

[Fake]

1. PS5: 8.900 (8.800 Disco | 100 Digital) / 14.950 YTD

8,8k vs 100? LOL.

Physical media still rules.

 

[aries_71]

LA PUTA MADRID QUE TE PARIO

That’s better.

 

[Hobbygaming]

You'd think that Xbox Series S + cheap Game Pass trick would be a hit in a poor country like Spain. 400 units sold in a week is embarrassing.

Often times people will find a way. I was poor growing up but we still managed to get most of the latest video game consoles

 

[Hobbygaming]

Next week's PR: Spain is one of our fastest growing markets

 

[Pelta88]

PS5: 8.900 (8.800 Disco | 100 Digital) / 14.950 YTD
Switch: 4.250 (2.550 OLED) / 37.500 YTD
XBS: 550 (400 S | 150 X) / 3.000 YTD

 

[mckmas8808]

People overestimated the impact of this strategy.

It was masked during the first couple of years because of PS5 supply shortage and Xbox's early adopters (the 30-40 million people who are brand loyalists and always buy Xbox).

Now, the situation has changed, and data like this will become more and more common as we move forward in this gen.

People in the gaming media have been paid so well to say the phrase "MS Gamepass, the best deal in gaming" so much that they all started to believe it'll be the next BIG thing for the industry. They seemed to have forgotten that Nintendo and Sony have been market leaders in this space for 30+ years. Those two actually know what they are doing.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

Microsoft’s market cap is larger than spains GDP… hear net out. Drop activison, acquire Spain.

 

[AlexxKidd]

Maybe the low sales numbers are fabricated to help paint the picture that they’re far behind Sony and it’s no problem if they buy Activision Blizzard?

They must be playing the long game, cause this has been a 10+ year con.

 

[Heisenberg007]

They must be playing the long game, cause this has been a 10+ year con.

 

[mckmas8808]

This is before the big stock drop aswell, which happened this week. Could see 20k+ for ps5.

How do you know a big stock drop happened in Spain this week that was bigger than last week?

 

[jm89]

How do you know a big stock drop happened in Spain this week that was bigger than last week?

So all over europe alot of retailers like mediamarket where taking preorders this past week. Ps direct and amazon also started taking orders which has been rare for mainland europe. It all coincides with sonys live from ps5 marketing campaign this past week.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

No it isn't.

Xbox is irrelevant in Asia, it isn't irrelevant in Spain... It's just weak.

Many Japan Sales also go to China so by seeing Japanese sales we can see how irrelevant the brand is in ASIA.

Well when the split is like 16:1 then we can just call that 'dead' then. Haven't checked but Japan the split is what, 25:1.

 

[xiskza]

Next week's PR: Spain is one of our fastest growing markets

To be fair this is the first week that PS5 has been properly stocked in Spain. Its been piss poor this generation.

 

[Radical_3d]

Xbox had a good gen in Portugal & Spain with 360 & the brand was stronger.

But yeah it collapsed.

One of the reasons I have a XSX is to play those sweet 360 games.