PS5 Ships 17.3 Million Units as of December 2021, PS4 Ships 116.8 Million

[Qwark]

Agente42 said:

Qwark said:

Holidays and launches don't matter much if you can't produce enough units to sell them. The PS5 wouldn't have sold better or worse if it didn't launch in the holidays. Same for Switch, the first year of a successful console is usually selling out and selling what you can produce. Sony however can't produce this gen, so it will not compete with the PS4 and Switch aligned for quite a while.

Holliday sales, in western countries, count 50% of sales in retail. If you talking about Japan, I agree. But all western countries holiday period and last quarter counts for 50% sales in retail. 

Not for the PS5 it barely sold more units this holiday. Sony can't produce more than 300k a week, whether it's January or December. So for the PS5 it really doesn't matter until late 2023 when they might be able to produce more than their is demand outside the holidays. But for now the PS5 won't really get any boost during the holidays.