PS5 Ships 41.7 Million Units as of June 2023

[Qwark]

RolStoppable said:

Qwark said:

Switch has won the first quarter, wonder who will win the third.

This shouldn't even be a question when full fiscal year's forecasts are 15m by Nintendo and 25m by Sony.

3.3m for the first quarter is a weak result when you are aiming for 25m. It confirms what I had suspected, that Sony's temporary price cuts in July and onwards were a necessity due to a presumably slower than expected (by Sony themselves) April to June period. The launch of a new SKU in combination with a permanent price cut for the PS5 this fall is already a given. Whether that cut will be $50 or $100 is up in the air, but if Sony wants to meet that 25m target, they'll have to make the most expensive PS5 SKU $450/€450 at the most.

I can still see Switch overshooting it's target whilst PS5 remains lacking behind it's target, troughout the whole year. As of now Switch could still win.