VGChartz Sales Comparison Charts May 2024 Discussion Thread

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Oneeee-Chan!!! said:

On a serpentine note, according to Daniel Ahmad, 4.5 million PS5s were sold between January and March, which equates to 1.5 million units per month.
But in April, when the Stellar Blade was sold, according to VGC, the number suddenly dropped to 825,000 units.

This also seems odd.

January and March were both 5 week months, so 2 months in Q1 had that extra week, while April was 4 weeks. Also that 4.5 million figure is shipped and not sell-through if you look at Sony's website (https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/). 

Sales almost always drop in Q2 compared to Q1. We had all consoles drop in April compared to all the months in Q1. In Japan the PS5 dropped from 139K in March to 92K in April. NPD had all consoles dropping a minimum of 26% year-on-year in April, so there was an upper limit we could have sales for the PS5 in the US, which is by far the biggest gaming market.

At least in the US, Stellar Blade wasn't a massive hit as NPD said it was the worst selling number one ranked game in the month of April since April 2012 when Prototype 2 was number one.

Stellar Blade debuted in 9th place in Europe and 12th place in the UK.

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/461129/ps5-best-selling-console-in-the-us-in-april-stellar-blade-best-selling-game/

The Europe report for April from GamesIndustry stated "it was a tough month with console sales down 47% over the same period the year before. All three major platforms are down substantially."

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pc-and-console-game-sales-fall-in-europe-over-april-as-major-releases-dry-up-european-monthly-charts

The UK report for April also reported similarly bad sales. "Sales of video game consoles continue to struggle in the UK, with hardware sales down 39% over April to 71,000 units sold (GfK panel data). All three major platforms continue to post declines, with overall console sales down nearly 30% year-to-date. So far this year, Xbox Series console sales are down just under 25%, PS5 sales are down just over 25%, and Switch sales are down 38%."

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/fallout-4-rules-the-roost-in-april-uk-monthly-charts

Last edited by trunkswd - on 17 June 2024