The Switch selling over 300k the month before it gets replaced is pretty great. Starting next month it's the start of the Switch 2 show so the YoY comparisons are gonna get really brutal for it but it'll still be beating the Xbox Series for a while since that platform is truly on death's door now. After being nearly flat in April and in general holding up decently well compared to 2024 the big price increase has killed any hope of 2025 and 2026 not being that much lower than that year. It's gonna get even worse starting June since some people will have panic bought one in May before the price increase fully took effect so YoY declines of over 50% starting to happen would not be surprising when it's already at 40% before the full impact.
For the PS5 it basically had a repeat of last month which is a little surprising since I thought it'd be closer to being flat YoY due to enough people buying one in response to the Xbox price increase but June should be great for it due to the discounts and in general with little reason to buy an Xbox over a PS5 going forward that console is a really nice position over the next 1.5 years as long as it doesn't get its own significant price increase.
Also the next year will be very compelling sales wise with the Switch 2's first 12 months, how big of a boost GTA 6 will give in its first few weeks assuming no more delays and seeing if the Switch 1 will have enough left in the tank to able to make it to the PS2 in the coming years so overall a great time for nerds like me.
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