October 2025 VGChartz Estimates Thread - Worldwide Estimates Out Now

[Sephiran]

Manlytears said:

In my opinion, Playstation is possibly undertracked and the real numbers are absolutely unpredictable.

Sony's latest sales report was a big surprise. Somehow PS5 increased sales and, if I'm not mistaken, managed to sell more than Switch 2 after the launch boom.

Are Asian markets starting to emerge? PS4 users finally upgrading? Xbox users switching sides?? There's an unpredictable element in the current PS5 numbers.

The PS5 has a big advantage, they can do massive price promotions due to everyone buying games digitally there and subscribing to the expensive PS+. Nintendo on the other hand is stuck with expensive cartridges and most people buy their games at retail, leading to low profit. As well as they get very little subscription money so they can't recoup price promotions as easy as Sony can.