Chris Dring: PS5 sales in the UK during November was down 29% pre-black friday year on year. Nintendo consoles up 41% year-on-year.

[Otter]

IcaroRibeiro said:

Otter said:

Didn't PS5 Pro launch early November last year? That would of definitely offset what otherwise would of been a natural declining point for the system. 

PS5 Pro launched November 7th, however PS5 Pro was only 26% of total PS5 sales during November last year

Yes, but Pro probably accounts for upwards of 50% of PS5 sales prior to Black Friday with majority of that happening on launch week. 

For context in Japan PS5 Pro sold 78,086 during its launch week (compared to the regular selling 10k), but then sold only 13k the week after (compared to regular selling 11k). Essentially the system launching would have front loaded a lot of sales compared to a normal November and made the early month abnormally strong. 

50% is even an extreme lowball

Last edited by Otter - on 19 December 2025