March 2026 VGChartz Estimates Thread

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trunkswd said:

curl-6 said:

You can see in the weekly breakdown that PS5 got a significant bump towards the end of the month with the announcement of the imminent price hike, as a lot of folks ran out to grab one while it was still at the old price.

That should carry over to early April, followed by a drop as the new price came in.

Yeah, the first 2 weeks of April shouldn't be too bad as at least in the US most retailers took a week or 2 into the month before increasing the price. May data will be the true tell as to how much of an impact the price increase will have.

Definitely going to be interesting to see; Xbox nuking itself means the PS5 has little direct competition for those who want the dedicated home console experience, but at the same time $650 for the base system is pretty egregious, especially when so many people are already living paycheck to paycheck.