SvennoJ said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
Just saw some Forbes article saying Xbox just had their worst month ever and PlayStation had its lowest in 26 years. Good. |
Meanwhile
Switch 2 is the second fastest-selling console in US history, as PlayStation records its worst May in decades - and Xbox its worst May ever https://www.eurogamer.net/us-hardware-sales-may-2026-ps5-xbox-switch
Let's start with the good news: Switch 2 has become the second fastest-selling console in US history, after just 12 months on sale. It shifted a whopping 5.9m units, placing it only behind Nintendo's own Game Boy Advance - which sold 6.5m units in the 12 months after it arrived, 25 years ago.
Being the newest and cheapest console definitely helps when the others only keep raising their prices. GTA 6 not releasing on Switch 2 is a mistake.
PlayStation 5 sales were down 58 percent year-on-year "driven by recent price increases", and fell to their lowest May total since 2000. Meanwhile, Xbox sales fell only 12 percent, which doesn't sound bad, but the (undisclosed) number of sales was "the lowest ever recorded for a May month [for Xbox hardware]", which certainly does.
Circana's report also said the average price paid for a new unit of video game hardware rose to $502 USD in May 2026, whereas it was $440 last year. PS5 pricing specifically rose 33 percent to $672, and Xbox Series X/S pricing climbed 22 percent to $524.
The question is whether Grand Theft Auto 6 has the pulling power to reivigorate the console market when it arrives 19th November.
Doubt it, with the new XBox price, Steam machine price and already higher PS5 prices. |
Switch 2 still didn't get the price increase it already announced it will.
It did in Japan, sales tanked hard there for now since it.
