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Forums - Sales Discussion - Global Hardware August 1-7 - PS5 Sales Remain Ahead of Xbox Series X|S as Gap Shrinks

Switch will definitely hit 90M by the end of August.

It also seems like PS5 is gaining momentum.

EDIT: Sorry I miss read that regarding the PS5. Nevermind then.

Last edited by 123tbones - on 18 August 2021

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Thats a big drop for the ps5 over last week.



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Looks like xbox series x will outsell ps5 in August npd



Switch up 12k over last week, PS5 drops 50k, and Xbox Series outsells PS5 in America.

Eventful week, considering the time of year and no big releases.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 18 August 2021

trunkswd said:
curl-6 said:

Switch up 12k over last week, PS5 drops 50k, and Xbox Series outsells PS5 in America.

Eventful week, considering the time of year and no big releases.

PS5 stock issues for the week is the reason for the big drop in sales for the week. 

I figured that, stock is still the primary factor in both PS5 and Xbox Series sales, and even Switch to a lesser extent is affected by the chip shortage.



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123tbones said:

Switch will definitely hit 90M by the end of August.

It also seems like PS5 is gaining momentum.

EDIT: Sorry I miss read that regarding the PS5. Nevermind then.

There is no momentum to be had on ps5 or xbox, due to lack of stock, we will not have any idea of what the real sales could be at least until next year. For all we know the ps5 could be selling 2 million consoles per week right now.



princevenom said:

Looks like xbox series x will outsell ps5 in August npd

It means absolutely nothing, both consoles are out of stock so we will never know the real possible sales.



Xbox Series outsold the PS5 in America this week, but in the rest of the world Sony is way stronger.

Once games like Halo Infinite and Bethesda titles arrive, we will probably see Xbox Series gaining more ground.



Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

Xbox Series outsold the PS5 in America this week, but in the rest of the world Sony is way stronger.

Once games like Halo Infinite and Bethesda titles arrive, we will probably see Xbox Series gaining more ground.

The same can be said for PS5 as well though once Sony's heavy hitters release. 



yo33331 said:

Just to clarify, Switch sales have been further adjusted down for the last couple of week, so last numbers you remember are not anymore the same, they are lower.

Even with the adjustments, the Switch sales still improved over the week before (+8,861).