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Last edited by tak13 - on 13 June 2026

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The report drops tomorrow. Should be out at 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm UK. 



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news, as well as posting random gaming content. Follow me on Bluesky.

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Bloodbath for ps5 i suspect



 

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OP updated with the results 



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news, as well as posting random gaming content. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

My PS5 prediction was inflated but my Switch 2, Xbox and Switch 1 prediction was right on the money! I'm satisfied with that result.



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trunkswd said:

OP updated with the results 

I watched a AGN video with the X post collecting the stuff said by mat about May data.
One of the points was "Xbox Hardware sales were the lowest ever recorded for a may month"

Is that true for our data points too?
Like if you go back throughout the history of xbox hardware, and look at all may months.... is this one the lowest ever recorded?
(ie. no xbox,xbox360,xboxOne, may months while still sold on the market... were ever lower?)

Also The same is true for PS5.... Lowest May hardware total since 2000? Is that true too?

Last edited by JRPGfan - on 26 June 2026

JRPGfan said:
trunkswd said:

OP updated with the results 

I watched a AGN video with the X post collecting the stuff said by mat about May data.
One of the points was "Xbox Hardware sales were the lowest ever recorded for a may month"

Is that true for our data points too?
Like if you go back throughout the history of xbox hardware, and look at all may months.... is this one the lowest ever recorded?

August says:  Hold my beer, May! 

My first prediction was that Series S was gonna save them as we got closer to GTA but that road is getting cut off...



JRPGfan said:
trunkswd said:

OP updated with the results 

I watched a AGN video with the X post collecting the stuff said by mat about May data.
One of the points was "Xbox Hardware sales were the lowest ever recorded for a may month"

Is that true for our data points too?
Like if you go back throughout the history of xbox hardware, and look at all may months.... is this one the lowest ever recorded?

We don't have OG Xbox numbers, but other than that yes, Xbox Series X|S sales are the lowest May for Xbox hardware. Mat specifically says Xbox, which means he is talking all Xbox hardware sales in May combined. Ie. X360+XOne combined in a single month. 



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news, as well as posting random gaming content. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

trunkswd said:
JRPGfan said:

I watched a AGN video with the X post collecting the stuff said by mat about May data.
One of the points was "Xbox Hardware sales were the lowest ever recorded for a may month"

Is that true for our data points too?
Like if you go back throughout the history of xbox hardware, and look at all may months.... is this one the lowest ever recorded?

We don't have OG Xbox numbers, but other than that yes, Xbox Series X|S sales are the lowest May for Xbox hardware. Mat specifically says Xbox, which means he is talking all Xbox hardware sales in May combined. Ie. X360+XOne combined in a single month. 

Raising prices of consoles this late into the gen, is a mistake. 
GTA is going to have to hard carry these consoles.



"PlayStation hardware units fell to the lowest for the month of May since May 2000" bro WHAT?!?!? Worst month for PlayStation since the end of the PS1's life cycle????? Xbox results are expected, but seeing how quickly PlayStation sales have plummeted is a much more dire sign of how bad things are gonna get. Rather, already getting.



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