Comment on Console market craters as Xbox sales crash 33% to the lowest since launch 25 years ago, PS5 sales drop 25%

• Tango@piefed.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “Sold” as in the past tense of “sell”.

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  • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It is estimated that Playstation sold 13 million consoles in 2026.

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    • Tango@piefed.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And yet Valve’s revenue was twice that of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s. Steam can run on a generic PC; Steam Deck and GabeCube are merely gravy. Storefronts are where the money’s made. Hell, haven’t PS5s been selling at a loss until recently?

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      • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I am all for the little guy. I looked up all the stats because if what you said. PS roughly 10 million estimated by end of year, Xbox roughly 2 million by end of year. Gabecube maybe around 60k per month with a total in 2026 of around 400k units sold. That will be roughly half of Xbox sales if they performed similarly the entire year.

        Impressive start, but the PS blows them out of the water.

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• CriticalThought@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I will be curious how PS5 does moving forward and how well any PS6 does. Seems like Sony is in the FA stage and might be transitioning to FO.

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  • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    PS5 pro prices are through the roof so it will likely keep sales muted plus everyone is ready for the new console by now. With prices the way they are the next console generation could be three years away. That is an extremely long cycle and will further hurt their sales.

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