PS5 ends 2023 with brutal sales pace and has more advantage over Xbox

Sony announced in the last few hours that the PS5 has sold over 50 million units since its launch in November 2020.. A figure that is undoubtedly shocking and promises to continue to grow at a rapid pace.

According to the company, this achievement was achieved on December 9 and is supported by the launch of several important games this year. In particular, cases Spider-Man 2, EA Sport FC 24, Alan Wake 2 And Baldur’s Gate 3.

What really stands out, however, is the pace at which Sony managed to sell 50 million PS5s. It was almost identical to what was achieved with PS4when the availability of the current generation console was hit hard during the pandemic due to very high demand and semiconductor shortages.

Let’s not forget that the PS5 stock issues only started to resolve between late 2022 and early 2023. Therefore, the fact that the device has reached 50 million units sold in almost the same period of time as its predecessor is formidable.

Recall that the first market to receive PlayStation 4 It was in North America where it debuted on November 15, 2013. According to Sony, on December 6, 2016, the console had sold more than 50 million units worldwide. That is, for the period 159.4 weeks or 1117 days.

When PS5, debuted on November 12, 2020 in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. If we count down to December 9th of this year, when Sony claims it has surpassed 50 million units sold, we are talking about 160.2 weeks or 1122 days. A brutal performance, especially considering that the PlayStation 5 has been virtually impossible to get your hands on throughout 2021 and most of 2022.

PS5 has already sold over 50 million units worldwide.

To take a deeper look at how well the PS5’s business performance performed in 2023, we can take some additional data. In early January, when Jim Ryan announced at CES that getting a console would no longer be torture, he pointed out that more than 30 million units worldwide.

This in itself was touted as a good sign, given that PlayStation 5 sales were around 25 million worldwide in November 2022. Meanwhile, in late April, Sony reported that it had surpassed sales forecasts for the final quarter of its fiscal year. 2022, from January 1 to March 31, 2023. This allowed them to reach 38.4 million units sold.

Meanwhile, at the end of July, it was reported that the PS5 had sold 40 million units worldwide. And with the arrival of 50 million it is clear that The pace of marketing accelerated between August and early December..

Sony appears to be on track to achieve its two main goals by the end of its 2023 fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2024. On the one hand, the PS5 has sold 63.4 million since launch. On the other hand, complete shipment of 25 million units of the console within 12 months. If it manages to achieve the latter, it will break the record set by the original PlayStation in fiscal 1998: 22.6 million units sold.

Another interesting fact is that PS5 sales will dramatically increase the gap with Xbox Series X|S sales. In accordance with Financial Times, For every three next-generation PlayStations, only one Microsoft console will be sold.. In any case, this is unofficial, since Redmond has not provided official sales data for its devices since 2014.