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Imagine if Sony and MS could replenish their stock too? The Series family would've likely been 2nd and PS5 would've sold even more units.
Not sure 'market leader' is the right term for a console that has only just come out vs a system that has sold a bucket load over the last 4 years+.
Yeah although PS4's first full year was pretty huge (1.26M) and I think PS5 is still tracking a bit behind PS4 in the UK. Switch last year was around 1.5M and I really don't see PS5 getting there. Of course as you say its all about supply, I don't think there'll be enough though. I'm expecting PS5 to get a bit over a million for the full year.
It's funny because I remember some posters saying how the switch was still the market leader because it outsold the ps5, using it being old (in comparison) as reasoning for how well it's doing.
Market leader can be argued in two ways, console sales and revenue.
Sold consoles are important from a business perspective but ultimately don't determine how successful a console is these days considering the PS4 in 2018 made more money than the entire PS2 generation which had around 50 million more consoles sold by the end of its run.
Revenue makes sense these days since it determines how much of the gaming audiences money it is getting and in that case, Sony have been the market leader since the end of the PS3 gen (iirc).
I am kinda doubtful that there will be enough supply for that. Currently Sony forecasts simply higher sales for PS5 this FY globally launch aligned than for PS4 (so over 14.8 million) without specific number which kinda tells us that they simply don't know how many they can manufacture with the current chip shortages. but we shall see.
Depends on is it tracking behind PS4 in terms of 2014 vs 2021. Technically so far 2021 for PS5 could be higher than 2014 for PS4 and still overall it could be tracking behind PS4 because launch holiday was higher for PS4.
Not that I give a fuck about who the "market leader" is, but isn't the Switch selling at a faster pace than PS4 launch-aligned?
Surprised at the serious S/X numbers, S is easy to get in the UK. Available now on Amazon UK if anyone is looking for one.
Thank you.
This term gets dissected and flip flops more ways then a fish.
If thats the case....how come no one mentions the PS4 anymore....
This whole market leader thing is wild even for ERA.
I think it's more to do with the time frame he's referring to. Also, the UK has notoriously been Sony territory, right?
Well no shit sherlock considering demand for new consoles are bigger than for old ones.
Exactly. Now maybe that stupid discussion can disappear.
OT: PS5 continuing to do its thing! Really makes me wonder what things would like with sufficient supply!
That's what I was going to say. I mean I know it's the lesser console but with the availability i thought more people would of gone for it. Just because of the price and the fact it's in stock. Think that console will die an early death to be fair. Once more series x consoles become available on a regular basis not many people will want a series s.
It's too bad we can't really draw any conclusions about the demand of these things from this :( COVID supply constraints out here ruining The Discourse.
It's honestly probably easier to list regions or countries that aren't Sony territory than to list ones that aren't. PlayStation as a brand is just insanely loved in a lot of places in the world compared to other options, even with the awful ps3 launch it was selling worldwide so it's no surprise the ps4 and ps5 also both sold like crazy. The demand is there for ps5s and if Sony can get the supply flowing more they can probably break the record they expected to break for consoles sold in a year.
Also UK was/is xbox's 2nd biggest market I believe, the 360 did very well in the UK, but that doesn't change that the general public actually like the PlayStation brand and always have done.
Also happy to see the switch doing so well still, I've always wanted a console experience on handhelds but no handheld could perfectly pull it off, switch isn't perfect either for that but it's the closest we've gotten from consoles.
I wonder if Microsoft regret the Series S.
You can't find Series X anywhere but Series S my local store has 12 in stock and sold none in the last two weeks. The company as a whole has over 100 consoles readily available.
Those resources could have been used to make more Series X.
You can't find Series X anywhere but Series S my local store has 12 in stock and sold none in the last two weeks. The company as a whole has over 100 consoles readily available.
Those resources could have been used to make more Series X.
Not guaranteed that xbox would have been 2nd with equal stock - the regular (and more desirable) switch was regularly out of stock in the UK throughout the pandemic up till at least march this year. Not sure when the situation got better (checked today it's now back in good supply).
The problem is that people do know a series x exists and when I went and did the trade in deal to get my series s I was talking to the store workers about the consoles sales for the store and they said they've had a lot of series s stock and people had been wanting the series x. They also said that with the trade in deal they did get a lot of series s consoles into customers hands but it isn't like the series x or ps5 where the moment they put a tweet out that their store has stock of either the stock is gone in less than an hour. I honestly love my series s but a lot of people made an assumption that the general public would rather focus on price than the power of it compared to the series x and I don't think that was the way it'll happen, at least not for a good while. Early adopters for sure know what they want and the fact that we just had a generation where plenty of people knew about the one x and ps4 pro I very much doubt they don't understand the series s/x difference.
I mean are PlayStation sales just going to fucking explode once PS5s are able to actually be acquired? No way they can keep us this much demand.
