The latest gaming sales data has been released for May 2024, and with it comes the most recent numbers regarding overall current-generation console sales. Both the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and Xbox Series X|S were released the same week back in 2020, but both have had different sales journeys.
According to Circana, the PS5 is outselling the PS4 by 8% through its first 43 months. On the other side of things, however, the Xbox Series consoles are behind the Xbox One in sales during the same timespan by 13%. They also sit behind the Xbox 360 during that same period.
Though percentages were given, the Circana data didn’t give specifically unit totals for the PS5 and Xbox Series. That said, VGChartz says that, as of June 1, the PS5 has sold 58.78 million units while the Xbox Series has sold 28.74 million.
For the month of May 2024, specifically, the PS5 led the way in hardware sales in both units sold and dollars. The Xbox Series came in 3rd in total units behind the Switch but 2nd in dollars. As a whole, however, year-on-year sales numbers have declined by a “double-digit percentage”.
The Nintendo Switch had the “most significant” fall year-on-year. Overall, sales are 30% lower year-to-date than in 2023.
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