We had May NPD hardware leaks earlier this week, these are the numbers:I'm curious what PS4 shipments for this quarter will look like, since Sony still expect to sell 16 million consoles this year, if I recall correctly. Either sales are holding way better or are even growing in "second tier markets" or they have to be planning some sort of permanent price cut to get there later in the year, I imagine. Death Stranding, Final Fantasy VII Remake and if it hits its rumored February release, TLOU2 will be solid hardware movers but not enough to offset these drops by themselves, not in the consoles 7th year.
Xbox: 86k
PS4: 137k
NSW: 216k
Compared to last May:
PS4 221k
NSW 166k
XB1 144k
Terrible month for XB1, yikes. That's also PS4's worst ever month. However PS4 does have an excuse as it sits at full price and is making big profits at this point, while XB1 is doing horribly while pushing big discounts constantly. Pretty mad how much XB1 has fallen this last year.
Meanwhile Switch is still flying, its the second best YTD May total for this gen (behind PS4 last year only).
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