The UK’s Q1 Console Sales Were Carried by the PS5, GfK Data Shows

Console wars begin!

The battle between Microsoft and Sony for console dominance has been prolonged and protracted, relationship again over 20 years however persevering with into the 2020s with the PS5 and Xbox Sequence X. Sadly for Microsoft, current knowledge exhibits that there’s just one winner.

Particularly, knowledge from world-leading market reseraches Development from Data (GfK) (by way of GamesIndustry.biz) exhibits that, in the UK, gross sales of recreation consoles had been up by 24% within the first quarter of 2023. Over half of these gross sales had been the PS5, that means it accounted for larger than 50% of all recreation console gross sales within the UK from January to March 2023.

The dominance of the PS5 was hindered early in its lifespan because of crippling shortages, that means prospects couldn’t get their arms on the consoles they wished. Naturally worsened by the current world well being disaster, it has taken Sony a while to beat the challenges of provide and inventory PS5s adequately. Now, its dominance is shining by.

Second place goes to the Nintendo Change regardless of a 25% decline in its personal gross sales, whereas the Xbox Sequence S and Sequence X have fallen by 18% within the first quarter of 2023.

When it comes to video games there’s hardly any change, however Hogwarts Legacy accounts for the expansion singlehandedly. The open Wizarding World title was a monumental success regardless of the controversy that surrounded its pre-release.

In February, GfK data revealed that 82% of Hogwarts Legacy’s physical sales were on PS5, with the remaining 18% on Xbox Sequence X|S. This, nevertheless, doesn’t embody any digital downloads made by both console’s on-line storefront, the place Xbox’s digital share tends to be increased than it’s in bodily, due to the Sequence S being a digital-only console.