Since the beginning of the year, the PS5 has been making a name for itself with its sales figures. With the famine finally over, gamers who have been waiting for two years can finally rush to the latest-gen console and its ever-expanding toy library. To the point of affecting the entire video game market.
Indeed, Matt Piscatella of the Circana analytics institute shared an impressive number on Twitter: console and other video game hardware sales have increased 29% since last year, from $687 million to $888 million. However, according to the expert, this growth is largely due to the unprecedented success of the PS5.
PS5 became the best-selling PlayStation in the last quarter
Unsurprisingly, the PS5 was the most popular console in February, both in terms of units and revenue. As a reminder, console sales this month rose +457% year-on-year. Thus, thanks to this very productive month and promising March predictions, PS5 set a new historical record for the series.
According to Tom Henderson’s calculations, this is the best-selling PlayStation in a quarter since the brand’s inception. If the PS5 is still far from the heights the PS4 has reached, and even those of the PS2 aside, due to a particularly rough start, it’s clear it’s now on its way to clinching its throne. And for good reason: there’s never been a better time to buy the console than now.
Source : Insider Game
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