Sony’s PlayStation 5 is the best-selling gaming console in U.S. history in both unit sales and dollars, according to the firm of retail analysts The NPD group. So if you’ve been struggling to get your hands on it since its release last November, climbers he may not be entirely guilty.
This success is particularly notable given Sony’s struggles to meet demand. Between a global shortage of chips this means that supply chains and retailers run out of money almost instantly, in part because of problems with climbers i bots, buying a PS5 has become a nightmare.
As revealed by the executive director of the NPD group, Mat Piscatella Friday, the PS5 sold more units than any other console sold in its first five months in the US Last month, he stated that the PS5 set the record for “the best-selling hardware platform” in U.S. history in terms of total sales in dollars.
Piscatella did not share the exact sales figures, but noted that consumer spending on video games has skyrocketed so far this year. In the first quarter of 2021, Americans spent $ 14.9 billion on gaming hardware, content, and accessories, 30% more than in the first quarter of 2020. The Nintendo Switch is also working very well, topping the graphics as the best-selling console of the two units and sales in March dollars.
While both Sony and its competitor Microsoft have kept up the pressure on specific sales figures for their next-generation consoles, Sony indicated in its quarterly sales report that the PS5 sold 4.5 million units worldwide in 2020 alone. In February, Sony chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki said the company was on track to sell more than 7.6 million PS5 units by the end of March and plans to sell more than 14.8 million PS5 units this time next year.
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