4 years after its launch, US gross sales of Xbox Collection X/S are trailing behind these of its predecessor, Xbox One, on the identical level within the consoles’ life time. Gross sales of PlayStation 5, nonetheless, at the moment are firmly outpacing PlayStation 4.
That is in response to gross sales knowledge from advertising and marketing analysis and know-how firm Circana (previously The NPD Group) in its newest month-to-month report. Circana govt director and video games trade analyst Mat Piscatella summarised the corporate’s discovering – protecting US video games and {hardware} spending as much as December 2024 – in a prolonged put up on Bluesky (thanks VGC).
Commenting on among the stories highlights, Piscatella wrote, “By way of every console’s first 50 months within the US market (life so far ending Dec 2024 for each Xbox Collection X/S and PS5), PS5 lifetime unit gross sales are 7 % forward of PS4’s tempo, whereas Xbox Collection X/S trails Xbox One by 18 %.” By comparability, Piscatella famous, “By way of 38 months within the US (by way of Dec 2023), PS5 led PS4 by 6 % whereas Xbox Collection X/S trailed Xbox One by 13 %.”
Circana’s 2024 end-of-year report charts what Piscatella referred to as a “tough” 12 months for gaming {hardware}, with client spending falling 29 % in comparison with final 12 months. On a extra granular stage, spending on PS5 {hardware} fell by 18 % (though it remained the best-selling platform in December) whereas Collection X/S and Change declined by 38 %. This drop, nonetheless, was “anticipated” in response to Piscatella, given Change’s substantial time in the marketplace, and PS5 and Collection X/S each being “previous their promoting peaks”.
Whereas particular {hardware} gross sales figures weren’t disclosed, Sony final 12 months revealed, amid declining year-on-year gross sales, 61m PS5s have been shifted since its launch in November 2020. Microsoft doesn’t share gross sales figures for Xbox Collection X/S, but it surely additionally beforehand confirmed declining {hardware} gross sales because it more and more pushes Xbox as a {hardware} agnostic model.
Piscatella’s full abstract of Circana’s newest report on US video games and {hardware} traits may be discovered on Bluesky and makes for an attention-grabbing learn.
