PS5 sales they are still impressive earlier this year. Sony’s console ‘comfortably’ beats Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X consoles | S by February 2023 in Europe, according to GamesIndustry.biz on the latest GSD figures.
Xbox Series console sales have improved but remain in third place
PS5 sales over this period are more than double those of the Nintendo Switch, which is down 28% in Europe and faces a similar decline in the UK. This is based on the latest analysis from GamesIndustry.biz, which also reveals that Microsoft saw a 13% increase in sales compared to its results in February last year. However, the Xbox Series X|S still ranks third in Europe.
Esto sigue has an earlier report that the sales of PS5 in the Reino Unido increased a 316% in February of 2023. Esto is mainly due to the slowness of the sales el año pasado debido a la escasez de consoles PS5 que ya no parece ser a problem. GSD’s sales don’t span the UK and Germany, so it’s good to see those sales figures match up, at least for one of those territories.
Meanwhile, Hogwarts Legacy also had an amazing launch month. Not only did it rank first in the European rankings above FIFA 23 for February 2023, but its release was bigger “than all Call of Duty games released since 2017”.
An industry analyst said in late February that PS5 sales exceeded Microsoft consoles of this console generation by 11.5 million units sold. However, it still trails PS4 sales in terms of the number of consoles sold at this point in their life cycle.