The latest data emerged from English video game market are definitely worrying, as underlined by Gamesindustry journalist Christopher Dring, who highlighted the continuation collapse in the sale of consolesnone excluded.
“The console market continues to have a horrible year.” Dring began without mincing words. “Sales of gaming machines are down 30% in the UK this year. Xbox Series consoles are down just under 25%, sales of PS5 were down just over 25%, and Nintendo Switch sales were down 38%.”
Naturally the fact that least worries and amazes is that of Nintendo Switch, despite being the most marked. The reason is very simple: it is natural for a console to sell less when it is about to reach the end of its commercial cycle. Nintendo Switch has managed to survive at the top of the charts longer than most other consoles, considering that it was launched in 2016, and we are all currently awaiting the presentation of Nintendo Switch 2, which should take place within this fiscal year .
PS5 and Xbox Series are more worrying
What causes more concern are the data from PS5 e Xbox Serieswith the former evidently slowing down more than necessary and the latter literally dragging themselves onto the market, with the effect of making an already less than rosy situation even more unstable.
Someone commented on Dring’s post underlining how the PS5 had sold 200% more than the previous year the previous year, with the end of the stock problems suffered by Sony. Dring, however, brought him back down to earth, reminding him that he is currently selling less than PS4considering a comparable period of time.
Others have given other reasons, recalling the PS4 discounts and the presence of PS4 Pro in the previous generation. Seeing himself surrounded by fans of multinationals, Dring commented philosophically by stating: “There are always reasons why something drops, but they don’t take away the fact that the drop exists.” In short, we can read certain data as we want, but we cannot deny them, even if we would like to do so.
After all, the last few days have taught us that multinationals they really pay little attention to certain considerations that circulate online and look more at the money, bringing down the ax without having too many scruples when they deem it necessary.
#Console #market #peak #United #Kingdom #practically #badly
