Important takeaways
- PS5 sales tripled those of Nintendo Switch, which still outpaced Xbox.
- Microsoft is struggling as Xbox sales pale in comparison to the competition.
- Sony dominates Black Friday with PS5 outselling rivals; advises on new moves in the gaming industry.
While Black Friday deals are still ongoing and rolling over to Cyber Monday, November has officially come to a close, prompting analysts to begin their estimates of the latest month's sales data.
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Just two days into the new month, an analyst has shared his findings, noting that the PS5 significantly outsold its competitors in November, with the Nintendo Switch, eight years into its life cycle, outselling the Xbox's console offerings.
The PS5 sold three times as many consoles as the Nintendo Switch, which in turn outsold the Xbox
On the Install Base forums, analyst Welfare shared his findings, specifically focused on Amazon sales in the month of November.
They suggest that the PS5, helped by the launch of the PlayStation 5 Pro, sold about 153,000 units last month, up about 25 percent from November 2023's estimate of 122,000 units. Welfare suggests that Sony sold somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 PS5 Pro consoles on Amazon, with around 90,000 PS5 Slims making up the bulk of sales.
With Switch 2 news seemingly imminent, sales of Nintendo's eight-year-old console dropped significantly from 143,000 in November 2023 to 56,000 this year. But despite a sharp decline, the Nintendo Switch still managed to outsell the Xbox, which Welfare estimates sold around 32,000 units by November 2024.
Despite a sharp decline, the Nintendo Switch still managed to outsell the Xbox.
It's likely to be troubling but entirely unsurprising news for Microsoft, with Xbox struggling against its competition in recent years. Despite a wildly successful Call of Duty launch this year, aided by Xbox Game Pass subscriptions, the company has faced hundreds of layoffs in its gaming divisions over the past two years. However, Microsoft defiantly confirmed that it won't be exiting the console game anytime soon.
Nintendo, on the other hand, will likely be pleased with the sales. Given that 2024 has been a particularly quiet year with no major tentpole releases, it's a blessing to continue selling so many units. However, whether the console will beat Sony's revised 160 million PS2 sales to become the best-selling console of all time remains to be seen.
Sony, whose latest console sales outpace the PS4, is the biggest Black Friday winner, selling almost three times as many consoles as its nearest competitor. Like Nintendo, the console had limited first-party releases this year, making its year-over-year growth doubly impressive. The company also appears to be making big moves, with plans to buy Elden Ring's parent company, Kadokawa, and rumors that it's making a new handheld console for the first time since 2011's PlayStation Vita.
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