PlayStation 5 Sales Beat Other Consoles in UK
Despite shortages, PlayStation 5 is selling great and exceeding the results achieved by other consoles.
We recently informed that PlayStation 5 is selling very well. The latest figures from the UK show that despite problems with availability, the console is breaking new records.
As reported by Christopher Dring from gamesindustry.biz, in the UK PlayStation 5 has already achieved a better result than Wii U, Dreamcast and PlayStation Vita. Some commentators have pointed out that comparing PS5 to three poorly selling consoles doesn't reflect well on Sony. However, the reality is quite different - these consoles have been around for many years, while the PS5 has only been around for less than five months.
We don't know the exact numbers involved, but the PlayStation Vita was bought by around 700,000 people in the UK. That means Sony's new console has probably already found around a million buyers on the isles, and that's despite major availability issues.
Recent reports suggest that in the UK , both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S topped Nintendo Switch sales in March. This shows that people are very interested in buying the new consoles, and the dramatically bad situation in the GPU market is probably driving their sales even more. Interestingly, a year ago Nintendo absolutely crushed the competition by selling up to 1.5 million units of the Switch within twelve months, while Sony consoles went to about 900 thousand buyers, and Microsoft to about 600 thousand.
