Game News PS5 beats PS2! A new record for Sony’s latest console
Published on 03/30/2023 at 4:30 p.m
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After almost two and a half years of marketing, finding a PS5 seems less and less difficult, even if the Sony console is still not very visible in stores. This didn’t stop it from beating a historic record from the PS2!
It seems hard to believe, but it’s almost two and a half years since the PlayStation 5 came out… and it’s normal to be surprised as we’ve pretty much never seen it on the market. Released amid a pandemic that didn’t help the immense excitement of gamers wanting to get their hands on the PlayStation 4 heiress, the PS5 had become a “rare” and unobtainable product. to the point of becoming half a popular internet meme, some(s) doubt the existence of this console. Still, and it may seem unlikely, the PS5 is selling well, if not very well. If we tell you about it, it’s simply because of that Sony’s latest console just broke a historic record for the manufacturer, held by the legendary PlayStation 2. Known as the best-selling console of all time…
Summary
- PlayStation and home consoles, a story that works
- The historic record of the PS2 is beaten by the PS5
- A performance that says a lot about the trend
PlayStation and home consoles, a story that works
It’s no secret that since the very first PlayStation was launched in late 1994 in Japan and then in 1995 in the rest of the world Sony shaped the home console market and was an ultra-dominant player for four generations. rivaled only by an Xbox 360, which made life difficult for the PlayStation 3 in the seventh generation of the machine. After that, the PS4 successfully contributed to this prancing line of consoles at the top of the market: It was therefore logical to hope that the PS5 would do the same, despite having a lot in common with the equally unlikely and serious competition of the Nintendo Switch. which certainly doesn’t play in the same place from a technological point of view, but has beaten the PS4’s pawn in total sales… and in almost 3 ½ years less operation.
The historic record of the PS2 is beaten by the PS5
Despite the increasingly frequent arrival of its “in-house” licenses on the PC, Sony’s exclusivity obviously helps cement its leading position in the home console market. Therefore, even the presence of Microsoft and the appeal of its Xbox series, fueled by the omnipotence of its Game Pass, doesn’t seem in any way to call into question gamers’ interest in the latest addition to the PlayStation galaxy. In fact, according to VGC, PS5 sales in February 2023 are the best in PlayStation history in 18 years in the United States during this period. Breaking a record the PS2 held that seemed impossible to match, even the PS4 couldn’t.
A performance that says a lot about the trend
In total, Never has a PlayStation console sold so many sales in the United States in one month of February in almost thirty years. An incredible achievement, but one that should be put into perspective as it is not an isolated phenomenon. The gaming console market just did insanely well in February 2023, particularly driven by the PS5… which no doubt also benefited from the favorable guesswork. In short, a real virtuous circle. What would be asked if Sony could not use this to increase the price of its console on American territory, where it is currently still marketed at $ 500, unlike in Europe where the price is now €50 higher than when it was launched. In any case, in the area that the manufacturer seems to focus on the most, the PS5 seems to be doing really well! Sony had announced in January that the PS5 would finally come out of the shortage, and even hoped to eventually beat the PS4 sales numbers. The future will show…
Growth in PlayStation 5 hardware spending propelled hardware market gains in February. PS5 was the top-selling hardware platform in units and dollars for both February 2023 and the 2023 YTD period. Year-to-date HW spending is now 29% higher than the same period in 2022.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) March 29, 2023
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