Revealing first-week sales of PS5 and Xbox Series X, opaque points out serious supply problem

Microsoft’s next-generation console “Xbox Series X” was released on November 10, and Sony’s next-generation console “PlayStation 5 (PS5)” was also released on December 12. 11. And what many tech enthusiasts as well as gamers are most concerned about is the number of sales of these devices, in the early days of launch. However, each media unit reports different numbers based on their own sources.

Famitsu reported the number of units sold in Japan in its first week, revealing that the PS5 had sold 118,000 units in four days and the Xbox Series X / S sold 21,000 units in six days.

Bloomberg also cited that first week sales of PS5 and Xbox Series X in Japan were lower than first-week sales of previous consoles (PS4 was 322,083 units and Xbox One was 23,562 units). At the same time, it also shows that brands’ next-generation consoles are in serious supply shortages and that if the situation continues during the holiday season, they will significantly affect business growth. future numbers.

Previously, Sony’s first PS5 production forecast said it would ship at least 10 million PS5 units by the end of this year. However, after that, it was reported that the PS5 production line had a problem, it was expected that the production number would decrease by 4 million units compared to the original plan, but Sony rejected this report. .

Before the sales information of the first week in Japan was 118,000 units, technology site Techspot asked: “Sony said that PS5 will not be lacking, but why is it so difficult to own a game console?”

Currently, Sony has not disclosed the number of PS5 units sold worldwide and it is expected that this number will be revealed at the time of the financial report in the first quarter of 2021, so it is not clear demand for the PS4 globally. . But the tech site also states that the problem “is clearly a shortage of supply, not a small volume of sales, but it is not clear if declining output is the main cause”.

Gamers may have to accept the shortage of product supply until the end of the year.

TechRadar reports that PS5 sales are four times higher than the Xbox Series X, and demand for both consoles is completely higher than supply. In addition, although it seems that the number of Xbox Series X sold in Japan is not too high, but Famitsu’s report also indicated that Xbox Series X “has sold out as much as possible”.

VG247 , a news site in the gaming industry, has also reported sales of the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Accordingly, Nintendo accounts for the majority of console sales in Japan and the Nintendo Swtich is extremely active. popular. But it should be noted that Xbox has never recorded a lot of sales in Japan. Consequently, sales of 21,000 units sold during the first week of the Series X / S in Japan were “not bad”.

“Neither Sony nor Microsoft are able to send large amounts of initial stockpiles to Japan, as both of these next-generation consoles face supply constraints and shortages. In other markets around the world, a noteworthy point is that the number of products sold will change significantly within weeks or months after launch, “said Gaming Bold.