For the first half of 2024, sales of PS5 are down 16 per cent year-over-year. While this may sound like cause for concern, it’s worth noting it’s comfortably the region’s best-selling console , and it’s competing with a particularly fruitful period. In the early months of 2023, Sony widely promoted the platform’s availability, after years of stock shortages.
With that crucial context, some degree of decline was to be expected. It should be noted that, in comparison, the ageing Nintendo Switch slipped 32 per cent year-over-year, while the Xbox Series X|S – which is having a particularly tough time on the continent – declined an eye-watering 37 per cent. Despite the slip in hardware sales, software continues to perform reasonably – despite a comparatively weaker selection of new releases.
Only two titles actually released in 2024 managed to make the top ten for the first six months of year: Helldivers 2 and The Last of Us 2 Remastered . However, it should be noted that Palworld – a game which almost certainly would have charted otherwise – is inexplicably excluded from these results. Here’s the full line-up of best-sellers in Europe for the year thus far: What do you make of the console market at the moment? Is the industry crying out for GTA 6 and the new Nintendo Switch? And is PS5’s position comfortable or concerning? Let us know in the comments section below.
Needs GTA 6 to move casuals along with sports games to not go on last gen. Also needs a pric.