Console hardware sales are in a really bad place right now

[winb83]

Two major players down almost 50% and 70% year over year. Seems like people are over buying these things and with the prices going up it will only get worse.

 

[Fatboi1]

I mean it's the summer so it's slow right now. I'd say later in the year and with GTA 6 next year it's kind of premature to say this long term speaking.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Two major players down almost 50% and 70% year over year. Seems like people are over buying these things and with the prices going up it will only get worse.

Last year they got a huge boost with college football.

It’s not gonna have the same effect two years in a row. Last years sales were just uncharacteristically high for July

EA Sports College Football 25 tackles July 2024 in the US — and it's already the best-selling game of the year, per Circana

EA Sports College Football 25 debuts as the best-selling game of the year in the U.S.

www.windowscentral.com

That's the extremely truncated version of what Circana executive director and advisor Mat Piscatella shared on Wednesday, revealing that EA Sports College Football 25 was the best-selling game of June 2024 in the U.S. This college football revival was also the best-selling game of the year in the U.S so far, despite only being available on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 consoles. Elden Ring, the best-selling game of June 2024 in the U.S, held strong at third place for July.

EA's College Football 25 only being available on the latest consoles means said consoles also saw a sales boost, with Piscatella noting that growth in PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S sales offset a decline in Nintendo Switch hardware. PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console of the month in units and dollar sales, with Xbox Series X|S second in both respects, and this was the best-ever July for Xbox Series X|S sales. Overall, the gaming industry saw $4.8 billion in revenue for the month in the U.S, a 10% increase year-over-year.

 

[el_oh_el]

Burst all the bubbles. The rebuild will be glorious

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Last year they got a huge boost with college football.

It’s not gonna have the same effect two years in a row. Last years sales were just uncharacteristically high for July

EA Sports College Football 25 tackles July 2024 in the US — and it's already the best-selling game of the year, per Circana

EA Sports College Football 25 debuts as the best-selling game of the year in the U.S.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

These are the estimated hardware numbers btw:

July 2025
NS2 : ~480k
PS5 : 200k~210k
NSW : ~80k
X|S : ~75k or under

July 2024 (estimate)
PS5 : ~370k
X|S : ~260k
NSW : ~160k

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

cac tweets

 

[Neuromancer]

How does this help me?

 

[mvp_status]

XSX, PS5, and Switch 1 been out for like 5+ years, how many consoles do they realistically expect to sell at this point

 

[Umoja]

XSX, PS5, and Switch 1 been out for like 5+ years, how many consoles do they realistically expect to sell at this point

Yeah, what's worse is that the price hasn't dropped.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Burst all the bubbles. The rebuild will be glorious

What does this mean tangibly for consumers?

 

[Hood Critic]

All of this ignores the fact that we're in an inflationary period, have cascading tariff affects and a slower economy in general is going to kill the spending and outlook of anything considered to be a leisure expense. Console hardware won't be the only thing in a bad place, the actual game sales will be too.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

All of this ignores the fact that we're in an inflationary period, have cascading tariff affects and a slower economy in general is going to kill the spending and outlook of anything considered to be a leisure expense. Console hardware won't be the only thing in a bad place, the actual game sales will be too.

Hey...hey pal. That's where you're wrong. Cuz all the while all these people are struggling to buy these 500+ dollar consoles, what they're really going to do is start buying in droves are these 1000 dollar graphic cards and 2000+ dollar PCs.....buddy!

 

[Hersh]

valve bout to come in and take a chunk of share too

 

[Luke Cage]

should have had all these consoles availible when everything was in a shortage. People were paying third parties 2K for a console.
Now they can't sell them for $500