PS4 and Xbox One January 2020 Sales in the US Considerably Lower Than PS3 and Xbox 360 in January 2013 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 April 2020 / 6,038 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in the US in January 2020, outselling the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to NPD. Video game industry analyst at The NPD Group Mat Piscatella via Twitter revealed the combined sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One after 75 months on the market are six percent higher than the combined sales of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 after the same amount of time.
Now senior analyst at Niko Partners Daniel Ahmad via Twitter revealed sales for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the US in January 2020 were "considerably lower" than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were in January 2013. Sales for the Switch "remain steady."
Ahmad said there were multiple factors of the much lower sales in the PS4 and Xbox One. He said the price point for the two consoles have not changed for many years is one of the reasons.
The early announcements of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X with support for backwards compatibility is another reason, as well as a shift to HD gaming on multiple devices. One last reason he said was the delay of several AAA titles planned for a release in 2020.
An interesting takeaway from the US NPD report is that PS4 and XB1 hardware sales in Jan 2020 are considerably lower than PS3 and 360 were in Jan 2013.
Next gen consoles are around the corner but both are declining sharper than expected.
Switch continues to remain steady. https://t.co/tBfiJVvJRd
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 14, 2020
It's a combination of multiple factors.
PS4 and XB1 have both held at current price points for a number of years.
Impact of early announcements for PS5/XSX with BC.
Shift to HD gaming across multiple devices.
Delays in key titles planned for 2020.
etc...
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) February 14, 2020
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Holiday price cuts pull all of the sales into November and December.
Wonder if Switch has an impact because Wii certainly didn’t
Didn't. PS4 managed its best year when Switch released and also had a great year the next year. The difference is really that last gen had late peak due to PS3 high release price and X360 even had second peak due to Kinect, both things aren't present this gen.
No RROD on the Xbox side= less sales
Better competition from Nintendo, a more competent PC landscape, higher MSRP and lack of exclusives in the last year all lead to this. Is anyone even remotely surprised? It's obvious that both Sony and MS prioritized a lower, but better spending install base for the long run.
Have one word to show it easily "Kinect", and two words to develop on that "late peak".
MSRP for PS4 is $299 (slim model) and $399 (PS4 pro). A few retailers are having a temporary promotion of SOME SKUs at $249/349.
The PS4 released in 2013 at $399.
So yeah, that’s basically the main reason why there is a decrease in ps4 sales and also the fact that PS5 is releasing this year.
The Switches late arrival is also probably having some notable impact. There's no way its not stealing some potential late adopters from PS4/Xbox One. By this time in 2013 the wii was dead and the wii U DOA. This generation of consoles still has one price cut left in them so I'm sure PS4/Xbox One will keep gen to gen increase by 5-10%.
The PS4 MSRP is $299/399 in its 7th year but yeah the switch is stealing sales from PS4/Xbone.
Being up 6% one generation to the next isn't much. The 8th gen was weirdly frontloaded, as this January comparison shows. It's quite possible that the 6% figure might shrink even further or even flip in the 7th gen's favor by the time the PS4 and XBO are discontinued. It'll be close, closer than we ever expected given their 2013 launch numbers and early year's sales. As many have pointed out though, this is mostly from XBox slowing down, not the entire industry.
You are wrong, gen 7th had a very late peak and even second peak due to kinect and PS3 high release price. Gen 8th had a very regular sales curve.
The thing is Sony and MS wont be super aggressive with their old console for November and December which means this low january wont be saved by the holiday price cuts. I dont see the PS4 doing over 10 millions this year for that reason.
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