PS5 Narrowly Outsold Xbox Series X|S in October in the UK, Switch Tops Lifetime Xbox One Sales - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 November 2022 / 4,529 Views
The head of GamesIndustry Christopher Dring via Twitter has revealed some details on console sales in the UK for October.
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the UK in October with it narrowly outselling the Xbox Series X|S, which had a "big month." This would mean the Nintendo Switch came in third place in terms of hardware sales.
The Nintendo Switch did reach a new milestone with it outselling the lifetime sales of the Xbox One in the UK. Next up is the PlayStation 3.
"PS5 was the No.1 console very narrowly in the UK last month, despite another big month for Xbox Series X and S," said Dring. "With God of War and a big Call of Duty launch, it should be a good Christmas for new-gen consoles if supply continues like this."
He added, "Meanwhile, Nintendo Switch has surpassed Xbox One in terms of total sales in the UK. Next it has PS3 in its sights."
PS5 was the No.1 console very narrowly in the UK last month, despite another big month for Xbox Series X and S. With God of War and a big Call of Duty launch, it should be a good Christmas for new-gen consoles if supply continues like this
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) November 3, 2022
Meanwhile, Nintendo Switch has surpassed Xbox One in terms of total sales in the UK. Next it has PS3 in its sights
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) November 3, 2022
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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The fact so many people in the UK had an Xbox One is shocking
The 360 won the previous generation in that market, it had a huge legacy customer base to rely on and probably got a lot of early inertia sales
They had a jump ahead.
The 360 was also the number one console in the US... which is kinda shocking when you think about it. The Wii was so dominant. I didn't think anything would be able to beat it.
None of this should be a surprise. If not for covid, they's all be selling much more
Very near is good for PS if it was among the strongest months for Xbox and PS had record months recently and likely didn't had surplus of inventory for current month. But considering Switch is still selling good and Series was almost tied with PS all 3 deserves congratulations.
Nice to see Series catching up PS5 in the UK. Didnt expect that at all since MS dicided to not release any ex game in 2023.
Think it has more to do with supply issues. Still hard to get a PS5. We really wont know what demand is looking like until stock returns to normal which at this point isn't even a guarantee of when anymore.
It woudnt be narrow if covid and parts out of stock problems neva happened
