PS5 vs PS4 Sales Comparison in Europe - May 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 July 2024 / 10,389 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned Europe sales of the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
The PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, while the PlayStation 4 launched in November 2013. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.
PS5 Vs. PS4 Europe:
Gap change in latest month: 193,935 - PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 120,298 - PS4
Total Lead: 5,181,871 - PS4
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 19,337,718
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 24,519,589
May 2024 is the 43rd month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 4 when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 5 by 193,935 units.
In the last 12 months, the PS4 has outsold the PS5 by 120,298 units. The PS5 is currently behind the PS4 by 5.18 million units.
The PS5 has sold 19.34 million units in 43 months, while the PS4 sold 24.52 million units. Month 43 for the PS5 is May 2024 and for the PS4 is May 2017.
The PS4 crossed 30 million in month 51 and 40 million in month 72. The PS4 has sold 45.85 million units to date in Europe. The PS5 is 26.51 million units behind lifetime PS4 sales in Europe.
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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looks like PS4 about has this wrapped up unless GTA6 can really boost sales
that's terrible for the PS5, if Sony doesn't do something the PS5 will finish the generation behind the PS4 because of Europe ...
Sony does not need the PS5 to beat the PS4 in Europe for it to be considered a success. If they were desperate for more sales they could lower the price but they don't need to to it seems
I'm honestly not sure how much it matters. Those PS4 users are still very active in the ecosystem which is the most important thing to Sony. The days of trying to get people to change generations as quickly as possible are gone. Now it's about just keeping people in your ecosystem. Eventually those PS4 users will upgrade to PS5 and I'm sure by then PS6 will be right around the corner. I doubt we even see real exclusives once the PS6 comes out. I think everything will be PS5 and PS6.
"We believe in generations" backtracked (which business-wise was understandable), COVID, insane shortages in '21 & '22, RRP increase instead of decrease, a noticeable lack of true PS5 native 1sts (which eventually will come in the latter half of PS5), money inflation, high rising costs of living in Europe (especially in the bigger EU markets like UK, Germany, France), and, of course, don't let me even get started on the Russian attack and war on Ukraine and right-shifting politics across EU.
EU's had some very, very rough and tragic past 5 years.
This all seems to fit perfectly being the reasons why today PS5 is behind PS4 by 5m units in the EU.
As everything, literally everything mentioned happened from 2020 to 2024 and is partly still going on.
I can still see a very little chance for the PS5 to catch up.
But in order to do that, the gap must not grow above the 6m to 7m threshold. At least that is what I would estimate.
Then again:
All other sales outside the EU have grown out better than PS4 did there, balancing the EU gap.
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