PS5 vs PS4 Sales Comparison in Europe - August 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 October 2024 / 7,190 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: 68,154 - PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 868,837 - PS4
Total Lead: 5,502,909 - PS4
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 20,285,456
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 25,788,365
August 2024 is the 46th 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 68,154 units.
In the last 12 months, the PS4 has outsold the PS5 by 868,837 units. The PS5 is currently behind the PS4 by 5.50 million units.
The PS5 has sold 20.29 million units in 46 months, while the PS4 sold 25.79 million units. Month 46 for the PS5 is August 2024 and for the PS4 is August 2017.
The PS4 crossed 30 million in month 51 and 40 million in month 72. The PS4 has sold 45.86 million units to date in Europe. The PS5 is 25.57 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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PS is a declining brand!
Yes, a declining brand that is more profitable than it has ever been before
being more profitable than ever doesn't contradict being a brand in decline. (For instance, the USA is a declining empire yet nominal GDP is stronger than ever.) If Sony doesn't fix their trajectory, PS6 will not be nearly as successful as prior systems. There will be no GTA6 boost to bail them out, and will suffer potentially their worst home console hardware number to date. Sony has chosen to put Playstation in competition against PC via chasing graphical power over all else (including affordability)....this is a losing battle on the long-run.
The USA is not a declining empire, it only appears to be based on conventional economic measures. They, by far have the best military and it will be their military that will keep them their empire status for all of the future. I know what your trying to say but I just couldn't disagree more. They don't even need GTA6 to bail them out, they're doing fine. I just can't see how there are people that believe PlayStation is a brand in decline
(dude got some upvotes from those real american patriots! Wasn't trying to make a poltiical statement btw. I just kinda assumed everyone was in agreement that USA falling in education, health, happiness, economic liberties, etc., relative to the entire developed world is to be considered an empire in decline.)
In any case: in other words, to be a declining anything refers relative to the rest. In a market where the best-selling game of all time is no longer the game with 70mil copies sold but rather >200mil copies sold, where a rival system has nearly 20 titles topping 10mil sales and is crushing through 15mil in its eighth year, where Wukong, Elden Ring, TotK, Hogwarts, Pokémon ScVl, etc., all go on to sell >10mil within a few days, it shouldn't be a crazy assertion to claim that a gaming brand is in decline if they aren't maintaining the momentum of the industry, even if revenue figures are higher now than ever before.
Your looking at it too one dimensionally. You can't just go by game sales. There's DLC's and MTX's. I think your underestimating how much they make from MTX's from COD, Fortnite and Roblox. I think there's just a big shift towards F2P and MTX's
