PS5 Pro Boosts PS5 Sales to Over 4M - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for November 2024 - Sales

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The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 4.12 million units sold for November 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 67.70 million units lifetime worldwide.

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 1.72 million units to bring its lifetime sales to 146.04 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 0.77 million units to bring their lifetime sales to 31.21 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 4,118 units to bring its lifetime sales to 117.19 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are up by nearly 0.62 million units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 1.59 million units. PS4 sold 3.50 million units for the month of November 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 2.36 million units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are up by 638,229 (18.3%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 261,092 units (-25.4%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 69,029 units (-3.9%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 12,651 units (-75.4%) year-over-year.

Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are up by nearly 3.03 million units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by over 0.45 million units, and Nintendo Switch sales are up by over 1.02 units.

2024 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 15.31 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 9.30 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 4.01 million units.

Monthly Sales:

Global hardware estimates for November 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):

1. PlayStation 5 - 4,120,898 (67,698,724)
2. Switch - 1,715,636 (146,041,084)
3. Xbox Series X|S - 767,118 (31,208,651)
4. PlayStation 4 - 4,118 (117,194,908)

Weekly Sales:

Global November 9, 2024 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 914,619
2. Switch - 242,232
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 94,001
4. PlayStation 4 - 781

Global November 16, 2024 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 496,690
2. Switch - 290,176
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 120,751
4. PlayStation 4 - 818

Global November 23, 2024 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 846,074
2. Switch - 337,525
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 141,617
4. PlayStation 4 - 891

Global November 30, 2024 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 1,863,515
2. Switch - 845,703
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 410,749
4. PlayStation 4 - 1,628

VGChartz Methodology: Hardware estimates are based on retail sampling and trends in individual countries, which are then extrapolated to represent the wider region. This typically allows us to produce figures that end up being within 10% of the actual totals.

This data is regularly compared against official shipment figures released by the console manufacturers and figures estimated by regional trackers with greater market coverage than ourselves. We then update our own estimates to bring them into line with those figures. This can result in frequent changes often within a short space of time, but we feel it's important to prioritise accuracy over consistency.

Note that our estimates are based on sell-through data (units sold to consumers). In almost all cases the figures released by console manufacturers are based on shipment data (sell-in), where as soon as a device has left the factory and entered the supply chain for delivery it is considered a sale. This is why there is always a difference between the companies’ figures (sell-in) and VGChartz estimates (sell-through), even after we’ve made adjustments. The one exception to that is when a console has been discontinued and the remaining stock has finally sold out – at that point the figures will match.

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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DekutheEvilClown (on 03 January 2025)

So the PS5 is now on course to break 19m sell-through this year I believe, which is kind of hilarious considering how negative people have been about it’s sales all year.

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firebush03 DekutheEvilClown (on 03 January 2025)

tbf i think ppl are rightfully upset with how Sony has been acting rcntly. I mean, 2024 is the year in which Concord released lol. On top of the recent price hike in JP? And the DualSense controller price hikes WW? (And the tone-deaf remark: "PS5 is in the latter half of its lifecycle."...they are still pushing this dumb graphical arms race.)

This year was a very mixed one for Sony: For every Astro Bot, we got a Concord. That's prolly the best way to put it.

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Hardstuck-Platinum firebush03 (on 03 January 2025)

How does them having one unsuccessful game equal Sony acting badly?

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firebush03 Hardstuck-Platinum (on 03 January 2025)

"Sony acting badly" should be rephrased as "Sony acting poorly". (I could've been a bit more clearer in saying this tbh. My bad.)

I'm not saying Sony was "bad" (i.e. acting in a bad/malicious manner) for releasing Concord, [edited] I'm saying it is a reflection of poor decision making going on at Sony.

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Hardstuck-Platinum firebush03 (on 03 January 2025)

They're not acting poorly though either. It's their goal to make PS5 successful, which they have achieved. Failed games/ strange comments and unpopular price points don't matter if it's successful. I would argue MS has been acting far worse to the consumers than Sony has. Telling people that indiana jones is not going to be ported to PS5 when it was being ported all along. Pricing a 4 year old system at 600$.

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YurippeA firebush03 (on 04 January 2025)

No offense, but I really think you should take a step back from this site. You're taking stuff way too seriously. I say that because of all the posts I've read from you in the past months.

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firebush03 YurippeA (on 04 January 2025)

I feel like 90% of my comments rcntly have been smth stupid like "man that 20mil gap is razor thin btwn PS5 and PS3."...are you sure you're thinking of the right guy??? Lol.

also, I have managed to reduced VGChartz time down below 30min/day. :) I'm phasing out of here, but it'll take a min...eats up too much time.

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XtremeBG firebush03 (on 04 January 2025)

Why are you phasing out ? You just got started here

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firebush03 XtremeBG (on 04 January 2025)

I'll def stay in touch with the community! (VGChartz is filled with a very kind & accepting bunch of ppl :) ...despite what the -10 above might suggest lol.) I just need to focus more attention to my math studies.

plus ive got a whole lotta social insecurities that cause me to stress out wnvr i post smth. :/ It's too much...not to mention: I was responding to somebody who suggested i step away b/c im acting off.

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firebush03 XtremeBG (on 04 January 2025)

btw (since you're here XtremeBG) do you know why my comment is being so negatively recieved? i def knew it wasn't gonna be viewed positively...but im getting slaughtered atm.

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XtremeBG firebush03 (on 04 January 2025)

Probably 3 people have gold subscriptions and their vote power is 4, so when they all vote down you got 12 instead of 3.

Other than that probably because you are frustrated from concord, and act like it's something big, when in the big picture is nothing, since PS5 is doing just fine, better than PS4 even at times, and just a small fail won't stop it. That is obvious to everyone.

And yes, they are way more aggressive than they were in the recent years, they are as aggressive as they were in the PS3 days, however now they can afford it, since they are the market leader. Microsoft are nowhere to be found, opposite to the PS3-360 case.

I personally am also not happy, but not from PS5 exactly, but the generation in total, it's a mere shadow of what PS3&360 and PS4&XB1 were in terms of software. Even PS2&XBOG if you want.

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firebush03 XtremeBG (on 04 January 2025)

Addressing your Concord point: yeah, but I wasn't meaning to point at it as anything big. Just as an example (among other things) of Sony's poor behavior as of recent. It's like pointing at Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival when discussing Nintendo's shortcomings in 2016...tho i do understand you're more talking on behalf of others and not yourself, which maybe that is how they are viewing my comments. Who knows.

As far as the rest of your comment is concerned: I'm personally mixed on this gen. Yes, Nintendo's been on fire(!) and PS5 hasn't kept great pace, ...but is this anything out-of-the-ordinary for PlayStation? That is, does it not usually take until the latter half of the gen for games to rlly start coming? I'm ill-informed, so maybe this remark is wrong, but I believe PS3+PS4 suffered from a weak start & strong finish.

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Hardstuck-Platinum firebush03 (on 04 January 2025)

I just think people are tired of hearing about concord. People like to move on to more recent news and don't always like to be reminded of the past. It get's really boring.

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firebush03 Hardstuck-Platinum (on 04 January 2025)

if that's the case, then ppl don't need be bringing up the past to begin with. If somebody starts talking abt how ppl have been upset w/ Sony rcntly, I'll explain the upset ppl's rationale. This is a load of bologna if you ask me!

in any case...i think i've rambled here long enough lol. (Today is my day off...it seems i have allowed VGChartz to take hold for a bit.) I'm gonna get back to playing Portal. See y'all around!

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firebush03 Hardstuck-Platinum (on 04 January 2025)

actly...i got one last thing: HP, I'm curious, what games have you been playing rcntly? I mentioned Portal. You have any thoughts on this game? What abt Nintendo?

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Hardstuck-Platinum firebush03 (on 04 January 2025)

Been playing Sonic superstars on switch that I got on sale. Played the new season of Rocket league and I got a PSVR 1 a couple of months ago that I've been really impressed with.

I've completed Portal too. It's great

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firebush03 Hardstuck-Platinum (on 04 January 2025)

Neat! I got Sonic Superstars around launch two years ago, but couldn't convince myself to play past level one...i played Mario Wonder directly before it. Hope you enjoy it more than I did.

Speaking of Portal: It is an extremely short game. I started playing it like 4hr ago, and I just finished it. Really enjoyed it! (more games should be like this: Fleshing out a single mechanic into an extremely polished several hour joyride. AAA bloat is horrible.)

(p.s. you should rlly talk more abt games here. I'm sure you've got some good thoughts to share! Plus, ppl won't be so mean.)

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XtremeBG firebush03 (on 04 January 2025)

Yeah, I forgot to say about Nintendo. Their Switch is the only console I can say without a doubt, is full of games, and it is the way every console should be. It is Just like PS3 and PS4 were, full of games.

About your point, PS3 and PS4 suffered from a weak start from exclusives, not so much from multi platform games. Also that weak start was 1-2 years, not 4 like now PS5 is. PS5, and XBSX and PC for that matter just don't have enough games since 2020. By the 4th year of PS2, PS3, PS4, XB360, XB1 or even the original XBOX, you have plenty of multiplatform games, and good chunk of exclusives. You don't have this now. The only outlier here is the Switch, which admirations for that to Nintendo.

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firebush03 XtremeBG (on 04 January 2025)

NSW is the first time being a Nintendo fan has felt good since like 2007...certainly an outlier system. I agree with you. And I see what you're saying abt PS5/XBSX. That makes sense.

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I-mar firebush03 (on 04 January 2025)

Butthurt Nintendo fan that PS5 is slaying switch in the west.🤭

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firebush03 I-mar (on 04 January 2025)

I'm making more of a benefit-of-the-doubt + political statement than anything. (You can literally just look at my most liked comment of all time on my main page: I go hard on predatory business behavior.)

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killer7 I-mar (on 05 January 2025)

Wow! A 4 years old console in its best years, outsellimg an 8 years old handheld thats about to be replaced. For its age the switch is doing amazing!

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Random_Matt (on 03 January 2025)

Xbox, ouch.

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Panicradio (on 03 January 2025)

Congrats to PS5 & Switch!

As far as the X goes:

The console didn't just start dying after only 2 years in because it's not a competitive hardware.

The X|S started dying 2 years in because it became obvious again that the execs at Xbox again didn't have a clue what to do.

And, looking back now, that they didn't prepare anything for its first 4 years. And GP is definitely not the longed-for panacea.

If this trend continues throughout 2025, then the X|S won't be even selling 5-6 million units from January to December globally.

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UnderwaterFunktown (on 04 January 2025)

Damn those are higher sales than I expected. Pretty great for PS5 and Switch if it turns out right

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NSS7 (on 05 January 2025)

PS5 Nov 2024 is bigger than Series Jan-Nov 2024.

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PAOerfulone (on 03 January 2025)

Switch only being down 4% compared to last year - In its 8th year and its successor launch imminent is nothing short of incredible!

Edit: Honestly, if you compare 2023 to 2024, the Switch held tremendously well outside of April, May, and June - where this year was WAY down YoY compared to last year for those three months.
And the main reason for that was because last year, those three months had the two-headed monster that was the Mario movie and Tears of the Kingdom driving sales.

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only777 PAOerfulone (on 04 January 2025)

I can see Switch 2 doing great this year

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jvmkdg (on 03 January 2025)

With major releases next year, the ps5 could pass ps4 sales in line. GTA 6, monster hunter, ghost of yotei, wolverine, intergalactic mafia the old country, the ps5 could break a new record next year

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Dahum jvmkdg (on 03 January 2025)

You mean this year? Its already 2025!

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firebush03 jvmkdg (on 03 January 2025)

2025 is gonna be pretty competitive...hard to say how big it'll be for PlayStation and Nintendo. (XBSX is gonna struggle outside of Holiday 2025.) Looks like the big two are gearing up for one of the best years the industry has ever seen.

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Dahum firebush03 (on 03 January 2025)

Agreed.

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firebush03 Dahum (on 03 January 2025)

(i have editted my comment btw...just thought i'd let you know in case you no longer agree with my revision lol.)

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Dahum firebush03 (on 03 January 2025)

Still on the same boat lol

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firebush03 Dahum (on 03 January 2025)

cool! (p.s. i like the new pfp! Got all the big Sony mascots...i've gotta get around to playing some of those games one day.)

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Dahum firebush03 (on 03 January 2025)

Thank you! It felt like it combined and celebrated many of my most favourite franchises.

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killer7 jvmkdg (on 03 January 2025)

People said PS5 will have its peak 2024, instead it will be down YoY. GTA won't change anything. Generations will be shorter.

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DekutheEvilClown killer7 (on 04 January 2025)

GTA6 is expected to sell like 50m units in a year and it’s only available on PS5 and Series X/s so the maths look sketchy to support your claim it will change nothing.

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killer7 DekutheEvilClown (on 04 January 2025)

GTA V was the biggstet Sw launch of all time. Despite that fact Xbox 360 and PS3 where down ~33 YoY. Just for a reminder😉

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DekutheEvilClown killer7 (on 04 January 2025)

It launched on dying hardware 2 months before the release of the next gen hardware and the install base of those systems was already over 160m

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killer7 DekutheEvilClown (on 05 January 2025)

Wait and see. Remember GTAVI is NOT PS5 exclusive. Xbox Series will be down as well! Downvoting me won't change that! Gens will be shorter.

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Zeltaz13 (on 03 January 2025)

Xbox Series selling 767k during the biggest month of the year is quite the feat

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DekutheEvilClown Zeltaz13 (on 03 January 2025)

December is actually still the biggest month, and the Series X/S did about 80% better in December last year vs. November, That will be the telling month for the Series X/S.

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Hardstuck-Platinum DekutheEvilClown (on 03 January 2025)

I think that was mostly because of them aggressively slashing the price of the consoles during December though. Series S to 150 and X to 350

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Sogreblute Hardstuck-Platinum (on 04 January 2025)

They didn't slash the Series S price to $150 though. It was just Walmart that did that and even then it didn't last long because it was an error.

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Hardstuck-Platinum Sogreblute (on 04 January 2025)

No I specifically remember Costco stores having them in a section labelled "150$". You can even google it and see it for yourself. "series S costco 150$"

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loy310 (on 03 January 2025)

Jesus christ at ps5

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Dahum (on 03 January 2025)

PS5 breaking the 4 million mark in Nov is astonishing to say the least! PS5 Pro came through this month for the overall sales of PS5 and sold impressively well!!

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XtremeBG Dahum (on 03 January 2025)

It's the best November for a system in history.

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Dahum XtremeBG (on 03 January 2025)

Genuinely shocked!

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Shtinamin_ (on 05 January 2025)

Congrats PS5! 4.12M is truly impressive.

Switch with such a small YoY difference is also impressive (not as impressive as the accomplishment of the PS5).

Xbox Series is having a hard time.

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ZDRExplorer (on 03 January 2025)

Am I reading it correctly? I'm checking the Nov 2023 numbers and Switch sold 1,667,465 so it should actually be up this year right?
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459401/global-hardware-november-2023/

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Machina ZDRExplorer (on 03 January 2025)

Nov 23 was subsequently adjusted up to 1.78m

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ZDRExplorer Machina (on 04 January 2025)

Gotcha, that makes sense, thank you!

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siebensus4 (on 03 January 2025)

PS5 outsold Switch even in Asia, despite we've seen a different picture in Japan...

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Sephiran siebensus4 (on 04 January 2025)

Nintendo is only big in Japan when it comes to Asia so not that strange.

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killer7 siebensus4 (on 05 January 2025)

Not surprising. Switch is an 8 years old handheld about to be replaced, PS5 is a console in its best years. I do hope so!!

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Ninten78 (on 03 January 2025)

I wonder what switch did in December...

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ZDRExplorer Ninten78 (on 04 January 2025)

With a similar drop from last year it should be 3.3M

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killer7 ZDRExplorer (on 05 January 2025)

150 million+ shipped by dec.31 will be the floor! Much better than expected! Switch= TSAR!!

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firebush03 killer7 (on 05 January 2025)

151mil has to be the floor for shipped. NSW is not shipping any less than 4.7mil this Holiday quarter. JP figures showing virtually no drop YoY + VGChartz estimates suggest YoY stagnation across EU/NA. (Not to mention: NSW didn't see YoY drops last quarter in NA/EU shipments per Nintendo's official data.) My estimate would prolly be around 5.2-6.0mil this holiday quarter, leaving the fiscal year estimate of 12.5mil within the realm of possibilities...tho i think 11.75-12.25mil is prolly more accurate.

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Sogreblute (on 04 January 2025)

This is what happens when you don't have as good sales as your competitor, or no sales at all. Only the Xbox Series X Digital was on sale for $50 off. None of the other Xbox consoles were on sale. If Microsoft matched the $75 off for all their consoles I have no doubt they would have sold over 1.5 million for the month. I know Microsoft isn't all about the console anymore, but the more consoles you sell the more subscription sales, software sales, accessory sales, and microtransaction sales you get.

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I-mar (on 04 January 2025)

PS5 outselling Switch and Xbox 5 to 1 combined. Ouch!! Playstation Domination.

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padib I-mar (on 05 January 2025)

I am not sure this is a good thing, as more people will feel the drought of games, and will lead more into the hype for the competition. Sony needs to make sure the PS5 offers a good library or it will hurt its brand image, especially with PS5 Pro being so expensive.

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