PS5 Sales Drop 12% Year-on-Year in the UK in 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 January 2026 / 7,424 Views
PlayStation 5 sales in the UK fell 12 percent in 2025 year-on-year, according to the editor-In-chief and co-founder of The Game Business Christopher Dring on social media.
VGChartz estimates has PS5 sales at 985,587 units in the UK in 2024, which would mean about 867,300 units were sold in 2025. VGChartz estimates has PS5 sales in 2025 at 705,137 units through November, which would put December sales around 162,100 units.
This would bring lifetime PlayStation 5 sales in the UK to about an estimated 5.50 million units at the end of 2025.
This follows the report that Xbox Series X|S sales fell 39 percent year-on-year in the UK in 2025. VGChartz estimates has Xbox Series X|S sales at 456,553 units in 2024, which would mean about 278,500 units were sold in 2025.
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Considering it got a price rise in April and a very slow year for exclusives, only 12% down is a very good result.
The BF/Christmas deals helped a lot.
12% isn't that bad really but bad if you consider it was reduced in cost for a full month before Christmas. Everyone who wants one has one, those who are left are casuals/families who aren't going to spend £400 quid on a piece of tech (one of the most expensive in their household) in the current climate just to play ... well dunno, family fun games are dead outside of Nintendo or niche boardgame spin offs (and you might as well get a Switch 2 for that).
Consoles need to drastically reduce in cost to get more people to buy but considering AI is just stealing all the RAM, who knows what's going to happen. I mean outside the fact general consumer being screwed.
Remember the Pro launched last holiday and gave the system it's biggest week since it's original launch. So 12% is decline is fairly stable. Plenty of people who want a PS5 do not have one yet, partially because price but also software.
Late adopters are not late because they don't want a system. I didn't upgrade into the PS4 echo system til 2018, I was just waiting for the right combo of games and it was God of War which tilted the balance. Wolverine may be the tilting point for someone who wanted one to play Spiderman 2 and Ghost of Yotei. GTA6 may be the tilting point for someone who is otherwise just happy playing COD Warfare and Fortnite. Intergalactic may be the point for someone who has been happy using their mid-low spec laptop to poorly run the occasional current gen only games like Expedition 33 & Monster Hunter Wilds.
Most people only buy 1-3 games a year, so it can take one game to really push them.
But naturally PS5 is 5 years old, so decline is to be expected. I think the 1st half the 2026 will be much weaker than the second and the system will end in a single digit declines next year due to a crazy strong Q4. Then huge decline the year after unless their is a permanent price cut.
Honestly a fantasic result. Consolse generally go down YoY as you would expect but to be down only 12% is great. Even being down its 40% in the US isn't a bad result for a 5th year console so 12 is actually really good. At the current rate it can still catch and pass the PS4
What is the total sales of Nintendo Switch 1 in the UK ?
PS5 did 867K in the UK and Switch 2 did 750k ?
It is in its 5th year, it's normal at this stage for things to slope downhill
Most of Europe probably saw like a ~10% then?
Mainland europe had massive deals
