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PS5 is 1% Ahead of PS4 in the US After 71 Months, Xbox Series is 28% Behind Xbox One

PS5 is 1% Ahead of PS4 in the US After 71 Months, Xbox Series is 28% Behind Xbox One - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted 2 hours ago / 571 Views

Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana Mat Piscatella in a post on social media has revealed how sales for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S are performing in the US compared to the previous two generations.

PlayStation 5 lifetime sales through 71 months are tracking one percent ahead of the PlayStation 4 and 40 percent ahead of the PlayStation 3.

Xbox Series X|S lifetime sales through 71 months are tracking 28 percent behind the Xbox One and 35 percent behind the Xbox 360.

For the calendar year through nine months (January through September), 2026 PS5 sales are three percent behind 2019 PS4 sales and four percent behind 2012 PS3 sales. 2026 Xbox Series sales are 45 percent behind 2019 Xbox One sales and 81 percent behind 2011 Xbox 360 sales.

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 follow the author on Bluesky.


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The Fury (1 hour ago)

Really do wonder how many both consoles, and Switch, would have sold if it wasn't for the price of entry going up this gen. We haven't even got the same casual appeal like we used to with consoles but they are still selling as much as previous gens? (kinda).

Imagine if they were half the cost 6 years in like they are supposed to be.

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BraLoD The Fury (1 hour ago)

PS5 was in a cleae track to outsell the PS4 even with no price drop and the first moderare price increase.

If it had a price trajectory similar to the PS4 it would easily sell over 130M.

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jvmkdg (1 hour ago)

Any adjustments to be made after these numbers? I think we’ll have the PS5 surpassing the Wii and PS1 soon. Surpassing the PS4 and maybe the Game Boy is still a difficult task.

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Machina jvmkdg (1 hour ago)

No change for PS5, this matches what we have almost exactly. We'll be increasing XS slightly later today though, as we currently have it down more than that and it's not within rounding either.

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Signalstar (1 hour ago)

So the PS5 already tracking ahead of PS4 in the US. I guess Japan sales might be holding it back WW.

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trunkswd Signalstar (1 hour ago)

PS5 has been ahead of the PS4 for most of the generation. It's less has been slowly shrinking.

As far as the WW gap it's mainly Europe that is holding it back.

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