Gaming🎮 PlayStation 5 outsold Xbox Series X/S nearly 5-to-1 the last quarter, according to estimates

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As part of the details Sony Interactive Entertainment's recent earnings call that came out yesterday, the company shared some sales numbers for the PS5. While these figures didn't meet Sony's lofty goals and are expected to keep declining going forwards, according to a estimates from an industry analytics firm, the console may have outdone Xbox's Series X/S sales-wise in the last business quarter.

These estimates come from games industry sales tracker Niko Partners, with its director of research & insights Daniel Ahmad having tweeted as part of a thread of takeaways from Sony's earnings call: "The PlayStation 5 shipped 4.5 million units in the last quarter. According to our estimates, this is almost 5x more than the Xbox Series X|S shipped in the same period."

For a bit of context, Ahmad also pointed out in the thread that the PlayStation 5 has sold 59.2 million units across its total lifespan as of March 31 this year, with Q1 2024 - the period cited for the estimates above - only contering sales during the three month period running from January 1, 2024, to March 31 the same year.

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