It has been somewhat over a month because the PS5 Professional launched. Though many criticized Sony for the improved console’s pricing, it appears PlayStation followers nonetheless opted for the improve. Throughout November 2024, it accounted for an excellent chunk of the PS5’s total gross sales.
PS5 Professional launch greenback gross sales greater than PS4 Professional
Circana Govt Director and Video Recreation Business Analyst Mat Piscatella posted their November 2024 U.S. online game market highlights on Bluesky earlier at present. Of their evaluation, they discovered that the PS5 was the best-selling {hardware} platform for the month each in unit and greenback gross sales.
“PlayStation 5 Professional accounted for 19% of whole PlayStation 5 items bought within the month and 28% of {dollars},” says Piscatella. “Launch month greenback gross sales of PlayStation 5 Professional had been greater than 50% greater than the November 2016 launch month gross sales of PlayStation 4 Professional, whereas items had been 12% decrease.”
Whereas PS5 {hardware} noticed progress, online game {hardware} spending progress in November 2024 was “flat” in comparison with final yr.
“November online game {hardware} spending was flat when in comparison with a yr in the past, at $927 million,” says Piscatella. “15% spending progress on PlayStation 5 {hardware} was offset by a 29% year-on-year drop in Xbox Sequence spending and a 3% decline in Swap.”
Piscatella additionally posted the November 2024 U.S. High 20 Greatest-Promoting Video games. These embrace each bodily and digital gross sales. For Sony, they solely occupy two spots with Astro Bot, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Astro Bot ranked thirteenth, whereas Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 ranked 14th. Whereas each are within the backside half, each jumped up in rating. Astro Bot was fifteenth final month, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was twenty second.
Though it isn’t printed by Sony, the PS5 console unique Silent Hill 2 was ranked fifteenth in gross sales for November 2024. It did drop from its third place rank from final month.
The 2024 12 months-to-Date High 20 Video games are primarily bookended by Sony video games. Helldivers is ranked third whereas Marvel’s Spider-Man is ranked twentieth. The PS5 console unique Ultimate Fantasy VII: Rebirth is ranked fifteenth.
(Supply: Bluesky)
