It has been a bit 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 chunk of the PS5’s general gross sales.
PS5 Professional launch greenback gross sales larger than PS4 Professional
Circana Government Director and Video Recreation Business Analyst Mat Piscatella posted their November 2024 U.S. online game market highlights on Bluesky earlier at this time. 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 complete PlayStation 5 items bought within the month and 28% of {dollars},” says Piscatella. “Launch month greenback gross sales of PlayStation 5 Professional have been greater than 50% larger than the November 2016 launch month gross sales of PlayStation 4 Professional, whereas items have been 12% decrease.”
Whereas PS5 {hardware} noticed development, online game {hardware} spending development in November 2024 was “flat” in comparison with final 12 months.
“November online game {hardware} spending was flat when in comparison with a 12 months in the past, at $927 million,” says Piscatella. “15% spending development on PlayStation 5 {hardware} was offset by a 29% year-on-year drop in Xbox Sequence spending and a 3% decline in Change.”
Piscatella additionally posted the November 2024 U.S. High 20 Finest-Promoting Video games. These embody 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 revealed 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 Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth is ranked fifteenth.
(Supply: Bluesky)
