Xbox Series X and S went on sale on November 10, 2020, kicking off the new generation of consoles with a powerful high-end machine and an affordable door for almost all pockets to new gaming experiences. that Microsoft and other companies are preparing.
For its part, Sony waited in our country for November 19, 2020 to launch PS5 , which also came with two different models, but with identical technical specifications , and only one differentiating detail: the presence of a blu-ray reader or its absence.
All these new generation machines have been a success, running out batch after batch of consoles since their premiere, until today. However, months before the launch of the systems, there was talk that there could be a shortage of consoles, in part due to the difficulties of mass producing these machines in a context of a global pandemic. The reality is that in the end there are a more than acceptable number of consoles on the market, and we finally know concrete numbers.
According to the VGChartz website , PS5 has sold 3,733,146 units , and Xbox Series , combining its two models, just over half, 2,009,716 .
Quite good numbers, which also continue with the trend of recent years of console sales, with Sony machines selling much more than Microsoft's. It remains to be seen how this trend evolves, and if Microsoft's effort to highlight Game Pass is a success. We will have to wait for there to be 'plenty' consoles to see where the numbers go in each case, but it is a promising start for the new generation of consoles.
However, it should also be noted that the only console that continues to improve its sales year after year on Nintendo Switch, which has sold 24,485,348 consoles in 2020 , which is 59.1% of the consoles that have been sold in 2020.
In short, at the moment, the winner of the war of the new generation consoles in a console that many classify as not very powerful .
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