PlayStation 5 surpasses Nintendo Switch to become the UK’s best-selling console of 2023

PlayStation 5 broke through to # 1 in UK console sales in 2023. This is reported by the edition GamesIndustry.biz with reference to the latest statistics. In the second half of May, the system Sony received a new large supply and was able to bypass Nintendo SwitchA month ago, both Japanese prefixes were in the country “toe to toe”, but now the PlayStation 5 has gotten ahead.

November 2023 action-adventure Spider-Man: Miles Morales topped the UK physical chart in the last week of May with 175% sales growth

Great demand in the UK continues to be and Xbox Series X | S… In annual terms, the new Microsoft systems are still in third place, but “catching up with competitors.”

As the editor told GamesIndustry.biz Chris Dring, Sony and Microsoft shipped more consoles to UK stores in May than in April. This is still not enough to fully meet demand, but supply levels have increased significantly, which is a positive signal.

Sony previously reported that plans to sell at least 15 million PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide this fiscal yearIf the plan is fulfilled, then by March 31, 2023, the total sales of the PlayStation 5 should exceed 23 million

In turn, Nintendo is going to sell 25 million systems of the Switch family worldwide this fiscal year. Total sales are expected to reach ~ 110 million units by the end of March 2023

Microsoft does not disclose sales of Xbox consoles and does not make public forecasts.

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