PS5 January sales up by 202% in Europe as Xbox struggles in US

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and that it was now far easier to obtain one. Over a month later and it’s clear that it wasn’t exaggerating.If you look at sales data for January, the PlayStation 5 has dominated markets across the UK, Europe, and the United States.In the US, the PlayStation 5 is the top-selling hardware platform in both unit and dollar sales.

Meanwhile, across all of Europe, PlayStation 5 sales are up by 202% compared to January 2022. No, that’s not a typo – they’ve more than tripled.To be fair, the PlayStation 5 was in short supply last year, so sales in January 2021 would’ve been pretty low, but it’s clear that demanded has not dropped at all.It also suggests that people haven’t been put off by, although Sony ensured there never was one in the US.Even if you look at just the UK, PlayStation 5 sales are up by 98%, according to, with the majority of sales credited to bundles containing the console and, which launched in November.Although saw sales spike as a result of the TV show’s success, Sony had no new first party games in January and so the increase in hardware sales was supported only by existing titles and new third party games such as EA’s and Square Enix’s – the latter being a PlayStation 5 console exclusive.US NPD PREMIUM GAMES – January 2022 Top 20 Best-Sellers (Dollar Sales, Excludes DLC/MTX) — Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) As for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X/S, Dring adds that sales for both were down across the board in January.

Compared to January 2022, Switch sales in the UK dipped by 11% while Xbox sales went down by 32%.Across European markets in January, PS5 sales are up 202% compared with the year before (when there were big stock shortages). PS5 was the No.1 console last month, Switch falls to No.2 (sales