If you wanted proof that the PS5 stock situation is finally getting better, look no further than this crazy statistic from MST Financial analyst David Gibson. In the US, Sony shipments have increased by a staggering 400 per cent in September 2022, compared to September 2021. That's a near unprecedented improvement, and just goes to show how strangled the supply chain has been up until now.
This explosion in shipment numbers allowed the PS5 to outsell the Nintendo Switch in September's NPD report, it should be noted.
As Gibson points out, this will, in part, be Sony throwing its weight behind the upcoming release of God of War Ragnarok, which it obviously wants to be a blockbuster. The company clearly expects the PlayStation exclusive to shift some current-gen hardware, despite also being available on PS4.
But there's Black Friday and the holiday season to consider, too. The PS5 has been selling impressively well ever since its launch in 2020, but demand has always outstripped supply. On multiple occasions, we've said that once the PS5 is more readily available, sales figures will skyrocket — and that's probably what's going to happen once these newly shipped units hit store shelves.
The hope is that we're now heading into a period where you can actually buy a PS5 without too much trouble. Not just in the US, but in Europe and other regions as well.
[source twitter.com]
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It is probably up EVERYWHERE.
Coincidentally, my brother who is on vacation out of town sent me a photo an hour or so ago of a major South African retailer's shop with all of its PS5 stock and I personally haven't seen so many PS5's before in front of me. I think there were around 30 or so PS5 bundles in the aisle.
Bill And Ted say, that Excellent ..Lol..
I went by a Verizon store recently and they had some PS5's just sitting there waiting for someone to walk in and buy them. Stock seems to be getting better if you can walk in to stores and buy it now.
Great to hear. Not everyone has the time to get stock alerts then immediately rush to a website. Hopefully now we'll start seeing people who want a console can do so more easily.
Woulda been a part of it but just missed my delivery 😎
If you were to get your industry impressions from core gaming communities online this must be puzzling news.
I saw a YouTube video yesterday explaining why PlayStation was failing.
It didn't actually explain anything though, or consider all of the available facts other than PS4 had sold more units two years in. There was also something about PlayStation's GAAS plans being a foolish endeavour, but no consideration was given to the potential loss of CoD related revenue.
The comments underneath were interesting too. It was mostly people who were either already convinced, or trying to convince others, that PlayStation is failing.
I guess people see what's in front of them and try to fill in the gaps to explain what's happening with uninformed assumptions? Because we can clearly see what's been happening in reality when stock is actually becoming available as supply chain issues are resolved.
Frustrations with the brand exist for sure, but rarely is it as bad as the internet suggests.
I was running some errands and saw a PS5 in target for the first time. Very good news indeed and hope they can keep this supply up for the holiday
I have the option to preorder PS5's through EB Games and two other establishments specific to Australia for the past three weeks, waiting to get paid next week, hopefully these PS5's will still be available, as I want to buy another PS5 to have as a spare, just as I have a spare PS4 & Switch.
Looking at VGC's weekly charts and the ps5 has outsold xbox and the switch in USA, Europe and equal with the switch for the Rest of world regions, with only the switch selling more than the ps5 in Japan.
I was going to say, I wonder if the price increase will affect sales, but the price is staying the same in the US.
Just in USA it seems. My friend can't find PS5 for himself with a lighthouse
I was expecting the chart to be in units shipped not imports by weight so I was momentarily confused by 8 million units sold in a month, but we all know it’s a lie anyway because 95% of the weight is smuggled bootleg Pogs Jim Ryan plans of selling to feed his Wendy’s salad addiction.
@Shepherd_Tallon and that is why youtubers, streamers, influencers, and twitter should be avoided and ignored.
@Bamila what?
Stocking up for the holiday season no doubt.
@Boucho11 it's a metaphor
@racinggamefanatic
It’s worse than just a recession. We are in both a recession and an inflationary spike simultaneously.
The worst kind of economic downturn short of a depression.
But the federal government is playing the propaganda game. “It’s not technically a recession yet.”
That may be true for the upper crust feds, but it’s not true for us low middle income citizens. Basically the bottom of the middle class.
Hell with this inflation spike I think I’ve downgraded to upper poor now.
@racinggamefanatic Number shipped is still number sold unless you've found shops with stock just lying around
@Shepherd_Tallon Your mistake there was reading comments on the internet.
@Jey887 Fair point 😂
Was in a gamestop a couple days ago and a guy just walked up to the counter and asked for a PS5 and got one.
@Jey887 The irony
Even though Sony bugs me sometimes, why would any gamer want them to fail? Competition is great for gamers, that is the reason Gamepass even exists. If Sony didn't beat MS last gen, Gamepass would not be around at all. Sony also took things from Microsoft and Nintendo. Competition is great. Anyone who wants these companies to not do well because of fanboyism is nuts. The only reason I ever want a company to have issues is to correct course. Like EA, I wish people would boycott their sports games, if they did, they would make way better sports games.
Several months of waitlists and missed alerts later…got myself a steam deck instead. Only waited 2 weeks for my invite.
Are the 1200 revision unit out everywhere now?
Or is this latest drop just pushing out the last 1100s?
Glad to hear from the comments that some stores are slowly restocking the PS5!
@racinggamefanatic You fundamentally don’t understand how the video game market works. Sony isn’t fine with Consoles sitting around in resellers inventories, they’re not making money from that. Hardware generates basically no profit, and potentially a loss.
Sony needs every single console in the hands of gamers where they can get money from the high margin items like PS Plus subs and DLC/Microtransactions.
Even high margin items like IPhones only use artificial scarcity in very short windows, like weeks after launch. No one is doing that for 2 years.
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