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PS5/XBS Stock Watch: 2024 and Beyond

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As PS5 didn't reach #1 spot on the hourly it's probably save to assume the second drop was the smaller one of the two?!

70 or 80k PS5 sold total on Amazon.
Xbox Series combines above 100k.

Stock shortages make it possible, that the week after Christmas is a big one^^
 
SoonyXboneUhh said:
As PS5 didn't reach #1 spot on the hourly it's probably save to assume the second drop was the smaller one of the two?!

70 or 80k PS5 sold total on Amazon.
Xbox Series combines above 100k.

Stock shortages make it possible, that the week after Christmas is a big one^^
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Yes, the 30K drop was the smaller of the two. We know the Series X was 21K and then had an additional drop, and PS5 was higher than that at first.

PS5 is probably around 100K, -+10K. Lines up with my estimate of the Series S bundle being around there.
 
December Full Month (November 28 - January 01)

PS5 - NPD: ???
Week #StoresSource Post
1GameStop / Walmart / Target / Sony Direct / Costco / AntonlineSource
2Walmart / Best Buy / Sony Direct (2) / Sam's Club / Costco / GameflySource
3GameStop / Walmart / Target / Best Buy / Sony Direct (3)Source
4GameStop / Target / GameflySource
5GameStop (2) / Best Buy (2) / AmazonSource

Xbox Series - NPD: ???
Week #StoresSource
1GameStop / Walmart (2) / Target (2) / AntonlineSource
2GameStop (3) / Walmart (2) / Target / Best Buy (2) / Amazon / AdoramaSource
3GameStop / Walmart / Target / Amazon / MS Store / GameflySource
4GameStop / Best Buy / MS Store / Costco / GameflySource
5GameStop / Best Buy (2) / Costco / AntonlineSource
Notes
Amazon full month rankings: #16 PS5 $499 / #20 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League $299 / #22 Xbox Series S $299 / #84 Xbox Series X (Amazon full month goes from December 01 to December 30) Source

Target began selling Xbox in stores again October 17. On any day they could sell units.

Christmas shopping continues and concludes this month. Typically the 3 major events this month are Cyber Monday (Monday after Thanksgiving), Super Saturday (Saturday before Christmas), and Christmas (Christmas).

We actually have quite a lot to go on this month, with numerous GameStop and Amazon leaks that point to both consoles being up month over month. This is expected however as December is 5 weeks compared to November's 4 weeks.

Like November, it's easy to read that Xbox sold more this month. It closed the gap at Amazon along with a third SKU and the Series S was reported to be available all month at major retailers, and if we look at the above collection of retailers it's clear Xbox had more drops as well.
 
January 2022 - Week 1 (January 02 - 08)

PS5
January 05: Best Buy / Sony Direct [1][2]
January 06: Target [3]

Xbox Series
January 03: GameStop [4]
January 06: Target [5]
January 08: GameStop [6]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

Notes
Amazon rankings for the week: #12 Xbox Series S $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was January 03 - January 09) Source

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target. Walmart might have units in store as well, not sure on that.

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.

Target PS5 restock is a massive one. Here's a tweet thread but the gist is multiple store were seeing +100 units and many had dozens of units


The GameStop Xbox event has over 1,000 stores participating.
 
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January 2022 - Week 2 (January 09 - 15)

PS5
January 13: Walmart / Sony Direct [1][2]
January 14: GameStop [3]

Xbox Series
January 11: GameStop / Best Buy / Antonline [4][4][4]
January 13: Walmart [1]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Notes
Amazon rankings for the week: #16 Xbox Series S $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was January 10 - January 16) Source

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target.

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.

[3] The GameStop in store event should've been ~1,000 or slightly more stores. No numbers per store available.
 
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January 2022 - Week 3 (January 16 - 22)

PS5
January 18: Antonline [1]
January 21: Best Buy [2]
January 21: GameStop / Target [3][4]

Xbox Series
January 19: GameStop / Costco / Antonline [5][6][7]
January 20: GameStop [8]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

Notes
Amazon rankings for the week: #20 Xbox Series S $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was January 17 - January 23) Source

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target.

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.
 
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Thanks for the later than usual update @Welfare

I believe this is still very valuable for the whole year of 2022. Summer 2023 widespread shortages are certainly gone.
Unless a fucking war in Ukraine happens.
 
SoonyXboneUhh said:
Thanks for the later than usual update @Welfare

I believe this is still very valuable for the whole year of 2022. Summer 2023 widespread shortages are certainly gone.
Unless a fucking war in Ukraine happens.
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Just been super busy recently. Should be able to keep up with the day to day updates again now that I've caught up.
 
January 2022 - Week 4 (January 23 - 29)

PS5
January 24: Sony Direct [1]
January 27: GameStop / Antonline [2][3]

Xbox Series
January 26: GameStop [4]
January 27: Costco [5]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Notes
Amazon rankings for the week: #32 Xbox Series S $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was January 24 - January 30) Source

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target.

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.
 
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January 2022 Full Month (January 02 - 28)

PS5 - NPD: ???
Week #StoresSource Post
1Target / Best Buy / Sony DirectSource
2GameStop / Walmart / Sony DirectSource
3GameStop / Target / Best Buy / AntonlineSource
4GameStop / Sony Direct / AntonlineSource

Xbox Series - NPD: ???
Week #StoresSource
1GameStop (2) / TargetSource
2GameStop / Walmart / Best Buy / AntonlineSource
3GameStop (2) / Costco / AntonlineSource
4GameStop / CostcoSource
Notes
Amazon full month rankings: #16 Xbox Series S $299 (Amazon full month goes from January 01 to January 31) Source

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target.

Target began selling Xbox in stores again October 17. On any day they could sell units.

Looking at January after December's massive list of retailers is kinda sad, but understandable. Amazon didn't even have a PS5 or Series X drop this month.

Beyond this roundup, we know the PS5 Target drop in Week 1 was massive. This was the most PS5's the retailer had sold at once. Leaks from employees that could see store distribution were seeing stores receiving multiple dozens of units, some even +100 units to a single store.

Amazon sold the Series S the whole month and placed very well at #16. There's some concern for the week to week sales as it's been sliding since the start of the year but it looks like it might be making a come back for February.

PS5 has an important update. Sony has revised down their FY forecast to 11.5M units, which would mean only 2M PS5's will be shipped this current quarter. This is down from last year's 3.3M. How Sony splits US sales this quarter could be critical as they will have 1.3M less units to work with compared to 2021. January could be impacted by this, but I suspect February and March will be harder hit. Basically, PS5 US Q1 2021 sell through sales were ~33% of the worldwide shipment (3.3M). On the flip side, Q4 2021 was over 40%. Of that 2M expected shipments, that could mean PS5 will only be working with 660K to 800K units for all of Q1 2022, assuming Sony doesn't heavily pivot to the US to fend off Xbox and ship closer to 50% here. If not, PS5 would be closer to that lower range.
 
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February 2022 - Week 1 (January 30 - February 05)

PS5

Xbox Series
January 31: Gamefly [1]
[1]

Notes
Tax refund season BABY!

Amazon rankings for the week: #11 Xbox Series S $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was January 31 - February 06) Source

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target.

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.
 
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Nothing new, but that's kind of the point. This week has been awful for PS5 and Series X.

Series X has the slight benefit that any random Target could sell them, but jeez this is the slowest week in months
 
Welfare said:
Nothing new, but that's kind of the point. This week has been awful for PS5 and Series X.

Series X has the slight benefit that any random Target could sell them, but jeez this is the slowest week in months
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How is the availability of Xbox series s in USA?
 
February 2022 - Week 2 (February 06 - February 12)

PS5
February 10: Target [1]

Xbox Series
February 10: Antonline [2]
[1]

[2]

Notes
Tax refund season continues

Amazon rankings for the week: #17 Xbox Series S $299 / #100 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was February 07 - February 13) Source

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target.

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.
 
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So something that never got reported on and I don't know how long it's been available exactly, but the GameStop website has been selling Series X All Access for over a week now. Just something to note.
 
I think it's safe to say that the Series S was a great plan by MS. Even in a week like this when there is no Playstation 5 or Xbox Series X stock if you want a next gen platform the Series S can be found. I've also a lot of people I know and on social media picking up the Series S because it plays next gen games, it's cheap, and is readily available.
 
How are things looking compared to Jan/Feb 2021?

I assume Xbox Series S is way up YoY but not so much for PS5/Xbox Series X.
 
awng782 said:
How are things looking compared to Jan/Feb 2021?

I assume Xbox Series S is way up YoY but not so much for PS5/Xbox Series X.
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Series S alone should see significant YOY improvements over total XBS sales in January and February. XBS 2021 was a horrible start due to production.

PS5 should be down YOY by February due to lower shipments than last year.
SoonyXboneUhh said:
Can't believe January might be a bigger month than February due to stock.
There are still the last two weeks left, tho. We'll see.
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Missing one week of sales could already put February below January for PS5. Xbox can still be up MOM due to Series S.
 
Welfare said:
Series S alone should see significant YOY improvements over total XBS sales in January and February. XBS 2021 was a horrible start due to production.

PS5 should be down YOY by February due to lower shipments than last year.

Missing one week of sales could already put February below January for PS5. Xbox can still be up MOM due to Series S.
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Do you have a rough estimation for the total shipment so far this FY for xbox series s and x? I am wondering if the total shipment this FY for both PlayStation 5 and xbox series actually is below that of Nintendo Switch.
 
Robjoh said:
Do you have a rough estimation for the total shipment so far this FY for xbox series s and x? I am wondering if the total shipment this FY for both PlayStation 5 and xbox series actually is below that of Nintendo Switch.
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From April 2021 to December 2021 I estimate PS5+XBS to be ~17.6M

Switch is 18.95M
 
Best Buy update: According to multiple people, some Best Buy's are actually selling PS5 and Xbox in store. There's a trick on the website that lets you see which stores in your area have them and people have actually been allowed to buy a PS5 or Series X.
 
February 2022 - Week 3 (February 13 - February 19)

PS5
February 15: Costco [1]
February 17: Sony Direct [2]

Xbox Series
February 17: Antonline [3]
February 18: GameStop [4]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Notes
Tax refund season continues

Amazon rankings for the week: #21 Xbox Series S $299 / #53 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was February 14 - February 20) Source

Best Buy is selling units in store unofficially and has a "trick" that shows which stores have inventory

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17, 2021. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.
 
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Gamefly, Costco and Antonline are super small (console) retailers relative to the big 5.
PS5 had one mini Target drop and Series X one at Gamestop.
In Germany we had one smaller retailer having a PS5 digital only drop in February so far. Some local retailers have a few Series X left for sale. That's it.

Predictions will be impossible and all over the place.
Maybe the Xbox One May 2014 negative record could be broken?
There should be no leftover inventory for PS5, right?
 
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SoonyXboneUhh said:
Gamefly, Costco and Antonline are super small (console) retailers relative to the big 5.
PS5 had one mini Target drop and Series X one at Gamestop.
In Germany we had one smaller retailer having a PS5 digital only drop in February so far. Some local retailers have a few Series X left for sale. That's it.

Predictions will be impossible and all over the place.
Maybe the Xbox One April 2014 negative record could be broken?
There should be no leftover inventory for PS5, right?
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curious, but what was the April 2014 record? why was it negative?

as in sold back/returned to retailers?
 
ReddDreadtheLead said:
curious, but what was the April 2014 record? why was it negative?

as in sold back/returned to retailers?
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Pardon me it was May 2014.
Xbox One selling only 77k units.

The only time Xbox One or Playstation 4 sold below 100k (before being phased out. It obviously happened again since)
 
February 2022 - Week 4 (February 20 - February 26)

PS5
February 22: Sony Direct [1]
February 24: Walmart [2]
February 25: Amazon [3]

Xbox Series
February 21: GameStop [4]
February 22: Best Buy / Sam's Club / Costco [5][6][7]
February 24: Walmart / Sam's Club / Costco [2][8][9]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

Notes
Tax refund season continues

Amazon rankings for the week: #3 PS5 $499 / #18 Xbox Series S $299 / #50 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was February 21 - February 27) Source

Best Buy is selling units in store unofficially and has a "trick" that shows which stores have inventory

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17, 2021. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.
 
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Amazon hasn't sold the PS5 since December 2021. Here's some of the charts before they update

February Week Starting Monday, 21st
#14 Series S
#18 Switch Neon
#29 Switch OLED
#41 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle
#56 Switch Animal Crossing
#68 Switch OLED Neon
#82 Switch Lite Turquoise

February
#13 Series S
#14 Switch OLED
#27 Switch Neon
#44 Switch Animal Crossing
#82 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle

2022
#10 Switch OLED
#15 Series S
#24 Switch Neon
#47 Switch Animal Crossing
 
Welfare said:
Amazon hasn't sold the PS5 since December 2021. Here's some of the charts before they update

February Week Starting Monday, 21st
#14 Series S
#18 Switch Neon
#29 Switch OLED
#41 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle
#56 Switch Animal Crossing
#68 Switch OLED Neon
#82 Switch Lite Turquoise

February
#13 Series S
#14 Switch OLED
#27 Switch Neon
#44 Switch Animal Crossing
#82 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle

2022
#10 Switch OLED
#15 Series S
#24 Switch Neon
#47 Switch Animal Crossing
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Looking at the updated charts it seems like they had a good shipment of disk versions
 
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February 2022 Full Month (January 29 - February 26)

PS5 - NPD: ???
Week #StoresSource Post
1Source
2TargetSource
3Sony Direct / CostcoSource
4Walmart / Amazon / Sony DirectSource

Xbox Series - NPD: ???
Week #StoresSource
1GameflySource
2AntonlineSource
3GameStop / AntonlineSource
4GameStop / Walmart / Best Buy / Sam's Club (2) / Costco (2)Source
Notes
February is a special month in the US as this is around where tax reporting starts (January) and tax refunds are sent to tax payers (around start of February). What this means is that any money overpaid in taxes for the prior year will be sent back to the tax payer as a correction. The average refund this year is around $3,500

Amazon full month rankings: #16 Xbox Series S $299 / #20 PS5 $499 / #77 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle $299 (Amazon full month goes from February 01 to February 28) Source

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target.

Target began selling Xbox in stores again October 17, 2021. On any day they could sell units.

Best Buy is selling units in store unofficially and has a "trick" that shows which stores have inventory

February looks to be horrible for PS5, less so for Series X. This is the least amount of drops for a month in a long time. We already know Sony only plans on shipping 2M units worldwide for the January to March 2022 quarter. This is down from last year's 3.3M. How Sony splits US sales this quarter could be critical as they will have 1.3M less units to work with compared to 2021. January is estimated to have been high (think +300K), but going by these February drops, we are starting to see the limitations of the reduced shipments. PS5 US Q1 2021 sell through sales were ~33% of the worldwide shipment (3.3M). On the flip side, Q4 2021 was over 40%. Of that 2M expected shipments, that could mean PS5 will only be working with 660K to 800K units for all of Q1 2022, assuming Sony doesn't heavily pivot to the US to fend off Xbox and ship closer to 50% here. If not, PS5 would be closer to that lower range. It's possible we are only looking at 300K - 500K remaining units to be sent to the US over February and March.

Series S has been available all month again and was consistent in its ranking on Amazon (#16 in January & February) while having the reintroduction of the Fortnite Bundle adding even more sales. Series X on the other hand might be in a similar spot to PS5. The first two weeks were bare while the later half was somewhat busy.
 
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March 2022 - Week 1 (February 27 - March 05)

PS5
March 02: Costco / Antonline [1][2]

Xbox Series
February 28: Walmart / Sam's Club [3][4]
March 02: Costco [5]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Notes
Tax refund season continues. It's around here that the "bonus" tax refunds give wanes as March traditionally declines from February even with an extra week.

Amazon rankings for the week: #22 Xbox Series S $299 / #50 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was February 28 - March 06) Source

Best Buy is selling units in store unofficially and has a "trick" that shows which stores have inventory

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17, 2021. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.
 
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March 2022 - Week 2 (March 06 - March 12)

PS5
March 08: GameStop [1]
March 10: Target / Best Buy [2][3]
March 11: GameStop [4]

Xbox Series
March 10: Best Buy [3]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Notes
Tax refund season continues. It's around here that the "bonus" tax refunds give wanes as March traditionally declines from February even with an extra week.

Amazon rankings for the week: #32 Xbox Series S $299 / #67 Xbox Series S Fortnite + Rocket League Bundle $299 (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was March 07 - March 13) Source

Best Buy is selling units in store unofficially and has a "trick" that shows which stores have inventory

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17, 2021. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.

[3] Xbox was also sold at Best Buy

[4] The in store GameStop PS5 drop was at 969 stores with an average unit count of 4-8 units. That's 3,876 to 7,752 units.
 
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March 2022 - Week 3 (March 13 - March 19)

PS5
March 14: Walmart [1]
March 17: Sony Direct [2]

Xbox Series
March 14: Walmart [1]
March 16: Sam's Club [3]
March 18: GameStop [4]
[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Notes
Tax refund season continues. It's around here that the "bonus" tax refunds give wanes as March traditionally declines from February even with an extra week.

Amazon rankings for the week: #20 Xbox Series S $299 / #74 Xbox Series X $499 (Some third party seller) (Amazon weeks are from Monday to Sunday, so this week was March 14 - March 20) Source

Best Buy is selling units in store unofficially and has a "trick" that shows which stores have inventory

Xbox Series S is in stock at GameStop, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, and Target

Microsoft has been sending out emails with direct links to buying an Xbox Series X

Target sells Xbox Series X and S in stores as of October 17, 2021. Any day of the week could have Series X and S stock. I point out the website restocks.
 
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Series X is still available at Walmart 3 days later, so this is either a massive shipment or we're starting to see demand slowly catch up to the X.

This is March, end of the quarter, so it's likely just a massive shipment. March 2021 was a massive increase over January and February 2021 for a recent comparison.
 
I’d be super impressive if MS is able to sell another 300k this month cause that would possibly be 3 months of close to or over 300k units sold. Something that I don’t think ever happened during the last generation besides non holiday months
 
Welfare said:
Series X is still available at Walmart 3 days later, so this is either a massive shipment or we're starting to see demand slowly catch up to the X.

This is March, end of the quarter, so it's likely just a massive shipment. March 2021 was a massive increase over January and February 2021 for a recent comparison.
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The Gamestop restock for tomorrow seems to be huge, too.
Small states with 5 or more locations having a stock didn't happen since a long time.
 
SoonyXboneUhh said:
The Gamestop restock for tomorrow seems to be huge, too.
Small states with 5 or more locations having a stock didn't happen since a long time.
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I see that now. Here's the last PS5 in store drop versus the Series X one tomorrow

PS5
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Series X
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Just look how much more cluttered the east is for Series X. This will be a massive drop.
 
EDGalTBR said:
Xbox may ship more consoles WW than PS5 this quarter, if Sony really ship only 2.0 million.
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The only time an Xbox shipped 2M or more in Q1 was 2011 at 2.7M.

Technically, Xbox One and 360 combined to 2M in Q1 2014 but that's cheating :p

It might be close, but it would be crazy if revenue points to Xbox having shipped more to start the year. Too bad Microsoft will never say they did
 
Welfare said:
The only time an Xbox shipped 2M or more in Q1 was 2011 at 2.7M.

Technically, Xbox One and 360 combined to 2M in Q1 2014 but that's cheating :p

It might be close, but it would be crazy if revenue points to Xbox having shipped more to start the year. Too bad Microsoft will never say they did.
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Xbox seems to be selling better than PS5 in almost everywhere. I'm sure it will ship more WW.
 
Was a little bored and looked up the 8 smallest states, excluding DC that does not have any GS?
PS5 had 18 locations and Series X 52 locations.

Some bigger outliners like KS and NE had PS5 with 0 and Series X 44 locations.
Someone should write a bot to count the locations.
 
Yeah it's difficult to lock down console sales right now (because retailers / online are wildly fluctuating who is getting what inventory) but I'll also add that March is looking very good for Xbox Series

I think it'll be a great month for them but we'll see
 
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