Buy PS5 versus Xbox Series X: More figures from Europe

Sony announced last week via Twitter that the launch of the Playstation 5 was the biggest console launch in the company’s history. The previous record holder was the Playstation 4. At the market launch on November 15, 2013, Sony was able to sell 2.1 million PS4 consoles worldwide, as the company announced in early December 2013. Sony has not yet published exact sales figures for the Playstation 5. Now the Spanish website Vandal reports that the PS5 has sold around 43,000 times in Spain in the week of the market launch on November 19th. Microsoft, on the other hand, was only able to sell around 14,100 consoles in Spain to interested parties when the Xbox Series X and S were released.

Xbox Series X / S sales in Spain similar to previous generations

According to Vandal, the two Xbox Series consoles sold similarly to the Xbox One and Xbox 360 in 2013. On closer inspection, the Xbox One was able to sell 15,000 times in the week of its market launch and the Xbox 360 around 14,900 times in Spain. According to Microsoft, the launch of the Xbox Series consoles was still the most successful Xbox console release worldwide. Of the 14,100 Microsoft consoles, 10,500 are said to be the Xbox Series X, while the driveless Xbox Series S has sold 3,600 times in Spain.

A similar picture emerges with Sony and the Playstation 5. 38,000 of the approximately 43,000 Playstation 5s sold are the version with UHD Blu-ray drive, while only 5,000 customers have bought the PS5 Digital Edition, which is 100 euros cheaper. With the 43,000 PS5 consoles sold, Sony is said to have clearly beaten the PS4, which had sold 38,000 times for release in Spain. Only the portable PSP was able to sell 54,000 times more frequently in Spain at its market launch in 2005.

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Collection of sales of Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X / S in Spain:

• A Spanish website published sales figures for the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S in the week of the market launch in Spain. According to this report, the Playstation 5 is said to have sold a good 43,000 times, 38,000 of which were due to the version with UHD Blu-ray drive and only 5,000 people are said to have bought the PS5 Digital Edition.
• Microsoft was only able to sell 14,100 consoles in Spain for the release of the Xbox Series X / S, with 10,500 of the sales being accounted for by the Xbox Series X with UHD Blu-ray drives and the rest being said to have bought the Xbox Series S without a drive.
• Both Sony and Microsoft speak of the most successful launch of a new generation of consoles.

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