If you are veterans of video games and your memory goes back practically to the first years of this century, surely you will remember the old struggles between sonyers y xboxers to account Microsoft's inability to beat Sony on their own territory. Thus, while PlayStation does not have any obstacles to break through in the West, the same is not the case with the machines developed by those from Redmond. From the first generation xbox.
Has the miracle been worked?
The fact is that in the last week for which there are sales data for both software and hardware in Japan, which runs from May 9 to 15, there has been an event that many believe we could classify as miraculous because the accumulated console sales Xbox Series X | S has practically tripled that of PS5. Is it possible that we are witnessing a change in trend in the Japanese market?
The figures of this historic return (which we will now explain) are that Xbox Series S becomes the best-selling next-gen console within those seven days with a total of 6.120 units, while its older sister remains at a scant 105. For its part, PS5, both in its disc and digital versions, reaches 2.963 accumulated, without specifying which belongs to the model compatible with Blu-ray and which one with which it does not have a reader.
Several reasons explain it
We do not reveal anything to you if we say that the reason for this turnaround in the figures must be found in the shortage of available PS5 units in the world, which is leading to a dosage that prevents Sony from selling in the quantities indicated by the market demand. That limits a lot and shows that Xbox continues to have a difficult time in Japan: Xbox Series X, which also suffers from stock limitations, does not reach even those 2.000 units of its competition, staying at a pyrrhic 105. That is, at the same price and hardware, Japanese gamers continue to prefer PS5, but what is this success about? from Xbox Series S?
It is not exclusive to Japan and it is happening in other markets around the world that users, waiting for the stock of consoles to really be replenished one day, is opting for an intermediate route to make the leap to the new generation: they cannot acquire a PS5 (which is the most demanded model) but they have the opportunity to get on the bandwagon of the next-gen with a machine for just 300 euros and test new releases with hardware more powerful than that of PS4 Pro or Xbox One X, although significantly lower than that of the top of the range that cost 500 euros.
Proof of this is that under equal conditions and price, that is, PS5 vs Xbox Series X, the sales ratio infers that Sony will continue to sell in Japan much more than Microsoft. But no one counted on what many already consider to be a master move by Phil Spencer's, with an Xbox Series S that surprises all those who try it because it allows the user to make the leap to the new generation without spending too much and enjoy all releases that hit the market that are no longer compatible with PS4 or Xbox One.