How PS5 compares to PS4 in the last 6 quarters

@matpiscatella.bsky.social I know we've talked about this before, but with Circana now planning to release rankings with projected digital for all titles, will Circana be releasing historical rankings for prior months/years?

US consumer spending across Video Game hardware, content and accessories finished Q1 2026 at $14.6B, growing 5.3% when compared to a year ago, according to Circana's Games Market Dynamics and mobile spending provided by Sensor Tower. The US Video Game market is projected to reach $62.8B in 2026.

Resident Evil: Requiem was the quarter's best-selling video game across Console & PC platforms, followed by Crimson Desert and MLB The Show 26 (includes total market projections).

GameStop's ability to survive EVERYTHING that has happened since ~2012 is crazy. Buying ebay would be comical.

N=2.5k active US video game players aged 13+. Weighted based on representive distribution of platform use and investment. Feel free to ignore if it bothers you that it does not align with your predetermined desired result.

According to Chris Dring, the Circana Q1 2026 consumer survey found that the number one reason people buy consoles is for their 'EXCLUSIVES'. youtube.com/watch?v=nvVo...

Xbox is expecting Content and Services $ to drop down to $4.6 - $4.7B next quarter due to Game Pass price decrease and lesser performance from 1st party Last time Xbox C&S was under $5.0B was Apr-Jun 2024, exactly 2 FY ago. It was July 2024 when GPU went to $20, so C&S perf hasn't changed much

Worse than Jimmy Carter? Bring on Democrat Reagan then. @aoc.bsky.social you GOT THIS

Xbox FY26 Q3 - www.microsoft.com/en-us/Invest... Total Revenue: $5.341B Content & Services: ~$5.120B (estimated) Hardware: ~$221M (estimated) Since I was expecting ~$226M for hardware, my ~400K shipment prediction won't change.

Minishoot' Adventures is so good I left a review on the Xbox store for it. I never do that, maybe I'll start for these standout hits. It's one of those "perfect" games that does exactly what it needs to and plays extremely well. 5/5

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This is excellent. The read on the current market is spot on. The goals are made clear, and the tactics laid out. It's no guarantee for success, but it does set a strong foundation and a vision for the future. news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...

Anything Asha related has been seeing a lot of engagement over on Twitter. People are certainly engaging with her latest changes But really, why Microsoft Gaming at all? Weird change and even weirder someone from outside of gaming had to come in and say "This is Xbox" lol

For those curious, here are the March 2026 US best-selling video game rankings from Circana's Games Market Dynamics reporting, which include physical as well as both actual and projected digital sales across all platforms.

I made my debut as a contributor to @gamedeveloper.bsky.social ! I had a great time talking about @doublefine.com's Kiln with lead designer Lauren Scott and lead character artist Jared Mill, who talked the work that goes into about balancing player creativity with actually making a fun game.

Mar 2026 US HW Ranks: Units: XBS-NSW-PlugNPlay Rev: XBS-PC Portable-NSW Unit chg vs YA: NSW -69% XBS -51%

Wait, what? Oh. Oh hey, that's me! Uhhhh... see you there! *runs to log on*

Xbox going to be praying Modern Warfare 4 is a blowout success this holiday. This will also be a data point for how much the Xbox audience bounces back for COD unit sales now that there's a 12 month delay. Will it rebound to prior levels or is it permanently shot?

"Piscatella adds that this was Starfield’s fourth-biggest full game sales week in the U.S. since launch, being beaten only (unshockingly) by its first three weeks on the market." The PS5 release accounted for 95% of Starfield's full game dollar sales during the new version's debut week.

Starfield was the best-selling video game of the week in tracked physical & digital US full game dollar sales during the week ending April 11th. It's the first time Starfield has led the weekly US best-selling titles chart since week ending Sept 2, 2023. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

*Cookie Monster singing voice...* "One of these things is not like the others..." Anyways, 6th calendar year for PS5 = 2025. I wonder if the average sales price for a PS5 in its 7th calendar year can beat PS3's 1st year record high.

IDK who needs to hear this but the "you have to adjust for inflation" bit isn't the zinger you think it is. Because you'd also have to adjust for inflation in shelter, utilities, medical, insurance, f%&(ing food - and then you'd realize purchasing power has fallen as wage growth hasn't kept up.

All major retailers now have PS5 at the new increased MSRP Pro: $899 Disc: $649 Digital: $599 Took 2 weeks for that to happen, likely lines up with new units coming in + increased sales of old SKU clearing out faster

The GTA Online and RDR Online revenue leaks are crazy to see.

For the week ending Mar 28, Crimson Desert ranked 1st on Xbox in weekly hours per US active user (20 hours per active user) and 2nd on PlayStation (22) behind only Path of Exile. Crimson Desert also moved into the top 20 in US total weekly active users across both console platforms. Great momentum.

I'm expecting PS6 to be ~$900. There is a point when the price becomes so expensive that you question the need to subsidize the product at all due to how limited the consumer base will be. Is there going to be a massive difference between a PS6 sold at $750 vs $800? $800 vs $900? I doubt it.

Sorry but companies NEED to make 50% profit or they're FINISHED That's why even after hitting 50% they'll lay off people to hit 60% and get a massive dopamine rush.

I think I know where Mochizuki’s source or himself got the 6M/4M production and “over 30% cut” numbers from. Background info: Foxconn Technology Co. (FTC) is a major Switch assembler. 86% of its 2025 revenues came from Nintendo alone. So its financial data is a good proxy for Switch production. 1/

Lords of the Fallen sales top 2.5 million Total sales for the 2023-released action RPG Lords of the Fallen have surpassed 2.5 million copies as of the end of February, publisher CI Games and developer Hexworks announced.

Lies of P Franchise Celebrates 4 Million Copies Sold

Seeing chatter on Resident Evil: Requiem for Switch 2. The game was sold standalone as well as part of the Resident Evil Generation Pack. Combined spending on these two versions would rank #2 on the Nintendo best-selling titles chart for Feb behind the physical only sales of Mario Tennis Fever.

Sales revenue by hardware platform for The Witcher 3 & Cyberpunk 2077. (Source: CD Projekt FY25 Presentation) (2020 includes the PSN refunds for Cyberpunk 2077 & 2025 includes the PS+ revenue payment)

Anyways, yes PS5 was also the lead platform for Requiem in the US during February (full results coming out Friday). PS5 was below 50% of the game's US full game dollar sales in the month, but it was the lead platform by a meaningful margin over PC. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

BREAKING: A Delaware judge has ruled that Krafton must *reinstate* Ted Gill, the fired CEO of Subnautica 2 maker Unknown Worlds. In the ruling, the judge accuses Krafton's CEO of using ChatGPT to come up with a strategy to get out of paying Unknown Worlds a $250 million bonus. Story coming shortly

Resident Evil Requiem has sold 6 million units, "the fastest that a title in the series has reached this milestone" www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/n...

Pokopia is a system seller, Switch 2 Base has reached +30K sold in the past month on Amazon, a rate of +2K sold a day since Pokopia came out. Sales also hit similar levels at Walmart which has yet to slow down. October was 328K, I can see March approaching 400K.

Out of nowhere I finally got my first shiny Pokemon

Pokopia sold 2.2M in the first 4 days, 1M in Japan www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/re... Animal Crossing likes in March = $$$

I didn't make a guess. I asked my data partners. And that's what they told me. You're right, it's all early estimates. And PS5 being 54% of sales in Europe isn't going to be reflected everywhere. But the data I've been told, is that PS5 was top for Resi.

They need to improve 3rd party relations on the Xbox App store. So many games that are on Xbox console and Steam but not Xbox PC

Quite a few. Ampere, plus sales reports I've had from Nielsen, and stuff I've been sent for European charts

I've seen enough: James Talarico (D) wins the #TXSEN Dem primary.

Pokemon Gen 3 is my comfort game(s). I'm loving Leaf Green just as much as did 2 decades ago but now I know more than I ever did about the mechanics and team comps. Glad to be playing it on official hardware again. Playing through emulator never felt right with Pokemon

I'll finally play Cyberpunk

Been playing Resident Evil HD and Code Veronica X recently and CV feels much more like RE3 than Jill's campaign. Fixed camera RE still holds up but RE1 HD's modern controls spoiled me, CV tank controls took a bit to get used to.

I think it's a good thing Sony won't touch Bloodborne without Miyazaki saying so. Respect the art.

Absolutely insane, found Pikachu in my first encounter in Viridian Forest and my Level 3 Pidgey crits it 😭 I love this game

What the fuck is up 2/20 man

January 2026 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights Thread from Circana - Growth in Subscription and Hardware Drive 3% Increase in January 2026 U.S. Video Game Spending