February 2021 NPD: PS5 Is Fastest Selling System in US History

February 2021 saw a 35 per cent bump year-over-year, with the industry as a whole tallying a record $4.6 billion.

Just for context, MS bought Bethesda for $7.9 billion. So almost twice as much as a bumper month during the start of a new console cycle where stocks are limited and selling out.

What a huge wedge of cheddar!!

Who needs Bethesda ay?

@Futureshark can thank the pandemic for that, staying indoors for almost a year has created a bigger need for gaming and more people got through backlogs meaning more new games bought, and more gamers created

Play Has No Limits...

Other than stock shortages

Where's GTA V? Did news of a next-gen remaster temporarily kill off sales?

And good on Atlus for their success with Persona 5 Strikers. Always happy to see their games doing well.

Damn, imagine if the thing were easy to find? I’m still the only person I know who has PS5.

👑 king sony.🤔bluepoint is waiting for aquisition.word up son

Amazing, simply amazing!

Would be interesting to see if there's plenty of stock everywhere how many Sony would sell each month?

This is dollars not units and it is being beaten by a 4 year old system that has yet to have a price cut although it is cheaper. Unfair competition considering there is a shortage of PS5s though. Wonder how the stats would play out if there wasn't a shortage of the console?

It's all about stock, ps5 can sells better if the stock situations improve

@AhmadSumadi my friend's list is turning PS5 as the weeks go by.

@Enigk I always grit my teeth when people compare Switch sales to that of literally any other console... like c’mon it’s practically HALF the price of the competition!! Game sales figures are totally safe to compare though and Nintendo is on another level there

"It’s now exceeded the Nintendo DS in terms of lifetime dollar sales, which is a staggering statistic really."

considering the system sold for 100 to 150 most of its life. Not all that impressed. Switch really hasn't had a price drop in 4 years. That isn't even getting into inflation and everything else involved. This is why you list unit numbers and not cash.

@2cents The article points out Switch sales so I was just commenting on that but you have to look at the long term anyway and as it stands the PS4 sold about the same amount worldwide in 4 years as the Switch in the same amount of time. How does the PS5 compare to the PS4 at same point? How many PS5s would be sold if there wasn't a stock shortage. Is that hampering or driving sales? The Switch is 4 years old so sales should be waning by now. The stats in the article basically say something that is more expensive than something else made more money. If you sold 1 of each that would also be the case. It's easy to pick stats that make you look good. Nintendo made more profit on those lower dollar sales than Sony.

Looks as though sonys doing alright...is that the naysayers i can hear crying?

@Trajan -Runs to twitter "WiiU is Best Selling Console says NPD!!"

@AhmadSumadi Facts, I gave up and just bought another PS4 Slim. I'll try again in the fall maybe if they become easier to get otherwise it will be spring 2022. And I've owned every Sony console nearly at launch since PS1 too. I still think most sales are scalpers as ebay is full of them.

@David187 For me that’s true of the friends I’ve met through online gaming. But none of my local friends seem to have a PS5.

Wouldn't that be most profitable but not necessarily fastest selling?

Sony, you have to increase the production.

I'm also the only person I know who has PS5.