September was a busy month by way of software program gross sales within the US, with a lot of new releases having fun with strong debuts within the area. On the {hardware} aspect of issues, nonetheless, issues look rather less shiny.
As per knowledge shared by Circana analyst Mat Piscatella on Bluesky, the PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and Nintendo Swap all noticed “steep” year-on-year declines in {hardware} gross sales for the month of September within the US. Xbox Sequence X/S noticed the toughest drop, falling by 54 %, whereas PS5 fell by 45 %, and the Swap by 23 %.
Complete {hardware} spending within the US fell 44 % year-on-year for the month of September to $251 million, which, by the way, additionally the bottom complete for a September month since 2019. In the meantime, complete {hardware} spending for all of 2024 to date stands at $2.5 billion, down
PS5 was the area’s bestselling weapon for the month by way of each unit gross sales and greenback gross sales, with Xbox Sequence X/S rating second with the latter, and the Swap with the previous.
Curiously sufficient, 40 % of the PS5’s US gross sales in September have been for its digital model, although the place lifetime gross sales within the area are involved, digital’s complete share stands at 18 %. In the meantime, on the Xbox aspect of issues, 58 % of Microsoft’s current-gen gross sales in September have been for Xbox Sequence X, with its lifetime share standing at 51 %.
