PlayStation 5 enjoyed its best sales month of 2022 so far in the UK in April.
According toGamesIndustry.biz, sales ofSony’s console were up 59% over March’s total due to a significant increase in stock.
However,PS5sales are down 51% year-to-date due to relatively poor supply compared to the first four months of 2021.
WhileXbox Series X/S was the top-selling platform in the UK in March, it dropped to third place in April as stock levels fell by 59% month-on-month.
Switchremained in second place following a slight decline in sales compared to March.
Total console sales are down 38% year-to-date, mainly due to PS5 andXbox Series X/Sstock shortages.
Reporting their full-year earnings on Tuesday, bothNintendoand Sony said the global chip shortage will continue to hamper console production efforts for the foreseeable future.
“There’s no end in sight to the semiconductor shortage at this point,”Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa saidas the company forecast a9.8% decline in Switch shipments for the current fiscal year.
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Sony said it expects to ship 56% more PS5s (18 million)during its current fiscal yearthan it did during its last (11.5 million), but it claimed this total would still be unlikely to satisfy consumer demand.
While Xbox Series X/S remains in short supply some 18 months after its November 2020 launch,Microsoft’s consoles have been more readily available than PS5 recently, helping the companycapture market share globally for two quarters in a row, according to CEOSatya Nadella.
