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PS5 Best-Selling Console in the US in November as Sales Drop, Call of Duty Debuts in 1st

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the US in November 2023 in terms of units sold and dollar sales, according to figures from Circana (formerly The NPD Group). Circana includes the dates for the four week period of October 29 to November 25.

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eagle21179d ago

Spider-Man 2 is still selling well at No. 2. :)

raWfodog179d ago

Not bad for a console exclusive. Also impressive that Hogwarts Legacy was back in 3rd place after been in 10th last month.

Hofstaderman179d ago

Its only going to increase. The ideal Christmas gift for kids and young adults.

andy85179d ago

Certainly older adults too. I think all my friends have played it. People who grew up with the books are 40 now

repsahj179d ago

I'm glad that Spider-man 2 is still selling well.

Plague-Doctor27179d ago

>20% drop in all 3 consoles YoY

Comparing to last year with ~20% drop estimates are:
PS5 ~1 million
XSX/S ~584k
Switch ~584k (less than Xbox)

Definite sign that these systems need a price cut. The discounts ($350 XSX etc) didnt seem to go into effect until after this tracking period. PS5 didnt have any real discount and was just bundling games.

Playstation may have a hard time hitting 25M sold unless December is huge.

This might easily be Xbox's worst November since the original Xbox

Switch can at least say its a 7 year old system and last November they launched Pokemon scarlet/violet

Overall this was a much worse month than anyone expected

JEECE179d ago

Whew this isn't good. I wonder how much of this stems from COD not being the console mover it usually is. Yes, of course it is still selling and charting well, but even the weaker COD games do that, so that alone doesn't mean it isn't having an off year. The sentiment about it is generally negative so it may not be pushing new console sales in the way it normally would.

PS5 as well is pretty surprising. This was supposed to be the year it jumped because everyone who wanted one could finally get one (although in fairness by this time in 2022 it wasn't too hard). It's not a terrible month, but not what you wanted this November.

PS5 did well in the UK in November, so if that indicates a trend for Europe generally that month, it may make up some of the slack there.

Plague-Doctor27179d ago

Part of the reason is in 2022 Sony prioritized the US market so there was good stock in the US last year. This was the first year stock was really available in UK/EU which is why youre seeing an explosion in YoY sales numbers in other markets

neutralgamer1992179d ago

Plauge

How much of the decline in total units sold and money generated has to do with Xbox not selling well even after a huge discount? And switch is getting up there in age so it’s also slowing down. PS5 is holding steady/growing while others are slowing down or being stagnant

Plague-Doctor27179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

No idea. They just mentioned each console is >20% down YoY in units sold.

Revenue may not be too significant of a drop from sales as the November data only includes Black Friday and Saturday where there would be any sales. Doesnt even include cyber Monday etc.

Hofstaderman179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

The guys at MS must be scratching their heads, they just paid tens of billions for Activision, highly publicized the purchase and yet they still getting their collective asses handed to them. What could they be doing wrong? I mean gamepass, check. Buying up the industry, check. Discounted the Series consoles, check (they have been discounted at various retailers for a long time before the MS discount). Third party publisher here we come. Bookmark this post; I told you so.

thesoftware730179d ago

Huh?

They own the best selling game on that list lol...that is what they bought.

So to summarize, they bought A/B, including CoD, so all the money from the number one selling game goes to MS, even the ones from the number one selling console.

Hofstaderman179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

Kind of pointless as they already spent big money and still cant fix XBOX. Whats more money going to do? They need a cultural shift and the only way to do that is to clean house starting from the top. My question is why havent they done so already? A simple inference, its already decided that the console business is done for them And they gearing towards gamepass on all screens and third party publishing with a very heavy emphasis on mobile. That why they bought ABK, not for the sake of XBOX but to try and trailblaze mobile gaming. XBOX consoles are winding down because you guys wouldnt call them out and swallowed and defended the gamepass model.

Gamingsince1981179d ago

Actually all the money doesn't go to MS Sony gets a decent chunk for each sale of COD too lol so MS is paying Sony now 🤣

Ironmike178d ago

Exactly and that said game has created more revenue than all of ps5 exclusives its win fir both ps5 gets cod xbox gets the money

ChasterMies178d ago

Phil already told you that even if Starfield was an 11 out of 10, it wouldn’t change Xbox’s marketshare. (Starfield was a 7.) I’m sure Micfosoft is a little surprised by how fast they are losing marketshare. I think they overvalue their brand versus PlayStation.

PhillyDonJawn178d ago

You clearly don't know how the gaming business work lol

Knightofelemia179d ago

Well it is the system with exclusives to draw the gamer in and also being backwards compatible with the PS4 there is also a library of PS4 exclusives as well.

badz149178d ago

The fact that Spider-man 2 is now selling more units than freakin Madden in NA is not talked about enough.

Another rarity is SM Wonders selling less than Dead Island 2 ytd. Maybe with digital numbers, it's closer to top 10, but for it to barely be in the top 15 is a little shocking to me.

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COD Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 Pride Month Freebies Released; Gundam Mobile Suit Collab Launched

Activision has not launched the Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 Gundam collab cosmetics, and also freebie skins in celebration of Pride month.

Ninjamonkey826d ago

Wish the hadn't put them among the event camos.

VenomUK6d ago

Reset Era regulars are delighted at this news.

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Elda6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Nice to have inclusivity. Happy Pride Month to the Puerto Rican community & the LGBTQ community here in NYC.

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anast6d ago

Who downvotes a comment like this?

Storm236d ago

Yeah...the internet sucks.

Huey_My_D_Long6d ago

Welcome to the N4g. Where the gamers complain about gamer stereotypes while acting like gamer stereotypes.

Elda6d ago

Bigots & there are plenty on this site.

just_looken6d ago

The down votes because this is call of duty a first person shooter not pride month parade #45

I used to play first person shooter's for the military on military action not to watch someone with a pride flag stapled onto a cat shooting a gun from the boys on a map from my little pony.

Now you first up a game its all over your splash screen almost like a porn game can i just play a quick game like it was on the ps3 era ffs.

Elda6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

It's an article that's talking about COD & Pride freebies that coincides Pride month. June is the month of Pride & in the city & state of NY Puerto Rican heritage is celebrated including the LGBTQ community. You know where you can take your BS bigotry.

just_looken5d ago

@ ELDA

Go bang a dude or be a trans i do not care just do not spread that crap in my face 24/7

I do not care if its dung beetal month i am just sick on tired of it being everywhere like the fury shit or in the old days were church's went door 2 door preaching like gtfo with your cult crap.

Elda5d ago

It goes to show how immature you are because the article didn't look for you you decided to enter the article yourself knowing you knew what the article was about from the get go. Your ignorance shows through knowing Pride month isn't just for the LGBTQ but for all cultures & communities. No one put a gun to your head to enter this article you decided to enter the article just to spew your negative bigoted BS or just maybe you entered the article out of curiosity because you're a closet case.

just_looken5d ago

I entered the article because its about call of duty a videogame because we are on a videogame website

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Daeloki6d ago

Happy Pride to you too, and have my upvote to at least try offsetting the downvotes!

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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Sells 11 Million Copies

Since launching in October 2023, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has sold 11 million copies.

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just_looken11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

This is bad for them as we know they were already in marvel hell with there schedule but now they are never getting out with these sales.

Some poor sob over there is like hey can we do infamous remaster collection? then gets yelled at thrown to a desk made to work on spiderman 3 or some shit for the the next 3 years.

This also gave sweet baby inc more support they helped with the sotry and she hulk aka marry jane so why not make the next spiderman game with gwen but her powers only work after she attends lgbqt rallies fear the power of queer right's bad guys.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Just had a thought make a new super hero with the power of rainbows that come out of the wrist jerk of men to supercharge the attack.

Abnor_Mal11d ago

Just making up bullsht off the top of yer head huh?

andy8511d ago (Edited 11d ago )

"These sales" like it's a tiny number? It's sold what Spiderman 1 did on the PS4 in the same timeframe and that was labelled a huge success and there was 100 million PS4s out there at that time...compared to 50m PS5. Selling the same amount is nothing short of amazing. What a strange post

just_looken11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Wow sound the trumpit defend them asap right?

I know 2023 was along time ago but there was a ransomware attack remember?
https://www.polygon.com/240...

So yeah they are marvel game maker slaves

"these sales" means these sales there could have been a slight tiny glimmer of hope they might make something else instead of another spiderman game with the same combat same map same dei story but nope they are now defiantly going to make another one.

and yes sweetbabyinc helped with the story/characters
https://sweetbabyinc.com/

But i get it everyone loves the nerfed bitch version of parker sense very few played/watched anything before the Spectacular days were over.

P_Bomb11d ago

“…make a new super hero with the power of rainbows that come out of the wrist jerk of men to supercharge the attack.”

Wow! Anyways…

S2Killinit11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

@Just_lookin

LOL

What did I just read? This news is hitting you hard. I just wish I could watch your face as you typed your homophobic rant. Also, maybe an English class would be time well spent.

On Topic:
Congrats to Insomniac.

Hofstaderman11d ago

House of Mouse be looking at that upcoming Blade game with certain expectations.....

romulus2311d ago

If we look past the fact you're just making up a bunch of BS, we can see very clearly your comment is immature and reeks of insecurities. It's pure trolling and adds nothing to the conversation so just give it a rest.

VersusDMC11d ago

Why would insomniac want to do a infamous remaster collection if Sucker Punch are the original developers?

just_looken11d ago

A round of applause for everyone here

I give links i speak the truth but of course defend defend defend

I know they did not make infamous but all this team has done is the same dam ip except one great ratchet/clank game that we will never get a squeal or any dlc

But i get it you all want spiderman every year then a half ass marvel mobile game every 2nd year.

Again any real spiderman fan knows how muich they changed the charecter/lore/powers for the modern audiance if this was the real spiderman he would have radioactive blood like until the mid 2013's and kill marry jane.

Amn the next game from this "studio" is going to have so many dei / microtrancactions in it oof

Philaroni11d ago

Is that you Obsucre? Assuber?

outsider162410d ago

@just looken

Yeah i want another spiderman. So???

If rocksteady can make 3 Batman games. Sucker punch with 3 infamous,

Why can't Insomniac have 3 Spiderman games.

Thank God you're the minority.

mkis00710d ago

Acting like dev's aren't tied to a franchise for a while. Gears for Coalition, Halo for 343, Turn 10 has forza, playground has forza... Insomniac making 3 Spiderman games so far (with a ratchet in between fyi) doesn't even register as enough let alone too many. They are making the games they want to. It was not forced upon them.

Why would they want out of this success? Most devs would do anything for sales like this. Do you not have pride in the work you do?

MrDead10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

"This also gave sweet baby inc more support they helped with the sotry and she hulk aka marry jane so why not make the next spiderman game with gwen but her powers only work after she attends lgbqt rallies fear the power of queer right's bad guys."

Crazy right-wing snowflakes like Tim Pool have broken you with outrage media and "fear of the other". Tater Tots need to go outside and live in the real world, don't be scared... unless you're just projecting and this is some sort of Steven Crowder or Nick Fuentes situation, it's ok to be confused about you're attraction to the same sex, just go with it and you'll find you will be a happier person.

BlackOni10d ago

This is the most incel fake outrage sad shit I've seen all morning.

Congrats to making yourself look like an absolute tool while inexcusably and unnecessarily attacking the LGBTQ community.

On topic, congrats to Insomniac. Amazing game, amazing experience, and makes me hopeful for the new Wolverine Game. Would love to also see a Storm or Captain Marvel game.

Michiel198910d ago

why the hell would insomniac work on an infamous remaster collection? They are one of the most talented studios in the world and you want them to do remasters?

Nacho_Z10d ago

I've noticed talking complete nonsense is normal for you but you've outdone yourself here.

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InUrFoxHole10d ago

@mike
3 spider man games. Did they redo those too?

rlow111d ago

With a game called Spider-Man and made by Insomniac………..is anyone really surprised??? Congrats to them on their continued excellence in game crafting.

1Victor11d ago

Congrats to insomniac on another hit showing proof that it was a right move to be acquired by Sony unlike others developers getting closed or afraid of going on the chopping block.

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gleepot11d ago

My dude, insomniac was already hit with layoffs.

1Victor10d ago

@gleepot: “ My dude, insomniac was already hit with layoffs”
My dude thanks for letting me know that insomniac is on the chopping block or got closed I missed that news about it 🤷🏿

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Knightofelemia11d ago

I wonder how Wolverine will do once released?

Hofstaderman11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Ummmm....maybe even better? We guaranteed a decent Wolverine game and with the success of Xmen 94 the franchise has now entrenched itself with a younger audience. My kids stopped watching 94 and went back to the OG series and they love it.

DarXyde11d ago

Not as well as Spider-Man, I would think. I think it still does great, but based on the footage we weren't supposed to see yet, Spider-Man seems more accessible (not to disregard he's also just more popular than Logan).

But who knows? If the game drops in close enough proximity to Deadpool and Wolverine and/or a new season of X-Men '97, we could be surprised.

Cacabunga10d ago

Wolverine will be a much more mature game.. also popularity wise spiderman is bigger.
On the other hand it might attract players who do not like spiderman kind of super heroes.

I enjoyed xmen origins Wolverine on PS3 very much it had great gameplay!

MagUk10d ago

To be honest I brought the original spider man. While the game play mechanics were excellent and very enjoyable I was put off by how childish the story felt, I probably only played it for a couple of hours at most before it got way too cringy for me.

ChasterMies10d ago

Spider-man makes more money from licensing than any other comic book character. So don’t expect Wolverine to sell as well.

Cacabunga10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

Wolverine will target a completely different audience

jwillj2k411d ago

“Single player games don’t sell duuurrrrr” - your favorite xbot ceo

Flewid63810d ago

Facts. Stellar Blade also ended up being a hit.

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A 13-year mystery around a secret Call of Duty MW3 ending is over

Captain Price's fate at the end of 2011's Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 could've been very different, as this new post-credits scene reveals.

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