PS5 Sales Drop 58% Year-Over-Year in Sony's Worst May Since 2000
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Sony experienced its worst May in over 25 years for PS5 sales in the US, with unit sales dropping 58% year-over-year and spending falling 43%. The recently price-hiked PS5 (average pricing up 32% to $672) remained the second best-selling system behind the Switch 2, but the data signals that rising hardware costs are causing significant damage to the games industry.
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· 3 pulledPS5 registered a terrifying 58% slide in unit sales year-over-year, and a 43% drop in spending.
While it remained the second best-selling system of the month behind the Switch 2, average PS5 pricing increased 32% year-over-year to $672.
Spiralling hardware costs look poised to do untold damage to the games industry, with the recently price hiked PS5 forcing Sony to endure its worst May since 2000 in the United States.
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