Console Shipments Set To Drop Almost 20% As High Prices Hit Consumer Demand – Channelnews
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Console Shipments Set To Drop Almost 20% As High Prices Hit Consumer Demand – channelnews
Analysts predict global gaming console shipments will fall sharply in 2026, with rising hardware prices, ageing platforms and a lack of blockbuster software to blame for the fall in demand from consumers. According to new research from S&P Global Market Intelligence Kagan, worldwide shipments of home gaming consoles from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are expected to decline 19.5% this year to 33.9 million units. The drop follows a surge in 2025, …
News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. The console market is also beginning to feel the impact of memory shortages. According to analysts from S&P Global Market Intelligence, world sales would drop by 19.5% this year, reaching 33.9 million units. The data marks a strong change compared to last year, when the sector grew by 13.5% and reached 42.1 million consoles. The problem combines several factors. The most e…
Successive price increases for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 could lead to a nearly 20% drop in console sales this year, according to a recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. In a generation where consoles have become more expensive instead of becoming more affordable over time, a recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence (via GamesIndustry.biz) anticipates a significant decline in hardware sales t…
NewsGaming.net This year, the console market could record almost 20% less sales With the increase in component prices, the consoles of this generation will never have been more expensive. Inflation increases, but not the standard of living, which means that buying a console in 2026 requires a much larger investment than in the past. So it is logical that sales of consoles should slow down considerably this year.
Xbox only sold 3.2 million in 2025
Analyst: Game console shipments expected to decline 19.5% to 33.9m units in 2026 "The market faces a compounding problem: hardware that's either too old or too expensive for consumers [and] a thin software slate outside a handful of tentpole www.gamesindustry.biz Projected to drop to just 2.5 million this year. PS5 is expected to hit 13.2 million this year for comparison. @Welfare
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FamiboardsAnalyst: Game console shipments expected to decline 19.5% to 33.9m units in 2026
"The market faces a compounding problem: hardware that's either too old or too expensive for consumers [and] a thin software slate outside a handful of tentpole
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