The month of March 2022 saw, in the UK, the victory of the Xbox Series X | S in terms of sales. Microsoft’s console has been able to outperform both PS5 and Nintendo Switch, but the number of consoles available is less and less.
The information was shared by Christopher Dring, of GamesIndustry.biz, and expanded by Benji-Sales. Dring says, in translation: “March has been another tough month for console stocks in the UK. Particularly for PS5, although the situation has improved since February. Xbox Series S and X peaked in March, mainly. for the arrival of more X consoles. All three platforms have seen a year-over-year decline in sales.
Benji-Sales also adds that these results come following the increase in the number of Xbox Series X shipments in the United States. Overall, then, it is the Xbox Series X | S that dominates the month of March, but it is still not a particularly positive situation.
Xbox Series consoles were the #1 selling platform in the UK for the month of March ahead of Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5
This follows strong retail signs of big Xbox Series X shipments in the US for the month as well. https://t.co/0JNsg5koDa
— Benji-Sales (@BenjiSales) April 5, 2022
The limitations of stocks, and therefore of production, continue to put the difficulty on Microsoft and Sony (but partly also Nintendo), which cannot put into circulation a sufficient number of consoles.
Obviously, they do not help the touts, although in Japan there are some methods to limit their power. Here is our dedicated article in which we explain that we bought PS5 in Japan and tried Sony’s tactics against touts.