The PlayStation 5 game console sells twice as much as the Xbox Series X and S combined. In this respect reports The Videogames Chronicle (VGC) publication cites an analytical report from game publisher Take-Two.
Take-Two data shows that 77 million ninth-generation consoles have been sold worldwide as of December 31, 2023. Although Microsoft did not disclose Xbox Series X and S sales, Sony announced that 50 million PlayStation 5s were sold last December. This means that the total circulation of Xbox Series Just like on PlayStation 5.
Take-Two also reported that there are 3.4 billion players worldwide, of which more than 3 billion are active. By 2023, the interactive entertainment market will reach $222 billion, which is more than the movie industry, streaming and all other forms of entertainment combined. $136 billion of the $222 billion came from smartphone and tablet games. Mobile games were downloaded 88 billion times in total in 2023. The entire video game market will grow 4% by 2027.
The Take-Two report showed that the total circulation of the GTA V game reached 195 million copies. By comparison, Red Dead Redemption 2 sold 61 million copies.
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