Console market craters as Xbox sales crash 33% to the lowest since launch 25 years ago, PS5 sales drop 25%
- ID
- 34286
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:30 AM
- Fetched
- 12 Oct 2026, 2:32 AM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/console-market-craters-as-xbox-sales-crash-33-percent-to-the-lowest-since-launch-25-years-ago-ps5-sales-drop-25-percent-steep-price-hikes-push-series-x-to-usd800-and-ps5-pro-to-usd900
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 12 Oct 2026, 2:33 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
Tom's Hardware reports Xbox sales fell 33% to their lowest level since the original Xbox launched 25 years ago, while PS5 sales dropped 25%. The headline ties the decline to steep price hikes that put Xbox Series X at $800 and PS5 Pro at $900. The provided page text is mostly subscription/boilerplate, so there is no deeper analysis, regional pricing, or source data beyond the headline.
Why it matters
For this audience, the item has no direct developer, AI/ML, database, or SaaS decision attached; it is a consumer console demand and pricing signal. If you build or publish games, the concrete takeaway is that $800/$900 premium console pricing may change platform priorities, but the excerpt does not include Malaysian pricing or sales data to act on.
Discussion angle
If $800 Series X and $900 PS5 Pro become the norm, does that push more players toward PC, mobile, or cloud gaming — and would that change where Malaysian game developers or gaming startups focus?