By the end of 2022, Sony Interactive Entertainment was able to significantly increase the supply of PlayStation 5 in key markets, and if this dynamic continues, the new console will have a real chance to come out on top in sales in 2023.
Such a forecast in an interview with the GamesIndustry publication. biz was shared by well-known analyst Pierce Harding-Rolls from the Ampere Analysis agency.
Nintendo Switch is entering a late phase of its life cycle, so Harding-Rolls does not predict easy leadership for it.
Nevertheless, she will receive in 2023 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which should become a big systemseller. The analyst sees the Xbox Series X|S in third place by the end of 2023.
"I expect the console market to stabilize in 2023 after a downturn in 2022. The release schedule is looming decent.
If the supply level and availability of the PS5 in stores continue, it has every chance of becoming the best-selling console of 2023 against the background of the transition of the Nintendo Switch to the late phase of the life cycle.
But the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be a big systemseller, so Switch and PlayStation 5 can end the year with close sales. I don't expect a new Nintendo console in 2023.
We predict its release in 2024," the expert noted. The analyst also believes that the VR segment will remain relatively niche in 2023.
"Sony's PS VR2 will enter the market at a difficult macroeconomic time. I think that in 2023 the company will be able to sell from 1.2 to 1.5 million units of new helmets.
The VR market will grow slowly and will remain relatively niche."
Finally, Harding-Rolls believes that the deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard will eventually be approved, but with concessions from Xbox.
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