New gaming consoles launched by Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. fell short of their predecessors in terms of sales during their first week in Japan, suggesting persistent supply bottlenecks will hamper the debut of two of this holiday season’s most hotly anticipated gadgets.
Sony sold 118,085 PlayStation 5 (PS5) consoles from its debut on Nov. 12 to Nov. 15, roughly a third of the volume seen over launch weekend for the PlayStation 4 (PS4), Famitsu estimated. Microsoft tallied 20,534 units of its Xbox Series X and S during the six days from its start on Nov. 10, also shy of the 23,562 that the Xbox One managed during its first few days, the research house said.
Sony fell as much as 1.6% in Tokyo trading on Thursday and Microsoft was down by about the same amount in New York Wednesday. Both fell in line with broader markets.