"Circana's Mat Piscatella reports that only 1.6 million new consoles were sold last month, including during Black Friday. That's just a few hundred thousand more than the 1995 low of 1.4 million. Perhaps just as surprisingly, the Switch 2 wasn't even the best-selling hardware in November. That honor went to the PS5, a console that's five years old and ended up not benefiting from the expected Grand Theft Auto 6 launch hype this year."
"Piscatella reports that the average price of a new console "reached an all-time November high of $439, up 11 percent compared to a year ago." Back in November 2019 the average was just $235. That's partly the impact from President Trump's trade war which led Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft to all implement multiple rounds of price increases in 2025. A new Xbox Series X, first released five years ago for $500, now costs $650 at Best Buy."
"Part of that no doubt came down to a discrepancy in Black Friday deals. Sony was aggressively discounting the all-digital PS5 by $100 while Nintendo actually got rid of its long-standing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle for the original Switch. The Switch 2 did end up getting some surprise discounts from retailers by Cyber Monday, but that ended up falling on December 1 this year, so it doesn't fall within this period."
November U.S. new-console sales totaled only 1.6 million, the weakest November since 1995 when 1.4 million sold. The PS5 outsold Nintendo's new Switch 2, despite Switch 2's launch this Christmas. Sony discounted the all-digital PS5 by $100 during Black Friday while Nintendo removed a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch bundle; Switch 2 discounts appeared on Cyber Monday after the tracked period. The average price of a new console reached an all-time November high of $439, up 11% year-over-year, reflecting price increases by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft in 2025. Microsoft did not discount Xbox hardware, and Xbox finished third for the month.
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