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Here is some new data that complete the SELL annual report published last month.
Some of them are from CNC annual report published few days ago while hardware breackdown by platform is not but I can guarantee their reliability at over 90% with the information I have.

Hardware:

In 2025, according to GfK, French households spent €15.3 billion on audiovisual equipment (televisions, DVD or Blu-ray players, game consoles, smartphones, computers, tablets and multimedia gateways), a stable amount compared to 2024 (-0.1%).

Boosted by the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2025, revenue from game console sales were up year-on-year (+13.9%) to €795M (Source: GSD), this is the highest level reached since 2010 (€872M).

In units after a peak in 2023, driven by the PS5, the volume of game console sales falls again in 2025, to 1.6M units (-1.9% compared to 2024, Source: GfK). This is the lowest hardware units total since the 1.0M units reached in 1996.

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console of 2025. Its annual total (0.7M) was the lowest for the top-selling platform since the PlayStation in 1996 (0.4M).

The Nintendo Switch 2 come on second place with 0.6M in 7 months. As shared by The Game Buisness, sales units were over 30% lower than what sold the original Nintendo Switch in 2017 (0.9M in 10 months).

SELL noted that at the end of 2025 nearly 28M consoles were in French households.

The average sales price for console hardware was around 490 euros in 2025 (up 16% from 2024 and 83% from 2019).

The rate of console ownership in French households (all types combined) is stable, at 54.3% (+0.2 points). It stands at 51.3% for home consoles and hybrid (+0.2 points) and 11.6% for handheld (-0.1 points).

The rate of computer ownership in French households is stable, at 76.1% (76.0% in 2024), for a sales volume that is increasing very slightly to 3.0 million units (+1.5%).

Software*:

In 2025, 17.3 million console games were sold, a significant decrease year-on-year (19.2 million in 2024), at a level below that observed over the last ten years, with an average of 21.6 million units sold between 2016 and 2025. The average price of a console game in 2025 was €39.23, compared to €39.77 in 2024 and €47.71 in 2016.

As for the PC market, 4.8 million games were sold, representing a 3.7% year-on-year decrease (4.9 million in 2024). The average price of a PC video game is €23.76, compared to €20.47 in 2024 and €23.58 in 2016.

*GSD panel data only, bundles units and digital from publisher outside the panel (like Nintendo and Kepler) are not include.


2024 Hardware Sales (Units)
  • PlayStation 5: 0.9M
  • Nintendo Switch: 0.6M
  • Xbox Series: 0.1M
  • Others: 0.1M
Total: 1.65M

2025 Hardware Sales (Units)
  • PlayStation 5: 0.7M
  • Nintendo Switch 2: 0.6M
  • Nintendo Switch: 0.2M
  • Xbox Series: ~50K
  • Others: ~50K
Total: 1.62M

2025 Hardware Installed Base (Units)
  • Nintendo Switch: 8.8M
  • PlayStation 4: 6.1M
  • Nintendo 3DS: 5.7M
  • PlayStation 5: 4.0M
  • Xbox one: 1.8M
  • Xbox Series: ~850K
  • Nintendo Switch 2: ~600K
Total: 27.9M
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Installbase
 
If we admit that these proportions aren't different in other countries (and i believe they aren't as different).... no, xbox wont ever have exclusives again, the patform simply cannot sustain it self for that (100% MS fault).
 
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Not good for consoles in general in France. Next Xbox DOA, PS6 will sell slower than PS5 or 4. Switch 2 starting slow; needs some heavy hitters pronto, but will still end up lower than Switch 1, PS5, or PS4.
 
Nintendo dudes are really gonna start hating on France now? 😁

Supposed to be one of Nintendos stronger markets in Europe.

If Nintendos fy forecast end ups correct then they won't be doing that much better then ps5 in it's fifth year on the market. They better hope they lowballed that forcast.
 
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Well done, PlayStation, you've mostly killed a market that used to be yours (alongside Nintendo; here, no one even sees the point of the Switch 2). That's quite an achievement to be proud of! None of my friends or the people I talk to here want your live service games. The PS6, aka the "live service station" as it should be called, could be a major flop in France.

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Not good for news for gaming with these results.

I'm not surprised with consoles getting more expensive and most people going through a cost of living crisis. Unless something changes, this is just going to get worse year on year.
 
Switch 2 in 2025 selling as well as Switch 1 in 2024.
I Love Rock 'n' Roll said:
Well done, PlayStation, you've mostly killed a market that used to be yours (alongside Nintendo; here, no one even sees the point of the Switch 2). That's quite an achievement to be proud of! None of my friends or the people I talk to here want your live service games. The PS6, aka the "live service station" as it should be called, could be a major flop in France.

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'Killed' when it's already at 65% of the PS4 LTD as of late 2025 and it still has two years to go. Sure, it will slow down even more with the price hikes, but an additional 1M up to late 2027 isn't impossible and there isn't an enormous difference between 5M and 6M. Seems like not addressing the elephant in the room with France being a huge Nintendo-oriented market (Nintendo Switch has long been the best selling console of all time there!) and the Switch 2 underperforming big time.
 
jm89 said:
Nintendo dudes are really gonna start hating on France now? 😁

Supposed to be one of Nintendos stronger markets in Europe.

If Nintendos fy forecast end ups correct then they won't be doing that much better then ps5 in it's fifth year on the market. They better hope they lowballed that forcast.
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It's not just one, it's THE strongest market for Nintendo in Europe.
Switch 2 at launch managed to keep up somewhat with Switch 1 between March and June 2017 (an actually great result!), but it's clear that it didn't have the same holiday bump that propelled Switch 1 to reach over 900K units by the end of 2017.
EN250 said:
Not even 3 years and about to surpass PS5 as best selling system? Holy, SW2 is a monster
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Nice shitpost, I laughed.
 
nial said:
Switch 2 in 2025 selling as well as Switch 1 in 2024.

'Killed' when it's already at 65% of the PS4 LTD as of late 2025 and it still has two years to go. Sure, it will slow down even more with the price hikes, but an additional 1M up to late 2027 isn't impossible and there isn't an enormous difference between 5M and 6M. Seems like not addressing the elephant in the room with France being a huge Nintendo-oriented market (Nintendo Switch has long been the best selling console of all time there!) and the Switch 2 underperforming big time.
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Japan and US must be a very large percentage of switch 2 sales with numbers like this.
 
FIREKNIGHT2029 said:
Yep, PC is also suffering the same fate. Hardware sales for PCna dpC components have also fallen off a cliff.


The industry in general is not looking good if they can't find a way to keep prices under control.
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everything is expensive now, back before $5 in my place can buy many groceries, veggies and protein, now I can only choose one side with that number ... imagine how much for tertiary needs such as games and pc here
 
I know people think the Xbox brand is dead, but Nintendo did manage to salvage their console business with the Switch after Wii U disaster. Yes, they had 3DS but even that wasn't as strong as DS.

If I was MS I would drop the Xbox name and innovate in the space just enough, while also have exclusive that are actually worth buying. Tall order and they'd never be able to rise to it, but it could be done.
 
Seeing this grim scene for XBOX probably in all the regions of the world except US makes me think how on earth does this have any hope for a tradational comeback.

People say exclusives but they can only make mediocre Halos, AoE,AoM,SC2,WoW are all PC, iD can't possibly make a better DOOM game than the last three, CoD is multi-platform till forever. All they have is Bethesda's Fallout and Elder Scrolls as a system seller, which is a sad statement if you pin all your hope on the makers of Starfield. Any creativity any developer would have for a new IP would be better utilized for existing IPs or Halo.

Lets see if E-Day is like GoW3 or more GoW5
 
"[2025] is the lowest hardware units total since the 1.0M units reached in 1996."

"The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console of 2025. Its annual total (0.7M) was the lowest for the top-selling platform since the PlayStation in 1996 (0.4M)."

"In 2025, 17.3 million console games were sold, a significant decrease year-on-year (19.2 million in 2024), at a level below that observed over the last ten years, "

Yeah, it's really not looking particularly good for anyone, period.
 
ADiTAR said:
I know people think the Xbox brand is dead, but Nintendo did manage to salvage their console business with the Switch after Wii U disaster. Yes, they had 3DS but even that wasn't as strong as DS.

If I was MS I would drop the Xbox name and innovate in the space just enough, while also have exclusive that are actually worth buying. Tall order and they'd never be able to rise to it, but it could be done.
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It doesn't work like that tho.

Nintendo was able to pivot because they've had over 20 years of success, loyal fanbase, and brand recognition in France.
Even during their flop eras (Wii U, GC), they still had a strong presence with their handheld consoles.
 
ADiTAR said:
I know people think the Xbox brand is dead, but Nintendo did manage to salvage their console business with the Switch after Wii U disaster. Yes, they had 3DS but even that wasn't as strong as DS.

If I was MS I would drop the Xbox name and innovate in the space just enough, while also have exclusive that are actually worth buying. Tall order and they'd never be able to rise to it, but it could be done.
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Nintendo didn't salvage their console business they combined it with their handheld business. And that was always healthy.
 
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