PS5 is the best-selling console in the UK in 2022: surpassed Nintendo Switch

PS5 has overtaken Nintendo Switch and is currently the best-selling console in the UK in 2022. The reason for the comeback is a sharp increase in the console's stock as of August 2022, which grew by 56 percent. The figure was provided by Christopher Dring of Games Industry.

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PS5 stock levels jumped by 56% in August (compared with July) in the UK, which means that Sony's console has overtaken the Switch to become 2022's best-selling console (so far)

— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) September 9, 2022

The information is interesting for more than one reason. The main one is that it gives us a good understanding of the strength of demand for PS5. Many people have long wanted to buy it but have been unable to do so because it is so difficult to find in stores, both physical and online.

Such strong demand also makes one understand why Sony does not fear the announced price increase of the console.

Moreover, it is easy to infer that PS5 to date has not yet been able to express its full strength in terms of market penetration because of the well-known problems of recent years, especially the semiconductor crisis. Who knows in a normal situation how many more consoles Sony could have sold.