GVTech News The PS5 has to give in to a strong contender in the ranking of the most played consoles in 2023. The Xbox Series
The console wars have been going strong since the 1980s, and they’re not about to stop. The year 2023 was particularly full of exclusive games, on different platforms, such as PC, PS5 or even Nintendo Switch. But who won this battle?
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series.. Who will win the battle in 2023?
HowLongToBeat recently published a list of the most played devices in 2023.
Of course, we include modern consoles, such as the Xbox Series These devices have been in the spotlight for several years, so Nintendo’s next console is set to be revealed soon.
The “console war” has been around for a long time, already in the 80s and 90s, kids were fighting among themselves to see who was better between SEGA and Nintendo. The war has only just moved to modern consoles, like Xbox and Playstation, but despite all these changes, Nintendo consoles are still in the rankings.
Here is a list of the most used consoles during 2023:
- Computer
- Nintendo Switch
- Playstation 4
- PlayStation 5
- Play station 3
- Xbox One
- Xbox series
- Xbox 360
- Nintendo 3DS
How is that ?! The PS3 and PS4 remain the consoles that are still more widely played than the Xbox SeriesAlthough these machines were released dating back to 2006 and 2013 respectively.
It is strange that the PC rose to the top of the ranking despite the very exceptional sales of the PS5, which from the beginning faced the crisis of electronic components. The Xbox Series lags behind its predecessor, the Xbox One, which was released in 2013 to compete with the PS4.
Logical explanations
What if I told you that this rating is completely biased?
In fact, this ranking of the most played consoles in 2023 is based on: Database provided by HowLongToBeat.
If you don’t know HowLongToBeat, it’s a site that allows players to see how old a game is based on different criteria (100% game completion, main quest only, etc.).
The site works a bit like Wikipedia, which is to say thanks to the community that itself enters the number of hours played on different titles into the database in order to average.
This explains why PC is placed at the top of the ranking, because it is clear that even if this platform has been democratized for several years, it still remains a special way to play since PCs are expensive.
This is therefore a ranking of the number of participants on the HowLongToBeat website. We can notice this in particular thanks to this graph provided by the site itself, to show the percentage of the platform registered on the site for years.
Number of platforms listed on HowLongToBeat
PC accounts for nearly half of the searches associated with HowLongToBeat, which is normal, because it’s easier to consult a website from a PC…
An interesting fact to consider is also the number of games that require knowing their lifespan. The Nintendo Switch has a fairly large catalog of exclusive games that players will want to know how old they are since there are a lot of fairly long games out there, like Zelda Tears of the Kingdom for example.
So no, you shouldn’t throw your Xbox Series Microsoft even announced that it had reached 21 million units sold (48% of which were Series S), while the Playstation 5 reached 41 million during the summer of 2023.
