Let me break down your own bullshyt source for your braindead "I failed media studies" ass.
1. Your primary source is Gamesrant who then use GamingSmart as their source, and GamingSmart are using VGChartZ as their sales source and StatCounter as some kind of "What's your favourite console" survey source.
2. The VGChartz information - which is a year old - DOES NOT SUPPORT anything Gamesrant/GamingSmart said in terms of sales. In fact, it says the following:
Through the first seven weeks available in the US the PlayStation 5 is ahead of the Switch and Xbox Series X|S. The PS5 is ahead of the Xbox Series X|S by 500,475 units and is 794,406 units ahead of the Switch.
The PS5 has sold 1.82 million in seven weeks in the US, while the Xbox Series X|S sold 1.32 million units and the Switch 1.03 million units.
Looking at the marketshare through seven weeks, the PlayStation 5 currently leads. The PS5 has a 43.7 percent marketshare, the Xbox Series X|S sits at 31.7 percent, and the Switch at 24.6 percent.
3. However, the other source StatCounter, which seems to be a unclear survey asking about console preference (not about sales) has it 50/50 in terms of PS5/XB1 responders in
January 2021. Now, in Dec 2021, it has it as 90% in favour of PS5 and 8% for XB1.
Conclusion: Gamesrant/GamingSmart intentionally conflated some preference survey with actual sales figures to sell a fake headline to the permanently braindead aka
@Pressure at the.coli.com.