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Worldwide Hardware Estimates for the Week Ending December 28 - Christmas Week

Worldwide Hardware Estimates for the Week Ending December 28 - Christmas Week - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 January 2020 / 8,606 Views

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console worldwide with 961,543 consoles sold for the week ending December 28, according to VGChartz estimates.

The PlayStation 4 was the second best-selling console with sales of 450,810 consoles sold, followed by the Xbox One with 177,480 units, the 3DS with 9,600 units, and the PlayStation Vita with just 31 units.

Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up 174,842 units. PS4 sales are down 46,756 units and the Xbox One is down 41,804 units. The 3DS is down 182,366 units and the PS Vita is down 3,375 units.

Worldwide Hardware Estimates for the Week Ending November 23 - Week Before Black Friday

Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):

  1. Switch - 961,543 (49,791,800)
  2. PlayStation 4 - 450,810 (105,914,087)
  3. Xbox One - 177,480 (46,006,382)
  4. 3DS - 9,600 (74,996,396)
  5. PS Vita - 31 (15,901,777)
Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 368,555
  2. Xbox One - 126,556
  3. PlayStation 4 - 123,742
  4. 3DS - 4,397
Europe hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 250,997
  2. PlayStation 4 - 175,528
  3. Xbox One - 42,485
  4. 3DS - 2,974
Asia (Japan, mainland Asia, Middle East) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 306,223
  2. PlayStation 4 - 137,904
  3. Xbox One - 2,835
  4. 3DS - 2,064
  5. PS Vita - 31
Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 35,768
  2. PlayStation 4 - 13,636
  3. Xbox One - 5,604
  4. 3DS - 165

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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AJNShelton (on 01 January 2020)

Come ooon, I'm sure they definitly sold 200k more

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alan95 (on 01 January 2020)

so what was the Switch's total sales for 2019 (well not incl 29th,30th,31st Dec) ?

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zorg1000 alan95 (on 01 January 2020)

20.2 million

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alan95 alan95 (on 01 January 2020)

do you know how that compares to other best selling years for consoles?

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zorg1000 alan95 (on 02 January 2020)

Pretty much tied with PS4 best year. PS2, DS & Wii are the only others to do over 20m in a year.

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scottslater alan95 (on 02 January 2020)

So how many units did NS sell for the quarter?

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zorg1000 alan95 (on 02 January 2020)

Based on this sites estimates, 10.42 million

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