
Year on Year Sales & Market Share Charts - November 10, 2018 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 December 2018 / 4,419 ViewsHere we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the four home consoles and four handhelds over comparable periods for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.
Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share (Same Periods Covered)
2015 – (Week ending January 10 to November 14)
2016 – (Week ending January 9 to November 12)
2017 – (Week ending January 7 to November 11)
2018 – (Week ending January 6 to November 10)
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year
"Year to date" sales for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2018 versus 2017 and 2018 versus 2016 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Microsoft
- Xbox One – Down Year-on-Year 49,361 (-1.2%)
Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch - Up Year-on-Year 1,343,996 (17.7%)
- Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 1,988,004 (-44.6%)
Sony
- PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 1,759,344 (-12.8%)
- PlayStation Vita – Down Year-on-Year 424,658 (-67.8%)
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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I think it’s pretty safe to say that 2017 will officially be PS4’s peak year, but given how 2018 is still well ahead of every other year, it bodes very well for the console’s sales in it’s twilight years. If the rumors are true and PS5 isn’t launching until late 2020-ish, I can see PS4 having very respectable numbers in 2019 and 2020. Still looking at a 130 million + sold lifetime if PS5’s launch goes over well.
Ps4 is down from 2017 but up from 2016. Its only due to a successful year in 2017 that we see 2018 being down yet still the best selling console in 2018 with still amazing sale figures as we come to the end of ps4 life cycle.
Agreed. It’s awesome how even when it’s the most down YoY, it’s still seeing tremendous figures when compared to the competition. Amazing figures indeed.
Wow Switch is now the only console that's up year on year. It'll be interesting to see if that changes once the numbers come in for the rest of the year.
Oh that makes sense. I was wondering why it dropped all of the sudden.