Worldwide Hardware Estimates for the Week Ending February 8 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 February 2020 / 4,514 ViewsThe Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console worldwide with 309,227 consoles sold for the week ending February 8, according to VGChartz estimates.
The PlayStation 4 was the second best-selling console with sales of 155,977 consoles sold, followed by the Xbox One with 49,039 units, and the Nintendo 3DS with 3,304 units.
Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up ,63,624 units (+24.7%). PS4 sales are down 101,704 units (-39.4%), the Xbox One is down 26,666 units (-31.5%) and the 3DS is down 31,239 units (-90.8%).
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 309,227 (50,821,923)
- PlayStation 4 - 155,977 (107,145,236)
- Xbox One - 49,039 (46,406,741)
- 3DS - 3,304 (75,123,850)
- Switch - 104,353
- PlayStation 4 - 52,610
- Xbox One - 34,359
- 3DS - 1,408
- PlayStation 4 - 73,627
- Nintendo Switch - 70,338
- Xbox One - 11,736
- 3DS - 1,195
- Switch - 127,127
- PlayStation 4 - 23,832
- Xbox One - 1,258
- 3DS - 613
- Switch - 7409
- PlayStation 4 - 5908
- Xbox One - 1686
- 3DS - 88
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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Switch sales are still up around 20% from the same point at 2019 despite having zero price cuts and having a weak early 2020 thus far, and I'm sure Animal Crossing is going to sell millions of Switches once launched. Happy to see Switch and Nintendo become more relevant now than ever after being considered a laughing stock of a company during the Wii U days. How quickly things change.
Stupidly strong Switch sales for a period where almost no new games are being launched. Jan and Feb are pretty bare for Switch releases.
What when the new wave of switch games start rolling out? Impressive!