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Switch vs PS4 vs Xbox One Sales Comparison Charts Through August 1, 2020

Switch vs PS4 vs Xbox One Sales Comparison Charts Through August 1, 2020 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 August 2020 / 3,825 Views

Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three home consoles (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) and two handhelds (Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita) over comparable periods for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.  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)

2017 – (Week ending January 7 to August 5)

2018 – (Week ending January 6 to August 4)

2019 – (Week ending January 5 to August 3)

2020 – (Week ending January 4 to August 1)

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

"Year to date" sales for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2020 versus 2019 and 2020 versus 2018 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Microsoft

  • Xbox One – Up Year-on-Year 406,651 (22.6%)

Nintendo

  • Nintendo Switch - Up Year-on-Year 6,410,756 (92.5%)
  • Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 615,588 (-66.5%)

Sony

  • PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 636,017 (-9.0%)

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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2 Comments
Norion (on 07 August 2020)

The Switch is almost 100% up YoY, holy shit. I wonder how many other times this has happened in the middle of a systems life.

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Matsku (on 10 August 2020)

If the Switch continues to sell at this rate it'll have sold 35mil this year before it's done. The Switch really is a monster.

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