Worldwide Hardware Estimates for August 1 to 8 - Switch Continues Dominance - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 August 2020 / 4,752 Views

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console worldwide with 429,779 consoles sold for the week ending August 8, according to VGChartz estimates.

The PlayStation 4 was the second best-selling console with sales of 147,455 consoles sold. This was followed by the Xbox One with 35,654 units and the Nintendo 3DS with 5,047 units.

Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up 250,261 units (139.41%). The PlayStation 4 is down 36,706 units (-19.93%), the Xbox One is up 2,691 units (8.16%), and the 3DS is down 13,120 units (-72.22%).

Switch Sales vs PS4 Sales vs Xbox One Sales - Worldwide Hardware Estimates - VGChartz

Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):

Switch - 429,779 (62,508,654)
PlayStation 4 - 147,455 (112,649,643)
Xbox One - 35,654 (48,346,104)
3DS - 5,047 (75,766,025)

Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) hardware estimates:

Switch - 116,778
PlayStation 4 - 48,162
Xbox One - 23,882
3DS - 2,717

Europe hardware estimates:

Nintendo Switch - 93,668
PlayStation 4 - 79,191
Xbox One - 8,578
3DS - 1,302

Asia (Japan, mainland Asia, Middle East) hardware estimates:

Switch - 209,047
PlayStation 4 - 15,939
3DS - 941
Xbox One - 524

Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) hardware estimates:

Switch - 10,286
PlayStation 4 - 4,163
Xbox One - 2,670
3DS - 87

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.

9 Comments

Maluigi (on 13 August 2020)

Switch ahead in Europe. :)

Eagle367 Maluigi (on 13 August 2020)

I think it's time for switch to be above the PS4 for every week everywhere. And I think the switch will be ahead of the ps5 and XboxSeX next year as well;