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Worldwide Hardware Estimates for August 16 to 22 - Switch Sales Remain Above 300,000

Worldwide Hardware Estimates for August 16 to 22 - Switch Sales Remain Above 300,000 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2020 / 3,583 Views

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console worldwide with 310,416 consoles sold for the week ending August 22, according to VGChartz estimates. 

The PlayStation 4 was the second best-selling console with sales of 123,411 consoles sold. This was followed by the Xbox One with 21,292 units and the Nintendo 3DS with 4,176 units. 

Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up 137,764 units (79.79%). The PlayStation 4 is down 55,934 units (-31.19%), the Xbox One is down 13,648 units (-39.06%), and the 3DS is down 11,542 units (-73.43%).

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

Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):

  1. Switch - 310,416 (63,077,563)
  2. PlayStation 4 - 123,411 (112,834,418)
  3. Xbox One - 21,292 (48,198,068)
  4. 3DS - 4,176 (75,774,549)
Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 114,765
  2. PlayStation 4 - 43,664
  3. Xbox One - 13,570
  4. 3DS - 1,878
Europe hardware estimates:
  1. Nintendo Switch - 87,871
  2. PlayStation 4 - 67,825
  3. Xbox One - 6,320
  4. 3DS - 1,050
Asia (Japan, mainland Asia, Middle East) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 98,588
  2. PlayStation 4 - 8,664
  3. 3DS - 1,168
  4. Xbox One - 329
Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 9,192
  2. PlayStation 4 - 3,258
  3. Xbox One - 1,073
  4. 3DS - 80

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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Original (on 27 August 2020)

Damn switch is suffering from shortages

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super_etecoon (on 27 August 2020)

What is Switch stock like in Europe? Roll call?

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Bofferbrauer2 super_etecoon (on 27 August 2020)

Could find a couple here in Luxembourg, but the stocks are visibly smaller than they were before.

Also, a console not being in stock is a real rarity here. The Wii was in stock from March 2007 on and never went out of stock again until stores retired it for the Wii U. The Switch on the other hand was out of stock once after the initial launch period during Smash launch.

You can also still find PS4 and XBO here btw, though the latter seems to be getting really low on stock in some stores.

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Original (on 27 August 2020)

But it seems Nintendo had won the European countries

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Original (on 27 August 2020)

Damn 310k compared to 380k last week

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trunkswd Original (on 27 August 2020)

There was a holiday the previous week in Japan where Nintendo was able to ship some extra consoles. Right now Switch sales mainly dependent on how many Nintendo can ship.

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