Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Sep 5 to 12 - Switch Sales Top 400,000 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 September 2020 / 5,155 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console worldwide with 400,192 consoles sold for the week ending September 12, according to VGChartz estimates.
The PlayStation 4 was the second best-selling console with sales of 145,171 consoles sold. This was followed by the Xbox One with 31,810 units and the Nintendo 3DS with 3,289 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up 154,867 units (63.13%). The PlayStation 4 is down 79,072 units (-35.26%), the Xbox One is down 31,279 units (-56.48%), and the 3DS is down 69,606 units (-95.49%).
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 400,192 (64,331,470)
- PlayStation 4 - 145,171 (113,299,634)
- Xbox One - 31,810 (48,271,787)
- 3DS - 3,289 (75,785,453)
- Switch - 167,320
- PlayStation 4 - 57,046
- Xbox One - 23,918
- 3DS - 1,470
- Nintendo Switch - 105,864
- PlayStation 4 - 74,061
- Xbox One - 6,401
- 3DS - 842
- Switch - 113,325
- PlayStation 4 - 10,005
- 3DS - 907
- Xbox One - 369
- Switch - 13,683
- PlayStation 4 - 4,059
- Xbox One - 1,122
- 3DS - 70
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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Casually breaking the 400k without releasing anything worth noting... crazy, just crazy!
Well the Mario collection has been annonced during this week
No today monster Hunter stories 2 , monster Hunter rise , disgaea 6, Hades news came so and Ori 2 came out today so Nintendo switch has enough games and Hyrule warriors , 3d all Stars coming out
The Ninendo Switch is just crazy
Did the Nintendo switch just sold 400k in 7 days again
Keep on truckin' Nintendo :') keep on with the truckin'. October should be the same result I think
Over 64 Switches are out there
I think there's even over 9000 Switch out there!
Nintendo 64 MILLION!
Switch will rock this holiday
Hot take: Nintendo discontinued 3DS to boost Switch sales above 400K
/jk
It's really sad that they discontinued Nintendo 3ds rip the best handheld console ever it made a lot of fond memories along the way
Well, there will be at least one week the Switch will sell less than last year and that's when Switch Lite was released. Should be next week, I think.
