PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch Sales Comparison Charts Through November 21 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 December 2020 / 6,263 Views
Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the five current platforms (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One) and two legacy platforms (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 November 25)
2018 – (Week ending January 6 to November 24)
2019 – (Week ending January 5 to November 23)
2020 – (Week ending January 4 to November 21)
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 – Down Year-on-Year 200,509 (-7.4%)
- Xbox Series X|S – n/a
Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch - Up Year-on-Year 8,764,037 (70.9%)
- Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 817,774 (-65.6%)
Sony
- PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 2,822,285 (-26.2%)
- PlayStation 5 – n/a
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I was on the fence of putting PS4 and Xbox One as current or legacy platforms as they are still being manufactured and likely won't be taken off store shelves for another couple of years. Thoughts on if I should put them under Legacy at the start of 2021?
Separating PS4 & XB1 from PS5 & XBS/X makes sense to me, they are clearly successors... Switch is the complication in terms of how to calculate marketshare, I mean it makes sense to have it "compete" against PS4/XB1 for marketshare, but this time next year they will not be selling much at all, whereas Switch should still be outselling the new gen.
Can't really think of a good way to represent all the data comparisons I would be interested in without making the charts overly complicated for such an article. So I think keep it simple, just split off PS5&XBS/X for marketshare comparison.
Legacy. 9th gen is here now.
I think keep them around until the start of 2022, then you can put them under legacy. Putting them there when the successors are out for less than 2 months is simply too early in my opinion. Let the new gen prove itself for a year first.
Yes. Their generation is over. Once a successor has launched it it officially last gen.
It's insane to see the Switch already reaching 21 million before the final sprint of the year
yeah, it's already outselling last year by almost 2M and there are still 5 or 6 weeks to go...
Ninitendo be like:
I see no god up here
OTHER THEN ME
*than
Keep them(PS4 & XB1) current but remove market share comparisons. Market share will be unfair one way or another from here on out so just remove it. Show the total sales for each platform.
What's unfair with market share? There were many consoles which launched years apart from each other (for example Dreamcast vs. PS2).
1st 9th gen chart, I like it. 2021 will be interesting for Sony and Nintendo. Do yo' thang PS5, shit is about to get real.
