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Switch Sales Top 75M, PS5 Tops 4M - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Dec 13-19

Switch Sales Top 75M, PS5 Tops 4M - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Dec 13-19 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 January 2021 / 10,146 Views

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 1,546,436 units sold for the week ending December 19, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 75,125,954 units lifetime.

The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 459,661 units to bring its lifetime sales to 4,192,807 units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 233,212 units to bring their lifetime sales to 2,242,928 units.

It should be noted the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S continues to be supply-constrained in most markets, which will likely continue through early 2021.

The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 199,085 units, the Xbox One sold 108,192 units, and the Nintendo 3DS sold 5,141 units.

Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are down 7,740 units (-0.5%). The PlayStation 4 is down 500,326 units (-71.5%), the Xbox One is down 256,360 units (-70.3%), and the 3DS is down 61,897 units (-92.3%).

PS5 Sales, Xbox Series X and S Sales, Switch Sales

Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):

  1. Switch - 1,546,436 (75,125,954)
  2. PlayStation 5 - 459,661 (4,192,807)
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 233,212 (2,242,928)
  4. PlayStation 4 - 199,085 (114,825,409)
  5. Xbox One - 108,192 (49,219,635)
  6. 3DS - 5,141 (75,903,725)
Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 677,811
  2. PlayStation 5 - 217,619
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 160,022
  4. Xbox One - 82,117
  5. PlayStation 4 - 73,456
  6. 3DS - 2,756
Europe hardware estimates:
  1. Nintendo Switch - 416,717
  2. PlayStation 5 - 192,426
  3. PlayStation 4 - 95,911
  4. Xbox Series X|S - 64,958
  5. Xbox One - 21,847
  6. 3DS - 1,441
Asia (Japan, mainland Asia, Middle East) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 394,266
  2. PlayStation 5 - 32,743
  3. PlayStation 4 - 24,999
  4. Xbox Series X|S - 4,259
  5. Xbox One - 1,689
  6. 3DS - 821
Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 57,642
  2. PlayStation 5 - 16,873
  3. PlayStation 4 - 4,719
  4. Xbox Series X|S - 3,973
  5. Xbox One - 2,539
  6. 3DS - 123

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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dmillos (on 31 December 2020)

Awesome! Thank you @trunkswd for your hard work even on the last day of the year. I was hoping we got this today.

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Kaio_felipe (on 31 December 2020)

Switch will end the year surpassing 3DS lifetime sales. Impressive.

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Ninten78 Kaio_felipe (on 31 December 2020)

Woohoo

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INCITATUSBR (on 31 December 2020)

75m! Will Nintendo Switch lead the numbers next year as well?

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trunkswd INCITATUSBR (on 31 December 2020)

Switch will most likely be the best-selling console in 2021. Sony would have to ship an unprecedented amount of PS5's for a consoles first full year to have any chance of outselling the Switch.

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Original INCITATUSBR (on 01 January 2021)

Does this year's last week of sales ends on January 3rd according to you guys ?

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SKMBlake (on 31 December 2020)

Was waiting for this, thanks Billy !

Amazing numbers, can't wait for the upcoming week's numbers

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Original (on 31 December 2020)

Did the Nintendo switch just sold 1.54 million in 7 days !!!!

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javi741 (on 31 December 2020)

Xbox One quietly outsold the Super Nintendo!

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Original javi741 (on 02 January 2021)

I hope series x/s sells more it needs more success gamepass is a good thing

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Sonmakodo (on 31 December 2020)

Seeing as last week or this week haven’t been reviewed as well as vgchartz being somewhat behind the numbers Nintendo puts out in their reports it’s safe to say the Switch will end the year with 80+ million sold. Crazy

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jason1637 (on 31 December 2020)

What's up with the Series X in Oceania?

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trunkswd jason1637 (on 31 December 2020)

With how low it is? The little bit of information we have is that Microsoft isn't shipping many consoles to the region. They are putting more focus on the Americas, followed by the UK for this holiday season.

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DCourage (on 31 December 2020)

I think the final graph comparing the 8th generation consoles should include Wii U + Switch regarding to Nintendo's consoles vs Sony's Playtation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One

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Original DCourage (on 31 December 2020)

Why did you say the same thing twice at least delete the previous one hahaha

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DCourage DCourage (on 31 December 2020)

lol I don't know why my comment got doubled

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SvenTheTurkey DCourage (on 01 January 2021)

Switch either succeeded wii u, 3ds, or both. It isn't 8th gen. But I agree wii u should.

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DCourage (on 31 December 2020)
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