PS5 Sales Near 5M, Switch Remains Best-Seller - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Jan 10-16 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2021 / 9,918 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 434,438 units sold for the week ending January 16, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 77.89 million units lifetime.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 127,712 units to bring its lifetime sales to 4.95 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 76,525 units to bring their lifetime sales to 2.80 million units.
The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 68,133 units, the Xbox One sold 23,812 units, and the Nintendo 3DS sold 1,361 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up 153,976 units (54.9%). The PlayStation 4 is down 70,263 units (-50.8%), the Xbox One is down 17,371 units (-42.2%), and the 3DS is down 14,587 units (-91.5%).
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 434,438 (77,889,435)
- PlayStation 5 - 127,712 (4,945,236)
- Xbox Series X|S - 76,525 (2,801,306)
- PlayStation 4 - 68,133 (114,970,127)
- Xbox One - 23,812 (49,535,612)
- 3DS - 1,361 (75,912,085)
- Switch - 104,250
- PlayStation 5 - 68,343
- Xbox Series X|S - 54,177
- PlayStation 4 - 18,155
- Xbox One - 15,608
- 3DS - 387
- Nintendo Switch - 91,866
- PlayStation 5 - 43,615
- PlayStation 4 - 39,047
- Xbox Series X|S - 18,340
- Xbox One - 6,516
- 3DS - 366
- Switch - 220,668
- PlayStation 5 - 11,330
- PlayStation 4 - 9,248
- Xbox Series X|S - 1,774
- Xbox One - 856
- 3DS - 582
- Switch - 17,654
- PlayStation 5 - 4,424
- Xbox Series X|S - 2,234
- PlayStation 4 - 1,683
- Xbox One - 832
- 3DS - 26
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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Switch is up almost 55% from last year and new games haven't even started to release yet
Team 2021 can be very confident. Switch is still going strong.
Europe given up on Xbox it seems.
Is 400,000 going to be the weekly baseline for switch this year? If so, that's 21,000,000 if you don't even count on the holidays.
3D world will help a little.
February, March and April should be BIG months for Switch. Super Mario 3D World + Bowsers Fury, Bravely Default II, Persona 5 Strikers, Monster Hunter Rise and New Pokémon Snap combined with Mario Edition Switch and Monster Hunter Rise Edition Switch units are gonna do more than “a little “ as long as Nintendo has the supply.
so a global baseline of around 350k-300k.
OFC the baseline might jump a LOT when MHR realeses.
Yeah I saw the next week for Japan a little after. That makes sense. I had thought they were out of their holiday already. So probably around 300k is about right when there aren't any big games releasing.
Kinda weird to see US and EU for Switch so close
I hope series x recovers from stock issues it's a great console for value
It's a chip/superconductor shortage that will go until the 2nd half of the year: https://www.vgchartz.com/article/447157/ps5-and-xbox-series-xs-supply-issues-expected-to-run-through-first-half-of-2021/
That said, I've seen PS5 and XBS stock back online more often since last week, so hopefully numbers will begin to improve some with next week's numbers.
