Switch vs Xbox One in the US Sales Comparison – Switch Closes Gap By Nearly 2M in December 2020 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 February 2021 / 4,120 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the 7th generation and 8th generation platforms, as well as comparisons within the 8th generation. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the lifetime US sales of the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One.
Switch Vs. Xbox One US:
Gap change in latest month: 1,852,227 - Switch
Gap change over last 12 months: 7,608,581 - Switch
Total Lead: 2,946,534 - Xbox One
Switch Total Sales: 26,340,217
Xbox One Total Sales: 29,286,751
December 2020 is the 46th month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for in the US. During the latest month, the gap shrunk in favor of the Switch by 1.85 million units when compared to the Xbox One. In the last 12 months, the Switch has caught up to the lifetime sales of the Xbox One in the US by 7.61 million units. The Switch is currently 2.95 million units behind the lifetime Xbox One sales in the US.
The Xbox One launched in November 2013, while the Nintendo Switch launched worldwide in March 2017. To date the Switch has sold 26.34 million units, while the Xbox One has sold 29.29 million units.
If you were to align the launches of the two consoles in the US the Switch would be ahead by 9.19 million units, as the Xbox One had sold 17.15 million units through 45 months.
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By jun or July it'll outsell it
My initial reaction was that your estimate was way too early. But actually yeah. Something like that. I would probably say September though.
I say August at the latest.
I think Real is right - June or July. It would be one thing if Xbox One S had gotten a proper price cut to $199, and was still selling decently. But as it is, both MS and Sony essentially left their last-gen machines to die an immediate death by leaving their MSRP's at $299 (with both PS4 Pro and Xbox One X already discontinued). Even with stock issues on PS5/Xbox Series, no one is looking to buy last-gen machines...
The Xbox brand went from dominating America with the 360 to now looking at third place. Xbox Series better bring the big guns.
