PS5 Sells Over 200,000, XSX|S Over 100,000 - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Feb 14-20 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 March 2021 / 9,380 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 347,150 units sold for the week ending February 20, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 79.79 million units lifetime.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 211,668 units to bring its lifetime sales to 5.62 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 103,430 units to bring their lifetime sales to 3.73 million units.
The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 50,513 units, the Xbox One sold 22,298 units, and the Nintendo 3DS sold 1,628 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up 116,434 units (50.5%). The PlayStation 4 is down 93,553 units (-64.9%), the Xbox One is down 29,927 units (-57.3%), and the 3DS is down 9,919 units (-85.9%).
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 347,150 (79,791,554)
- PlayStation 5 - 211,668 (5,621,484)
- Xbox Series X|S - 103,430 (3,729,135)
- PlayStation 4 - 50,513 (115,063,199)
- Xbox One - 22,298 (49,877,615)
- 3DS - 1,628 (75,919,550)
- Switch - 128,755
- PlayStation 5 - 79,979
- Xbox Series X|S - 67,011
- PlayStation 4 - 16,380
- Xbox One - 15,499
- 3DS - 389
- Nintendo Switch - 89,539
- PlayStation 5 - 84,903
- Xbox Series X|S - 26,818
- PlayStation 4 - 26,454
- Xbox One - 5,309
- 3DS - 356
- Switch - 116,982
- PlayStation 5 - 41,081
- PlayStation 4 - 6,530
- Xbox Series X|S - 5,767
- Xbox One - 801
- 3DS - 859
- Switch - 11,874
- PlayStation 5 - 5,705
- Xbox Series X|S - 3,834
- PlayStation 4 - 1,149
- Xbox One - 689
- 3DS - 24
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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Damn with Switch sales like this, I think it might surpass the Xbox One in sales!
Maybe even the Wii U someday! The sky is the limit
Yes but will it hit the heights of the Virtual boy ?
I really wished to see the numbers of ps5 and xbox X/S, during this pandemic and with no shortages!
Only about a month away from when things get really interesting. The anniversary of animal crossing and the coronavirus.
Switch will almost definitely be down in April year over year, but we'll see if it can keep pace for the rest of the year.
With the numbers so far in 2021, it has a chance to beat 2020. It's going to come down to games though. Monster hunter should help. But I think they need another surprise for summer other than Mario Golf. I'm excited about that one. I can't imagine it's going to be setting the world on fire though.
After animal crossing launched, the switch sold more than 5 million units in the next 7-8 weeks and then continued to do BIG numbers for the rest of the year, it will be hard for MHR to replicate those numbers since AC is way more popular.
Unless Nintendo does a price cut/new model/more casual games, it seems that 2021 will be down compared to 2020.
I feel like March-May are the toughest months the switch will have YoY. The regions that it will most likely be down in are the Americas and Europe, as Japan and the Rest of the World have accumulated enough of a lead to take a hit from covid (See Rol's famistu chart, and PAO's Charts for the RoW region) I feel like ground can be made (on a monthly basis) back in June and August thorugh the end of the year, depending on what games come out.
Right. That's my reasoning. But it's all up in the air until we see more games. But it might make up for the early covid months later in the year.
Even if it doesn't catch up, I think the switch will have a pretty good year.
I don't think they will release a new model nor cut the price this year. Not the calendar year anyway. Maybe march of next year.
I think the momentum is strong even without having a new game like animal crossing. They do need more first party games to prop this year up. But as long as they have a few 2-3 months in advance announcements, I think they can pull it off.
Development is still being affected by covid especially in Japan. They should still have some surprises up their sleeve. I don't expect breath of the wild 2 this year, but I wouldn't completely rule it out either. They're being careful about delays like most companies lately. No one wants to rush or delay a game.
But without a price cut, new model, or a couple big releases, you're right. They won't make it.
Switch had some extraordinary weeks in 2020, but also a few weeks with heavy shortages, where 2021 can catch up.
Yes agreed
Next month week switch sells 80 million
