Switch Sales Top 80 Million Units - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Feb 21-27 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 March 2021 / 6,637 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 412,905 units sold for the week ending February 27, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 80.37 million units lifetime.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 225,766 units to bring its lifetime sales to 5.87 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 107,519 units to bring their lifetime sales to 3.84 million units.
The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 44,418 units, the Xbox One sold 20,305 units, and the Nintendo 3DS sold 1,371 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up 167,684 units (68.4%). The PlayStation 4 is down 98,390 units (-68.9%), the Xbox One is down 37,274 units (-64.7%), and the 3DS is down 10,268 units (-88.2%).
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 412,905 (80,369,221)
- PlayStation 5 - 225,766 (5,865,794)
- Xbox Series X|S - 107,519 (3,837,426)
- PlayStation 4 - 44,418 (115,107,617)
- Xbox One - 20,305 (49,907,620)
- 3DS - 1,371 (75,920,921)
- Switch - 184,546
- PlayStation 5 - 78,562
- Xbox Series X|S - 63,213
- PlayStation 4 - 14,566
- Xbox One - 13,967
- 3DS - 369
- Nintendo Switch - 94,017
- PlayStation 5 - 87,879
- Xbox Series X|S - 30,299
- PlayStation 4 - 22,413
- Xbox One - 4,900
- 3DS - 316
- Switch - 120,522
- PlayStation 5 - 53,344
- PlayStation 4 - 6,417
- Xbox Series X|S - 9,928
- Xbox One - 780
- 3DS - 859
- Switch - 13,820
- PlayStation 5 - 5,981
- Xbox Series X|S - 4,079
- PlayStation 4 - 1,022
- Xbox One - 658
- 3DS - 21
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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GBA and PSP be feeling that breath down their necks
Nintendo is doomed :)
I’ll be more impressed when the Switch blows past PS3/360.
Prepare to be impressed in the next few months..
Nice numbers all around. 80 million switches. 5.8M unicorns. Nintendo is doing exceptionally well considering limited parts supply.
The Switch should pass the 7th gen HD twins before too much longer.
Very soon. 85 million or something?
Next week the Switch will overtake the 3DS in Europe on the charts.
What happened to Switch's japan sales. Are there shortages? Also, why is switch called "Nintendo switch" in europe? xD
Fabulous secret features were revealed to the public in late 2016. And since then, players held aloft their Switches and said... Now I'm playing with power! Cringer became the Mighty Battle Cat, and Switch became the most popular system in the universe.
From now on well see how Switch does compared to last years animal crossing hit
My prediction is down in April year over year. Then about the same for the rest of the year.
If the rumours about the 'Switch Pro' are real, it will be interesting to see how it will compete against thata season last year.
If it's this calendar year, I'm expecting a quiet revision or something very modest.
Or else it's a 4k dlss dock.
why the xbox can´t supply as many consoles as sony since they are a bigger company?
Bigger company doesn't mean more production lines for consoles.
They're only able to produce as much as they made contracts for. The shortages made increased production unavailable.
No company can avoid the chip shortages. Doesn't matter what industry. If they have electronics in the product, they're probably affected.
What drives me nuts about this is that every Xbox that is available is sold out. Which means that if Xbox is selling less, they never put the resources in to building many of them. Kind of makes me anti-Xbox if Microsoft doesn't care about chasing marketshare.
