PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch Sales Comparison Charts Through March 6 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 March 2021 / 3,042 Views
Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three current platforms (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch) and three legacy platforms (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo 3DS) over comparable periods for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.
Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share (Same Periods Covered)
2018 – (Week ending January 13 to March 10)
2019 – (Week ending January 12 to March 9)
2020 – (Week ending January 11 to March 7)
2021 – (Week ending January 9 to March 6)
"Year to date" sales for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2021 versus 2020 and 2021 versus 2019 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year
Microsoft
- Xbox One – Down Year-on-Year 264,134 (-57.0%)
- Xbox Series X|S – n/a
Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch - Up Year-on-Year 1,324,092 (54.7%)
- Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 113,045 (-89.6%)
Sony
- PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 859,765 (-62.9%)
- PlayStation 5 – n/a
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Switch at almost 4 million even tho the year bearly began. I mean, almost 1/4 of Wii U's total sales in 2.5 months is insane, and there were barely any new games out yet. I can't imagine how the sales will skyrocket if a revision is being released by october-november
Every new game booster are behind. Only a price cut or a new SKU and I am not even certain of that. I only see 3 games which can bring a bit of new players : Pikmin 4, F-ZERO and Metroid P4.
Wat ?
Right. At the rate it's selling at, new releases certainly have a diminished effect, but it will be noticable. Monster hunter will have the most noticable effect in Japan due to the popularity there and somewhat lower switch sales in recent weeks.
At this point, the big releases will have a sort of smaller impact but have the benefit of keeping the switch in the spotlight. Nintendo doesn't need isolated huge weeks. They just need to buoy the switch enough to keep it at or above current sales.
won't it reach saturation in Japan soon? I mean how many people do they have left to sell to?
About 100 million
I'd say realistically 40 million. But either way, they not even close.
PS5 is a BEAST, its already selling 2:1 vs XBox X, maybe even a better start than PS4 that sold 2.3x more than XBox One in the end, and PS5 it's still availability constraint because of Covid 19.
