Switch Sells Nearly 750,000 as Monster Hunter Debuts - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Mar 21-27 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 April 2021 / 7,190 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 744,254 units sold for the week ending March 27, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 82.42 million units lifetime.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 263,273 units to bring its lifetime sales to 6.80 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 121,909 units to bring their lifetime sales to 4.32 million units.
The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 39,615 units, the Xbox One sold 17,577 units, and the Nintendo 3DS sold 1,581 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are down 49,090 units (-6.2%). The PlayStation 4 is down 199,335 units (-83.4%), the Xbox One is down 78,020 units (-81.6%), and the 3DS is down 9,394 units (-85.6%).
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 744,254 (82,422,894)
- PlayStation 5 - 263,273 (6,799,218)
- Xbox Series X|S - 121,909 (4,323,055)
- PlayStation 4 - 39,615 (115,271,202)
- Xbox One - 17,577 (49,981,216)
- 3DS - 1,581 (75,926,911)
- Switch - 269,783
- PlayStation 5 - 83,387
- Xbox Series X|S - 68,167
- PlayStation 4 - 13,120
- Xbox One - 11,962
- 3DS - 311
- Nintendo Switch - 135,999
- PlayStation 5 - 92,254
- Xbox Series X|S - 36,711
- PlayStation 4 - 21,321
- Xbox One - 4,374
- 3DS - 303
- Switch - 315,204
- PlayStation 5 - 81,060
- Xbox Series X|S - 12,719
- PlayStation 4 - 4,345
- 3DS - 946
- Xbox One - 723
- Switch - 23,268
- PlayStation 5 - 6,572
- Xbox Series X|S - 4,312
- PlayStation 4 - 829
- Xbox One - 518
- 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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Switch: sells 750k in a non-holiday week
Also Switch: down YoY
Absolute insanity. I never thought we'd ever see the DS reincarnated
How can it sell 750k in a week and be down from last year? What was going on back then?
The start of the lockdowns from the pandemic. Sales of every console shot up. New systems. Old systems. If people could get their hands on it, it was selling.
The switch was actually being scalped for 400-500 dollars as I recall.
Plus animal crossing which also had a good launch.
Xbox One be like "Are we there yet ?"
50 million mark: "No"
Xbox One: "And now ?
50 million: "No"
Xbox One: "And now ?
50 million: "No"
next week or week after next determined
Monster Hunter is a system seller indeed, and not just in Japan
Switch will do big numbers this year and I hope new switch model is real
With the chip shortages, I'm really doubting it. Either way, I think a small revision like 2019 and a 4k dock is more likely.
Switch sales have been so impressive, it's amazing to see that they are down yoy.
PS5 does now look pretty healthy in Asia. Switch sales should be up YoY again next week (because of shortages last year).
Yeah I noticed that on Asia. Most amazing from this last period is the Japan specific numbers for PS5 this last week are less than half of 1% lower than XS numbers in North America. EDIT: And that is with less than half the population of US+CAN, so even accounting for split market in US+CAN I would say Japan is very clearly ahead in proportionate sales/population for this week of figures.
So by Nintendo’s own numbers it’s probably somewhere between 85 and 86 million at this point. Insane.
Nintendo Switch is god
Switch numbers are as I expected astronomical.
I wonder if it can catch the gameboy or gameboy advance in North America. Still not a favorite here, Japan is the crazy place.
Switch is really beasting right now. How long before it passes 360?
Sempre me impressiona os números do Nintendo Switch, não dá pra saber de onde vem tanta força e quanto tempo vai durar, tenho certeza que venderá mais de 108 milhões até 31 de dezembro. Deve ultrapassar o PS4 em meados de 2022, se tiver um relançamento as vendas devem continuar altas por pelo menos mais 2 anos a partir de 2022.
I am always impressed by the numbers of the Nintendo Switch, I cannot know where it comes from so much strength and how long it will last, I am sure it will sell more than 108 million until December 31st. It should surpass the PS4 in history of 2022, if it has a relaunch as sales should remain high for at least another 2 years from 2022*
Insane! Switch is a monster!
I would've expect more for the Switch
Is this sarcasm?
Well no, I was expecting around 800-850k (even 900k) since the game sold 5 million in 3 days
I think your expectations were unreasonable then. Switch sales are essentially flat (considering margin of error) over last year when Animal Crossing launched, which outsold Monster Hunter Rise in Japan in terms of physical copies, by about 33%. Presumably, since Japan is by far MH's strongest region, Animal Crossing beat it pretty soundly worldwide.
You could argue that Monster Hunter fans were more likely to buy a Switch specifically for Rise than Animal Crossing fans were for Animal Crossing (Animal Crossing appeals to a lot of gamers who may have already owned a Switch for something like Pokemon or Mario Kart), but I think it's unreasonable to expect that it would have driven sales higher than for Animal Crossing.
You're probably right
Well, I'm definitely right because I'm taking a position after we already know the numbers :p. I kind of cheated.
The game sold 4 million in three days.
Edit: Lol, someone downvoted my comment although I just stated a fact. Lmao.
We don't like facts here (I'm not the one who downvoted you tho)
It didnt't sell 5 million in three days. The game had sold 4 million copies after three days and 5 milion after ten days.
https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e210329.html
https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e210405.html
