PS5 vs Switch Sales Comparison - August 2021 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 October 2021 / 5,743 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 PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the PlayStation 5 and Switch.
The PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, while the Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do not lineup.
PS5 Vs. Switch Worldwide:
Gap change in latest month: 3,502,930 - NS
Total Lead: 1,869,770 - NS
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 11,246,498
Switch Total Sales: 13,116,268
August 2021 is the 10th month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the Nintendo when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 5 by 3.50 million units. The Nintendo Switch has taken the lead and is ahead by 1.87 million units.
The PlayStation 5 has sold 11.25 million units in 10 months, while the Nintendo Switch sold 13.12 million units. Month 10 for the PlayStation 5 is August 2021 and for the Nintendo Switch it is December 2017.
The Nintendo Switch crossed million units sold in month 19, 30 million in month 23, and 40 million in month 33. The Nintendo Switch has sold 90.24 million units through August 2021.
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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We all knew this was coming due to the holiday season. PS5 will bounce back. They'll be trading blows much like PS4 and Switch before it. Unless Sony really is serious about selling over 20M consoles year 2.
Well, Switch is the fastest selling console counting 52 weeks after launch. Switch even outsold Wii in its first year - and Wii is currently outselling PS5 launch aligned. PS5 already had one holiday season, now Switch breaks even this disadvantage.
Switch started slow since it was a task to bring back the consumer after the Wii U. PS5 is coming off the strong PS4, so it's had a pretty smooth gen transition. We know tables can turn in a generation pretty quickly. We know the Switch will end up selling record breaking numbers. Even if the PS5 is selling super well, we'll see if it dominates as much as the PS4 did.
Switch numbers are not that high in Europe and NA, and since Japan is saturated I don't see how they keep sales up moving forward when stock for the PS5 is readily available and the PS5 being more popular in precisely those two markets (I expect the PS5 to perhaps be the top selling console of all time, maybe beating the PS2, because of the inevitable PS5 Pro that the PS2 never had (no PS2 pro), but we'll see).
