PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch Sales Comparison Charts Through October 2 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 October 2021 / 3,026 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 October 6)
2019 – (Week ending January 12 to October 5)
2020 – (Week ending January 11 to October 3)
2021 – (Week ending January 9 to October 2)
"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 1,610,418 (-70.0%)
- Xbox Series X|S – n/a
Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch - Down Year-on-Year 1,540,564 (-9.6%)
- Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 348,037 (-90.9%)
Sony
- PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 4,931,418 (-72.0%)
- PlayStation 5 – n/a
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Extrapolating OLED sales in the UK to the whole world, with the following week being the 14th best in the console's history, we would be talking about over 1M sales in just one week.
This will probably not be the case, with the UK being a nice exception, but, if the estimation were more or less close, this 1.5M difference could disappear in a matter of weeks.
Yeah but the UK is the weakest market for the Switch, so I can imagine the sales WW being at +1m
Actually, looking at the sales in Japan, it's even more confirmed what we are saying. In just one week, Switch sales in Japan have multiplied by 5 times. I didn't expect this kind of exaggerated interest.
So Switch has 1.5 millions to catch up for the rest of the year. It's not too bad considering it got a new model and demand seems to be higher than anticipated for it. With that and the strong lineup for the rest of the year i think it can match last year's number. Which would put the Switch has a beast with 2 years over 25 million units sold.
So at the end Switch will need to sell 1.5+ millions to compensate last Year momentum with Oled sales plus Regular and Lite models.
I think Switch will end up making almost a third of the gap between 2020 and 2021 next week, then there will just be a 1M difference between the two, which is definitely still achievable especially with a better software lineup this holiday compared to last.
We are going to see how this goes!
For the next week in 2020 Switch sold 531k, so making up a third the Switch would need to sell 1.04m next week. way too high. People are only thinking "OLED so sales will boost and it'll catch!" without remembering what a great holiday switch had last year. Switch sales might get up to 750k next week but don't see it doing better then that. Catching up to 2020 will be a tough battle.
