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PS5 Sales Top 14 Million, Switch Tops 94 Million - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Oct 31-Nov 6

PS5 Sales Top 14 Million, Switch Tops 94 Million - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Oct 31-Nov 6 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 November 2021 / 7,398 Views

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 478,964 units sold for the week ending November 6, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 94.18 million units lifetime.

The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 318,061 units to bring its lifetime sales to 14.19 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 225,226 units to bring their lifetime sales to 8.65 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same week for the PS4 in 2014 are down by over 100,00 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same week for the Xbox One is down by over 148,000 units. PS4 sold 418,678 units for the week ending November 8, 2014 and Xbox One sales were at 373,366 units.

The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 22,889 units, the Xbox One sold 10,212 units, and the Nintendo 3DS sold 362 units.

Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are down by 120,974 units (-20.2%). The PlayStation 4 is down 75,533 (-76.7%), the Xbox One is down 30,624 units (-75.0%), and the 3DS is down 2,982 units (-89.2%).

Looking at sales week-on-week, Nintendo Switch sales are up by over 54,000 units, PlayStation 5 sales are up by nearly 30,000 units, while Xbox Series X|S sales are up by nearly 41,000 units.

PS5 Sales, Xbox Series X and S Sales, Switch Sales

Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):

  1. Switch - 478,964 (94,181,502)
  2. PlayStation 5 - 318,061 (14,187,066)
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 225,226 (8,653,162)
  4. PlayStation 4 - 22,889 (116,628,791)
  5. Xbox One - 10,212 (50,457,535)
  6. 3DS - 362 (75,942,023)
Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 200,180
  2. PlayStation 5 - 116,792
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 113,557
  4. PlayStation 4 - 9,452
  5. Xbox One - 7,829
Europe hardware estimates:
  1. PlayStation 5 - 150,341
  2. Switch - 124,103
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 86,536
  4. PlayStation 4 - 11,264
  5. Xbox One - 2,007
Asia (Japan, mainland Asia, Middle East) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 137,841
  2. PlayStation 5 - 37,302
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 14,890
  4. PlayStation 4 - 1m778
  5. 3DS - 362 (Japan only)
  6. Xbox One - 273
Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) hardware estimates:
  1. Switch - 16,840
  2. PlayStation 5 - 13,626
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 10,243
  4. PlayStation 4 - 395
  5. Xbox One - 103

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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Dahum (on 15 November 2021)

Finally PS5 is over 300k and Xbox Series S/X over 200k.

Solid numbers all around while taking into consideration the chip shortages for all consoles.

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SvenTheTurkey Dahum (on 20 November 2021)

Probably doesn't hurt that there must be less errors the more of them that are made. Production should maybe, hopefully, finally be on the upswing.

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siebensus4 (on 16 November 2021)

I thought that numbers are pretty good for PS5 and XBS, but then I read that PS4 and XBox One had higher sales in the same week...

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Zippy6 siebensus4 (on 16 November 2021)

PS4 was 265k the previous week but this week is CoD week (Advanced Warfare) and it got boosted all the way to 418k, admittedly it's CoD week for PS5/XSX too but they don't have the stock to take advantage of that and Vanguard isn't selling too hot either.

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victor83fernandes Zippy6 (on 16 November 2021)

It has nothing to do with COD or any game whatsoever.
Both PS5 and xbox series X are selling as many as they manufacture, even if no games are released at all.

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Zippy6 victor83fernandes (on 16 November 2021)

Yes I know this and nothing in my post says otherwise. CoD is the reason PS4/XBO sales spiked.

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Sogreblute Zippy6 (on 16 November 2021)

Next up is the GTA 5 spike.

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Torpoleon (on 15 November 2021)

Great numbers! Nice to see all three being even higher than last week!

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sboy11es (on 15 November 2021)

The stock for all consoles is going down, let's see what happens in Christmas. Maybe Nintendo , Sony and Microsoft have saved some stock for Xmas. Nintendo has the biggest stock problem, with Xmas and two new pokemon releases that will push even farther the Switch Sales

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Amnesia (on 15 November 2021)

So now XBOX is at 70% of SONY ?

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AdvanceWebSolutions Amnesia (on 16 November 2021)

Like 64%...

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Elputoxd Amnesia (on 17 November 2021)

It depends on the week. PS5 usually sells between 50 and 70% more than Xbox every week, normally. In the Holiday periods, that difference is always diminished because of higher demand for both.

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AdvanceWebSolutions (on 16 November 2021)

Great numbers for both but Sony is really running away with it in terms of overall sales compared to XBOX. Curious how things go this holiday season with Halo coming the holidays always go well for Microsoft.

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