PS5 vs PS3 Sales Comparison - October 2021 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 25 November 2021 / 3,914 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 PlayStation 3.
The PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, while the PlayStation 3 launched in November 2006 in North America and Japan and in March 2007 in Europe. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.
PS5 Vs. PS3 Worldwide:
Gap change in latest month: 809,574 - PS5
Total Lead: 8,270,048 - PS5
PlayStation 5 Total Sales 13,869,005
PlayStation 3 Total Sales: 5,598,957
October 2021 is the 12th month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 5 when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 3 by 809,574 units. The PlayStation 5 is currently ahead by 8.27 million units.
The PlayStation 5 has sold 13.87 million units in 12 months, while the PlayStation 3 sold 5.60 million units. Month 12 for the PlayStation 5 is October 2021 and for the PlayStation 4 is October 2007.
The PlayStation 3 did not reach current PlayStation 5 sales until month 21 where it had sold 14.32 million units.
The PlayStation 3 crossed 10 million units sold in month 15, 20 million in month 27, and 30 million in month 38. The PlayStation 3 sold 87.4 million units lifetime.
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Fun fact: In Japan PS3 is a good margin ahead of PS5 launch aligned.
is there a shortage of PS5's in Japan or is the switch just that much more preferred?
When was the PS3 price cut?
It's month 34. That's when PS3 took off.
Exciting.
Worst case scenario I would still be very surprised if the PS5 doesnt outsell the PS3
i just dont see it happening.
It will be better comparison to get PS5 against PS2 :)
There probably would have similar stats.
You right, otherwise they have a lot of data from past years :)
They wouldn't be very similar the ps2 likely would have started a lot slower than the ps5 but would sell over a much longer period of time. A pretty large portion of the ps2s sales were after the ps3 launched
