PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2022 Sales Comparison Charts Through April 30 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 May 2022 / 5,945 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 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. 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)
2019 – (Week ending January 12 to May 4)
2020 – (Week ending January 11 to May 2)
2021 – (Week ending January 9 to May 1)
2022 – (Week ending January 8 to April 30)
"Year to date" sales for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2022 versus 2021 and 2022 versus 2020 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year
Microsoft
- Xbox Series X|S – Up Year-on-Year 865,362 (+48.8%)
- Xbox One – Down Year-on-Year 362,500 (-93.2%)
Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch - Down Year-on-Year 2,179,645 (-28.9%)
Sony
- PlayStation 5 – Down Year-on-Year 1,015,294 (-28.9%)
- PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 893,676 (-76.9%)
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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The most impressive thing is that the ps4 sold 17x the Xbox one.
"17x the Xbox one" would be 850m. lol... try 2.3x
no one mentioned lifetime sales, I was talking this last weeks sales.
My point is, people mention that xbox series is not too far behind the ps5, but they forget people are still buying ps4 because they couldn't find a ps5, such doesn't happen in xbox world.
Again, my point is, there is a much bigger market share on PlayStation side, its just not mentioned.
And yes, 17x the sales currently is a massive difference. Imagine if there were ps5 widely available, those could be ps5 sales.
That market share... Switch still above 50 %, Xbox ahead PS5. I would have never predicted that :D
The switch is not on the same generation as these new consoles, the switch launched years before.
Please not again. Wii U was Gen 8 together with PS4 and Xbox One, Switch is Gen 9 together with PS5 and Xbox Series. Sega Dreamcast was released 3 years before Gamecube, but it is also Gen 6. Switch doesn't play Wii U discs. It is a new generation. Power doesn't say anything about generation, because Wii was also Gen 7 together with PS3 and X360.
Wrong, Nintendo generations are different than playstation or xbox, in fact xbox is on generation 4, playstation is on generation 5 and so on.
Not only is the switch not on the same generation as these new consoles, you forget the main fact the switch is a portable console, so not even comparable. There is no competitor for the switch because the Vita was previous generation.
Vita wasn't a hybrid console.
