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Xbox Series X|S Sales Top 16 Million - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for July 24-30

Xbox Series X|S Sales Top 16 Million - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for July 24-30 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 August 2022 / 14,737 Views

    The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 297,466 units sold for the week ending July 30, 2022, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 110.98 million units lifetime.

    The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 243,612 units to bring its lifetime sales to 21.83 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 177,395 units to bring their lifetime sales to 16.13 million units.

    PS5 sales compared to the same week for the PS4 in 2015 are up by nearly 61,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same week for the Xbox One are up by over 101,000 units. PS4 sold 182,909 units for the week ending August 1, 2015 and Xbox One sales were at 76,205 units.

    The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 5,536 units, and the Xbox One sold 420 units.

    Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up by 15,813 units (5.6%), while the PlayStation 5 is up by 8,551 (3.6%) and the Xbox Series X|S is up 52,277 units (41.8%).

    The PlayStation 4 is down 22,717 units (-80.4%) year-over-year and the Xbox One is down 10,859 units (-96.3%).

    Looking at sales week-on-week, Nintendo Switch sales are flat, PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 4,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 10,000 units.

    2022 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 9.10 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 4.85 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 4.48 million units.

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

    Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):

    1. Switch - 297,466 (110,983,148)
    2. PlayStation 5 - 243,612 (21,825,208)
    3. Xbox Series X|S - 177,395 (16,129,248)
    4. PlayStation 4 - 5,536 (116,976,834)
    5. Xbox One - 420 (50,532,402)
    Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) hardware estimates:
    1. Switch - 102,914
    2. Xbox Series X|S - 91,073
    3. PlayStation 5 - 77,470
    4. PlayStation 4 - 3,865
    5. Xbox One - 341
    Europe hardware estimates:
    1. PlayStation 5 - 88,129
    2. Switch - 78,397
    3. Xbox Series X|S - 52,643
    4. PlayStation 4 - 1,536
    5. Xbox One - 65
    Asia (Japan, mainland Asia, Middle East) hardware estimates:
    1. Switch - 103,720
    2. PlayStation 5 - 69,608
    3. Xbox Series X|S - 27,658
    4. PlayStation 4 - 77
    5. Xbox One - 6
    Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) hardware estimates:
    1. Switch - 12,435
    2. PlayStation 5 - 8,405
    3. Xbox Series X|S - 6,021
    4. PlayStation 4 - 58
    5. Xbox One - 8

    VGChartz Methodology: Hardware estimates are based on retail sampling and trends in individual countries, which are then extrapolated to represent the wider region. This typically allows us to produce figures that end up being within 10% of the actual totals.

    This data is regularly compared against official shipment figures released by the console manufacturers and figures estimated by regional trackers with greater market coverage than ourselves. We then update our own estimates to bring them into line with those figures. This can result in frequent changes often within a short space of time, but we feel it's important to prioritise accuracy over consistency.


    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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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    13 Comments
    loy310 (on 08 August 2022)

    PS5 gap from Xbox is growing inside a weak summer for software. This is pleasing to see.

    • +1
    siebensus4 (on 08 August 2022)

    To be honest I expected a little bit better sales worldwide after the very good Famitsu numbers for this week.

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    jvmkdg (on 08 August 2022)

    will the switch pass the ps4 until the end of the year?

    • 0
    Doctor_MG jvmkdg (on 08 August 2022)

    Without a doubt. At almost 111M they only need 7M more, which they will guarantee get within the holiday season without even including all of August, September, or October.

    Switch will pass PS4 in the first week of December at least. Maybe even before that.

    • +7
    Doctor_MG (on 08 August 2022)

    PS5 is beginning to pull away from Xbox again. Glad to see that Sony can manufacture more units. Though I do believe Xbox will be able to remain competitive in the years to come. It's just Sony has been more significantly effected with regard to supply than Xbox has based on demand.

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    darthv72 Doctor_MG (on 08 August 2022)

    Yeah, they have been around 5-5.5m for most of the year and now the gap is 5.7m. At one point they were under 5m but that was for like a month.

    • 0
    Amnesia Doctor_MG (on 08 August 2022)

    The hit is done and for a long term. MS had the time to bright more than SONY for a significant moment and the ratio between these two has definitely changed now.

    • +1
    darthv72 (on 08 August 2022)

    Series with 16m by the end of July, as predicted. PS5 grew its gap from 5.5 to 5.7m. And Switch just couldnt pull out 111m by end of the month. It will start first week of August with it then.

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    Panicradio (on 08 August 2022)

    It seems as if Sony is actually succeeding bit by bit in increasing the units produced. These are very strong Japan numbers for the PS5. All in all, all consoles experienced a very healthy sales week based on the estimates. I think we are heading for a very promising holiday season at the end of the year.

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    Doctor_MG Panicradio (on 08 August 2022)

    What I'm curious about is the percentage of those numbers in Japan that are actually being scalped to sell into other countries due to the drop in the value of yen.

    Even still, it's awesome that Sony is able to manufacture more and hopefully they keep it up for the rest of the year!

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    Ps5fanboy (on 08 August 2022)

    Lots of console in Japan and soon we will takeover usa. We number 1 in UK. Usa follow Japan in console. Thank you sony. Thank you Ninetendo. Thank you Japan. Video game number 1.

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