Xbox Series X|S Sales Climb, PS5 Sales Flat - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Aug 14-20 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 29 August 2022 / 13,630 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 263,434 units sold for the week ending August 20, 2022, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 111.78 million units lifetime.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 213,089 units to bring its lifetime sales to 22.48 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 173,742 units to bring their lifetime sales to 16.56 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same week for the PS4 in 2015 are up by nearly 31,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same week for the Xbox One are up by over 96,000 units. PS4 sold 182,459 units for the week ending August 22, 2015 and Xbox One sales were at 77,283 units.
The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 3,963 units, and the Xbox One sold 332 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are down by 28,628 units (-9.6%), while the PlayStation 5 is down by 27,628 (-11.5%) and the Xbox Series X|S is up 42,231 units (32.1%).
The PlayStation 4 is down 21,810 units (-84.6%) year-over-year and the Xbox One is down 10,351 units (-96.9%).
Looking at sales week-on-week, Nintendo Switch sales down by over 19,000 units, PlayStation 5 sales are flat week-on-week, and Xbox Series X|S sales are up by over 12,000 units.
2022 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 9.90 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 5.51 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 4.91 million units.
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 263,434 (111,782,741)
- PlayStation 5 - 213,089 (22,484,301)
- Xbox Series X|S - 173,742 (16,562,794)
- PlayStation 4 - 3,963 (116,990,271)
- Xbox One - 332 (50,533,525)
- Switch - 100,495
- PlayStation 5 - 93,590
- Xbox Series X|S - 89,584
- PlayStation 4 - 2,942
- Xbox One - 245
- PlayStation 5 - 76,292
- Switch - 70,643
- Xbox Series X|S - 52,649
- PlayStation 4 - 930
- Xbox One - 77
- Switch - 82,558
- PlayStation 5 - 35,224
- Xbox Series X|S - 25,876
- PlayStation 4 - 54
- Xbox One - 5
- Switch - 9,738
- PlayStation 5 - 7,983
- Xbox Series X|S - 5,633
- PlayStation 4 - 38
- Xbox One - 5
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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ill say it again, Microsoft should be jumping for joy with Japan sales numbers.
For sure, but Microsoft has traditionally struggled in all of Asia. Those Asian numbers are not just Japan, they're a significant improvement for the entire region. I wonder what accounts for it? Is it the Series consoles being smaller than the PS5? Is it the Series S price advantage? Is it Game Pass? All of the above?
if sony wants to hit their forecast for 18 million visas during fiscal year 2023 they have to significantly increase their offer to 300k per week by the end of march 2023 i am curious what a ps5 offer will look like this end of year
They probably aren’t going to hit their target, barring a holiday miracle
Even an average of 300k from now on won't cut it. They'd end up around 15M. They will need around 400k on average to hit 18M. So prepare yourselves for downgraded numbers with the next financial report.
Oceania is lucky they're a continent unto themselves, as they get listed separately. Australia and New Zealand together are about the size of the Canadian market, but Canada just gets lumped in with the rest of the Americas. The NPD used to publish them for Canada, but no more (at least, not publicly).
I bet all three systems are enormously successful in Canada. Sony and Nintendo traditionally do well in Canada and, in the days of the original Xbox, Canada was the Xbox's biggest market per capita (thanks mostly to it being a broadband-only console, and Canada having higher broadband penetration than the U.S. at the time), and that inertia seems to have carried over a lot to the 360, and a little to the One. I bet you it's shockingly close to 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 in sales these days, but I can only guess at that. Oh well...
