Switch Sales Top 114M, PS5 and XS Sales Climb - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Oct 9-15 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 24 October 2022 / 12,808 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 265,029 units sold for the week ending October 15, 2022, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 114.02 million units lifetime.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 257,397 units to bring its lifetime sales to 24.46 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 190,343 units to bring their lifetime sales to 17.51 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same week for the PS4 in 2015 are up by over 2,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same week for the Xbox One are up by over 74,000 units. PS4 sold 255,038 units for the week ending October 17, 2015 and Xbox One sales were at 116,144 units.
The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 1,675 units, and the Xbox One sold 137 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are down by 145,165 units (-35.4%), while the PlayStation 5 is up 21,465 (9.1%) and the Xbox Series X|S is up 46,800 units (32.6%).
The PlayStation 4 is down 26,031 units (-94.0%) year-over-year and the Xbox One is down 4,529 units (-97.1%).
Looking at sales week-on-week, Nintendo Switch sales are up by over 2,000 units, PlayStation 5 sales are down by over 18,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by nearly 19,000 units.
2022 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 12.31 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 7.46 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 6.24 million units.
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 265,029 (114,015,887)
- PlayStation 5 - 257,397 (24,461,636)
- Xbox Series X|S - 190,343 (17,509,175)
- PlayStation 4 - 1,675 (117,009,484)
- Xbox One - 137 (51,278,121)
- PlayStation 5 - 105,087
- Switch - 100,931
- Xbox Series X|S - 96,001
- PlayStation 4 - 1,204
- Xbox One - 95
- PlayStation 5 - 95,261
- Switch - 76,864
- Xbox Series X|S - 66,201
- PlayStation 4 - 425
- Xbox One - 33
- Switch - 75,171
- PlayStation 5 - 45,860
- Xbox Series X|S - 19,515
- PlayStation 4 - 27
- Xbox One - 4
- Switch - 12,063
- PlayStation 5 - 11,189
- Xbox Series X|S - 8,626
- PlayStation 4 - 19
- 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.
Note that our estimates are based on sell-through data (units sold to consumers). In almost all cases the figures released by console manufacturers are based on shipment data (sell-in), where as soon as a device has left the factory and entered the supply chain for delivery it is considered a sale. This is why there is always a difference between the companies’ figures (sell-in) and VGChartz estimates (sell-through), even after we’ve made adjustments. The one exception to that is when a console has been discontinued and the remaining stock has finally sold out – at that point the figures will match.
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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if switch had stock in japan it will be at 320k
next week is the official report from sony and nintendo?
Usually a month after the quarter ends, so I think so.
Nintendo sales down 35 percent, woh. Sony might finally get one week on top this year.
I've expected worse numbers after I've seen Famitsu for this week...
Very Low in General
If not Increase hardware the next weeks the target for Holidays is missing
"only 17 million" I think you have to re-calibrate what you consider to be "low in general". It's "low" compared to the switch and PS5, but compared to its predecessor and the launches of most other consoles it is quite high still, even with the supply constraints. It has already outsold the Vita and WiiU lifetime and is currently outpacing the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox, Gamecube, and many others in launch aligned sales. By historical standards it is objectively selling well, especially when you consider the console market hasn't grown in userbase in 3 generations
Yeah but no, you need to consider the fact that the gaming market is now bigger than ever, and 17 million after 2 full years isn't amazing. Especially when you have a great stock advantage over your main competitor
"you need to consider the fact that the gaming market is now bigger than ever,"
Is it though? Xbox-360+PS3 sold more then Xbox-one+PS4.
Than*
And yes, it is. Xbox 360+PS3+Wii sold less than Xbox One + PS4 + Switch. The fact that the One plummed the sales cannot hide the fact that the market is bigger than ever, the gamer count is bigger than ever and games sell more than ever
Well then in that case Xbox 360+PS3+Wii+PSP+Nintendo DS sold way more than Xbox One+PS4+WiiU+PSvita+Switch+3ds
Nope, not the same market. We're talking about consoles.
Thank you
The gaming market is bigger than ever, but the console market isn't growing. PC and mobile is what's growing the market. This is the reason Sony and Microsoft are looking at PC and mobile. Just watch, the Xbox Series + PS5 will end up around the same numbers as Xbox One + PS4.
All console manufacturers show great improvement of their revenue (and profits for whose which have profits) with their console business, for the last 3-4 years
That's because of the software sales, F2P games, and live service, not particularly hardware sales.
man, you really trying hard to make Xbox look bad. Did Phil Spencer sleep with your mom or something?
Attacking the messenger rather than the message displays weakeness and lack of argument
WEAKNESS*
Exactly
Eh xbox hasn't had supply constraints for a good long while. Always was easier to get than PS5 which still suffers
The Series S, sure but Series X still has supply issues in many places. It's certainly easier than the ps5 to find, but it hasn't resolved the issue.
Don't you have a movie to shoot ?
