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Switch Best-Selling Console in the UK in 2022, Gap Between Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series Very Small

Switch Best-Selling Console in the UK in 2022, Gap Between Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series Very Small - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 January 2023 / 6,032 Views

The head of GamesIndustry Christopher Dring via Twitter has revealed the Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in the UK in 2022, according to GfK data.

"In the UK, Nintendo Switch overtook PS5 (right at the last) to become the best-selling console of 2022," said Dring.

Dring added the difference in sales between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch in the UK for 2022 were very small.

As of the end of November there was just 20,000 units separating the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch with the PlayStation 5 barely ahead. With the Nintendo Switch as the number one selling console of the year this means it was also the best-selling console in December.


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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15 Comments
ShadowLink93 (on 04 January 2023)

Same as last year, Switch overtook PS5 in the final month.

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Qwark (on 04 January 2023)

I wonder if Xbox also outsold the PS5, since PS5 stock to Europe was severely lacking in November and December

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jvmkdg Qwark (on 04 January 2023)

if chris would have spoken then probably not since until November the ps5 was the best-selling

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trunkswd jvmkdg (on 04 January 2023)

Not in the UK. Switch was #1 in the UK in November. Xbox Series X|S in 2nd and PS5 in 3rd.

Edit. Nevermind. Realized you are probably talking about total sales for 2022 and not for a single month.

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Blood_Tears (on 04 January 2023)

Only 60k difference between all 3 platforms as per Dring.

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KratosLives (on 07 January 2023)

Don't understand how theyre still selling. It's not even the cheapst of the 3 consoles

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znake (on 06 January 2023)

Nintendo is a mess , not enough Oled

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JackHandy (on 04 January 2023)

Imagine if Nintendo dropped the price to $199.99. Thing would probably cause a mini black hole and swallow us all.

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scrapking JackHandy (on 06 January 2023)

Maybe... do you think the price is holding a lot of people back from buying a Switch? Some surely, but a lot? I'm not sure it is.

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JackHandy scrapking (on 06 January 2023)

Can't say. But large price drops on popular consoles usually necessitate a large uptick in sales, and since it's already selling so well, one could only imagine the tsunami that would ensue. It would be insane.

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scrapking JackHandy (on 07 January 2023)

It'll only be an insane tsunami if a price drop leads to a significantly prolonged uptick in sales. Which I'm not sure it would, honestly, since they already have the Switch Lite at relatively low price. I'm sure it would lead to SOME kind of increase, no question. But a tsunami? I find that unlikely, since I don't think price is a huge impediment to Switch sales in most markets.

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JackHandy scrapking (on 08 January 2023)

Eh. Maybe. It's fiction, so rather pointless to argue over. lol

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UnderwaterFunktown (on 04 January 2023)

Called it :-) That also tells us a bit about the December sales, Switch sold the most and presumably PS and Xbox had strong sales as well since the gap remained small.

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Kakadu18 UnderwaterFunktown (on 04 January 2023)

The gap did increase to 60k, but that doesn't tell us much about how much they all sold, only compared to each other.

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UnderwaterFunktown Kakadu18 (on 05 January 2023)

True, we'll have to wait to find that out when the full UK monthly is released. But with Nintendo systems generally killing it in december and PS and Xbox not being far behind I think they probably sold well all three.

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