
Switch Best-Seller, PS5 Sales Top 3M - Japan Hardware Estimates for March 2023 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 April 2023 / 6,111 ViewsThe Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in Japan with 287,226 units sold for March 2023, according to VGChartz estimates. The Nintendo Switch has now sold an estimated 28.71 million units lifetime in Japan.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 257,438 units to bring its lifetime sales to 3.24 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 7,462 units to bring its lifetime sales to 9.61 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 5,463 units to bring their lifetime sales to 0.44 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2016 are up by over 106,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are up by nearly 5,000 units. PS4 sold 150,965 units for the month of March 2016 and Xbox One sales were at 767 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are up by 163,136 (173.0%). Nintendo Switch sales are down by 73,335 units (-20.3%) and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 1,837 units (-25.2%). The PlayStation 4 is up 7,412 units (14,824.0%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch sales are up by over 66,000 units, the PlayStation 5 sales are down by nearly 110,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 20,000 units.
Monthly Sales:
Japan hardware estimates for March 2023 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 287,226 (28,708,735)
- PlayStation 5 - 257,438 (3,237,213)
- PlayStation 4 - 7,462 (9,614,303)
- Xbox Series X|S - 5,463 (438,118)
Weekly Sales:
Japan March 4, 2023 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 78,436
- Switch - 66,539
- PlayStation 4 - 1,658
- Xbox Series X|S - 851
Japan March 11, 2023 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 64,892
- Switch - 59,914
- Xbox Series X|S - 2,872
- PlayStation 4 - 1,608
Japan March 18, 2023 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 49,594
- PlayStation 5 - 40,437
- PlayStation 4 - 1,121
- Xbox Series X|S - 542
Japan March 25, 2023 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 54,622
- PlayStation 5 - 38,988
- PlayStation 4 - 1,526
- Xbox Series X|S - 571
Japan April 1, 2023 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 56,557
- PlayStation 5 - 34,685
- PlayStation 4 - 1,549
- Xbox Series X|S - 627
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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The first paragraph has a typo. It says the Switch sold 8.71mil.
I wonder if February was an exception and PS5 had stock issues again in March or if this is the true demand for PS5.
PS5 does not have any stock issues anymore. It's fully available. The big spike in February was due to pent up demand.
These sales in March are still very good for a PlayStation console. In March 2016 the PS4 sold 150k so this is still 70% higher sales than the equivalent PS4 month. Expect weekly sales to drop into the 20k's but this isn't bad, it will still be higher than the PS3/PS4 aligned weeks. PS4 did 90k in April 2016.
Xbox Series, is pulling some Xbox One level numbers this month in Japan. PlayStation did rather well, but it wouldn't surprise me if next month it's sales are below 150k, since there aren't interesting releases in April
MS seriously needs to release series S equivalent handheld to compete in Japan. They have perfect opportunity here to turn this console's biggest weakness into its biggest strength. Personally I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Big spike for Switch?