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Switch Best-Seller, FF16 Boosts PS5, XS Sales Jump - Japan Hardware Estimates for June 2023

Switch Best-Seller, FF16 Boosts PS5, XS Sales Jump - Japan Hardware Estimates for June 2023 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 July 2023 / 9,848 Views

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in Japan with 486,435 units sold for June 2023, according to VGChartz estimates. The Nintendo Switch has now sold an estimated 29.82 million units lifetime in Japan.

The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 264,861 units to bring its lifetime sales to 3.85 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 32,161 units to bring their lifetime sales to 0.47 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 9,803 units to bring its lifetime sales to 9.63 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2016 are up by over 158,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are up by nearly 32,000 units. PS4 sold 106,760 units for the month of June 2016 and Xbox One sales were at 287 units.

Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same month a year ago are up by 175,396 units (56.4%). PlayStation 5 sales are up by 187,610 (242.9%) and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 13,992 units (-30.3%). The PlayStation 4 is up 9,647 units (6,184.0%) year-over-year.

Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch sales are up by over 141,000 units, the PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 94,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are up by nearly 31,000 units. It should be noted June is a five week month, while May is a four week month.

2023 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 1.94 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 1.43 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.07 million units.

VGChartz Japan Hardware Estimates - PS5, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch

Monthly Sales:

Japan hardware estimates for June 2023 (Followed by lifetime sales):

  1. Switch - 486,435 (29,821,113)
  2. PlayStation 5 - 264,861 (3,853,766)
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 32,161 (474,079)
  4. PlayStation 4 - 9,803 (9,632,184)

Weekly Sales:

Japan June 3, 2023 hardware estimates:

  1. Switch - 88,358
  2. PlayStation 5 - 35,285
  3. PlayStation 4 - 2,079
  4. Xbox Series X|S - 331

Japan June 10, 2023 hardware estimates:

  1. Switch - 104,428
  2. PlayStation 5 - 43,617
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 9,129
  4. PlayStation 4 - 1,857

Japan June 17, 2023 hardware estimates:

  1. Switch - 81,417
  2. PlayStation 5 - 51,264
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 12,989
  4. PlayStation 4 - 1,348

Japan June 24, 2023 hardware estimates:

  1. Switch - 106,004
  2. PlayStation 5 - 85,394
  3. Xbox Series X|S - 8,735
  4. PlayStation 4 - 2,421

Japan July 1, 2023 hardware estimates:

  1. Switch - 106,228
  2. PlayStation 5 - 49,301
  3. PlayStation 4 - 2,098
  4. Xbox Series X|S - 977

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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Plumblaster (on 12 July 2023)

Switch on fire!

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CourageTCD (on 13 July 2023)

In which month will the Switch reach the 130M milestone?

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jvmkdg (on 11 July 2023)

that means the ps5 needs to sell another 1.2 million in the next 6 months to reach 5 million by the end of the year. that would be 200,000 units per month.

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kazuyamishima jvmkdg (on 11 July 2023)

Very likely to happen.

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Qwark kazuyamishima (on 12 July 2023)

It's within the realm of possibilty sure, but the chance that PS5 sales drop to 25k units a week is just as likely. Especially now that FFXVI has released and the next big hit is far off.

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scrapking (on 11 July 2023)

What accounts for such a massive jump for several weeks, only to drop back down to 977 units sold in the final week?!

From 331 units in week one, all the way up 12,989 units in week 3, and all the back down to only 977 units by week 5? Bizarre.

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trunkswd scrapking (on 11 July 2023)

There was a promotion for the Xbox Series S in Japan. Those who purchased a Series S from June 13 to 25 got a free gift card worth 4,000 yen.

https://news.xbox.com/ja-jp/2023/06/13/xbox-series-s-512-gb-4000-campaign/

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scrapking trunkswd (on 11 July 2023)

Oh, interesting. Thank you for that! So a promotion worth 10% of the cost of the system? That's a surprisingly good result, then! I wouldn't expect anywhere near such a strong response to, say, a $30 gift card promotion in the U.S.

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ShadowLink93 (on 12 July 2023)

June is a 5 week month so worldwide sales for June could be just as big as May for Switch.

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