PS5 Best-Seller, Starfield Boosts XS - Americas Hardware Estimates for September 2023 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 October 2023 / 7,963 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 559,658 units sold for September 2023, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 18.53 million units lifetime in the Americas.
The Xbox Series X|S sold an estimated 366,131 units to bring its lifetime sales to 13.93 million units. The Nintendo Switch sold 261,118 units to bring their lifetime sales to 49.84 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 8,882 units to bring its lifetime sales to 41.51 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2016 are up by over 221,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 70,000 units. PS4 sold 338,621 units for the month of September 2016 and Xbox One sales were at 436,109 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 30,178 (-5.1%). Xbox Series X|S sales are up by 24,165 units (7.1%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 161,935 units (-38.3%). The PlayStation 4 is up by 3,611 units (68.5%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 139,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by nearly 118,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are up by nearly 26,000 units. It should be noted there are five weeks in September, while there were four in August.
2023 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 4.41 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 3.31 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 2.38 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Americas hardware estimates for September 2023 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 559,658 (18,529,518)
- Xbox Series X|S - 366,131 (13,928,871)
- Switch - 261,118 (49,840,760)
- PlayStation 4 - 8,882 (41,514,735)
USA hardware estimates for September 2023:
- PlayStation 5 - 475,146
- Xbox Series X|S - 305,298
- Switch - 220,207
- PlayStation 4 - 7,565
Weekly Sales:
September 2, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 111,469
- Xbox Series X|S - 78,861
- Switch - 53,865
- PlayStation 4 - 1,713
USA:
- PlayStation 5- 94,623
- Xbox Series X|S - 65,739
- Switch - 45,345
- PlayStation 4 - 1,457
September 9, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 115,221
- Xbox Series X|S - 77,721
- Switch - 51,281
- PlayStation 4 - 1,712
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 97,849
- Xbox Series X|S - 64,828
- Switch - 43,212
- PlayStation 4 - 1,462
September 16, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 113,940
- Xbox Series X|S - 68,155
- Switch - 50,107
- PlayStation 4 - 1,767
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 96,892
- Xbox Series X|S - 56,854
- Switch - 42,267
- PlayStation 4 - 1,504
September 23, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 112,130
- Xbox Series X|S - 67,348
- Switch - 51,822
- PlayStation 4 - 1,804
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 95,094
- Xbox Series X|S - 56,148
- Switch - 43,769
- PlayStation 4 - 1,534
September 30, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 106,898
- Xbox Series X|S - 74,046
- Switch - 54,043
- PlayStation 4 - 1,886
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 90,688
- Xbox Series X|S - 61,729
- Switch - 45,614
- PlayStation 4 - 1,608
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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Now we wait to see the "Spider man" effect in October.
Was there any big game release to explain this amount of PS5 sales?
The PS5 was on sale in september in the US
Pretty sure Switch being down 160k is more than -8.3 %. (Would have been a hell of a month if it wasn't)
Typo fixed. Switch is down 38.3% YoY.
I was expecting the Starfield bump to be bigger. I think the real indicator will be to see if this bump has legs or not.
Will be interesting to see if SMW gives Switch a bump this month.
There's also the "free game" bundles that launched this month so it's a safe bet October sales will be pretty good, possibly flat or up yoy.
Don't understand the appeal of ps5. I have one and after Spiderman,, games, Ragnarok , ff7r, got and Ken's I got bored of it
Just curious why you picked it up. Do you normally game on another system? PC? You might just be bored with the hobby. It happens to everyone. Sometimes it just means you're ready to try a new experience, be it in gaming or outside of gaming. I would agree that the PS5 doesn't look appealing, but that's why I wouldn't buy one in the first place.
I picked up PS 5 mainly because it's been a tradition for me since ps1 days to buy all consoles. But I mainly bought ps5 because of ff16 and Ragnarok as I loved the previous god of war games and final fantasy games..however both been a disappointment to me. I have series X and switch and gaming PC which vgchartz community help me build.. I am currently been playing starfield and switch games. I almost finish Ragnarok but when starfield came , it just took all my attention. I actually got bored of ragnarok as it dragged out far too longer then it needed to be and the worlds beautiful looking but empty and lifeless. Maybe you are right. I might be getting bored of Sony's for suk for their single player games. They are lol feel samey to me
That's how I feel about Xbox except shorter list of games, I don't see the appeal at all.
Game Pass
There's plenty on gamepass which Sony doesn't. Apart from forspoken and ff16 which both were terrible, what other games came out before Spiderman 2?
There's plenty on PS5 that gamepass doesn't , Both Final Fantasy and Spiderman 2 are way better than starfield and foza. Besides hell blade 2 nothing on gamepass is interesting at all.
Ff16 was garbage. I have the game. There was more then just two this year. Starfield is repetitive but spiderman 2 is on another Level lol
I too like to spend like 700 dolars in things that dont appeal to me. I enjoy wasting money like you cause its fun and smart
I like owning all consoles but ps5 was only bought because of ff16 ,ff7r and Ragnarok. If final fantasy was on Xbox I wouldn't have bought it.. sadly both 16 and Ragnarok were huge disappointment. Most fun I had on Sony first party titles was ghost of tsuhima. That's damn good of a game!
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