PS5 Sells Over 1.2M, XS Tops 24M Lifetime - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for October 2023 - Sales

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The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 1,228,434 units sold for October 2023, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 45.37 million units lifetime worldwide.

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 868,471 units to bring its lifetime sales to 131.25 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 412,119 units to bring their lifetime sales to 24.33 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 19,137 units to bring its lifetime sales to 117.15 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2016 are down by nearly 80,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 393,000 units. PS4 sold 1,308,030 units for the month of October 2016 and Xbox One sales were at 804,748 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are up by 112,520 (10.1%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 135,268 units (-24.7%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 58,636 units (-6.3%). The PlayStation 4 is up 5,601 units (41.4%) year-over-year.

Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by nearly 544,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by nearly 262,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are down by nearly 128,000 units. It should be noted there are four weeks in October, while there were five weeks in September.

2023 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 14.36 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 10.89 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 4.61 million units.

Check out the breakdown of the Americas sales here, the Europe sales here, and the Japan sales here.

Monthly Sales:

Global hardware estimates for October 2023 (Followed by lifetime sales):

1. PlayStation 5 - 1,228,434 (45,366,475)
2. Switch - 868,471 (131,245,441)
3. Xbox Series X|S - 412,119 (24,327,508)
4. PlayStation 4 - 19,137 (117,151,999)

Weekly Sales:

Global October 7, 2023 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 313,508
2. Switch - 249,003
3. Xbox Series X|S - 100,293
4. PlayStation 4 - 4,456

Global October 14, 2023 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 310,296
2. Switch - 178,099
3. Xbox Series X|S - 98,134
4. PlayStation 4 - 5,772

Global October 21, 2023 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 317,992
2. Switch - 219,018
3. Xbox Series X|S - 103,708
4. PlayStation 4 - 4,790

Global October 28, 2023 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 286,638
2. Switch - 222,351
3. Xbox Series X|S - 109,984
4. PlayStation 4 - 4,119

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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Qwark (on 22 November 2023)

Those Xbox sales are painful, getting your ass royally kicked by a console in it's seventh year is quite painful, whilst being in your third year. Playstation is sales are decent enough, though nowhere near what they should be to hit their target. Switch is doing quite well for its age and should hit 150 m next year around this time if Nintendo holds off announcing it's successor

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NextGen_Gamer Qwark (on 22 November 2023)

Yeah, I feel like Sony is going to need to step up sales/bundles if they want to hit their goals. Doing a price INCREASE on the PS5 Digital Edition was probably not a good move either lol

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DekutheEvilClown Qwark (on 22 November 2023)

You think the Switch will sell 18.8m in the next 12 months? Can I interest you in any kind of bet? 🙃

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Machina Qwark (on 22 November 2023)

Switch would need to be up YoY for the next 12 months to hit 150m this time next year - that won't happen.

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moschefenty Machina (on 23 November 2023)

Em 2024 talvez não, mas com certeza ele vai ultrapassar 150 milhões, isso temos certeza que vai.

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Machina moschefenty (on 23 November 2023)

Agreed.

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CourageTCD (on 22 November 2023)

I was expecting more sales coming from the Switch this month since we had Super Marios Bros. Wonder's release

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Arfen CourageTCD (on 22 November 2023)

Me too. Mario Wonder and a new Oled model.... I was expecting sales above to september. A little bit dissapointing

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moschefenty Arfen (on 23 November 2023)

Outubro teve uma semana a menos na contagem, claramente o switch teria vendido 1m e o ps5 1,5m.

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hellobion2 Arfen (on 26 November 2023)

Well the switch has the power of an xbox one so i would not expect much.

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moschefenty CourageTCD (on 23 November 2023)

Está perto da saturação em diversos mercados, ele vai chegar em 160 milhões provavelmente, mas isso vai levar uns 2 a 3 anos, ele deve bater 140 milhões em janeiro, 142,5 milhões em março, 150 milhões em dezembro de 2024, 160 milhões até o resto de sua vida.

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CourageTCD moschefenty (on 25 November 2023)

Não acho que chega a 140 milhões em Janeiro. Ele tá com 131,25 hj e só restam 2 meses para Janeiro. Impossível vender 8,75 milhões em Novembro e Dezembro

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darthv72 (on 22 November 2023)

Is there any hope for the Series platform in EU? Cutting prices may do something, but it needs more high quality games and this year saw a nice improvement of output from team green. It still makes me wonder if the ABK deal is keeping many in EU from picking one up out of spite for the deal and MS. On the flip side, while the console may be floundering, it seems they are making headway with mobile and PC users.

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2zosteven darthv72 (on 22 November 2023)

any ideal how gamepass is doing in EU?

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hellobion2 2zosteven (on 26 November 2023)

I think really well from what my friends over there have told me.

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jvmkdg (on 22 November 2023)

ps5 sales appear low as sony reported 46.6 million shipments in september. But it shouldn't take long for it to be fixed soon before it releases 50 million

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loy310 (on 22 November 2023)

PS5 is the industry. Are we going to track the Portal separate too? Cause that thing had a very successful launch.

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moschefenty loy310 (on 23 November 2023)

Ninguém vai rastrear uma tela em um controle.

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siebensus4 loy310 (on 23 November 2023)

I don't think that PS Portal gets tracked on VGC, because it's a peripheral device for PS5 and not an independent gaming system.

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Machina siebensus4 (on 23 November 2023)

Correct, plus there won't be enough data beyond these first few weeks to produce decent estimates anyway.

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hellobion2 Machina (on 26 November 2023)

interesting I was wondering about that.

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