PS5 Best-Seller, PS5 and XS Sales Jump YoY - Americas Hardware Estimates for December 2023 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 January 2024 / 6,043 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 1,816,666 units sold for December 2023, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 22.07 million units lifetime in the Americas.
The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console with an estimated 1,466,692 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 52.20 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in third place with 1,346,557 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 16.26 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 8,807 units to bring its lifetime sales to 41.53 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2016 are up by nearly 20,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 411,000 units. PS4 sold 1,796,843 units for the month of December 2016 and Xbox One sales were at 1,757,575 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are up by 235,718 (15.9%). Xbox Series X|S sales are up by 241,746 units (21.9%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 169,024 units (-10.3%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 8,442 units (-48.9%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are up by nearly 596,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by nearly 660,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are up by over 785,000 units.
2023 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 7.93 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 5.70 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 4.65 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Americas hardware estimates for December 2023 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 1,816,666 (22,070,030)
- Switch - 1,466,692 (52,197,510)
- Xbox Series X|S - 1,346,557 (16,262,506)
- PlayStation 4 - 8,807 (41,534,794)
USA hardware estimates for December 2023:
- PlayStation 5 - 1,532,741
- Switch - 1,245,752
- Xbox Series X|S - 1,128,410
- PlayStation 4 - 7,625
Weekly Sales:
December 2, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 417,553
- Switch - 359,077
- Xbox Series X|S - 325,558
- PlayStation 4 - 2,125
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 351,583
- Switch - 304,764
- Xbox Series X|S - 271,535
- PlayStation 4 - 1,856
December 9, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 371,550
- Switch - 293,433
- Xbox Series X|S - 263,400
- PlayStation 4 - 1,720
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 312,968
- Switch - 249,745
- Xbox Series X|S - 219,962
- PlayStation 4 - 1,487
December 16, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 409,508
- Switch - 303,152
- Xbox Series X|S - 282,197
- PlayStation 4 - 1,749
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 345,764
- Switch - 257,967
- Xbox Series X|S - 237,931
- PlayStation 4 - 1,512
December 23, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 437,271
- Switch - 354,994
- Xbox Series X|S - 327,412
- PlayStation 4 - 1,953
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 369,459
- Switch - 300,734
- Xbox Series X|S - 274,459
- PlayStation 4 - 1,687
December 30, 2023 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 180,784
- Switch - 156,036
- Xbox Series X|S - 147,990
- PlayStation 4 - 1,260
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 152,967
- Switch - 132,542
- Xbox Series X|S - 124,523
- PlayStation 4 - 1,083
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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So, the USA is pretty much (as expected) the only place that cares about xbox.
Considering this article is only covering the Americas, that does indeed make sense.
*Mexico
im sure Microsoft's profits say otherwise.
Honest question, Does the Xbox Division makes decent profit at all??
Microsft is a top 2 market cap company, im sure if there were not making a ton of money with the xbox devision they would have sold it off. Big bucks in video games, microsft just happens to be #3
Server and office related products make 60% of their revenue. The cloud segment is also a big money make for them too. Gaming makes fuck all of them, only die hard xbox players would suggest otherwise, consoles wars right?
That is how it has always been son
the 360 had a great run!
2024 Americas Prediction
PS5: 8.4M
Switch: 4.9M
Xbox Series: 4.6M
What do you predict?
Ps5-8
Switch 3.3
Xbox 5.6
I think you switched Xbox and Switch for the US totals for the month
You are right. Typo fixed.
May I ask why the front page/chart numbers are always different compared to the numbers in the articles?
I've spent some minutes now figuring it out by myself before annoying you with that question.
I failed. :(
These articles include all of the Americas, while the front page is just North America. So these articles include Latin America, while the front page doesn't.
Aaaaahhhh. I see. There shall be light. Thank you! :)
Sooo, wellll, I mean ... I guess there is a very plausible reason for not including LA into the front page numbers also.
:)
Nevermind, sometimes my head is just too slow.
Thanks again!
I'm from LA and now I got curious on why the front page don't include LA's numbers
That is just how the front page has always been setup. When I switched to doing the sales monthly I could have done this article as either just the US or North America, or ALL of the Americas.
I like the ALL Americas inclusion. And it is still neat to see the US by itself in the same article. Keep it up!
