PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2023 Worldwide Sales Comparison Charts Through December - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 February 2024 / 8,910 Views
Here we see data representing the sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three current platforms (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch) and two legacy platforms (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) over comparable periods for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.
Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)
Market Share (Same Periods Covered)
2020 – (January 2020 to December 2020)
2021 – (January 2021 to December 2021)
2022 – (January 2022 to December 2022)
2023 – (January 2023 to December 2023)
"Year to date" sales for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2023 versus 2022 and 2023 versus 2021 is displayed. This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.
Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year
Microsoft
- Xbox Series X|S
- 7.50 million units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 1,157,528 units (-13.4%)
Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch
- 15.90 million units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 3,138,573 units (-16.5%)
Sony
- PlayStation 5
- 21.64 million units sold year-to-date
- Up year-on-year 7,720,610 units (55.5%)
- PlayStation 4
- 0.26 million units sold year-to-date
- Up year-on-year 16,417 (6.8%)
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.
More Articles
Microsoft would like to be selling between 8 and 12 million consoles per year, so they are not too far off, but for sure 7 million is not enough.
The SNES sold 9 million per year. That would be a nice number for Xbox to hit. 2024 is make it or break it for Xbox Series X, go up or go down.
Indy better be great!
2024 will be an interesting year to see. Playstation will be releasing their Pro model likely right along Nintendo releasing the Switch successor. Curious how many units the big two can push out: I'd expect PS5 to blaze through 20mil with ease, and it will be interesting to see just how well the Switch successor could perform in its first year. Given supply is readily available, I could see 10mil to 13mil before December 31, 2024. (I have no idea how Xbox will stay relevant in gaming discussion this year. They've got some good exclusives (finally!) from what it looks, so maybe they can stay afloat.)
...oh yeah, and the Switch. I predict 9mil: 2mil for the first two quarters, 1mil Q3, and 3mil for the final quarter (+1mil for rounding up). Comfortably will be sitting at 147mil, inching ever-so close to the DS.
Like basically all modern console launches Switch 2 will sell everything it ships. If it launches in November I think it's unlikely Nintendo will ship enough to sell more than around 5m units this year.
Switch 2
de novembro de 2024 - 8m
Or
de setembro de 2024 - 13,5m
Switch 1
10,5m
ou
9m
Nah, Nintendo won't sell 8m Switch 2's this year if they launch November. The most a console launched in November has ever sold-through in that year is under 4.5m. They would have to double the best launch of all time. They simply won't have that much stock.
Im a bit more optimistic for Switch Jan-Mar 2024 & FY’25.
Jan-March 2024: 2.5M
FY’25 10 M
Q1: 2.4M
Q2: 2.7M
Q3: 3.0M
Q4: 1.9M
PS5 should be able to sell 20M. But I’m putting a hard cap on 21M.
PS5 is still kicking ass!
I think the Nintendo "Down year-on-year" is showing the same as Xbox.
Xbox Series X|S
7.50 million units sold year-to-date
Down year-on-year 1,157,528 units (-13.4%)
Nintendo Switch
15.90 million units sold year-to-date
Down year-on-year 1,157,528 units (-16.5%)
PS5 will be down YoY this 2024. Every month this 2024 will be down compared to 2023, save a couple of months, since 2023 is its peak year. It's mostly downhill from now guys.
I do agree. PS5 had massive discounts this year for weeks to reach their target, i don't think they will aim as high for next FY so they don't have to do that again. Spiderman and the slim released this year and 2024 won't be able to keep up only with the pro if it releases. PS4 Pro didn't have that much impact initially, it's more a long term effect anyway.
Essay Pro