PS5 Best-Seller, XS Has Smallest Drop YoY - Americas Hardware Estimates for February 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 March 2024 / 7,026 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 497,534 units sold for February 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 23.02 million units lifetime in the Americas.
The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console with an estimated 246,485 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 52.86 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in third place with 232,918 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 16.78 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 1,191 units to bring its lifetime sales to 41.54 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are up by over 47,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 49,000 units. PS4 sold 450,511 units for the month of February 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 282,417 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 158,476 (-24.1%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 55,815 units (-19.3%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 119,992 units (-32.7%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 6,408 units (-84.3%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 3,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 54,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are down by over 51,000 units.
2024 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 0.99 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 0.54 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.52 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Americas hardware estimates for February 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 497,534 (23,018,503)
- Switch - 246,485 (52,863,098)
- Xbox Series X|S - 232,918 (16,782,563)
- PlayStation 4 - 1,191 (41,537,467)
USA hardware estimates for February 2024:
- PlayStation 5 - 422,112
- Switch - 208,238
- Xbox Series X|S - 192,964
- PlayStation 4 - 1,008
Weekly Sales:
February 10, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 113,484
- Switch - 58,665
- Xbox Series X|S - 55,882
- PlayStation 4 - 269
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 95,981
- Switch - 49,502
- Xbox Series X|S - 46,142
- PlayStation 4 - 228
February 17, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 123,223
- Switch - 61,500
- Xbox Series X|S - 57,315
- PlayStation 4 - 339
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 104,159
- Switch - 52,094
- Xbox Series X|S - 47,381
- PlayStation 4 - 287
February 14, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 132,725
- Switch - 64,707
- Xbox Series X|S - 58,302
- PlayStation 4 - 309
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 112,985
- Switch - 54,873
- Xbox Series X|S - 48,229
- PlayStation 4 - 261
March 2, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 128,102
- Switch - 61,613
- Xbox Series X|S - 61,419
- PlayStation 4 - 274
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 108,987
- Switch - 51,769
- Xbox Series X|S - 51,212
- PlayStation 4 - 232
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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microsoft had a terrible month
They're in an OG Xbox situation. Where, they had to drop it after 4 years, because consoles that sell this poorly usually have very short lifespans
Been hearing rumors they are releasing their next console sooner than expected so you could be right.
It wouldn't be that soon - rumors point to Holiday 2026. That would still mean a 6 year lifecycle for Xbox Series, which used to be considered "normal" lol. PS4 and Xbox One both went a full 7 years (2013 to 2020), while if current rumors about Nintendo are right, Switch will end up being a full 8 years (March 2017 to March 2025). Sony is apparently doing PS5 Pro this holiday season, followed by PS6 in holiday 2028. That actually makes sense to me - base console in 2020, Pro upgrade to GPU power only in 2024, full new console gen upgrade in 2028. It's a nice 4 years in-between each launch.
I do agree, I know the Xbox faithful are really hurt over some titles coming to PS5, but - going full multiplatform and abandoning Xbox consoles might be the best way forward. Let's just say they do release a new console in 2026. I'm sure it will be an initial sales hit. But then if Sony releases PS6 a year or two later - suddenly that will be the "newest, bestest, most powerful" console and destroy the Xbox sales.
Xbox 360 got so lucky - it released a whole year earlier than PS3, giving it first mover advantage, but then when PS3 did release it was really the same amount of power, WHILE being drastically more expensive. MS really screwed up the Xbox One gen in so many ways coming off the 360 high - the marketing, the price, the Kinect bundle...
Yea Xbox really just took all the momentum they built up with the 360 and threw it in the trash. I loved my 360 and planned on going xbox next gen and then the reveal happened and they forced me to switch.
Not only brand damage. I have a Series X because of Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves. See what happened to those games... The exclusives don't get a physical release and get ported. It's hard to justify getting a Series X. Or maybe I'm just not the typical Xbox customer.
Hopefully they can improve there numbers by the end of 24.
ps5 is doing well in the americas better than i expected. Switch with great sales for the eighth year, although the successor should sell much less. Xbox sales are terrible the chances of the Xbox selling less than 50 million are now very high
US? It's likely not reaching 50M Worldwide. No way in hell they can sell 50M in US alone.
Even the Switch hasn't sold 50M in US
I don't see why the Switch successor should sell "much less". It might fall short in the long run but it'll no doubt get off to a stronger start. I fully expect it to become the fastest system to 50m.
2:1 in the US!? Crazy
