PS5 Sells Nearly 1.3M, XS Tops 28M Lifetime - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for February 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 April 2024 / 23,015 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 1,285,514 units sold for February 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 55.47 million units lifetime worldwide.
The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 773,821 units to bring its lifetime sales to 138.50 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 358,794 units to bring their lifetime sales to 28.04 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 6,363 units to bring its lifetime sales to 117.16 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are up by over 12,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 114,000 units. PS4 sold 1,273,065 units for the month of February 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 472,400 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 510,279 (-28.4%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 148,401 units (-29.3%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 137,532 units (-15.1%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 15,117 units (-70.4%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by nearly 113,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 93,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are down by nearly 226,000 units.
2024 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 2.68 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 1.77 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.81 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 February 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 1,285,514 (55,471,977)
- Switch - 773,821 (138,495,356)
- Xbox Series X|S - 358,794 (28,044,399)
- PlayStation 4 - 6,363 (117,161,408)
- PlayStation 5 - 497,534
- Switch - 246,485
- Xbox Series X|S - 232,918
- PlayStation 4 - 1,191
- PlayStation 5 - 434,848
- Switch - 185,217
- Xbox Series X|S - 71,142
- PlayStation 4 - 1,240
- Switch - 321,734
- PlayStation 5 - 313,102
- Xbox Series X|S - 34,766
- PlayStation 4 - 3,828
- PlayStation 5 - 40,030
- Switch - 20,385
- Xbox Series X|S - 19,968
- PlayStation 4 - 104
Weekly Sales:
Global February 10, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 283,114
- Switch - 185,059
- Xbox Series X|S - 88,391
- PlayStation 4 - 1,711
Global February 17, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 315,034
- Switch - 186,437
- Xbox Series X|S - 85,446
- PlayStation 4 - 1,248
Global February 24, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 331,975
- Switch - 193,812
- Xbox Series X|S - 91,351
- PlayStation 4 - 1,039
Global March 2, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 355,391
- Switch - 208,513
- Xbox Series X|S - 93,606
- PlayStation 4 - 2,365
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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Solid numbers for PS5 and Switch, depressing numbers for Xbox
I’m sure Helldivers 2 will eventually blaze through that 20mil threshold. (also, I’m not sure if Palworld was January or February? But that’s already past 20mil.)
PS5 will surpass Xbox One global sales in April. But let's see how the PS5 will do for the rest of the year with the lack of first party games.
Lots of console exclusives though so not sure if people will care whether they were made by PS studios or not especially with Helldivers hitting
Oh, they will have Microsoft's.
Was it because of helldivers and rebirth?
Switch lead over PS5- 83 million
PS4 lead over PS5- 61.7 million
PS5 lead over xbox- 27.43 million
PS5 still is kicking it to the top.
At a certain point, it becomes depressing looking at these Xbox figures. Over two-thirds of global sales came from NA, with heavy YoY decline. I hopefully the new (leaked) hardware can give Xbox players some justification in owning their console.
Good work for the other two: PS5 pulled off an impressive feat in February with Helldivers 2 and FFVIIRb
I thought the Switch would end 2023 FY at 140M, but it seems that it won't be the case
Switch is at 141.2M. Vgchartz is way off
You should read VGchartz' methodology.
I predicted 142M so I'm happy that Nintendo is getting closer to it.
Switch has already sold 139.36 M as of Dec 31,2023 per official Nintendo website. It’s been 3 months since that release. How is VGCHARTZ so wrong?
VGChartz is looking at sold in stores. The number that Nintendo provides is the amount that has been shipped. If we are looking at shipped numbers, Nintendo has shipped around 141.13M Switch units. But in terms of actually sold the Switch has sold 138.5M. Shipped does not equate to sold on VGChartz.
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