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PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2024 Europe Sales Comparison Charts Through April

PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2024 Europe Sales Comparison Charts Through April - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 May 2024 / 3,782 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 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. 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)

2021 – (January 2021 to April 2021)

2022 – (January 2022 to April 2022)

2023 – (January 2023 to April 2023)

2024 – (January 2024 to April 2024)

"Year to date" sales for 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2024 versus 2023 and 2024 versus 2022 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
    • 0.30 units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 169,391 units (-36.4%)

Nintendo

  • Nintendo Switch
    • 0.70 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 462,341 units (-39.9%)

Sony

  • PlayStation 5
    • 1.57 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 263,828 units (-14.4%)
  • PlayStation 4
    • 19,628 units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 13,254 (-67.5%)

Note: VGChartz 2024 estimates through April includes 18 weeks, while 2023, 2022, and 2021 estimates includes 17 weeks.


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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7 Comments
XtremeBG (on 16 May 2024)

when will the NPD numbers be out for april ?

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Machina XtremeBG (on 16 May 2024)

22nd May, unless they delay it again.

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trunkswd Machina (on 16 May 2024)

Circana (NPD) for April comes out May 29, according Mat Piscatella.

https://twitter.com/MatPiscatella/status/1783886618220474619

  • +5
Machina trunkswd (on 16 May 2024)

Oh, lol, so they already delayed it again (I was looking at his March 15th announcement xD ).

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siebensus4 (on 17 May 2024)

Xbox below 2021, yikes. And Switch -40%. A very different picture we see in Europe compared to Japan.

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TheLegendaryBigBoss (on 16 May 2024)

Xbox is crumbling! What's going on

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