PS5 Best-Seller, NS Sales Fall 69% YoY - Americas Hardware Estimates for April 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 June 2024 / 5,123 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 306,150 units sold for April 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 24.02 million units lifetime in the Americas.
The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console with an estimated 148,840 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 53.30 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in third place with 122,006 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 17.23 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 965 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 nearly 53,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 97,000 units. PS4 sold 253,634 units for the month of April 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 218,810 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 107,416 (-26.0%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 105,480 units (-46.4%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 330,592 units (-69.0%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 5,767 units (-85.7%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by over 334,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 120,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are down by nearly 123,000 units.
2024 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 1.97 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 0.96 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.89 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Americas hardware estimates for April 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 306,150 (24,016,755)
- Switch - 148,840 (53,297,007)
- Xbox Series X|S - 122,006 (17,226,431)
- PlayStation 4 - 965 (41,539,738)
USA hardware estimates for April 2024:
- PlayStation 5 - 258,108
- Switch - 125,547
- Xbox Series X|S - 103,032
- PlayStation 4 - 825
Weekly Sales:
April 13, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 84,132
- Switch - 41,869
- Xbox Series X|S - 33,492
- PlayStation 4 - 248
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 70,952
- Switch - 35,315
- Xbox Series X|S - 28,452
- PlayStation 4 - 212
April 20, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 136,938
- Switch - 56,336
- Xbox Series X|S - 43,615
- PlayStation 4 - 265
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 60,524
- Switch - 33,167
- Xbox Series X|S - 24,798
- PlayStation 4 - 208
April 27, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 69,850
- Switch - 34,467
- Xbox Series X|S - 28,720
- PlayStation 4 - 238
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 58,981
- Switch - 29,082
- Xbox Series X|S - 24,265
- PlayStation 4 - 204
May 4, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 80,323
- Switch - 33,082
- Xbox Series X|S - 30,255
- PlayStation 4 - 235
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 67,651
- Switch - 27,983
- Xbox Series X|S - 25,517
- PlayStation 4 - 201
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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The ps5 has officially surpassed the sales of the xbox one. Next stop NES.
Ouch! Switch got killed this month (YoY). Can’t say I wasn’t expecting a complete blowout with the Zelda TotK OLED boosting sales last April…but down >60%? That’s significant…
Xbox is cratering. To be down 50% YoY in your consoles 4th year is just terrible, especially noting the fact that sales weren’t even particularly high for Xbox last April.
PS5 is also down YoY…just not a good month for gaming I guess. Economy seems the same as it was this point last year, so YoY declines are a little more surprising. Are consumers just losing interest?
Down 69%... and still beating Xbox.
69, nice
Yeah the need to make sure that when the full go third party the support Switch I addition to PlayStation
PS5 to xblock amost a 3:1 ratio!
Fook yes!!
Passing PS2 looks less and less likely for Switch...
Console still pulled off 650k during the month of April, sending the system to a projected 9mil (F’24) worst case scenario. This is still very impressive, and certainly does suggest it will be close. I wouldn’t get too pessimistic just yet, especially when we’re unsure of Nintendo’s plans for the system during the latter half of the year.
I assume April is in general a low selling month for video games. Or is this not a regular happening?
Switch had its small boost from Princess Peach Showtime. And PS5 gots its solid boost from Helldivers II. What was Xbox Series’ booster? Did it have one?
It's usually the second or third-slowest, but sales were low even compared to the other months of April.
Switch is getting old, PS5 in general is too expensive for a more casual audience and Xbox is well Xbox. That mostly sums it up. It being a slow month for releases also does not help.
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