PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2024 Japan Sales Comparison Charts Through May - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 June 2024 / 4,522 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 May 2021)

2022 – (January 2022 to May 2022)

2023 – (January 2023 to May 2023)

2024 – (January 2024 to May 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

54,375 units sold year-to-date
Up year-on-year 14,922 units (+37.8%)

Nintendo

Nintendo Switch

1.21 million units sold year-to-date
Down year-on-year 234,246 units (-16.2%)

Sony

PlayStation 5

0.70 million units sold year-to-date
Down year-on-year 476,663 units (-40.2%)

PlayStation 4

10,961 units sold year-to-date
Down year-on-year 16,597 (-60.2%)

Note: VGChartz 2024 estimates through May includes 22 weeks, while 2023, 2022, and 2021 estimates includes 21 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.

8 Comments

Sogreblute (on 12 June 2024)

The PS5 is now 4 million away from the PS4. With sales dropping and the Switch 2 coming I just don't see it matching the PS4.

XtremeBG Sogreblute (on 13 June 2024)

Why? Yes the sales dropped double, however if the PS5 can maintain 20-30k weekly level the PS4 did the same sales for most of its life, so it should reach it in the end.

Sogreblute XtremeBG (on 14 June 2024)

While that's true if it maintains 20k-30k for the next 3-4 years, but there is one factor that will change that, 3rd party support. The Switch in it's 1st year lacked a lot of AA support and throughout it's life lacked a lot AAA games. So there was still a reason for Japanese gamers to buy a PS4 since those games weren't on Switch. The Switch 2 won't have that AA issue and will most likely get most AAA games.

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XtremeBG Sogreblute (on 14 June 2024)

We will see. PS5 is not far from there. It will be around 6.5M at end of the year. So 3M more is not so much. Even with not so many title is should do it.