PS5 vs PS3 Sales Comparison - July 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 September 2024 / 4,610 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 3.
The PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, while the PlayStation 3 launched in November 2006 in North America and Japan and in March 2007 in Europe. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.
PS5 Vs. PS3 Worldwide:
Gap change in latest month: 307,073 - PS5
Gap change over last 12 months: 3,934,397 - PS5
Total Lead: 21,235,275 - PS5
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 60,163,605
PlayStation 3 Total Sales: 38,928,330
July 2024 is the 45th month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 5 when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 3 by 307,073 units.
In the last 12 months, the PS5 has grown its lead over the PS3 by 4.94 million units. The PlayStation 5 is currently ahead by 21.24 million units.
The PlayStation 5 has sold 60.16 million units in 45 months, while the PlayStation 3 sold 38.93 million units. Month 45 for the PlayStation 5 is July 2024 and for the PlayStation 3 is July 2010.
The PlayStation 3 did not reach current PlayStation 5 sales until month 62 where it had sold 61.47 million units.
The PlayStation 3 crossed 40 million in month 47, 50 million in month 54, and 60 million in month 62. The PlayStation 3 sold 87.4 million units lifetime. The PS5 is 27.24 million units behind lifetime PS3 sales.
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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20mil is very close! Hard to say who’s gonna win this battle…
To be fair the gap between Wii and PS3 was even larger and PS3 came somewhat close in the end. Not saying PS5 is like Wii, but crazy things have happened.
PS3 brought the games in the middle to end of its life, which of course moved consoles.
After 2010, Nintendo and third-party games on Wii really slowed down in quality and to some extent sales.
As you say, a big gap and the circumstances surely aren't there for PS5 to fall off a cliff in the next year and finish around PS3's totals.
Even a new Xbox console (speculated for Holiday 2026) will likely not do a lot at first to PS5.
yeah yeah…I was more speaking in jest. Granted, the PS5 isn’t an obvious fad like the Wii was, though I do see your point.
Sometimes it's hard to imagine how slowly both X360 and PS3 gained players' base. It took 7-8 years to reach 80+ mil mark. After 3-4 years after initial aunch those consoles had been just 40+ mil sold.
It's primarily due to the platforms sharing similar size pool of console players each generation. We went from the PS2 utterly dominating the 6th gen with 155+ million consoles to Xbox's 24 million and GameCube's 21 million. When the 7th gen rolled around, you had the combo of the 360 providing great competition and a year head start, then Sony shooting themselves in the foot with the PS3 launch and Nintendo striking the casual audience with the Wii. You had a modest increase in the overall console player pool, but a lot of PS2 players suddenly started getting a 360 or Wii instead of a PS3. Thus leading to lower PS sales, but an increase in Xbox and Nintendo sales drastically compared to the previous gen.
That continued to the 8th gen. PS4 dominance with 115+ million, 58 million XOnes, and a measly 12 million Wii U's. It's all a game of tug of war between the 3 platforms sharing a similar number of overall console owners every time.
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