PS5 Best-Seller, Sales Drop For All Consoles - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for August 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 October 2024 / 9,851 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 898,909 units sold for August 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 60.91 million units lifetime worldwide.
The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 635,807 units to bring its lifetime sales to 142.69 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 266,930 units to bring their lifetime sales to 29.88 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 2,390 units to bring its lifetime sales to 117.19 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are down by over 140,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 70,000 units. PS4 sold 1,038,948 units for the month of August 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 337,039 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 535,979 (-37.4%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 162,679 units (-37.9%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 326,007 units (-33.9%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 16,380 units (-87.3%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by over 129,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 167,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are down by nearly 17,000 units.
2024 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 8.54 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 5.96 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 2.66 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Global hardware estimates for August 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 898,909 (60,908,514)
- Switch - 635,807 (142,694,476)
- Xbox Series X|S - 266,930 (29,881,122)
- PlayStation 4 - 2,390 (117,185,621)
- PlayStation 5 - 275,655
- Xbox Series X|S - 158,205
- Switch - 132,143
- PlayStation 4 - 936
- PlayStation 5 - 286,721
- Switch - 170,670
- Xbox Series X|S - 74,059
- PlayStation 4 - 1,038
- Switch - 321,828
- PlayStation 5 - 314,765
- Xbox Series X|S - 22,472
- PlayStation 4 - 336
- PlayStation 5 - 21,768
- Xbox Series X|S - 12,194
- Switch - 11,166
- PlayStation 4 - 80
Weekly Sales:
Global August 10, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 217,986
- Switch - 175,779
- Xbox Series X|S - 74,092
- PlayStation 4 - 635
Global August 17, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 192,078
- Switch - 154,140
- Xbox Series X|S - 64,137
- PlayStation 4 - 595
Global August 24, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 265,127
- Switch - 140,863
- Xbox Series X|S - 60,408
- PlayStation 4 - 571
Global August 31, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 223,718
- Switch - 165,025
- Xbox Series X|S - 68,293
- PlayStation 4 - 589
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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Europe has been selling more Switch than the Americas
PS5 is performing as usual, XBSX isn't doing too hot, NSW pulling off >600k is about as expected. Curious to see how PS5 hardware figures will look next month....They'll have lost around 70k from Japan compared to August, though Astro & Wukong may have carried in US/EU.
266k (XSX) vs 337k (One), ¿por que dice que Xbox series subio respecto a one?
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PS5 almost came in 1st place in Asia! Thats the first time i see it come that close to the Switch!
Xbox can't even sell one third of what PS5 is selling...
I think there's something wrong with the estimates.
In the June estimates, the PS5 stood at 59.3m globally.
With August estimates, PS5 is "now" at 60.9m units globally.
That's a gap of only 1.6m globally within 2 full months.
Although July and August worldwide sell-through actually sit at ~1.9m combined.
If you look at the ww estimates in the articles for July (~963k) and August (~898k) and add them up.
You're correct, I just checked here: the ps5 was at 59.3 million at the end of June, according to vgchartz. According to vgchartz's estimates. I may be wrong but I believe that 2 months would be the time for the ps5 to sell the consoles around the world. Europo's numbers must be underestimated
We had to adjust down the PS5 based on Sony's own official sell through figures. They have it at 56M+ as of April 30 which means it's below 57M as of that date. We had it above that figure before we adjusted it down.
https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/
PS5 sales seem too low to me. Sony reported 61.7 million consoles shipped by June. Would it take 3 months to sell all these consoles? something is wrong
We're presumably more than halfway through the generation at this point... Everything should be selling less year over year from this point forward.
Switch was a vary rare exception to that rule and that was mostly thanks to lockdowns
