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PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2024 Worldwide Sales Comparison Charts Through August

PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2024 Worldwide Sales Comparison Charts Through August - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 October 2024 / 9,111 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 August 2021)

2022 – (January 2022 to August 2022)

2023 – (January 2023 to August 2023)

2024 – (January 2024 to August 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
    • 2.66 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 0.87 million units (-24.5%)

Nintendo

  • Nintendo Switch
    • 5.96 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 3.25 million units (-35.3%)

Sony

  • PlayStation 5
    • 8.54 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 2.68 million units (-23.9%)
  • PlayStation 4
    • 37,218 units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 137,540 (-78.7%)

Note: VGChartz 2024 estimates through August includes 35 weeks, while 2023, 2022, and 2021 estimates includes 34 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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3 Comments
firebush03 (on 15 October 2024)

these are some dismal YoY figures…

  • +5
Doctor_MG (on 15 October 2024)

Okay, I have to be honest. It is a little insane that 2024 PS5 YtD has sold LESS than 2023 Switch YtD.

I know that 2023 Switch holiday wasn't stellar, so it's not likely to last. But there is no way I would have anticipated that back in 2017

  • +2
Qwark Doctor_MG (on 15 October 2024)

To be fair if PS5 doesn't pick up the pace s bit it will only sell around 16 million this year. I think Switch 2023 has a good shot of outselling PS5. There is little reasons to believe Q4 won't be 25% down as well.

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