PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch 2024 Worldwide Sales Comparison Charts Through September - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 November 2024 / 4,317 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 September 2021)
2022 – (January 2022 to September 2022)
2023 – (January 2023 to September 2023)
2024 – (January 2024 to September 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
- 2.94 million units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 1.23 million units (-29.6%)
Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch
- 6.75 million units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 3.47 million units (-33.9%)
Sony
- PlayStation 5
- 9.57 million units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 3.36 million units (-26.0%)
- PlayStation 4
- 39,842 units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 0.16 million (-79.6%)
Note: VGChartz 2024 estimates through September includes 40 weeks, while 2023, 2022, and 2021 estimates includes 39 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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PS5 2024 vs Switch 2023 will be an interesting battle and Switch has a decent chance of winning.
this is…weird? XBSX will likely have the smallest YoY decline of the three systems once the year is finished? Wasn’t XBSX the one with the largest YoY declines nearly every month this year? Or am I misremembering?
(+) XBSX has been consistently up MoM, so YoY isn’t getting any worse.
(+) PS5 will drop significantly compared to last year due to JP sales drop, no major SM2/GoW:R release, pricey PS5 Pro not attracting many repeat/new consumers.
(+) NSW will improve in its YoY margin due to 2023 being “less than powerful” due to TotK boost during May. I don’t anticipate it to improve significantly more than XBSX though.
The 2024 data has an extra week compared to 2023, 2022, and 2021 as we follow the same dates as Circana (NPD). 2024 has 53 weeks for Circana, which they put the extra week in January. The year-over-year % drops would be higher for all 3 if you subtract that extra week.
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