PS5 Comfortably Best-Seller as Sales Top 500K - Europe Hardware Estimates for October 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 November 2024 / 7,336 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in Europe with 515,032 units sold for October 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 21.29 million units lifetime in Europe.
The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 202,457 units to bring its lifetime sales to 36.93 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 83,192 units to bring their lifetime sales to 8.09 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 955 units to bring its lifetime sales to 45.86 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are down by over 23,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 93,000 units. PS4 sold 538,092 units for the month of October 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 176,071 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 130,305 (-20.2%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 43,747 units (-34.5%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 30,303 units (-13.0%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 3,310 units (-77.6%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are up by nearly 34,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 2,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are up by nearly 29,000 units.
2024 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 3.86 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 1.77 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.74 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Europe hardware estimates for October 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 515,032 (21,291,000)
- Switch - 202,457 (36,934,098)
- Xbox Series X|S - 83,192 (8,088,573)
- PlayStation 4 - 955 (45,859,253)
Weekly Sales:
Europe October 12, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 111,104
- Switch - 42,837
- Xbox Series X|S - 17,884
- PlayStation 4 - 230
Europe October 19, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 108,313
- Switch - 49,695
- Xbox Series X|S - 19,995
- PlayStation 4 - 234
Europe October 26, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 153,468
- Switch - 53,795
- Xbox Series X|S - 23,257
- PlayStation 4 - 243
Europe November 2, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 142,147
- Switch - 56,130
- Xbox Series X|S - 22,056
- PlayStation 4 - 248
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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Switch being above 200K in a quite long time. Way to go!
@ XDKrieg33 Pro Xbox? What i see is that this site is more likley a split of pro Nintendo/ Playstation. Whenever it comes on Xbox, people show their hate. For my part I have an Xbox Series X (SeX) as my main console and a Switch for 100% handheld use. I never use the dock, on the normal Switch i gave it away for free because i do not see any sense for an HDMI adapter for a dedicaded Handheld. I use my PS5Pro as a casual system for Sonic and a few VR2 games. And my hopes on a new G-Con Lightgun (Point Blank, Time Crisis, Crypt Killer, Elemental Gearbolt...) will never die. What i would never touch is the PC (thanks goodness i never had to use one) and non games plattforms like mobilephones (only whats app). I am not so much into mass idiotic games like FIFA (every year the same game) or harmless popcorn entertainment for teenies like COD.
Man, those Xbox numbers are sad to see
MoM seems very stable, alongside increases in NA. Certainly not as dire as many think imo. Call me crazy, but I do believe YoY increases for XBSX next year would not be completely unexpected. Not sure how likely it'd be, though def not impossible with how the trajectory is looking.
Thanks, @trunks!
Being down only 23k with aligned PS4 numbers is very, very strong for the PS5 in Europe.
This must be the first month since Nov. '20 the PS5 outsold Xbox Series at a rock-solid 6:1 ratio. At least I can't remember any other time right now.
Year-to-date in Europe, PS5 crossed the 5:1 ratio compared to Xbox Series now. Whereas I, in January this year, had predicted "only" a 4:1 ratio for the calender year.
Congrats to Playstation!
Now I am really looking forward to November data.
The thumbs down lol. People can't handle facts on this website.
It is.
I re-stated the data shown in the article of the website they visit. Yet they downvote.
But what exactly?
Console war culture hasn't gone away completely yet. Will take people a few more years until they realise that you can't have a console war culture if there's no war
This. But I wonder why this site is so pro xbox.
The only thing i can guess is that MS is a western brand and Sony is an eastern one, so there is some sub-conscious loyalty to the western brand. I've always wondered that too
But sony is dominating the western market except for mexico and brazil, and only if you consider latin america part of the western world.
It isn’t, it’s just the same 6-7 people that downvote everything thats negative for xbox(or Starfield). You can easily work out who they are if you look around a bit.
idk if its even Xbox ppl. I'm one of the most pro Xbox ppl on this site and even I still get hit with a consistent stream of -5 on all my comments (tho usually im able to have enough ppl upvote to pull me be to green). (Once had a comment go from -4 to +24 within a few hours, for instance...Hardstuck can literally testify lol. On the PS5 Pro article last week.) Same with a lot of others...im tempted to just avoid commenting on these article posts.
btw i don't typically downvote unless it's a highly procative comment which is spsecifically in green. (If it's red, I see no point in kicking harder.) I have 2x voting power, I don't like to abuse it...i feel like y'all Sony ppl don't like me, so thought i'd clarify that I'm not attacking you.
I'm in favor of banning downvotes from this site as a whole. Does nothing but create hostility and toxicity.
True.
But downvoting people for re-stating points written in the article they themselves read is just silly.
It's also amusing. But silly.
By writing "6:1", all I did was using less numbers to re-phrase the actual estimates.
Anyway.
btw you can turn off upvotes/downvotes in the settings on this site...if this at all helps anybody here.
Xbox absolutely decimated. Just cements further the MS ports to PS5.
