Switch Best-Seller, PS5 Pro Boosts PS5 Sales - Japan Hardware Estimates for November 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 December 2024 / 6,984 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in Japan with 287,048 units sold for November 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The Nintendo Switch has now sold an estimated 34.59 million units lifetime in Japan.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 175,602 units to bring its lifetime sales to 6.30 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 12,492 units to bring their lifetime sales to 0.65 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 183 units to bring its lifetime sales to 9.68 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are up by over 62,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are up by over 10,000 units. PS4 sold 111,339 units for the month of November 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 2,262 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 9,278 units (-3.1%). PlayStation 5 sales are down by 55,753 (-24.1%) and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 111 units (-0.9%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 5,195 units (-96.6%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch sales are up over 45,000 units, the PlayStation 5 sales are up by nearly 127,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are up by nearly 7,000 units.
2024 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 2.75 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 1.33 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.11 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Japan hardware estimates for November 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 287,048 (34,587,747)
- PlayStation 5 - 175,602 (6,297,251)
- Xbox Series X|S - 12,492 (649,256)
- PlayStation 4 - 183 (9,679,809)
Weekly Sales:
Japan November 9, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 88,175
- Switch - 64,021
- Xbox Series X|S - 2,412
- PlayStation 4 - 51
Japan November 16, 2024 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 62,167
- PlayStation 5 - 23,679
- Xbox Series X|S - 3,075
- PlayStation 4 - 37
Japan November 23, 2024 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 69,144
- PlayStation 5 - 25,580
- Xbox Series X|S - 2,663
- PlayStation 4 - 35
Japan November 30, 2024 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 91,716
- PlayStation 5 - 38,168
- Xbox Series X|S - 4,342
- PlayStation 4 - 60
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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Then ps5 sales are up compared to ps4 for November…not down
PS5 is still 24% down compared to the same month a year ago, despite the release of PS5 Pro... so the "boost" is only compared to last month...
PS5 is down YoY 24,1% is quite surprising. I thought the gap would be smaller. Down 5% or so,ok, but 24% is really a bit disapointing. There's no way to paint this positive for the PS5 (Pro)...
yeah, NSW is about to have a pretty fun holiday in JP this year. PS5 had its price hike a few months back (and sales have yet to recover), and XBSX is not very popular there. Nintendo legitimately just has a monopoly at this point lol.
I expect around 350k in December for NSW in Japan. This is a high expectation but I can see a path for them to reach it.
And I agree it does look to be a monopoly in Japan.
350k seems a little low...worth noting is December is a [edit: i originally said 5w, which is not true…] 4w month this year, and NSW has moved around 50-70k/week since early-August. With holiday sales already showing a sizable boost compared to this 50-70k range (as seen by 91k for the last week of November), I'd bet on NSW moving closer to [edit] 380-450k.
You are right, I did some calculations and guestimates and ended at what you propose (I went with an average of 110k per week). I was rather rusty earlier for I had been rather dormant. Thanks. And that makes the climb to #1 worldwide even easier.
yeah i figured. Happy to see you again, Shtinamin. :)
It’s good to be back.
I’ll have to update a thread or two.
That would’ve been nice to have 5 weeks again. Oh well. I think Japan can sell ~440k in December (~110k on average per week). The best week will be the second week of December. That’s my prediction.
And I do agree that Switch will sell ~3.1M in Japan for 2024 as XtremeBG said. I go into detail in his VS thread.
how is it 5 weeks ? how we will have 53 weeks again when we had 53 weeks last year from Famitsu ? first week is till 8th second 15th 3rd 22nd and 4th till 29th, the next should be calculated to 2025. We can't have 53 weeks after 53 weeks year of 2023. With that in mind, I would say something around 400k for December in Japan. The one week is not enough to reassure the holiday boost. It can go back to 70k or 80k the next few weeks, and it can also remain at 90k, but not above or equal to 100k. So it may even come short of 400k, let alone @shtinamin_ 110k per week projection. Anyway, yes the final number for the calendar year will be something like 3-3.1M
Is it not 5w? I thought it was. (12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 12/28, 1/4) For past months, usually that last week is included for the prev months total (iirc), unless December is different? What you say makes perfect sense, I’m just a little confused now lol.
(In any case, 4w would send NSW to 380-430k for December. 91k for last week of November tells me we may want to anticipate 85-110k/week.)
last year it was 53 weeks according to Famitsu data, there is no way this year it's 53 weeks again. Also the dates are 12/8 12/15 12/22 12/29. The last week is till 1st december included.
i see. That makes sense.
To be perfectly precise, they've had Monopoly since September 26th, 2024!
Those sells of Switch after more than 7 years in Japan are hard to believe. Nintendo better continue its production with a cut in price when they'll launch Switch2 or they will kill a golden eggs goose.
PS5 Pro, btw, just boosted the sells for 1 f**ng week. Man...
Ngl I thought the Pro would do a lot better as well.
Will Nintendo introduce a price cut? Looking at it now it doesn’t seem like they will soon.
Japan will Always be Nintendo Land
Europe Will Always be Sony Land
America? Xbox is dead but I can actually see it turning over to an upcoming Steam Console
The physical media situation is an interesting topic. I also believe it's death (with the exception of Nintendo.... at least by now).
The optical disc is a very archaic thing in 2024, and its huge dimensions (by the actual standards of SDs and micro SDs: 12 cm in diameter, following the original CDs), are CLEARLY from another era (CD was developed during 1979-1980).
Third party companies could try to push for a physical media option, cause they try to sell super expensive "garbage plastic items editions" of its games. I call it "garbage", because they try to sold a lot of them, even with games and series not that important.
But in the other way, they just can sell "digital crap" like many companies already do (extra money DLCs with "clothes", redundant items... all just very aesthetic, like SE does with FFXIV, for example.
Trying not to talk about how some companies directly transform its games into a casino gambling SCAM, selling you digital "stickers" and multiple other useless crap to scam young people and children every year. Like EA shamelessly does with "fifas" (they really need to go to jail, I don't know why the US and EU do not persecute that company with huge criminal charges).
If we look at ~70%+ being digital on PS5 alone, Xbox even higher with the only expectation being Nintendo, i am excluding physical games for Xbox about 99% possibility with an 90% possibility for Playstation. Switch Up will use cardridges, no doubt about that, i could even see Switch 3 using cardridges but they should be the expectation by then. No matter if Nintendo, Sony or MS: No physical games- no buy!!
Sony even closed some of their Blu- Ray production bases. I would not even be surprised if they'd quit the BDA...
IF they had a little confidence in physical media (BD) we would have gotten a PS5 Pro with a disc drive included and they would produce more. I think PS5 will stay longer than the PS4 because its the last PS with an optical drive. They will quit in little steps. First: Normal physical games for important titles like GOY or Astro. and normal cross gen for PS5 and PS6. 2.) Discontinuing the optical DD, but still holding on to physical games for PS5(Pro) (PS6 will be all digital). If you have an optical disc drive, fine for you, if you haven't, take it or leave it. Of course they won't tell us (like that- but the direction is clear for everyone). 3.) More and more games come digital only (also on PS5)- discs are the expectation not the rule.
4.) PS5 support shutdown. First party's first, then major 3rds. Then we're all digital. As late 2028 will be the latest we'll see PS6 (if its called like that), i'll give the PS5 an ~5 extra years of physical support max. So 2033 we should be digital only with PS, Xbox even earlier with the Switch 3 being the only expectation.
I CAN ASSURE YOU, this is totally false. Things can perfectly change:
-Japan was Sony Land during PS2 times. Also, during PS1 times, N64 was the third platform there, behind Sega Saturn (2nd platform in sells). And that happened just after the SNES and NES (Famicom) reign, outselling by a lot Sega Mega Drive and Sony MSX respectively.
-Europe, during this last years, had a LOT of weeks with Switch selling in top, and the top lists of games being surprisinglyTOTALLY dominated by its games.
-America, and more explicitly US, could see any situation.
Mate, the PS2 was 20 years ago now, and it was a blip in an otherwise Nintendo Stong nation.
Also why single out the HitBit? That's a strange thing to do. But the only competition the Famicom had was the PC Engine. Not Sega or Microsoft during the Famicom or Super Famicom days. But even NEC's machine didn't touch the 1 in 4 Japanese households that had a Famicom.
As far as Europe goes. It's Sony land, no question. Sure Nintendo might get a few weeks here and there but look at the overall numbers.
Plus obviously Nintnedo games are going to dominate the sales charts. They are the last company with a greater percentage of physcial sales as opposed to digital.
Don't agree about PS2 dominance in Japan being just "a blip of Nintendo".
"Also why single out the HitBit? That's a strange thing to do."
Famicom first real competition was the MSX (both appeared in 1983).
"Plus obviously Nintendo games are going to dominate the sales charts."
Well... probably.
MSX was a Microsoft standard.
Hitbit was the Sony version of MSX
Other companies made MSX machines.
Did you know that the dual cartridge port on AX-170 MSX is what gave Konami the idea for Pardious. If you put both Gradius and a 2nd Konami game in each cartridge port, depending on which 2nd cart you used, it would change the sprites in Gradius.
Trust me, I know my MSX.
Sorry, I precisely erased my answer to not do an off-topic, cause the XtremBG answer: As far as I know, Sony was an active part developing MSX along with Microsoft Japan and was one of the main producers, sellers and advertisers of that platform. To the point that many people believed the "S" refered to "Sony".
The machine was capable of "console behaviour" (plug a cartridge, and turn on to play) and was the main game competitor of the Famicom, both appearing in 1983 in Japan. So, that's the reason I "single out" (as you said) the MSX in my previous message.
That's all about MSX I will say here.
“ Mate, the PS2 was 20 years ago now, and it was a blip in an otherwise Nintendo Stong nation.”
That’s not really true, Japan is Portable dominated. Even the PSP sold more than the most successful Nintendo Dedicated home consoles. The Wii only sold marginally more than what the PS5 is going to end up at.
If it’s not portable, Japan isn’t interested anymore. Thats the first rule, and that trumps everything.
That's a very interesting theory.
But by itself does not explain the flop Vita also was in Japan (when many japanese companies gave it a huge support. And I mean, huge).
Neither the "mediocre" 3DS sells compared to the original DS numbers.
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