
PS5 vs Wii Sales Comparison - November 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 January 2025 / 4,062 ViewsThe VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the PlayStation 5 and Wii.
The PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020, while the Nintendo Wii launched in November 2006. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.
PS5 Vs. Wii Worldwide:
Gap change in latest month: 1,794,920 - PS5
Gap change over last 12 months: 101,819 - PS5
Total Lead: 8,491,855 - Wii
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 67,698,724
Wii Total Sales: 76,190,579
November 2024 is the 49th month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 5 when compared to the aligned launch of the Nintendo Wii by 1.79 million units.
In the last 12 months, the PlayStation 5 has outsold the Nintendo Wii by 0.10 million units. The Nintendo Wii is ahead of the PlayStation 5 by 8.49 million units.
The PlayStation 5 has sold 67.70 million units in 49 months, while the Nintendo Wii sold 76.19 million units. Month 49 for the PlayStation 5 is November 2024 and for the Nintendo Wii it is November 2010.
The Nintendo Wii crossed 80 million in month 50, 90 million in month 61, and 100 million in month 85. The Nintendo Wii sold 101.63 million units lifetime. The PS5 is 33.93 million units behind lifetime Wii sales.
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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That's a little over 19 million on average each year for Wii. Absolutely goated with few platforms in the same league. We know Wii is about to fall in the comparison. Wii only has about 25 million left and PS5 probably has 40 million or more left. It helps that PS5 isn't getting replaced until at least November 2027. Wii was replaced after 6 years.
When all is said and done, I'm still confident PS3 will be the only PlayStation home console of any released so far to not outsell Wii. Not confident to say PS6 will crack 100 million units or more yet because PS3 proved anything is possible. The only upcoming platform I have confidence will crack 100 million units is Switch 2 because it is imminent while Nintendo is in a fantastic spot.
Sony whas in a fantastic spot with the ps2.
Nothing is certain
I actually expect the switch 2 to do much worse than the first (after a good start).
The switch was a big disruption, the switch 2 is just the same console but with more power and it now comes in a saturated market.
lmao, everyone is talking about the switch 2 now. It will be a huge success. You guys say tat every time
Oh, it will almost surely do better at the start than Switch. It probably won't reinvent the wheel and has goodwill from Switch. Almost no way it hits 27.16 million in a fiscal year like Switch did at its peak.
Wii sales were declining greatly, even when you consider it can't sell like crazy forever. New Wii games were also not an amazing spot in 2011-2012 either.
Wii sales were front heavy from its launch in Holiday 2006 to the end of 2010. Sales were weak after that. Nintendo home consoles were quite irrelevant in sales to the public from early 2011 until Switch (a hybrid) launched in 2017.
From a technical perspective the gap chart writes an invalidation of the diagonal resistance. Target is the 0 baseline.