Switch Tops 35M Lifetime - Japan Hardware Estimates for December 2024 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 January 2025 / 12,258 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in Japan with 470,299 units sold for December 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The Nintendo Switch has now sold an estimated 35.06 million units lifetime in Japan.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 170,442 units to bring its lifetime sales to 6.47 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 10,607 units to bring their lifetime sales to 0.66 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 226 units to bring its lifetime sales to 9.68 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are down by nearly 126,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are up by over 6,000 units. PS4 sold 296,036 units for the month of December 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 4,513 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same month a year ago are up by 34,901 units (8.0%). PlayStation 5 sales are down by 41,963 (-19.8%) and Xbox Series X|S sales are up by 3,242 units (44.0%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 6,379 units (-96.6%) year-over-year.
Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch sales are up over 183,000 units, the PlayStation 5 sales are down by over 5,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by nearly 2,000 units.
2024 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 3.22 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 1.50 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.12 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Japan hardware estimates for December 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 470,299 (35,058,046)
- PlayStation 5 - 170,442 (6,467,693)
- Xbox Series X|S - 10,607 (659,863)
- PlayStation 4 - 226 (9,680,035)
Weekly Sales:
Japan December 7, 2024 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 80,439
- PlayStation 5 - 50,372
- Xbox Series X|S - 3,011
- PlayStation 4 - 55
Japan December 14, 2024 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 99,398
- PlayStation 5 - 21,582
- Xbox Series X|S - 1,918
- PlayStation 4 - 49
Japan December 21, 2024 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 104,165
- PlayStation 5 - 24,658
- Xbox Series X|S - 3,394
- PlayStation 4 - 46
Japan December 28, 2024 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 76,553
- PlayStation 5 - 27,145
- Xbox Series X|S - 1,403
- PlayStation 4 - 43
Japan January 4, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 109,744
- PlayStation 5 - 46,685
- Xbox Series X|S - 881
- PlayStation 4 - 33
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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Yay! December update thank-you very much
Time to bet! With the Switch 2 now announced we have to see how this impacts Switch 1 January 2025 sales. Here's the previous year's (edit: worldwide) numbers:
2021: 1,540,931
2022: 1,310,287
2023: 1,111,599
2024: 959,845
2025: X
Personally, I'm expecting a bit above 600,000
Those aren’t Japan’s hardware sales. What are these numbers representing?
These are worldwide numbers
For January? I think it didn’t change much. I expect a -10% drop. So around the high 800k
400k-600k
Those PS4 sales are ridiculous. How much longer will Famitsu continue to track it?
I have the feeling they will stop tracking it in january. So december might be the last month. With this update 117,2 million will be reached wich is PS4's LTD number, so no point in continuing to track it.
