PS5 Tops 25M Lifetime - Europe Hardware Estimates for January 2025 - Sales

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The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in Europe with 328,136 units sold for January 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 25.10 million units lifetime in Europe.

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 139,528 units to bring its lifetime sales to 38.49 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 38,581 units to bring their lifetime sales to 8.26 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by over 184,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 84,000 units. PS4 sold 512,194 units for the month of January 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 122,629 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 99,374 (-23.2%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 42,978 units (-52.7%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 96,422 units (-40.9%). It should be noted January 2025 is a four-week month, while January 2024 had five weeks.

Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by over 1.07 million units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 120,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are up by over 0.71 million units.

Monthly Sales:

Europe hardware estimates for January 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):

1. PlayStation 5 - 328,136 (25,101,208)
2. Switch - 139,528 (38,488,868)
3. Xbox Series X|S - 38,581 (8,258,111)

Weekly Sales:

Europe January 11, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 98,961
2. Switch - 40,701
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 10,449

Europe January 18, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 75,001
2. Switch - 35,641
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 9,536

Europe January 25, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 77,886
2. Switch - 31,074
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 8,813

Europe February 1, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 76,288
2. Switch - 32,112
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 9,783

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 Bluesky.

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jvmkdg (on 28 February 2025)

trunks the games industry stopped reporting sales to europe?

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Machina jvmkdg (on 01 March 2025)

They're still being tracked but not reported on because of lack of agreements between the trackers and any news outlets/journalists. Hopefully new agreements get negotiated at some point this year so that they're reported on again.

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only777 (on 28 February 2025)

10:1 PS5 vs Xbox

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firebush03 only777 (on 01 March 2025)

its a shame b/c Microsoft arguably is pumping out just as many — if not more — quality releases than last Sony this gen. :/ If only Microsoft was committed to exclusivity, then maybe it wouldn’t be such a dismal state of affairs when discussing Sony’s first party output.

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Random_Matt (on 28 February 2025)

UK stock of Xbox is so poor, probably the same for other EU countries. MS would probably save money not bothering restocking.

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