PS5 vs Wii Sales Comparison - January 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 March 2025 / 9,518 Views
The 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: 83,619 - Wii
Gap change over last 12 months: 2,457,776 - PS5
Total Lead: 9,967,127 - Wii
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 72,971,396
Wii Total Sales: 82,938,523
January 2025 is the 51st month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the Nintendo Wii when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 5 by 83,619 units.
In the last 12 months, the PlayStation 5 has outsold the Nintendo Wii by 2.46 million units. The Nintendo Wii is ahead of the PlayStation 5 by 9.97 million units.
The PlayStation 5 has sold 72.97 million units in 51 months, while the Nintendo Wii sold 82.94 million units. Month 51 for the PlayStation 5 is January 2025 and for the Nintendo Wii it is January 2011.
The Nintendo Wii crossed 90 million units sold worldwide in month 61 and 100 million in month 85. The Nintendo Wii sold 101.63 million units lifetime. The PS5 is 28.66 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 Bluesky.
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i think the PS5 slides ahead of the wii
this year wiill be fun, you guys get it?, "wiill"
Wii was an absolute beast.
The berserker.
Only Switch and DS were able to exceed its sales velocity.
In April 2020(the start of Lockdowns) the Switch was still 9.5m behind the Wii. I doubt the DS sold at a faster velocity as well. The Wii is the fastest selling console ever I’m pretty sure.
What I meant by that is that the Wii sold 26 million units in a single year, Switch sold 29 million, and DS topped the 30 million mark two years in a row. No other console has hit those heights.
It’s true, when taking the first 4-5 years, Wii still wins. The DS had a decent start, but the DS fat wasn’t as appealing as the DS Lite.
The Wii could have done even better given all the issues surrounding it: mainly massive supply constraints (from 2006 to spring 2009, and then again from late summer 2009 to winter 2010). The second part was Nintendo’s fault, they began shifting to Wii U development probably around 2009, as 2010 really felt like a winding down period following Spring 2010 (about when Monster Hunter 3 came out), slower updates on the channels and the release schedule became less interesting going forward ( Xenoblade being the exception). But it was 2011 when they slammed the brakes: shutting down services, marketing, ending stuff like Nintendo Week, and unveiling the Wii U sealed it - but even in this winding down period to the end, the Wii still sold another 30 million hardware units and 450 million software units, more than double what the Wii U did the entire generation.
Could see PS5 being within 10m of Wii's lifetime sales by the end of this year, assuming GTA VI actually releases this year. PS5 should easily surpass Wii's lifetime sales in 2026.
Next year the PS5 should pass the Wii LTD!
