PS5 Best-Seller, Sales Drop for All - Americas Hardware Estimates for February 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 March 2025 / 5,381 Views
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 370,190 units sold for February 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 29.89 million units lifetime in the Americas.
The Xbox Series X|S was the second best-selling console with an estimated 193,789 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 19.98 million units. The Nintendo Switch came in third place with 158,829 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 56.49 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by nearly 11,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 151,000 units. PS4 sold 380,911 units for the month of February 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 344,573 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 100,444 (-21.3%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 40,829 units (-17.4%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 99,656 units (-38.6%).
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 68,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by over 47,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are up by over 10,000 units.
2025 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 0.67 million units, the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.34 million units, and the Nintendo Switch has sold 0.31 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Americas hardware estimates for February 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 370,190 (29,892,571)
- Xbox Series X|S - 193,789 (19,983,778)
- Switch - 158,829 (56,487,160)
USA hardware estimates for February 2025:
- PlayStation 5 - 309,682
- Xbox Series X|S - 163,196
- Switch - 134,015
Weekly Sales:
February 8, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 80,995
- Xbox Series X|S - 41,016
- Switch - 35,980
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 67,731
- Xbox Series X|S - 34,634
- Switch - 30,275
February 15, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 84,690
- Xbox Series X|S - 43,530
- Switch - 38,217
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 70,856
- Xbox Series X|S - 36,757
- Switch - 32,192
February 22, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 86,627
- Xbox Series X|S - 48,087
- Switch - 42,164
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 72,649
- Xbox Series X|S - 40,516
- Switch - 35,610
March 1, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 117,878
- Xbox Series X|S - 61,156
- Switch - 42,468
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 98,446
- Xbox Series X|S - 51,289
- Switch - 35,938
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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I wonder if this is the start of a trend that Xbox outsells Switch in the US...
It would only be because the Switch 2 is on the horizon, not because Xbox is reversing course. Not shade, just the way things are for the platform right now.
a little off topic…but those figures for the last week are enough evidence for me to suspect that GTAVI will impact both XBSXS and PS5 sales figures, and that it won’t be completely one-sided as many on here like to argue.
The boost in sales in the last week is due to the launch of Monster Hunter Wilds. GTAVI should give PS5 and XS a much bigger boost when it launches.
(responding to first sentence…) yea that’s my point: The big multiplatform release boosted not just PS5, but also XBSXS. Same observation can be seen with College Footbal last July. It’s absurd to say XBSXS won’t see a massive boost similar to that of PS5, as casuals don’t know much of the differences between the two systems (plus pricing).
What difference does it make though? It would still have no chance of catching Xbone and Xbone was a failure.
Not too mention that a huge boost will be coming from Europe in which Xbox is nonexistent in, lower shipments globally for Xbox , Sony marketing, PS5 Pro boost, no PC sku. It's going to be a bloodbath when GTAVI launches.
Yeah GTA VI will definitely impact sales for both consoles. But the boost is likely to be somewhat proportional. EG if PS5 sales triple due to GTA VI Xbox sales are likely to triple also. The thing is that Xbox sales are so low that Triple for PlayStation means a lot more than Triple for Xbox.
So proportionally they'll both receive big boosts, but in terms of flat numbers the boost PS5 will receive will be far larger, and perhaps that's what people are getting at when they are talking about GTA VI being a bigger deal for PS5 than XBS.
The PS5 is expected to surpass the global sales of the 3DS in March. If GTA 6 is released this year, it may surpass the PS3 by the end of the year.
it would blast past the PS3 with no issues.
Switch is selling another million in americas this 2025 thats for sure.
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