PS5 Leads in Slow Month - Europe Hardware Estimates for March 2025 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 April 2025 / 6,378 Views

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in Europe with 312,534 units sold for March 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 25.78 million units lifetime in Europe.

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 124,816 units to bring its lifetime sales to 38.81 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 58,944 units to bring their lifetime sales to 8.38 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by over 235,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 58,000 units. PS4 sold 547,763 units for the month of March 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 116,959 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 35,671 (-10.2%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 7,847 units (-11.8%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 71,649 units (-36.5%).

Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by over 94,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by nearly 11,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are up by nearly 6,000 units.

2025 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 1.05 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 0.38 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.15 million units.

VGChartz Japan Hardware Estimates - PS5, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch

Monthly Sales:

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

PlayStation 5 - 312,534 (25,778,856)
Switch - 124,816 (38,810,337)
Xbox Series X|S - 58,944 (8,377,437)

Weekly Sales:

Europe March 8, 2025 hardware estimates:

PlayStation 5 - 61,964
Switch - 28,220
Xbox Series X|S - 12,549

Europe March 15, 2025 hardware estimates:

PlayStation 5 - 60,432
Switch - 26,278
Xbox Series X|S - 10,591

Europe March 22, 2025 hardware estimates:

PlayStation 5 - 72,315
Switch - 25,366
Xbox Series X|S - 12,965

Europe March 29, 2025 hardware estimates:

PlayStation 5 - 61,552
Switch - 22,733
Xbox Series X|S - 11,302

Europe April 5, 2025 hardware estimates:

PlayStation 5 - 56,271
Switch - 22,219
Xbox Series X|S - 11,537

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.

5 Comments

jvmkdg (on 23 April 2025)

I thought the PS5 could overtake the 3DS this month. But it should be a little short. Maybe with Sony's financial report there will be some adjustment.

xXMatapuercas3000Xx (on 24 April 2025)

Wow PS4 sales in Europe were in another level, no matter how good the performance of PS5 are, they cant reach PS4 sales.

BonfiresDown (on 24 April 2025)

We are entering the period where more casual gamers are buying the systems and so pricing becomes more of an issue. 75% of Xbox consoles sold this year are digital, which means Series S likely dominates there. And 50% PS5s are digital.