PS5 Sells Over 1.1M and Tops 75M Lifetime - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for March 2025 - Sales

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The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 1,137,164 units sold for March 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 75.28 million units lifetime worldwide.

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 547,216 units to bring its lifetime sales to 150.25 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 289,067 units to bring their lifetime sales to 32.77 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by nearly 199,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 302,000 units. PS4 sold 1,335,878 units for the month of March 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 591,414 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 141,771 (-11.1%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 74,373 units (-20.5%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 358,072 units (-39.6%).

Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by over 37,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by over 16,000 units, and Nintendo Switch sales are up by nearly 33,000 units.

2025 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 3.25 million units, the Nintendo Switch has sold 1.63 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.78 million units.

Monthly Sales:

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

1. PlayStation 5 - 1,137,164 (75,282,951)
2. Switch - 547,216 (150,251,591)
3. Xbox Series X|S - 289,067 (32,773,497)

Weekly Sales:

Global March 8, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 264,905
2. Switch - 122,308
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 61,075

Global March 15, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 227,918
2. Switch - 105,260
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 53,098

Global March 22, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 244,801
2. Switch - 108,280
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 63,077

Global March 29, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 203,852
2. Switch - 103,309
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 56,054

Global April 5, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 195,688
2. Switch - 108,059
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 55,763

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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Geralt99 (on 24 April 2025)

Switch lead over PS5- 74.97M
PS4 lead over PS5-41.92M
PS5 lead over xbox- 45.55M

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Panicradio Geralt99 (on 24 April 2025)

On a side note:

If the PS6 will be released in Nov. '28, then that's 41 months from now.

So PS5 needs ~1m/month in average to catch up to PS4 lifetime sales.

Or, from now on, an average of 11.4m units/year.

Should be doable!

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CaptainExplosion (on 24 April 2025)

Switch finally passed 150 million!! ^^

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yanis-bnth (on 24 April 2025)

PS5 is doing good, Switch too

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Hardstuck-Platinum yanis-bnth (on 24 April 2025)

I have a feeling that after the launch window passes for Switch 2, Switch 1 will sell better. There's a lot of headroom to drop the price if they need to, and there isn't any with Switch 2

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2zosteven Hardstuck-Platinum (on 24 April 2025)

100% agree!

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