Switch Best-Seller as Sales Drop Below 100K - Japan Hardware Estimates for May 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 June 2025 / 9,470 Views
The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in Japan with 98,601 units sold for May 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The Nintendo Switch has now sold an estimated 35.79 million units lifetime in Japan.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 37,205 units to bring its lifetime sales to 6.86 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 2,480 units to bring their lifetime sales to 0.68 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by nearly 52,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are up by nearly 2,000 units. PS4 sold 88,872 units for the month of May 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 818 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 86,245 units (-46.7%). PlayStation 5 sales are down by 47,828 (-56.3%) and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 9,908 units (-80.0%).
Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch sales are down by nearly 8,000 units, the PlayStation 5 sales are up nearly 1,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by less than 1,000 units.
2025 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch has sold an estimated 730,199 units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 396,534units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 20,102 units.
Monthly Sales:
Japan hardware estimates for May 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 98,601 (35,788,245)
- PlayStation 5 - 37,205 (6,864,227)
- Xbox Series X|S - 2,480 (679,965)
Weekly Sales:
Japan May 10, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 29,722
- PlayStation 5 - 86,21
- Xbox Series X|S - 454
Japan May 17, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 24,489
- PlayStation 5 - 6,562
- Xbox Series X|S - 1,386
Japan May 24, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 24,301
- PlayStation 5 - 6,745
- Xbox Series X|S - 374
Japan May 31, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch - 20,089
- PlayStation 5 - 15,277
- Xbox Series X|S - 266
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 follow the author on Bluesky.
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Was there even a month during its lifespan that the Switch sold less than PS4 or PS5?
Looks like February 2018 the PS4 outsold the Switch 257K to 179K in Japan. I don't see any months with the PS5 ahead of Switch.
This is the last month were the Switch was the king and it is going to be dethrone by itself, lol. But sadly the next month Switch sales are going to drop drastically.
the switch will still outsell the xbox next month and can possibly still outsell the PS5
