Switch 2 Sets Record for Biggest Launch in Europe - Europe Hardware Estimates for June 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 July 2025 / 10,907 Views
The Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling console in Europe with 1,107,738 units sold for June 2025, according to VGChartz estimates.
The PlayStation 5 was the second best-selling console with an estimated 315,982 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 26.46 million units. The Nintendo Switch 1 was the third best-selling console with an estimated 60,535 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 38.94 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in fourth place with 39,602 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 8.50 million units.
Switch 2 sales compared to the first month for Switch 1 in 2017 are up by 0.45 million units as the Switch 1 sold 0.66 million units in its first month in Europe in March 2017.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by over 91,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 61,000 units. PS4 sold 407,285 units for the month of June 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 100,366 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 42,396 (-11.8%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 33,387 units (-45.7%) and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by 102,763 units (-62.9%).
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 38,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by nearly 4,000 units, and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by nearly 25,000.
2025 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 1.73 million units, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 1.11 million units, the Nintendo Switch 1 has sold 0.51 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.27 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Europe hardware estimates for June 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch 2 - 1,107,738 (NEW)
- PlayStation 5 - 315,982 (26,462,272)
- Switch 1 - 60,535 (38,936,295)
- Xbox Series X|S - 39,602 (8,497,233)
Weekly Sales:
Europe June 7, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 768,778
- PlayStation 5 - 79,373
- Switch 1 - 13,787
- Xbox Series X|S - 8,414
Europe June 14, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 110,872
- PlayStation 5 - 65,984
- Switch 1 - 11,771
- Xbox Series X|S - 7,844
Europe June 21, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 81,481
- PlayStation 5 - 56,611
- Switch 1 - 11,867
- Xbox Series X|S - 7,741
Europe June 28, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 73,640
- PlayStation 5 - 57,873
- Switch 1 - 11,856
- Xbox Series X|S - 7,920
Europe July 5, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 72,967
- PlayStation 5 - 56,141
- Switch 1 - 11,254
- Xbox Series X|S - 7,683
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 follow the author on Bluesky.
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Again, massive success for the Switch 2. It probably could have done even better. Congrats, nonetheless!
PS5 down ~12% year-on-year is quite alright I guess for its 5th year.
X|S sits at 270k from year-to-June. In 2024, X|S sold 1.07m units total in Europe.
It's highly likely it won't even hit or barely surpass 500k units in Europe this year.
6.4:1 ratio for the PS5 year-to-June in Europe vs X|S.
Switch 2 sold about 3.5% of the current total of Switch 1 sales in a single month...
1 month vs 99 months
Yes, it was launch month but that's still wild af
And Switch 1 still managed to sell 60k units...
Before the Switch 2 release, who hold the record for biggest console launch in Europe?
I don't know for sure.
But, especially in Europe, I think PS3, PS4 and PS5 had very strong sales during their first week, let alone first 30 days.
I'd assume they could be on the same level or even higher than Switch & Switch 2.
(I guess it's a bit difficult to pin down an identical time frame for "launch" due to different days of release.)
Looking over our records, in terms of launch month we have the PS5 in second, at 897k. Though as Panicradio alludes to, it's worth noting that was just during a holiday season and was only a two week month.
And heavily supply constrained..
If current drops will continue for Xbox, in 2026, Xbox will have like 15-20K monthly sales in Europe. But if drops accelerate we could be looking at sub 10K monthly sales happening for Xbox in 2026.
You mean 15-20k monthly sales i take it? Since it's already doing 7-8k weekly sales as of now in Europe.
Yeah i meant monthly.
