Switch 2 vs PS5 Sales Comparison - June 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 August 2025 / 27,163 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5.
The Nintendo Switch 2 launched in June 2025 and the PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do not lineup.
Switch 2 Vs. PS5 Worldwide:
Gap change in latest month: 2,685,826 - Switch 2
Total Lead: 2,685,826 - Switch 2
Switch 2 Total Sales: 5,443,650
PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 2,757,824
June 2025 is the 1st month that the Nintendo Switch 2 has been available for. During the latest month, the Switch 2 has outsold the PS5 by 2.69 million units when you align the launches. The Switch 2 is now ahead of the PS5 by 2.69 million units.
The 1st month for the Switch 2 is June 2025, while for the PS5 it is November 2020. The Switch 2 has sold 5.44 million units, while the PS5 sold 2.76 million units during the same timeframe.
The PlayStation 5 sold 77.41 million units to date. The Switch 2 is currently 71.97 million units behind the lifetime sales of the PS5.
Note: Nintendo Switch 2 first month is five weeks, while it is three weeks for the PlayStation 5.
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Unless Switch 2 sales suddenly drops off a cliff, It's sales will easily beat the PS5's for 2 years due to supply constraints
i think the entire cycle the switch 2 wins.
Nah I think PS5 will easily win in the end. Even though Switch 2 has had amazing launch sales I'm just not really seeing the hype and excitement for it and it's very easy to purchase here whereas PS5 was out of stock for over 2 years. Maybe that's because I live in the UK where Nintendo is the least popular but we'll see.
you could be right. i do see the PS5 falling just behind the PS4 and the switch 2 outselling both of them by a few million but 20plus million behind the switch 1
As someone who was in High School and college student in America for most of the PS5's lifespan, I did not see much hype outside of like the first year from people I knew.
I do remember a lot of hype with the Switch 1 my Freshman/Sophomore year of high school as we would play Smash and Mario Kart on them during lunch. Obviously the switch being portable is a big part of that and I will be unable to see that now cause I simply am not that age anymore.
Attitude towards the PS5 is kind of just the default home console option I guess, at least from people I know
The Switch 2 should easily clear PS5 lifetime sales. The Switch 2 can sell 20M+ in Japan alone, which would mean that even if PS5 ends up at a slight advantage in Europe/NA, the Japanese sales being so loopsided means Switch 2 wins. You are right from an UK perspective, PS5 will sell more than Switch 2 in the UK (Nintendo has had a hard time selling more than even Xbox in the UK). But that won't change the WW sales dynamics between the Switch 2 and PS5.
Switch 2 will easily win Japan there's no denying that. PS5 is sailing towards an easy 100m sold and that's without GTA6. I expect GTA 6 to add at least 10 million sales in 2026. I still think the Switch 2 will sell around 3DS numbers even though the launch was record breaking
I don't see how that is possible. Nintendo consoles is usually incredibly popular in the US (A bigger market than Japan for them), only Europe is a harder market for Nintendo traditionally.
Well I was wrong about it's launch sales so I could easily be wrong about lifetime sales. I was thinking about getting one but when Borderlands 4 was confirmed to only be 30fps by Randy Pitchford, for me that decided that I won't be getting one as BDL is not enjoyable at 30fps. So, that's one lost sale already.
Spec focused people are a small minority. Otherwise Switch 1 wouldn't have continued to sell millions on a yearly basis long after superior PC handhelds came out on the market.
Do you agree that BDL4 will be the biggest game of the year? I can't imagine people will be happy they have to play it in 30fps when 5 year old consoles can get 60. It's not just about specs. The Switch 2 costs more than XBSS and same as PS5
im happy playing my nintendo online nes, super nes, n64 and now gamecube games, just me though
Nintendo is working on major new games, as games are what make a console stand out. They understand that the Switch 2 doesn't need a first year as strong as the original Switch's to succeed.
Some people claim the Switch 2 has no games, mentioning only Bananza and Mario Kart World, same happened with the Switch 1 (they used to call it "Zelda machine") in its early weeks.
My point is, big games move a lot of hardware, and this is just the beginning.
Nah this is so unfair
Realistically, the reason why the Switch did so well was because of Covid. It was basically the only console around for years. Its gonna take something like that to produce similar results with the Switch 2. At this point, I expect the PS5 to come out on top. I do not see the Switch 2 getting past 110 million units. I am likely to adjust my projection down as well.
If you're gonna use that argument that the Switch sold as well as it did because of covid, then you need to apply that to the PS5 as well. You can't apply it to one console and not the other. That's a double standard.
Kinda unfair, ps5 had MASSIVE shortages
Nah it's just a graph there's nothing unfair about it. I mean what can you do? refuse to compare them because one had shortages for 2 years?
Switch had shortages during 2020 in some places due to the covid rush to get them, guess it would be unfair to compare PS5 to Switch sales for that year too
