Switch 2 Best-Seller as Sales Near 2.5M - Americas Hardware Estimates for July 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 27 August 2025 / 9,403 Views
The Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 544,737 units sold for July 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch 2 has sold 2.49 million units in two months.
The PlayStation 5 was the second best-selling console with an estimated 236,297 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 31.39 million units. The Nintendo Switch was the third best-selling console with an estimated 84,072 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 57.12 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in fourth place with 82,728 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 20.34 million units.
Switch 2 sales compared to the second month for Switch 1 in 2017 are up by over 231,000 units as the Switch 1 sold 313,277 units in its second month in the Americas in April 2017.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by nearly 7,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 139,000 units. PS4 sold 243,094 units for the month of July 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 221,886 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 227,193 (-49.0%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 202,906 units (-71.0%) and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by 117,191 units (-58.2%).
Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch 2 sales are down by nearly 1.40 million units, PlayStation 5 sales are down by nearly 114,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by less than 1,000 units, and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by nearly 33,000 units.
2025 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 2.49 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 2.25 million units, the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.94 million units, and the Nintendo Switch 1 has sold 0.87 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Americas hardware estimates for July 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch 2 - 544,737 (2,485,812)
- PlayStation 5 - 236,297 (31,390,991)
- Switch 1 - 84,072 (57,116,463)
- Xbox Series X|S - 82,728 (20,344,665)
USA hardware estimates for July 2025:
- Switch 2 - 456,499
- PlayStation 5 - 197,342
- Switch 1 -70,118
- Xbox Series X|S - 69,325
Weekly Sales:
July 12, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- Switch 2 - 107,183
- PlayStation 5 - 72,299
- Xbox Series X|S - 26,273
- Switch 1 - 21,547
USA:
- Switch 2 - 90,133
- PlayStation 5 - 60,878
- Xbox Series X|S - 22,071
- Switch 1 - 17,964
July 19, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- Switch 2 - 205,884
- PlayStation 5 - 58,607
- Switch 1 - 21,316
- Xbox Series X|S - 19,528
USA:
- Switch 2 - 171,202
- PlayStation 5 - 48,645
- Switch 1 - 17,773
- Xbox Series X|S - 16,374
July 26, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- Switch 2 - 133,625
- PlayStation 5 - 54,048
- Switch 1 - 20,425
- Xbox Series X|S - 18,750
USA:
- Switch 2 - 112,061
- PlayStation 5 - 45,108
- Switch 1 - 17,096
- Xbox Series X|S - 15,686
August 2, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- Switch 2 - 98,045
- PlayStation 5 - 51,343
- Switch 1 - 20,784
- Xbox Series X|S - 18,177
USA:
- Switch 2 - 83,103
- PlayStation 5 - 42,711
- Switch 1 - 17,285
- Xbox Series X|S - 15,194
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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The PS5 will not catch the PS4
Another month or so until the Vita is passed.
PS5 is down almost -50% compared to last year, even before the price increase coming in August...
Every other platform is down by over 50% though YoY. It's all relative.
True, but -50% is something you would expect from a console in the year of the launch of a successor. I think it's not a very healthy sign for a console in its 5th year, not to mention the -70% of Xbox. The price increase coming in August could even lead to a bigger drop.
Yeah, but the actual profits of the division don't suggest there are any problems with their current sales. They had one of, if not the most profitable quarter ever in their last financial report. Sales of hardware only matter if it decreases profits or of it allows your competition to close the gap to you, but in this case neither of those have happened because Xbox did even worse.
Keep in mind that the PS5 did very well in the US July last year due to College Football 25 boosting sales a lot that month.
