Switch 2 Sales Dominate - Japan Hardware Estimates for October 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 November 2025 / 10,454 Views
The Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling console in Japan with 397,899 units sold for October 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The Nintendo Switch 2 has now sold an estimated 2.57 million units lifetime.
The Nintendo Switch 1 sold an estimated 98,744 units to bring its lifetime sales to 36.20 million units. The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 44,974 units to bring its lifetime sales to 7.13 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 1,742 units to bring their lifetime sales to 0.69 million units.
Switch 2 sales compared to the same month for the Switch 1 in 2017 are up by nearly 162,000 units as the Switch 1 sold 235,969 units in Japan in October 2017.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by nearly 40,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are up by by just 12 units. PS4 sold 85,688 units for the month of October 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 1,730 units.
Nintendo Switch 1 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 143,059 units (-59.2%). PlayStation 5 sales are down by 4,082 (-8.3%) and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 4,120 units (-70.3%).
Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch 2 sales are up by nearly 178,000 units, Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by over 8,000 units, PlayStation 5 sales are down by over 61,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 200 units.
2025 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold an estimated 2.57 million units, the Nintendo Switch 1 has sold 1.15 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 0.66 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.03 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Japan hardware estimates for October 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch 2 - 397,899 (2,569,218)
- Switch 1 - 98,744 (36,204,754)
- PlayStation 5 - 44,974 (7,131,665)
- Xbox Series X|S - 1,742 (687,648)
Weekly Sales:
Japan October 11, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 46,868
- Switch 1 - 23,172
- PlayStation 5 - 14,812
- Xbox Series X|S - 241
Japan October 18, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 201,726
- Switch 1 - 23,727
- PlayStation 5 - 12,098
- Xbox Series X|S - 192
Japan October 25, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 65,461
- Switch 1 - 25,122
- PlayStation 5 - 10,515
- Xbox Series X|S - 997
Japan November 1, 2025 hardware estimates:
- Switch 2 - 83,844
- Switch 1 - 26,723
- PlayStation 5 - 7,549
- Xbox Series X|S - 312
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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Since the Japan numbers are uploaded with the RotW numbers included on the hardware table, subtracting the Japan numbers from that and PS5 outsold Switch 2 in RotW in October 354k to 308k, not bad. Japan of course PS5 was destroyed due to Pokemon but silver linings i guess..
Pokemon sells, sells and sells.
Not a Pokémon hater... but I really really really hope Pokopia fails hard af
I probably would have tried it at $20 with my gf
but $70 and a gamekey card is ridiculous
Play PalWorld instead. Give Nintendo/GameFreak the finger.
Already preordered it from eShop, because I dropped physical years ago.
I won't mind if it flops because fuck game key cards.
I want it to do well as it looks much better then za
Key cards are not all bad. It's Nintendo fault for not allowing devs to install cart game Into switch 2 internal storage cause otherwise the cart read is very very very slow in comparison. Ff7 remake team said and so did star wars outlaws team.
Switch still casually selling 2x more than PS5.
