Switch 2 Best-Seller Once Again - Americas Hardware Estimates for October 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 November 2025 / 8,139 Views
The Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 404,014 units sold for October 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch 2 has sold 3.66 million units lifetime.
The PlayStation 5 was the second best-selling console with an estimated 259,758 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 32.10 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in third place with 89,660 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 20.62 million units. The Nintendo Switch was the fourth best-selling console with an estimated 64,663 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 57.43 million units.
Switch 2 sales compared to the same month for the Switch 1 in 2017 are up by nearly 71,000 units as the Switch 1 sold 333,378 units in the Americas in October 2017.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by over 122,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 169,000 units. PS4 sold 381,888 units for the month of October 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 258,740 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 109,499 (-29.7%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 105,949 units (-54.2%) and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by 103,374 units (-61.5%).
Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch 2 sales are up by nearly 34,000 units, PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 23,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by nearly 10,000 units, and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by over 11,000 units.
2025 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 3.66 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 2.96 million units, the Xbox Series X|S has sold 1.21 million units, and the Nintendo Switch 1 has sold 1.16 million units.
Monthly Sales:
Americas hardware estimates for October 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch 2 - 404,014 (3,657,002)
- PlayStation 5 - 259,758 (32,098,736)
- Xbox Series X|S - 89,660 (20,619,616)
- Switch 1 - 64,663 (57,431,201)
USA hardware estimates for October 2025:
- Switch 2 - 328,248
- PlayStation 5 - 211,176
- Xbox Series X|S - 75,089
- Switch 1 - 52,023
Weekly Sales:
October 11, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- Switch 2 - 75,029
- PlayStation 5 - 58,345
- Xbox Series X|S - 23,679
- Switch 1 - 14,985
USA:
- Switch 2 - 60,792
- PlayStation 5 - 47,736
- Xbox Series X|S - 19,823
- Switch 1 - 12,077
October 18, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- Switch 2 - 154,040
- PlayStation 5 - 63,508
- Xbox Series X|S - 21,095
- Switch 1 - 17,948
USA:
- Switch 2 - 125,622
- PlayStation 5 - 51,745
- Xbox Series X|S - 17,675
- Switch 1 - 14,365
October 25, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- Switch 2 - 86,478
- PlayStation 5 - 72,014
- Xbox Series X|S - 21,698
- Switch 1 - 15,524
USA:
- Switch 2 - 70,031
- PlayStation 5 - 58,468
- Xbox Series X|S - 18,170
- Switch 1 - 12,506
November 1, 2025 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- Switch 2 - 88,467
- PlayStation 5 - 65,891
- Xbox Series X|S - 23,188
- Switch 1 - 16,206
USA:
- Switch 2 - 71,803
- PlayStation 5 - 53,227
- Xbox Series X|S - 19,421
- Switch 1 - 13,075
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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Impressive to see that Europe's PS5 October sales outsold Switch 2 and PS5 in the US combined, and also Americas' combined sales almost, too.
Overall to me quite an underwhelming, but still okay October performance in the US/Americas market. Switch 2 outselling Switch's aligned sales by 77k is a nice feat.
Looking forward to the global estimates.
And, as every year, am most excited about the now upcoming 4 months of sales data, estimates & quarter reports.
It's always a great period of time if you're into that part of the picture.
Sony has 0 competition in Europe, both Xbox and Nintendo are unpopular there. Its like a Japan situation but PS plays the role Nintendo plays in Japan in Europe.
The global figures are posted in the hardware tab under the Charts link. You can seem them early before they get posted to the front page. Switch 2 total = 1,373, 214 and PS5 is 1,310,367. A difference of about ~63k between the two for October.
Oh, nice. Thanks!
So that approximately means PS5 needs to ship ~3.x million units throughout November and December, in order to reach 90m units shipped as of December, 31st.
I think it's 98.5% guaranteed as of now.
