Global sales for March 2023 have been released which corresponds to the 29th month of sales for the PS5 and XSX and the 73rd month of sales for the Switch.
PS5 reduced the gap to PS4 lifetime sales by over 0.9m in this month. The gap between PS5 and PS4 is now 2.4m less than it was at the end of 2022. PS5 will very likely temporarily pass the Switch launch aligned next month.
Xbox is down 38% YoY and it looks like the X360 will start eating into that lead the Series currently has.
Switch is also down 28% YoY and for the year so far 25%. Is this dropping too fast to hope to catch the DS?
Since the last update the following adjustments have been made to previous months: PS5 up 255k, Switch up 6k, Xbox Series down 60k.
Charts and tables in the OP have been updated, here is the data for this month:
| Console | Total Sales | Month 29 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
| Nintendo Switch | 36,247,044 | 884,171 | 17,294,157 |
| PlayStation 5 | 35,804,643 | 2,012,787 | 17,004,421 |
| Xbox Series | 21,351,553 | 556,014 | 8,257,579 |
| Console | Total Sales | Month 29 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
| PlayStation 4 | 38,817,585 | 1,085,421 | 17,291,041 |
| PlayStation 5 | 35,804,643 | 2,012,787 | 17,004,421 |
| PlayStation 3 | 21,723,411 | 756,680 | 10,089,147 |
| Console | Total Sales | Month 29 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
| Xbox Series | 21,351,553 | 556,014 | 8,257,579 |
| Xbox One | 20,402,242 | 470,161 | 8,502,450 |
| Xbox 360 | 17,690,422 | 631,290 | 8,317,904 |
| Console | Total Sales | Month 73 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
| Nintendo DS | 134,726,061 | 2,555,295 | 21,883,024 |
| Nintendo Switch | 123,908,268 | 1,135,507 | 18,199,153 |
| Console | Total Sales | Month 29 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
| PS4+XBO | 59,219,827 | 1,555,582 | 25,793,491 |
| PS5+XS | 57,156,196 | 2,568,801 | 25,262,000 |
| PS3+X360 | 39,413,833 | 1,387,970 | 18,407,051 |
| Console | Sales After 29 Months | Date |
| Nintendo Wii | 47,857,497 | March 2009 |
| Nintendo DS | 39,989,383 | March 2007 |
| PlayStation 4 | 38,817,585 | March 2016 |
| Nintendo Switch | 36,247,044 | July 2019 |
| PlayStation 5 | 35,804,643 | March 2023 |
| Nintendo 3DS | 30,257,310 | June 2013 |
| PlayStation Portable | 22,414,612 | April 2007 |
| PlayStation 3 | 21,723,411 | March 2009 |
| Xbox Series | 21,351,553 | March 2023 |
| Xbox One | 20,402,242 | March 2016 |
| XBox 360 | 17,690,422 | March 2008 |
| Nintendo Wii U | 9,376,359 | March 2015 |
| PlayStation Vita | 8,431,933 | April 2014 |
| Console | Sales After 73 Months | Date |
| Nintendo DS | 134,726,061 | November 2010 |
| Nintendo Switch | 123,908,268 | March 2023 |
| PlayStation 4 | 103,572,169 | November 2019 |
| Nintendo Wii | 97,248,934 | November 2012 |
| PlayStation 3 | 70,791,916 | November 2012 |
| Nintendo 3DS | 64,533,964 | February 2017 |
| PlayStation Portable | 65,501,269 | December 2010 |
| XBox 360 | 61,676,983 | November 2011 |
| Xbox One | 46,411,514 | November 2019 |
| PlayStation Vita | 15,664,247 | December 2017 |
| Nintendo Wii U* | 13,560,180 | December 2017 |
*Denotes systems that had stopped selling by this date.
