Global Charts and data have been updated to December 2023. Throughout the last year launch aligned the PS5 has outsold the PS4 by 3.9m and the PS3 by 8.4m. The Xbox Series has had the worst Months 27-38 of any tracked console except the Vita and Wii U, selling 2.2m less than the XBO and 3.7m less than the X360. The Switch through months 71-82 has outsold the 3DS by 9.1m but sold 0.7m less than the NDS.
Launch aligned results for this past year (Global)
Console | Sales (Months 27-38) | Console | Sales (Months 71-82) | |
Nintendo DS | 29.23m | Nintendo DS | 16.57m | |
Nintendo Switch | 22.83m | Nintendo Switch | 15.90m | |
PlayStation 5 | 21.64m | PlayStation 4 | 13.16m | |
Nintendo Wii | 21.05m | Xbox 360 | 12.79m | |
PlayStation 4 | 17.77m | PlayStation 3 | 10.55m | |
PlayStation Portable | 13.48m | PlayStation Portable | 8.86m | |
PlayStation 3 | 13.29m | Nintendo 3DS | 6.83m | |
Nintendo 3DS | 12.68m | Xbox One | 6.77m | |
Xbox 360 | 11.16m | Nintendo Wii | 3.64m | |
Xbox One | 9.65m | |||
Xbox Series | 7.50m | |||
Nintendo Wii U | 3.34m | |||
PlayStation Vita | 3.13m |
Global Sales (Dec 2023)
Console | Sales - 38 Months | Date | Console | Sales - 82 Months | Date | |
Nintendo Wii | 64,648,159 | Dec 2009 | Nintendo DS | 146,332,521 | Aug 2011 | |
Nintendo DS | 63,799,870 | Dec 2007 | Nintendo Switch | 136,258,010 | Dec 2023 | |
Nintendo Switch | 56,398,807 | Apr 2020 | PlayStation 4 | 112,059,777 | Aug 2020 | |
PlayStation 4 | 53,687,099 | Dec 2016 | Nintendo Wii | 99,701,780 | Aug 2013 | |
PlayStation 5 | 52,647,376 | Dec 2023 | PlayStation 3 | 77,876,096 | Aug 2013 | |
Nintendo 3DS | 41,144,349 | Mar 2014 | PlayStation Portable | 70,603,014 | Sep 2011 | |
PlayStation Portable | 33,835,503 | Jan 2008 | Xbox 360 | 69,917,639 | Aug 2012 | |
PlayStation 3 | 32,984,442 | Dec 2009 | Nintendo 3DS | 68,531,700 | Nov 2017 | |
Xbox One | 29,422,227 | Dec 2016 | Xbox One | 56,654,507 | Aug 2020 | |
Xbox Series | 27,228,480 | Dec 2023 | PlayStation Vita* | 15,664,247 | Dec 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | 27,049,722 | Dec 2008 | Nintendo Wii U* | 13,560,180 | Dec 2017 | |
Nintendo Wii U | 12,216,480 | Dec 2015 | ||||
PlayStation Vita | 10,878,075 | Jan 2015 |