Americas estimates for January 2024
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PS5 Best-Seller, XS Sales Up YoY - Americas Hardware Estimates for January 2024
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 501,539 units sold for January 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 22.53 million units lifetime in the Americas.
The Nintendo Switch was the second best-selling console with an estimated 297,903 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 52.62 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in third place with 287,139 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 16.55 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 1,482 units to bring its lifetime sales to 41.54 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2017 are up by over 242,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are up by nearly 53,000 units. PS4 sold 259,155 units for the month of January 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 234,393 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 6,054 (-1.2%). Xbox Series X|S sales are up by 23,519 units (8.9%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 30,425 units (-9.3%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 5,192 units (-77.8%) year-over-year. It should be noted, January 2024 is a five week period, while it was four weeks in January 2023.
Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by nearly 1.31 million units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by nearly 1.06 million units, and Nintendo Switch sales are down by over 1.24 million units. It should be noted, this is comparing a holiday month (December 2023) to a non-holiday month (January 2024).
Monthly Sales:
Americas hardware estimates for January 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 501,539 (22,528,469)
- Switch - 297,903 (52,616,613)
- Xbox Series X|S - 287,139 (16,549,645)
- PlayStation 4 - 1,482 (41,536,276)
USA hardware estimates for January 2024:
- PlayStation 5 - 420,317
- Switch - 250,673
- Xbox Series X|S - 240,745
- PlayStation 4 - 1,259
Weekly Sales:
January 6, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 109,430
- Switch - 69,407
- Xbox Series X|S - 67,796
- PlayStation 4 - 359
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 91,659
- Switch - 58,267
- Xbox Series X|S - 56,873
- PlayStation 4 - 302
January 13, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 95,639
- Switch - 56,903
- Xbox Series X|S - 53,885
- PlayStation 4 - 336
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 80,056
- Switch - 47,962
- Xbox Series X|S - 45,168
- PlayStation 4 - 287
January 20, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 97,583
- Switch - 54,113
- Xbox Series X|S - 51,654
- PlayStation 4 - 295
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 81,831
- Switch - 45,628
- Xbox Series X|S - 43,267
- PlayStation 4 - 251
January 27, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 97,621
- Switch - 57,896
- Xbox Series X|S - 55,698
- PlayStation 4 - 255
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 81,842
- Switch - 48,792
- Xbox Series X|S - 46,731
- PlayStation 4 - 218
February 3, 2024 hardware estimates:
Americas:
- PlayStation 5 - 101,266
- Switch - 59,584
- Xbox Series X|S - 58,106
- PlayStation 4 - 237
USA:
- PlayStation 5 - 84,929
- Switch - 50,024
- Xbox Series X|S - 48,706
- PlayStation 4 - 201
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