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PS5 Best-Seller, PS5 and XS Sales Up YoY - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for January 2024
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 1,385,687 units sold for January 2024, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 54.17 million units lifetime worldwide.
The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 999,745 units to bring its lifetime sales to 137.72 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 452,119 units to bring their lifetime sales to 27.68 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 6,642 units to bring its lifetime sales to 117.16 million units.
PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2016 are up by over 224,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 20,000 units. PS4 sold 1,161,413 units for the month of January 2017 and Xbox One sales were at 471,865 units.
PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are up by 92,475 (7.2%). Xbox Series X|S sales are up by 19,642 units (4.5%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 107,854 units (-9.7%). The PlayStation 4 is down by 12,380 units (-65.1%) 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 over 2.47 million units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 1.40 million units, and Nintendo Switch sales are down by nearly 2.50 million units. It should be noted, this is comparing a holiday month (December 2023) to a non-holiday month (January 2024).
Check out the breakdown of the Americas sales here, the Europe sales here, and the Japan sales here.
Monthly Sales:
Global hardware estimates for January 2024 (Followed by lifetime sales):
- PlayStation 5 - 1,385,687 (54,173,963)
- Switch - 999,745 (137,721,535)
- Xbox Series X|S - 452,119 (27,682,605)
- PlayStation 4 - 6,642 (117,155,714)
- PlayStation 5 - 501,539
- Switch - 297,903
- Xbox Series X|S - 287,139
- PlayStation 4 - 1,482
- PlayStation 5 - 433,510
- Switch - 244,150
- Xbox Series X|S - 101,859
- PlayStation 4 - 1,332
- Switch - 432,493
- PlayStation 5 - 408,692
- Xbox Series X|S - 38,910
- PlayStation 4 - 3,663
- PlayStation 5 - 41,946
- Switch - 25,199
- Xbox Series X|S - 24,211
- PlayStation 4 - 128
Weekly Sales:
Global January 6, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 307,514
- Switch - 304,177
- Xbox Series X|S - 99,346
- PlayStation 4 - 1,563
Global January 13, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 255,568
- Switch - 181,580
- Xbox Series X|S - 83,172
- PlayStation 4 - 1,328
Global January 20, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 299,954
- Switch - 168,099
- Xbox Series X|S - 82,188
- PlayStation 4 - 1,300
Global January 27, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 271,894
- Switch - 171,943
- Xbox Series X|S - 92,082
- PlayStation 4 - 1,268
Global February 3, 2024 hardware estimates:
- PlayStation 5 - 250,757
- Switch - 173,946
- Xbox Series X|S - 95,331
- PlayStation 4 - 1,183
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