January 2025 VGChartz Estimates Thread - Worldwide Estimates Out Now

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Worldwide estimates for January 2025

Link to the VGChartz article here.

PS5 Best-Seller, XS Sales Drop by Nearly 50% - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for January 2025

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 937,226 units sold for January 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 72.97 million units lifetime worldwide.

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 563,868 units to bring its lifetime sales to 149.19 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 209,728 units to bring their lifetime sales to 32.20 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by nearly 385,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 265,000 units. PS4 sold 1,321,819 units for the month of January 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 474,819 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 423,461 (-31.1%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 199,089 units (-48.7%) and Nintendo Switch sales are down by -395,977 units (-41.3%). It should be noted January 2025 is a four-week month, while January 2024 had five weeks.

Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are down by 3.03 million units, Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 2.05 million units, and Nintendo Switch sales are down by 0.74 million units.

Monthly Sales:

Global hardware estimates for January 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):

1. PlayStation 5 - 937,226 (72,971,396)
2. Switch - 563,868 (149,190,137)
3. Xbox Series X|S - 209,728 (32,200,387)

Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) hardware estimates for January 2025:

1. PlayStation 5 - 301,863
2. Switch - 148,401
3. Xbox Series X|S - 146,342

Europe hardware estimates for January 2025:

1. PlayStation 5 - 328,136
2. Switch - 139,528
3. Xbox Series X|S - 38,581

Asia (Japan, mainland Asia, Middle East) hardware estimates for January 2025:

1. PlayStation 5 - 274,929
2. Switch - 263,170
3. Xbox Series X|S - 13,044

Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) hardware estimates for January 2025:

1. PlayStation 5 - 32,298
2. Switch - 12,769
3. Xbox Series X|S - 11,761

Weekly Sales:

Global January 11, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 267,617
2. Switch - 166,611
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 58,835

Global January 18, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 226,828
2. Switch - 142,752
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 53,290

Global January 25, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 222,938
2. Switch - 130,277
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 49,200

Global February 1, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 219,843
2. Switch - 124,228
   
3. Xbox Series X|S - 48,403

Last edited by trunkswd - on 28 February 2025