Which System Will Ship More Units in Calendar Year 2025 Worldwide: Switch 2 or PS5?

[Norion]

Sephiran said:

Norion said:

It turned out to be exactly the same so less than expected though not by a lot so the overall picture isn't changed much. It should be at about 5m shipped by the end of June so should have a lead heading into the 2nd half of the year unless there's 5m Switch 2's shipped for launch so with the launch just three weeks away and all the information known the PS5 is a clear favourite. If it was June onward the Switch 2 would also be the clear favourite though not by quite as much.

No clear favorite. Both Sony and Nintendo expect PS5 and Switch 2 to sell 15 million units this FY. So it will basically mostly come down to Nintendo's production capabilities if they manage to sell more than their forecast, Sony won't have any answer to not having GTA 6 this FY..

This thread is not about which will ship more this FY though, it's about the calendar year and the PS5 has already shipped nearly 3m by the end of March with another couple months to go for it before the Switch 2 is even out. There would be good debate to be had about the FY with the initial forecasts being exactly the same for both. I expect Nintendo to have a better shot of beating their forecast but I'm not super confident in that expectation.