December 2025 VGChartz Estimates Thread - Worldwide Out Now

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Worldwide estimates for December 2025

Link to the VGChartz article here.

NS2 Best-Seller as Sales Top 16M LT - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for December 2025

The Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling console worldwide with 3,813,393 units sold for December 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch 2 has sold 16.09 million units lifetime.

The PlayStation 5 was the second best-selling console, with an estimated 3,382,873 units sold, to bring lifetime sales to 89.44 million units. The Nintendo Switch 1 was the third best-selling console, with an estimated 781,879 units sold, to bring lifetime sales to 153.55 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in fourth place with 438,194 units sold, to bring its lifetime sales to 34.17 million units.

Switch 2 sales compared to the same month for the Switch 1 in 2017 are down by nearly 900,000 units, as the Switch 1 sold 4,282,500 units in December 2017.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by nearly 265,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 2.06 million units. The PS4 sold 3,647,705 units for the month of December 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 2,493,540 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 583,573 (-14.7%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 510,898 units (-53.8%) and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by 1,845,606 units (-70.2%).

Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch 2 sales are up by over 1.99 million units, PlayStation 5 sales are down by nearly 122,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by over 212,000 units, and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are up by nearly 397,000 units.

2025 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 17.41 million units, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 16.09 million units, the Nintendo Switch 1 has sold 4.89 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 2.55 million units.

Monthly Sales:

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

1. Switch 2 - 3,813,393 (16,090,319)
2. PlayStation 5 - 3,382,873 (89,440,044)
3. Switch 1 - 781,879 (153,546,820)
4. Xbox Series X|S - 438,194 (34,171,215)

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

1. Switch 2 - 1,253,358
2. PlayStation 5 - 1,226,510
3. Xbox Series X|S - 331,751
4. Switch 1 - 296,787

Europe hardware estimates for December 2025:

1. PlayStation 5 - 1,380,805
2. Switch 2 - 807,570
3. Switch 1 - 215,177
4. Xbox Series X|S - 82,049

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

1. Switch 2 - 1,571,622
2. PlayStation 5 - 606,365
3. Switch 1 - 250,738
4. Xbox Series X|S - 8,505

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

1. Switch 2 - 180,843
2. PlayStation 5 - 169,193
3. Switch 1 - 19,177
4. Xbox Series X|S - 15,889

Weekly Sales:

Global December 6, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 902,642
2. PlayStation 5 - 749,669
3. Switch 1 - 168,790
4. Xbox Series X|S - 91,468

Global December 13, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 701,394
2. PlayStation 5 - 668,426
3. Switch 1 - 141,691
4. Xbox Series X|S - 80,852

Global December 20, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 801,552
2. PlayStation 5 - 715,775
3. Switch 1 - 173,107
4. Xbox Series X|S - 95,580

Global December 27, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 900,535
2. PlayStation 5 - 824,091
3. Switch 1 - 207,856
4. Xbox Series X|S - 121,857

Global January 3, 2026 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 507,270
2. PlayStation 5 - 424,912
3. Switch 1 - 90,435
4. Xbox Series X|S - 48,437

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