With official shipment figures from Sony and Nintendo released for the quarter ending March 31, 2020, we have adjusted our figures. The PS4 was adjusted down, while the Switch was adjusted up.
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The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console worldwide with 357,773 consoles sold for the week ending August 1, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has sold 62.08 million units lifetime and has now outsold the NES, which sold 61.91 million units lifetime.
The PlayStation 4 was the second best-selling console with sales of 149,988 consoles sold. This was followed by the Xbox One with 40,851 units, and the Nintendo 3DS with 5,295 units.
Nintendo Switch sales compared to the same week a year ago are up 165,106 units (85.70%). The PlayStation 4 is down 28,281 units (-15.86%), the Xbox One is down 1,848 units (-4.33%), and the 3DS is down 13,562 units (-71.92%).
Global hardware estimates (Followed by lifetime sales):
- Switch - 357,773 (62,078,875)
- PlayStation 4 - 149,988 (112,502,188)
- Xbox One - 40,851 (48,310,450)
- 3DS - 5,295 (75,760,978)
- Switch - 119,087
- PlayStation 4 - 50,597
- Xbox One - 28,204
- 3DS - 3,006
- Nintendo Switch - 98,241
- PlayStation 4 - 79,571
- Xbox One - 8,960
- 3DS - 1,350
- Switch - 127,741
- PlayStation 4 - 15,350
- 3DS - 851
- Xbox One - 519
- Switch - 12,704
- PlayStation 4 - 4,470
- Xbox One - 3,168
- 3DS - 88
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