Welcome to the December 2025 VGChartz estimates thread, which includes the dates from November 30 to January 30. The articles breaking down December 2025 estimates will be posted in this thread.

You can go to the front page of the site and use the drop down to see the different weekly and monthly sales.

Japan estimates for November 2025

Link to the VGChartz article here.

Switch 2 Dominates as Sales Top 4M - Japan Hardware Estimates for December 2025

The Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling console in Japan with 1,032,351 units sold for December 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The Nintendo Switch 2 has now sold an estimated 4.02 million units lifetime.

The Nintendo Switch 1 sold an estimated 184,308 units to bring its lifetime sales to 36.50 million units. The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 113,837 units to bring its lifetime sales to 7.33 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 1,067 units to bring their lifetime sales to 0.69 million units.

Switch 2 sales compared to the same month for the Switch 1 in 2017 are up by nearly 109,000 units as the Switch 1 sold 923,608 units in Japan in December 2017.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by nearly 219,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 1,000 units. PS4 sold 332,643 units for the month of December 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 2,369 units.

Nintendo Switch 1 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 285,991 units (-60.8%). PlayStation 5 sales are down by 56,605 (-33.2%) and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 9,540 units (-89.9%).

Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch 2 sales are up by nearly 616,000 units, Nintendo Switch 1 sales are up by nearly 73,000 units, PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 27,000 units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by over 500 units.

2025 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold an estimated 4.02 million units, the Nintendo Switch 1 has sold 1.44 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold 0.86 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 0.03 million units.

Monthly Sales:

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

1. Switch 2 - 1,032,351 (4,018,320)
2. Switch 1 - 184,308 (36,500,483)
3. PlayStation 5 - 113,837 (7,331,881)
4. Xbox Series X|S - 1,067 (690,309)

Weekly Sales:

Japan December 6, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 203,441
2. Switch 1 - 51,338
3. PlayStation 5 - 25,263
4. Xbox Series X|S - 234

Japan December 13, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 190,978
2. Switch 1 - 31,367
3. PlayStation 5 - 18,929
4. Xbox Series X|S - 186

Japan December 20, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 221,059
2. Switch 1 - 38,201
3. PlayStation 5 - 19,325
4. Xbox Series X|S - 351

Japan December 27, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 200294
2. Switch 1 - 32791
3. PlayStation 5 - 19249
4. Xbox Series X|S - 300

Japan January 3, 2026 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 216,579
2. PlayStation 5 - 31,071
3. Switch 1 - 30,611
4. Xbox Series X|S - 160

When is the monthly Europe report usually?
Is imminent, right?

Almost always is released with the NPD/Circana numbers, or 1 day before/after that.

I'm really excited for those numbers.