At least shipment wise the PS5 fell 400,000 behind PS4 as of September 30. Sell-through for PS5 remained higher as it is sold out, while the PS4 was readily available. I wouldn't be surprised if sell-through PS5 falls behind PS4. Xbox Series X|S has a big enough of a lead it should stay ahead of Xbox One.

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PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch Sales Comparison Charts Through November 6

Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three current platforms (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch) and three legacy platforms (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo 3DS) over comparable periods for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.

Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)

Market Share (Same Periods Covered)

2018 – (Week ending January 13 to November 10)

2019 – (Week ending January 12 to November 9)

2020 – (Week ending January 11 to November 7)

2021 – (Week ending January 9 to November 6)

"Year to date" sales for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2021 versus 2020 and 2021 versus 2019 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

Microsoft

• Xbox One – Down Year-on-Year 1,743,289 (-70.5%)
• Xbox Series X|S – n/a

Nintendo

• Nintendo Switch - Down Year-on-Year 1,636,660 (-8.7%)
• Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 370,005 (-91.9%)

Sony

• PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 5,190,587 (-72.3%)
• PlayStation 5 – n/a

Black Friday would be included in the report 3 weeks from now I believe.  In 2 weeks, Switch should have sold at least 18m total.  That's a really good amount going into Black Friday and the holiday season.  However, all reports indicate that there will be major hardware shortages during these holidays. (PS5 and X|S are in a similar boat.)  Switch is going to have a great year no matter what happens, but just how much it sells exactly will be dependent upon how much they can ship.  It's basically all going to get bought.  

I agree with you Liquid, this is a fantastic year. It is easy to lose sight of how big this year is when you compare it to Last year for the Switch or the DS. Here is a chart showing each console, how much they have sold up to nov 6, the switch is currently the third highest of all the years of all the consoles tracked by VGChartz.

I agree with you Liquid, this is a fantastic year. It is easy to lose sight of how big this year is when you compare it to Last year for the Switch or the DS. Here is a chart showing each console, how much they have sold up to nov 6, the switch is currently the third highest of all the years of all the consoles tracked by VGChartz.

Looks like Switch is less than 1m behind last year according to your chart.  That gap definitely has to widen though considering Nintendo had to adjust their forecast downward.  The demand is there.  The supply won't be there.  It will still be a good year regardless of that.