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Xbox Series still showing very healthy growth, up over 30% YOY, and that's without any real killer games for this year too.
PS5 still has to make up a fair bit of ground to get back into the black.

PS5 is about 35% ahead of XS sales lifetime, but only 22% ahead this week, so a reduction in PS5's percentage lead. PS4 by contrast sold over 130% more than the Xbone.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 30 August 2022

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curl-6 said:

Xbox Series still showing very healthy growth, up over 30% YOY, and that's without any real killer games for this year too.
PS5 still has to make up a fair bit of ground to get back into the black.

PS5 is about 35% ahead of XS sales lifetime, but only 22% ahead this week, so a reduction in PS5's percentage lead. PS4 by contrast sold over 130% more than the Xbone.

I think the Series S is doing a good amount of the job.

It was a smart move by Microsoft.



Alex_The_Hedgehog said:
curl-6 said:

Xbox Series still showing very healthy growth, up over 30% YOY, and that's without any real killer games for this year too.
PS5 still has to make up a fair bit of ground to get back into the black.

PS5 is about 35% ahead of XS sales lifetime, but only 22% ahead this week, so a reduction in PS5's percentage lead. PS4 by contrast sold over 130% more than the Xbone.

I think the Series S is doing a good amount of the job.

It was a smart move by Microsoft.

I feel like in a normal generation the S probably would've been more trouble than it was worth, but by a happy accident it arrived into a time where silicon was at a premium and so the fact it took less resources to make than the X proved a big advantage in a situation where just being able to get stock on shelves was difficult and invaluable.



yo33331 said:

Switch begins to losing steam I see. As I expected .. as stock gets better for the PS5 and XBSX, (and holding this level more importantly) they are doing better numbers weekly and therefore the impact on switch sales is becoming visible.
PS4 continues to drop further .. So it won't reach 600k or maybe even 500k this year ... heck at this point with those drops every week even 450k looks far.
And XB1 is even doubtful for 40k..

Nothing about your logic makes sense

YTD 2019

PS4+XBO-8.72m

NSW-7.04m

YTD 2020

PS4+XBO-7.85m (-10%)

NSW-13.38m (+90%)

YTD 2021

PS5+XBS-10.63m (+35%)

NSW-12.72m (-5%)

YTD 2022

PS5+XBS-10.42m (-2.0%)

NSW-9.90m (-22.2%)

Where are you getting this idea that Switch sales correlate to PS/XB sales? They are completely irrelevant to one another.

Switch is slowing down simply because it’s in its 6th year, there really is nothing more to it than that and I’m pretty sure this has been explained to you multiple times.



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yo33331 said:
zorg1000 said:

Where are you getting this idea that Switch sales correlate to PS/XB sales? They are completely irrelevant to one another.

Switch is slowing down simply because it’s in its 6th year, there really is nothing more to it than that and I’m pretty sure this has been explained to you multiple times.

Explained based on what ?

Explained by who ? by the market specialist and profesionalist ?

I've studied economics and sales and I've worked in videogames store.

I know what and how works and I've made my opinion on the matter.

If you’ve studied economics and sales and still came to the conclusion that Nintendo sales are meaningfully affected by PlayStation & Xbox than I’m sorry to say that you wasted time and money.

Just the basic fact that Nintendo hardware & software sales can vary so widely while PS+XB remains relatively consistent from one generation to the next should be all the evidence you need to see that these are non-competing markets.



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What happened on week 91 that spiked Switch sales? I don't remember anything special



trunkswd said:
SegaHeart said:

Wow Switch blew up in week 91 look at that chart for Switch go  ;)

Shatts said:

What happened on week 91 that spiked Switch sales? I don't remember anything special

Switch was in its second holiday (2018), which is why its sales are going up by so much. This weekly article is the launch aligned sales for the big 3. 

ahh I see thanks, I suspected that but wasn't entirely sure so. Now that I look at it, it's quite obvious.



archbrix said:
yo33331 said:

My predictions for 2023 for the switch (calendar year) were anywhere between 12 and 16M range. (depending on whether there will be announcement for new model/console or price cut, or both.)

As for my post, I am not saying that they will be little under 250k for the whole year. I expect to start selling 250k weekly and under it in january/february. But by the summer or september I expect it can hit low numbers around 200K weekly. Also I don't think that the holiday for 2023 calendar year will be so strong - 8.5M.

With seeing the few last holidays, how they degrade holiday after holiday I expect around 8M this year for the holiday period and for the next (depends on what happens of course - price cut/ new model or new consoles announcement) I expect the holiday to be weaker than this (well if they throw pricecut or new models then it may again be 8 to 10M but I doubt that will happen).

As for surpassing numbers you don't need to worry about the year's number for the PS2 but it's long legs. Also the DS fiscal year that is corresponding with the 2023 or should I say calendar year (because I am not sure for the exact number of the FY) was 9M so yeah Switch will surpass it but not by a huge margin. Something like 3-4-5M. Again I doubt that Nintendo will release new model (that will be surprising such as Pro model - otherwise there wouldn't be big impact on sales) or will make price cut. More likely they can announce the next console which will impact sales of the Switch. But we will wait and see.

I don't think anything below 15m for Switch sales next year is realistic but I believe it will be another pretty big year for the system as far as releases.  I could see 15m-16m low end.

But no, the DS fell hard from 17.52m to 5.1m the following year.  Switch will be going from 21m (projected) to 15m minimum, fiscal years aligned.

Yeah so long as the Switch isn't replaced next year and doesn't see a Wii 2012/Wii U 2016 scenario where software dries up, it should be able to do better than 15m for 2023, which would be absolutely insane for a 7th calendar year.

It's hard to say at this point though as so much depends on when the next system arrives and how they handle the transition to it.

At any rate, Switch's legs so far have been very strong. Anyone know the strongest 6th year a system has had? Cos Switch 2022 could be one of the record books if things go well over the next few months. It's on track to top even the DS I believe.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 31 August 2022

curl-6 said:
archbrix said:

I don't think anything below 15m for Switch sales next year is realistic but I believe it will be another pretty big year for the system as far as releases.  I could see 15m-16m low end.

But no, the DS fell hard from 17.52m to 5.1m the following year.  Switch will be going from 21m (projected) to 15m minimum, fiscal years aligned.

Yeah so long as the Switch isn't replaced next year and doesn't see a Wii 2012/Wii U 2016 scenario where software dries up, it should be able to do better than 15m for 2023, which would be absolutely insane for a 7th calendar year.

It's hard to say at this point though as so much depends on when the next system arrives and how they handle the transition to it.

At any rate, Switch's legs so far have been very strong. Anyone know the strongest 6th year a system has had? Cos Switch 2022 could be one of the record books if things go well over the next few months. It's on track to top even the DS I believe.

DS shipped 17.52 million in FY ending March 2011, it’s 6th full fiscal year.



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zorg1000 said:
curl-6 said:

Yeah so long as the Switch isn't replaced next year and doesn't see a Wii 2012/Wii U 2016 scenario where software dries up, it should be able to do better than 15m for 2023, which would be absolutely insane for a 7th calendar year.

It's hard to say at this point though as so much depends on when the next system arrives and how they handle the transition to it.

At any rate, Switch's legs so far have been very strong. Anyone know the strongest 6th year a system has had? Cos Switch 2022 could be one of the record books if things go well over the next few months. It's on track to top even the DS I believe.

DS shipped 17.52 million in FY ending March 2011, it’s 6th full fiscal year.

Yeah this FY should top that with ease. 

Switch sold nearly that much in its second FY, and this one is tracking massively ahead of that one.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 01 September 2022