Sounds like a good update for you guys to streamline some stuff, I'd be all for such things, so thanks for the good work and the continued numbers!

And that's ALL that matters, really. And it also benefits the accuracy of the estimates? I see nothing to argue here, let's do that.

Looks pretty good I also like the monthly sales chart. I wonder who will win this month worldwide. The first two weeks where pretty slow for PS5 in comparison of what follows.

Why the old way was stressful?

PS5 and Switch were sorta close for worldwide sales for January. Though there was still a clear winner. 

Initial estimates will be more accurate as I will have the data that comes out once per month as another source to do the estimates. 

I am live on Twitch right now going over the latest gaming news (video on this will be up later on YouTube) then finishing up High On Life. Depending on how long that takes I might start Dad of War afterwards.

https://www.twitch.tv/trunkswd

Tonight's Game News Roundup is now live on YouTube. I discuss the changes to the VGChartz estimates and the latest gaming news.

Americas hardware estimates for January 2023

Link to VGChartz article here.

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, & Latin America) with 493,793 units sold for January 2023, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 14.59 million units lifetime in the Americas

The Nintendo Switch sold an estimated 331,728 units to bring its lifetime sales to 47.12 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 309,620 units to bring their lifetime sales to 11.95 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 4,380 units to bring its lifetime sales to 41.64 million units.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2016 are up by over 236,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same week for the Xbox One are up by over 156,000 units. PS4 sold 257,453 units for the month of January 2016 and Xbox One sales were at 153,485 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are up by 77,051 (18.5%). Nintendo Switch sales are up by 10,647 units (3.3%) and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 72,306 units (-18.9%). The PlayStation 4 is down 28,492 units (-86.7%) year-over-year.

Looking at sales month-on-month, the PlayStation 5 sales are down by 1.11 million units, Nintendo Switch sales are down by 1.33 million units, and Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 0.84 million units.

Monthly Sales:

Americas hardware estimates for January 2023 (Followed by lifetime sales):

1. PlayStation 5 - 493,793 (14,592,017)
2. Switch - 331,728 (47,118,594)
3. Xbox Series X|S - 309,620 (11,945,963)
4. PlayStation 4 - 4,380 (41,636,969)

USA hardware estimates for January 2023:

1. PlayStation 5 - 418,538
2. Switch - 280,370
3. Xbox Series X|S - 260,177
4. PlayStation 4 - 3,898

Weekly Sales:

January 7, 2023 hardware estimates:

Americas:

1. PlayStation 5 - 131,912
2. Switch - 86,528
3. Xbox Series X|S - 78,744
4. PlayStation 4 - 1,352

USA:

1. PlayStation 5 - 111,623
2. Switch - 73,263
3. Xbox Series X|S - 65,872
4. PlayStation 4 - 1,224

January 14, 2023 hardware estimates:

Americas:

1. PlayStation 5 - 116,486
2. Switch - 75,227
3. Xbox Series X|S - 72,283
4. PlayStation 4 - 1,117

USA:

1. PlayStation 5 - 98,623
2. Switch - 63,651
3. Xbox Series X|S - 60,834
4. PlayStation 4 - 997

January 21, 2023 hardware estimates:

Americas:

1. PlayStation 5 - 116,283
2. Switch - 77,742
3. Xbox Series X|S - 75,235
4. PlayStation 4 - 1,010

USA:

1. PlayStation 5 - 98,568
2. Switch - 65,735
3. Xbox Series X|S - 63,432
4. PlayStation 4 - 892

January 28, 2023 hardware estimates:

Americas:

1. PlayStation 5 - 129,112
2. Switch - 92,231
3. Xbox Series X|S - 83,358
4. PlayStation 4 - 901

USA:

1. PlayStation 5 - 109,724
2. Switch - 77,721
3. Xbox Series X|S - 70,039
4. PlayStation 4 - 785

Seems like there's good chances PS5 could break the 1m mark for global January sales.