Link to the VGChartz article here.

PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S Sales Comparison - December 2024

This monthly series compares the aligned worldwide sales of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S both launched in November 2020. The PlayStation 5 launched November 12, 2020 in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, and the rest of the world on November 19, 2020. The Xbox Series X|S launched worldwide on November 10, 2020.

PS5 Vs. XSX|S Worldwide:

Gap change in latest month: 2,448,954 - PS5

Gap change over last 12 months: 13,673,921 - PS5

Total Lead: 38,862,511 - PS5

PlayStation 5 Total Sales: 71,032,170

Xbox Series X|S Total Sales: 32,169,659

December 2024 is the 50th month the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 5 when compared to the aligned launch of the Xbox Series X|S by 2.45 million units.

In the last 12 months, the PlayStation 5 has outsold the Xbox Series X|S by 13.67 million units. The PlayStation 5 is currently ahead by 38.86 million units.

The PlayStation 5 has sold 71.03 million units in 50 months, while the Xbox Series X|S sold 32.17 million units. The PlayStation 5 has a 68.8 percent marketshare (+3.0% year-over-year), compared to 31.2 percent for the Xbox Series X|S (-3.0% year-over-year).

The PlayStation 5 is currently 2.49 million units behind the PlayStation 4 when you align launches and the Xbox Series X|S is behind the Xbox One by 6.40 million units.

Hey Trunks, I’ve got a question: Having glanced at NSW’s most recent fiscal report, it looks to me that the sales estimates here on VGChartz greatly overprojected official shipment figures. What’s up with that? Did NSW truly maintain strong sales momentum — as suggested by VGChartz figures — but simply just ship far fewer units than last year? Or was there an error on VGChartz’ part? My guess — assuming the former scenario — is that:

(i) NSW Q3FY24 saw a lot of over-shipment (as demonstrated by the weak Q4FY24 & VGChartz Q4C23 sales figures) whereas NSW Q3FY2025 met demand comfortably well,

(ii) it’s typical for console manufacturers not to ship too far above what has been sold when the market is as volatile (i.e. when a successor system coming so soon) in fears of dealing with an overabundance of unsold systems sitting in storage spaces,

(iii) etc.

Any of these theories sound at all plausible?

As sales start to slow the gap between shipped and sell-through also shrinks. However, if any adjustments do need to be made, I'll get them done during the week either before or when I start posting the January 2025 estimates with the Japan figures. We did get less data than usual for November and December, so had to extrapolate more of the sales figures than we usually do. 

ah i see. And yeah, that’s kinda what i was thinking regarding to sell-through closing in on shipped. Ty! :)

For anyone curious here is the plan for when I start doing Switch 2 comparisons:

Japan:

• NS2 vs NS1
• PS5 vs PS4
• XS vs X360

Europe:

• NS2 vs NS1
• PS5 vs PS4

US:

• NS2 vs NS1
• PS5 vs PS4
• NS vs DS

Worldwide:

• NS2 vs NS1
• NS2 vs PS5
• NS vs DS
• PS5 vs PS4
• PS5 vs PS3
• PS5 vs Wii
• PS5 vs XS
• XS vs X1
• PS5+XS vs PS4+X1

Dropping once NS2 comparisons start:

• PS5 vs XS US
• XS vs X1 EU
• PS5 vs NS

That will be overall 2 more comparisons than I am doing now (If I am counting right). But NS vs DS and PS5 vs PS3 should be wrapped up by the end of the year, so will be back down to where I was before.

I also know some are pretty much impossible - XS vs X360 in Japan and XS vs XOne worldwide - But I want to keep at least a couple of Xbox comparisons going for now.

Taking a look the gap between shipped and sell-through did shrink by about 300K from the previous quarter. That isn't out of the question, but again if any adjustments are needed I will get them done this coming week, probably by Wednesday.

Link to the VGChartz article here.

PS5 and Xbox Series X|S vs PS4 and Xbox One Sales Comparison - December 2024

This monthly series compares the combined aligned sales of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with the combined aligned sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S launched in November 2020, while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launched in November 2013. This does mean the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.

PS5 and Xbox Series X|S vs PS4 and Xbox One Worldwide:

Gap change in latest month: 2,018,134 - PS4 & XOne

Gap change over last 12 months: 5,228,143 - PS4 & XOne

Total Lead: 8,881,807 - PS4 & XOne

Total Combined PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Sales: 103,201,829

Total Combined PS4 and Xbox One Sales: 112,083,636

In December 2024, the gap grew in favor of the combined sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in the last month by 2.02 million units.

In the last 12 months, the PS4 and Xbox One has sold 5.23 million units more than the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S are currently behind by 8.88 million units.

The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in their first 50 months sold a combined 103.20 million units, while the PS4 and Xbox One have sold a combined 112.08 million units. Month 50 is December 2024 for the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, while for the PS4 and Xbox One it is December 2017.

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have sold a combined 175.16 million units. The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S are 71.96 million units behind lifetime sales of the PS4 and Xbox One.