Worldwide estimates for September 2025

Link to the VGChartz article here.

PS5 Outsells Switch 2, PS5 Tops 80M - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for September 2025

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 1,156,571 units sold for September 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PS5 has sold 80.25 million units lifetime.

The Nintendo Switch 2 was the second best-selling console with an estimated 1,079,013 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 9.24 million units. The Nintendo Switch 1 was the third best-selling console with an estimated 311,009 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 151.93 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in fourth place with 149,337 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 33.68 million units.

Switch 2 sales compared to the fourth month for Switch 1 in 2017 are up by 0.46 million units, as the Switch 1 sold 622,621 units worldwide in June 2017.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are down by over 337,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by over 371,000 units. PS4 sold 1,494,037 units for the month of September 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 520,809 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 91,049 (-7.3%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 145,350 units (-49.3%) and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by 519,006 units (-62.5%).

Looking at sales month-on-month, Nintendo Switch 2 sales are down by nearly 34,000 units, PlayStation 5 sales are up by nearly 281,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are up by nearly 26,000 units, and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are up by over 51,000.

2025 year-to-date, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 9.24 million units, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 8.21 million units, the Nintendo Switch 1 has sold 3.31 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 1.69 million units.

Monthly Sales:

Global hardware estimates for September 2025 (Followed by lifetime sales):

1. PlayStation 5 - 1,156,571 (80,248,284)
2. Switch 2 - 1,079,013 (9,239,199)
3. Switch 1 - 311,009 (151,932,039)
4. Xbox Series X|S - 149,337 (33,681,738)

Weekly Sales:

Global September 6, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 248,216
2. Switch 2 - 226,484
3. Switch 1 - 65,489
4. Xbox Series X|S - 27,864

Global September 13, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 205,442
2. Switch 2 - 204,557
3. Switch 1 - 59,653
4. Xbox Series X|S - 27,651

Global September 20, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 214,847
2. PlayStation 5 - 212,174
3. Switch 1 - 55,408
4. Xbox Series X|S - 29,890

Global September 27, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 231,898
2. Switch 2 - 216,785
3. Switch 1 - 63,520
4. Xbox Series X|S - 32,451

Global October 4, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 258,841
2. Switch 2 - 216,340
3. Switch 1 - 66,939
4. Xbox Series X|S - 31,481

It's strange to see PS5 only 20k bellow Switch 2 in Asia given how irrelevant it is compared to Switch 2 in Japan

Where are most of its sales coming from? China?

Mainly from China, yeah. That is the one place with decent growth for PS5 compared to PS4. PS5 is still ahead of PS4 in the US, but the gap is shrinking a little bit.

The PS5 had a only a small YoY decline but was down a lot compared the PS4's equivalent month thanks to Spider-Man and this is its worst September yet. October should be a relatively strong month for it thanks to stuff like Yotei and Battlefield 6. The latter should help the Xbox Series a bit too but the price increase will for sure keep sales really poor for that. 149k compared to 520k for the Xbox One is just sad really.

The Switch 2 had another strong month and should have a fantastic last 4th of the year. For the Switch 1 it does seem that the small resurgence it's gotten in Japan lately is exclusive to there for whatever reason so the overall picture for it isn't changed really. After this year it should crawl and finish in the high 150's.

Link to the VGChartz article here.

2025 Europe Sales Comparison Charts Through September - Switch 2 vs PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch

Here we see data representing the sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the four current platforms (Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 1) over comparable periods for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 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)

2021 – (January 2022 to September 2022)

2022 – (January 2023 to September 2023)

2023 – (January 2024 to September 2024)

2024 – (January 2025 to September 2025)

"Year to date" sales for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2025 versus 2024 and 2025 versus 2023 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

Nintendo

• Nintendo Switch 2
• 2.02 million units sold year-to-date
• Nintendo Switch 1
• 0.75 million units sold year-to-date
• Down year-on-year 0.89 million units (-54.2%)

Sony

• PlayStation 5
• 2.82 million units sold year-to-date
• Down year-on-year 0.34 million units (-10.9%)

Microsoft

• Xbox Series X|S
• 0.41 million units sold year-to-date
• Down year-on-year 0.20 million units (-33.2%)

Note: VGChartz 2025, 2023, and 2022 estimates through September includes 39 weeks, while 2024 estimates includes 40 weeks.

Asia is on a rampage by topping the charts again. Most probably, it will take the October crown as well. Americas might take November. December will be exciting.

Link to the VGChartz article here.

2025 Americas Sales Comparison Charts Through September - Switch 2 vs PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch

Here we see data representing the sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the four current platforms (Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 1) over comparable periods for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. 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)

2021 – (January 2022 to September 2022)

2022 – (January 2023 to September 2023)

2023 – (January 2024 to September 2024)

2024 – (January 2025 to September 2025)

"Year to date" sales for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2025 versus 2024 and 2025 versus 2023 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

Nintendo

• Nintendo Switch 2
• 3.21 million units sold year-to-date
• Nintendo Switch 1
• 0.99 million units sold year-to-date
• Down year-on-year 1.04 million units (-51.3%)

Sony

• PlayStation 5
• 2.67 million units sold year-to-date
• Down year-on-year 0.96 million units (-26.4%)

Microsoft

• Xbox Series X|S
• 1.09 million units sold year-to-date
• Down year-on-year 0.75 million units (-40.8%)

Note: VGChartz 2025, 2023, and 2022 estimates through September includes 39 weeks, while 2024 estimates includes 40 weeks.