Worldwide breakdown article will be live tomorrow morning my time (US east coast). 

I will also have PS5 outselling the Xbox 360 and Xbox Series outselling the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive articles in the coming days, along with all the usual monthly articles.

Three months in a row it's gained ground now, so hopefully it can keep it up and there's actually a fight.

Switch 2 will be under big pressure next year, price increases will happen due to RAM price increases, which will put Switch 2 in an incredibly difficult position given that its already seen as too expensive even at its current price point.

GG for Playstation 5 for outselling the Xbox 360.

GG for Xbox Series too for outselling the Mega Drive.

Can the PS5 reach 90 million at the end of the year? Or will it fall short?

Possible, but I think it will be a a bit short of that.

Switch 2 will have a bigger holiday in Japan than in the US.

Switch 2 likely holiday sales in the US 1,2-1,3M.

Switch 2 likely holiday sales in Japan: 1,4M.

Switch 2 is a new 3DS in terms of Japan dominated popularity.

About 15M more to go ..

Worldwide estimates for November 2025

Link to the VGChartz article here.

PS5 Leads, NS2 Tracks Ahead of NS1 - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for November 2025

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 3,734,450 units sold for November 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PS5 has sold 86.27 million units lifetime.

The Nintendo Switch 2 was the second best-selling console with an estimated 1,799,613 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 12.48 million units. The Nintendo Switch 1 was the third best-selling console with an estimated 358,644 units sold to bring lifetime sales to 152.71 million units. The Xbox Series X|S came in fourth place with 213,354 units sold to bring its lifetime sales to 34.09 million units.

Switch 2 sales compared to the same month for the Switch 1 in 2017 are up by nearly 95,000 units as the Switch 1 sold 1,704,994 units in November 2017.

PS5 sales compared to the same month for the PS4 in 2018 are up by nearly 750,000 units, while the Xbox Series X|S compared to the same month for the Xbox One are down by nearly 1.57 million units. PS4 sold 2,984,645 units for the month of September 2018 and Xbox One sales were at 1,780,329 units.

PlayStation 5 sales compared to the same month a year ago are down by 535,448 (-12.5%). Xbox Series X|S sales are down by 512,864 units (-70.6%) and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are down by 1,309,292 units (-78.5%).

Looking at sales month-on-month, PlayStation 5 sales are up by over 2.42 million units, Nintendo Switch 2 sales are up by nearly 374,000 units, Xbox Series X|S sales are dup by nearly 66,000 units, and Nintendo Switch 1 sales are up by over 82,000 units.

2025 year-to-date, the PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 14.23 million units, the Nintendo Switch 2 has sold 12.48 million units, the Nintendo Switch 1 has sold 5.06 million units, and the Xbox Series X|S has sold 2.10 million units.

Monthly Sales:

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

1. PlayStation 5 - 3,734,450 (86,267,471)
2. Switch 2 - 1,799,613 (12,477,026)
3. Switch 1 - 358,644 (152,711,041)
4. Xbox Series X|S - 213,354 (34,089,671)

Weekly Sales:

Global November 8, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 541,857
2. Switch 2 - 314,121
3. Switch 1 - 61,018
4. Xbox Series X|S - 28,320

Global November 15, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. Switch 2 - 623,523
2. PlayStation 5 - 345,364
3. Switch 1 - 64,299
4. Xbox Series X|S - 31,570

Global November 22, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 977,124
2. Switch 2 - 443,766
3. Switch 1 - 80,639
4. Xbox Series X|S - 38,920

Global November 29, 2025 hardware estimates:

1. PlayStation 5 - 1,591,946
2. Switch 2 - 696,362
3. Switch 1 - 152,688
4. Xbox Series X|S - 114,544

Super strong month for the PS5 mainly thanks to Europe. If November wasn't so awful in the US it could've been close to flat YoY so Europe could very well end up saving the PS5's 2026 from being weak till November. The Switch 2 had a good first November being somewhat higher than the Switch 1's but it being that close is sign that its 2026 sales could be closer to the Switch's 2018 sales than this year will be for 2017 since some people who normally would've bought one next year already did so months ago.

For the Xbox Series it's truly dead now with its November sales being barely any higher than the past few months and even lower than January-March so the combination of the prices hikes and Microsoft completely giving up on selling it has officially killed the platform years before its successor is even out. It's getting to the point where I dunno why they'd even bother manufacturing it any longer since it's only gonna sell like 1-1.5m next year so basically completely irrelevant sales wise.

The Switch 1 was also down 70-80% and sold worse in November than its first few months this year but that's completely fine in this case since its successor is already out. It does put an end to any tiny remaining hopes of it beating the PS2 though since it is also dead now. Overall a decent November I'd say but it being lower in total than the previous few isn't ideal when a new really popular console has launched though that can only do so much to make up for two others completely dying. Hopefully the US has a better December.