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Switch 2 adjusted down by 500k? Damn.



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Zippy6 said:

Switch 2 adjusted down by 500k? Damn.

We had sell-through higher than shipped in RoW, so had to adjust that down quite a bit. However, we did adjust up Europe and Japan up a bit to offset some of the RoW drop. Main thing was making sure it stayed above 15 million in week 4 of December to match Nintendo's sell-through figures and keeping the gap for each region somewhat reasonable. 



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Link to the VGChartz article here.

2025 Worldwide Sales Comparison Charts Through December - Switch 2 vs PS5 vs Xbox Series 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 December 2022)

2022 – (January 2023 to December 2023)

2023 – (January 2024 to December 2024)

2024 – (January 2025 to December 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
    • 15.59 million units sold year-to-date
  • Nintendo Switch 1
    • 4.97 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 7.07 million units (-58.7%)

Sony

  • PlayStation 5
    • 17.41 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 2.24 million units (-11.4%)

Microsoft

  • Xbox Series X|S
    • 2.55 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 2.24 million units (-46.7%)

Note: VGChartz 2025, 2023, and 2022 estimates through November includes 52 weeks, while 2024 estimates includes 53 weeks.



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news, as well as posting random gaming content. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

@trunkswd: Will you make any adjustments when it comes to Switch 2 sales in Japan? Given the fact that Nintendo's fiscal report had Japan at 4,78M shipped late December? It seems Famitsu has undertracked Switch 2 at least a bit in Japan, even though there would always be some difference between shipped and sold through, but i think Switch 2 at least sold a few hundred thousand more consoles in Japan during 2025 than the Famitsu numbers show.