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How much will the PS5 sell in November?

<2M (PS4 '19 was 1.4M, PS3 '13 was 1M) 3 13.04%
 
2 to 3M (decent, 2022 was 2.4M) 8 34.78%
 
3 to 4M (strong, '23 and '25 were 3.5M) 7 30.43%
 
4M+ (record breaking, '24 was 4.26M) 5 21.74%
 
Total:23
XtremeBG on 05 February 2026

PlayStation 5 vs Switch 2 Comparison

Week/Month PS5 - Weekly PS5 - Yearly SW2 - Weekly SW2 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 181,452 181,452 231,025 231,025 +49,573 +49,573
2 151,046 332,498 178,583 409,608 +27,537 +77,110
3 138,868 471,366 166,696 576,304 +27,828 +104,938
4 136,659 608,025 158,491 734,795 +21,832 +126,770
February 153,038 761,063 167,602 902,397 +14,564 +141,334
6 162,455 923,518 164,580 1,066,977 +2,125 +143,459
7 165,457 1,088,975 181,337 1,248,314 +15,880 +159,339
8 191,169 1,280,144 238,516 1,486,830 +47,347 +206,686
March 163,277 1,443,421 436,456 1,923,286 +273,179 +479,865
10 151,806 1,595,227 362,802 2,286,088 +210,996 +690,861
11 158,863 1,754,090 305,073 2,591,161 +146,210 +837,071
12 201,491 1,955,581 267,657 2,858,818 +66,166 +903,237
13 235,477 2,191,058 250,468 3,109,286 +14,991 +918,228
April 145,393 2,336,451 233,165 3,342,451 +87,772 +1,006,000
15 140,447 2,476,898 208,820 3,551,271 +68,373 +1,074,373
16 116,944 2,593,842 202,279 3,753,550 +85,335 +1,159,708
17 113,528 2,707,370 245,129 3,998,679 +131,601 +1,291,309
May 111,058 2,818,428 283,315 4,281,994 +172,257 +1,463,566
19 112,133 2,930,561 376,329 4,658,323 +264,196 +1,727,762
20 114,571 3,045,132 406,850 5,065,173 +292,279 +2,020,041
21 115,930 3,161,062 183,520 5,248,693 +67,590 +2,087,631
June 142,419 3,303,481 198,781 5,447,474 +56,362 +2,143,993
23 142,928 3,446,409 194,968 5,642,442 +52,040 +2,196,033
24 145,390 3,591,799 188,759 5,831,201 +43,369 +2,239,402
25 143,978 3,735,777 204,328 6,035,529 +60,350 +2,299,752
26 146,591 3,882,368 201,959 6,237,488 +55,368 +2,355,120
July 189,882 4,072,250 171,074 6,408,562 -18,808 +2,336,312
28 189,750 4,262,000 158,279 6,566,841 -31,471 +2,304,841
29 197,322 4,459,322 202,768 6,769,609 +5,446 +2,310,287
30 203,148 4,662,470 171,037 6,940,646 -32,111 +2,278,176
August 200,031 4,862,501 187,428 7,128,074 -12,603 +2,265,573
32 196,827 5,059,328 201,242 7,329,316 +4,415 +2,269,988
33 186,145 5,245,473 218,823 7,548,139 +32,678 +2,302,666
34 213,100 5,458,573 266,247 7,814,386 +53,147 +2,355,813
September
36
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38
39
October
41
42
43
November
45
46
47
December
49
50
51
52

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Norion on 05 February 2026

Almost surely the Switch 2. It could sell over 5m in Japan alone this year considering it's not even fully fulfilling demand there yet so that would be a gap of over 4m the PS5 would have to make up elsewhere and Europe could make up a lot but not enough. My high end expectation for the PS5 is 16m and my low end one for the Switch 2 is 17m so I expect a gap of about 2-3m between the two. GTA 6 is huge but it's not gonna prevent the PS5 from declining this year, just significantly soften the decline due to giving the PS5 a really strong holiday.

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Kyuu on 05 February 2026

Switch 2 would have to royally underperform to not win this. This could've been a lot closer if GTA6 retained its May release date.

But I guess it can still be close-ish in the event it gets a price hike and PS5 doesn't. Remember... Sony increased PS5's price and reduced storage in response to Trump's tariffs and rising SSD prices. Nintendo didn't. But we don't know which one between the two will be affected first by the new RAM problem. If only we can have a quick glance at their contracts...



CosmicSex on 05 February 2026

And here we go!



xl-klaudkil on 05 February 2026

Switch 2 and it wont even be close.
22mill vs 15.8mill i predict



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Ashadelo on 05 February 2026

You forgot the Gabecube some of us like to gamble :D



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Zippy6 on 05 February 2026

Switch 2, but I think it will be close. Probably no more than a 2m gap.

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Zippy6 on 05 February 2026
xl-klaudkil said:

Switch 2 and it wont even be close.
22mill vs 15.8mill i predict

You think Switch 2 is going to outsell Switch 1's 2018 by almost 40%? That would be very impressive lol.

It had a crazy launch but I expect it to be much more similar to SW1 sales patterns going forward, like it was this holiday quarter.



Louie on 05 February 2026

Switch 2. Console sales usually increase in the second year and decline at the end of life. Switch 2 should cross the 20 million units mark and PS5 maybe 15 million? Of course, GTA VI is huge, but the install base is already there and there will be heavy rumors of a PS6 at the end of the year. Switch 2 on the other hand could be kneecapped by a price hike (so could PS5 of course). Crazy times we live in.



Aerys on 05 February 2026

PS5, you people really underestimate the craziness around GTA VI

Considering Switch 2 has no big worldwide system seller announced for this year and the decline in it's sales in Europe and the US these last months, I don't see it selling as good as 2025. Not even talking about the possible price increase hinted by Nintendo.

Sony already announced they are not gonna increase the console price this year



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m