According to the estimated console sales report from March 27 to April 02, Xbox Series sales surpassed PS5 sales on a weekly basis.
Estimated worldwide sales of game consoles announced Xbox Series its sales showed an increase that did not match the previous years. Although there is no official statement, according to VGChartz, who has done a hard research on this issue, the estimated sales made a statement.
XBox Series sales explode
According to the estimated data obtained, Nintendo Switch saw a total of 346,026 sales in the first week of April, 2 April 2022, and topped the top as the best-selling console. Meanwhile, an estimated 106.49 million units have been sold since the Switch debuted (March 3, 2017).
In the same week, Xbox Series sales sold 232,758 units, reaching 13.89 million sales in total (November 20, 2020 release date). Since its debut (November 29, 2020), PlayStation 5 has sold 191,950 units, increasing its total sales to 18.80 million.
To make a retrospective comparison, 2 years after the consoles were released, in 2015, PS4 sold 65,000 more units than PS5 in the same week, while Xbox One sold 149,000 units less than Xbox Series X|S in the same week. First week of April 2015. According to data, PS4 sold 256,724 units and Xbox One sold 84,118.
On April 2, 2022, PS4 sales amounted to 15,015 and Xbox One sold 1,190 units.
So, what was the situation of sales compared to April 2021? Nintendo Switch experienced a decrease of 171,528 (around 33.1%) compared to the previous year. The situation is not much different for the Playstation 5, which saw a drop of around 52,319 (21.4%). But the same table isn’t available for Xbox Series sales because it oversold by 117,024 units. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, on the other hand, experienced a very high decline and officially called their sales in the past years. PS4 sold 45,064 units last year and Xbox One 18,282 units.
If we look at console sales on a weekly basis, Nintendo Switch decreased by approximately 2,000 units, Xbox Series X|S decreased by 12,000 units and finally PlayStation 5 decreased by 5,000 units.
Sales tables in general are given below.
Worldwide sales rates (from debut)
- one. Switch – 346,026 (106,494,502)
- 2nd. Xbox Series X|S – 232,758 (13,889,199)
- 3. PlayStation 5 – 191,950 (18,796,082)
- 4. PlayStation 4 – 15,015 (116,750,960)
- 5. Xbox One – 1,190 (50,521,824)
Estimated sales in the Americas.
- one. Xbox Series X|S – 167,984
- 2nd. Switch – 156,571
- 3. PlayStation 5 – 85,290
- 4. PlayStation 4 – 7,876
- 5. Xbox One – 977
Europe continent estimated sales
- one. Switch – 83,266
- 2nd. PlayStation 5 – 50,273
- 3. Xbox Series X|S – 46,962
- 4. PlayStation 4 – 6,703
- 5. Xbox One – 195
Asia continent estimated sales
- one. Switch – 93,950
- 2nd. PlayStation 5 – 50,177
- 3. Xbox Series X|S – 17,286
- 4. PlayStation 4 – 235
- 5. Xbox One – 11
Estimated sales in Oceania (Austria and New Zealand)
- one. Switch – 12,239
- 2nd. PlayStation 5 – 6,210
- 3. Xbox Series X|S – 4,949
- 4. PlayStation 4 – 201
- 5. Xbox One – 7