Switch Sales Explode, Deals Boost Xbox Series X|S - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for Nov 13-19

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console with 770,021 units sold for the week ending November 19, 2022, according to VGChartz estimates. The Switch has now sold an estimated 115.99 million units lifetime.

The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 434,704 units to bring its lifetime sales to 26.49 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 406,373 units to bring their lifetime sales to 18.66 million units.

[septemberindecember]

Just a little more than 1M left for the Switch to surpass the PS4. Based on Switch sales from last year, Switch should surpass it next week. However, a drop YoY for Switch is likely, so at worst it will be the following week.

[shinoff2183]

Selling to 2 bases will do that.

[LOGICWINS]

🧂 🧂 🧂

[Kakashi Hatake]

It's going to happen but what's the big deal if it does? What happens? Doesn't mean Switch is better. Sony had to completely stop selling the console 2 years ago. Would be at 130 plus by now if they kept selling it and lowered price to 200.

[septemberindecember]

"what's the big deal if it does?"
-Well, it's not a "big deal", but it's interesting to see the bounce back from the Wii U to the Switch.

"Doesn't mean Switch is better"
- I literally didn't say anything about this. Don't know why you brought it up.

[Asplundh]

"What happens?"

You'll cry yourself to sleep at night for at least a week.

[Iceman100x]

Lol no it wouldnt it hasnt even sold anything near to a 100 million...smh get ur facts straight.

[MrNinosan]

@iceman100x
He's referring to the PS4, not PS5.

[roadkillers]

Who would spend $200-$300 on PS4s (used price mind you) instead of paying $400 for a PS5? PS4s were dead once the PS5 arrived

[Ra3v3r]

Yeah except they didn't stop selling it 2 years ago. They estimated they would manufacture another 1m units in 2022 due to PS5 shortages.

[darthv72]

Damn... really solid numbers for the week leading up to BF.

[thesoftware730]

MS should just keep the Series S at the $250 price tag.

[SirBruce]

It's been in the 229$ with 3 months of XGP... That'd be better for selling some more.

[QSPR]

I think soon we going to see Series S @ $199.99

[andy85]

Those are some amazing sales for the switch given it's barely had a price drop since release. Nintendo so dropped lucky with this console

[MrNinosan]

Don't know how much luck is included.
All portable Nintendo consoles has sold great.

As Switch is replacing the 2 markets they had before, those sales are needed.

Those are the handhelds before Switch, and in combination with the home console, only Wii U + 3DS is behind Switch sales (so far).

Nintendo 3DS - 76 millions
Nintendo DS - 154 millions
GBA - 81,5 millions
Gameboy - 119 millions

[septemberindecember]

Switch has also surpassed GBA + GameCube sales. Switch will likely surpass PS4 + Vita sales, and the upper limit is probably N64 + GB sales.

PSP + PS3 sales isn't going to happen for Switch, and NDS + Wii sales is just impossible for any single console.

[Outlawzz]

Unfortunately for me as a launch switch owner, great sales = more time waiting for a more powerful switch to be announced.

But thats a personal problem, there's a huge library for new owners to enjoy at least

[randomvoice]

Lol at the people arguing Switch sales meanwhile playing pokemon which looks like a PS2 game on the weak ass handheld. Sony should start reselling the PS2. Have a ton of gullible idiots out there who will lap it up. Give Nintendo all the more reason to keep on milking the shit out of the old ass PSP hardware. You won't see a new switch before 2025 at the pace they keep on selling these.

[thesoftware730]

Tell em' why you mad bro.

[Father__Merrin]

not suprising the switch is the 3ds replacement

[SirBruce]

Devs can see it this way... 8 millions more PS5 users... 8 million more possible buyers than on Xbox Series X + Series S... let's see if this makes more exclusive games on PS5 or Microsoft wins with Xbox Game Pass promotions for devs.

[Mr_Writer85]

It will be interesting to see if Nintendo have learned their lessons after the Wii-U mess up and from others mistakes for the Switches successor.

The Switch isn't perfect, but they got an awful lot right, and it would be a shame to see them do a Wii-U and undo all this good work.

For me The Switch 2 will be just as successful as long as they...

- Call it the Switch 2
- Have more powerful hardware, I'd love to see the dock give it a significant boost and maybe have an SSD.
- Similar price to the Switch at launch
- Fully backwards compatible with Switch games.
- Be able to have a native chat system.

[thesoftware730]

Let's not forget Call of Duty needs to be on there for it to be successful...at least that is what I hear.

[Mr_Writer85]

The Switch isn't really a home console.

It sits in its own so that's why it doesn't need it.

If it was trying to go head to head with PS5/Xbox sure. But it doesn't.

[Wrex369]

Here's hoping the next switch or whatever they choose to make next has BC rolled into it. A lot of these games I just play indefinitely.

[Orchard]

The most surprising thing here is the US data. A huge hitter (GoW) came out on the 9th, but on the 13th through 19th, the XSX (with no new game) outsold the PS5?

[randomvoice]

PS5 outsold the XSX in US by nearly 2x the units the week before (120K vs 210K). That was probably the run up to GOW since the reviews came out much earlier. Also, MS decided to cut down XSS prices for the holiday. That explains the bump they got because I literally saw those selling for 200 bucks meanwhile the cheapest PS5 Digital was still 400 and out of stock possibly denoting Sony shipping more units world wide.