PS5 Best-Seller, XS Sales Drop by Nearly 50% - Worldwide Hardware Estimates for January 2025

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console worldwide with 937,226 units sold for January 2025, according to VGChartz estimates. The PlayStation 5 has now sold an estimated 72.97 million units lifetime worldwide.

[Abnor_Mal]

Total domination, the march continues

[ABizzel1]

These sales aren’t good across the board especially YoY.

Nintendo makes sense, the Switch 2 has been announced so those sales are going to slowly dry up to nothing when Switch 2 releases.

PS5 being slightly less than a million isn’t bad, but it’s not ideal and there’s a chance that this 30% reduction YoY can continue for the next couple of years since the US is likely to go into a recession, and the threat of global tariffs could make a needed price drop impossible to drive sales. The lack of AAA first party games is likely the cause as well, which will hopefully get better later this year and along with GTAs release (unless it gets delayed to early 2026).

Xbox is just dead in the water in comparison, and on track for another less than 3 / 4 million consoles sold for the year. They need a complete rebrand of the business, but again unfortunately a potential recession and tariffs would ruin them launching a new console anytime soon (2026 / 2027) although they need it to get off the same launch cycle as Sony and move more into the PConsole space (basically an Xbox-Windows Steam Machine).

[1Victor]

@abiz: “These sales aren’t good across the board especially YoY.”
Did you expected a honest numbers report from VGFAKECZ 🤦🏿

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I think this is a fair analysis of what's going on and what's likely to happen in the future despite the disagrees.

[__y2jb]

I don’t understand the downvotes. Literally everything you said is correct.

[Father__Merrin]

Ps5 is just wow but it's strange I've always been a PS fan but now more time on PC and Series X the VPN game codes for xbox are to cheap to have passed up

[S2Killinit]

Xbox is just going down the drain and fast.

[Knushwood Butt]

Americas 2:1
Europe 10:1
Asia 20:1

2 : 1 isn't bad really, but elsewhere it's a massacre.

[ABizzel1]

They need a complete rebrand at this point. Give up the console race, and instead focus on merging PC and Console gaming by making a $399 & $599 Xbox-Windows Steam Machine, that simply runs a Windows 11 Xbox Launcher and call it a generation.

[BehindTheRows]

In their best territory, 2:1 is bad.

Coupled with everything else, it is HORRIBLE. That’s why they are porting their games to PlayStation.

[artgamer]

American made trash, total boycot imminent.

[S2Killinit]

Umm excuse me, I find that offensive. Whats its nationality have to do with it.

[__y2jb]

Do you watch the news? Trump has destroyed americas reputation and much of the world wants now wants to vote with their wallet and boycott American products.

[S2Killinit]

Trump is a moron. I get that. But Americans are not trump. They just vote for him because they are concerned for their economic situation and Biden/democrates didn't help since they are also part of the problem. The middle class is bearing the weight of the poor and the rich are getting richer, and people turn to this idiot trump to save them because all he does is bitch about things and make big claims. It works . Now we are waiting to see if he will save the economy or only shit on our democracy.

And if you are referring to the genocide of palestinians, no defense there. We lost credibility. Our politicians showed that all of that talk of human rights, bastion of democratic values, and being holier than thou to dictatorial governments was all a big bluff. Our politicians are as bad as the rest. But again, the american people themselves arent the same as their politicians.

[PhillyDonJawn]

2026 will be a make or break year for Xbox. A new gen console by ms has to drop. Like the rumors said.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

They're planning to drop one? it won't change anything, hardware is not the problem for Xbox, it's pretty much everything else, primarily their games library.

[PhillyDonJawn]

It's now been confirmed Xbox is dropping new hardware along side CoD in 2026.

[Doomeduk]

Man just chalk around the Xbox and call homicide

[Elda]

Not surprising for PlayStation. MS/XB shouldn't waste any money making a next gen console.

[1Victor]

@obscured=evan: “Thank god you work in Walmart and don’t run a business 😂”
First of all “ Evan “ time to use your brain and don’t shout your name from your obscure corner 🤣 less throw stones from your glass case found in a dumpster behind a closed store.🤦🏿
I’m surprised your new account hasn’t been suspended for SPAM yet 🤣.
Anyways we all know those vgcz numbers are like deep fried pigs wings as delicious as they sound they’re not real.

[S2Killinit]

Woah why drop n word man? /:’

[gold_drake]

geez, 50% less than already nothing is total killer ha

[Knightofelemia]

And now we know why Microsoft is narrowing down supply of Xboxes in parts of the world.

[Ninver]

Game Over