Best Selling Switch, PS5, XS Sales Decline – Americas Hardware Estimates For April 2023

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The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in the Americas (USA, Canada, and Latin America) with 461,632 units sold in April 2023, according to VGChartz estimates. Nintendo Switch has now sold an estimated 48.34 million Age of units in the Americas.

Nintendo Switch – OLED Model – The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom’s Tears The version was released at the end of April to help boost Switch sales for the month.

PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 388,966 units, bringing its lifetime sales to 16.49 million units. Xbox Series X | sold out S 247,486 units, bringing its lifetime sales to 12.71 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 2,772 units, bringing its lifetime sales to 41.57 million units.

PS5 sales increased over the same month for PS4 in 2016 by nearly 181,000 units, while Xbox Series X | S compared to the same month for Xbox One increased by more than 61,000 units. PS4 sold 207,994 units for April 2016 and Xbox One sold 186,111 units.

PlayStation 5 sales increased year-on-year by 110,383 (39.6%). Nintendo Switch sales increased by 55,213 units (13.6%) and Xbox Series X | sales decreased S increased by 82,302 units (-25.0%). PlayStation 4 decreased by 13,763 units (-83.2%) year over year.

Looking at month-over-month sales, Nintendo Switch sales increased by over 65,000 units, PlayStation 5 sales decreased by over 422,000 units, and Xbox Series X | S with approximately 120,000 units. It should be noted that the month of March is a month of five weeks, while the month of April is of four weeks.

In 2023 to date, PlayStation 5 has sold an estimated 2.37 million units, Nintendo Switch has sold 1.55 million units, and Xbox Series X | S 1.22 million units.

Monthly sales:

Appliance estimates in the Americas for April 2023 (followed by lifetime sales):

1. converts – 461,632 (48,340,781)
2. PlayStation 5 – 388,966 (16,487,081)
3. Xbox X | S – 247486 (12,708,510)
4. Playstation 4 – 2772 (41,566,770)

US Appliance Estimates for April 2023:

1. PlayStation 5 – 3281112
2. converts – 390107
3. Xbox X | S – 209,068
4. Playstation 4 – 2,370

weekly sales:

April 8, 2023 Hardware Estimates:

Americas:

1. PlayStation 5 – 97527
2. converts – 82141
3. Xbox X | S – 59593
4. Playstation 4 – 701

United States of America:

1. PlayStation 5 – 82163
2. converts – 69,623
3. Xbox X | S – 50331
4. Playstation 4 – 597

April 15, 2023 Hardware Estimates:

Americas:

1. PlayStation 5 – 93,858
2. converts – 81142
3. Xbox X | S – 58229
4. Playstation 4 – 696

United States of America:

1. PlayStation 5 – 79236
2. converts – 68,738
3. Xbox X | S – 49135
4. Playstation 4 – 594

April 22, 2023 Hardware Estimates:

Americas:

1. PlayStation 5 – 92,565
2. converts – 80188
3. Xbox X | S – 61,415
4. Playstation 4 – 683

United States of America:

1. PlayStation 5 – 78127
2. converts – 67987
3. Xbox X | S – 51868
4. Playstation 4 – 587

April 29, 2023 Hardware Estimates:

Americas:

1. converts – 218,161
2. PlayStation 5 – 105,016
3. Xbox X | S – 68249
   
4. Playstation 4 – 692

United States of America:

1. converts – 183,759
2. PlayStation 5 – 88,586
3. Xbox X | S – 57734
   
4. Playstation 4 – 592

VGChartz Methodology: Appliance estimates are based on retail samples and trends in individual countries, which are then extrapolated to represent the broader region. This usually allows us to produce numbers that end up within 10% of the actual totals.

This data is regularly compared with official shipment figures released by console manufacturers and figures estimated by regional trackers with more market coverage than us. Then we update our own estimates to bring it in line with those numbers. This can lead to frequent changes often within a short period of time, but we feel it’s important to prioritize accuracy over consistency.

Note that our estimates are based on sale data (units sold to consumers). In almost all cases, figures released by console manufacturers are based on shipment (sale) data, as once a device leaves the factory and enters the supply chain for delivery, it is considered a sale. This is why there is always a difference between company (inside selling) numbers and VGChartz (inside selling) estimates, even after adjustments. The only exception to this is when the console is discontinued and remaining inventory is finally sold out – at which point the numbers will match.

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passionate player for life, William D’Angelo He was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, worked his way up to lead analysts in 2012 and took over hardware ratings in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel And Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @tweet.

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