
Switch 2 Has Already Overtaken The Combined Lifetime Sales Of The Entire Xbox Series Family And PS5 Pro In Japan
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Switch 2 Has Already Overtaken The Combined Lifetime Sales Of The Entire Xbox Series Family And PS5 Pro In Japan
Switch 2 is already the fastest-selling console in Japan’s history. With 947,931 sold at launch, the Switch 2 overtook the 630,552 set by Sony’s second PlayStation. The hybrid system’s first-week momentum has slowed, but it has now sold 1,101,136 systems in its homeland. Switch 2 has already outsold the combined lifetime sales of the entire Xbox Series family in Japan. It might have some way to go to overtake the PS5’s lifetime sales in Japan, but with that figure standing at 5,690,661, we wouldn’t bet on it taking very long.
With 947,931 consoles sold at launch, the Switch 2 overtook the 630,552 set by Sony’s second PlayStation. We now have the console’s second-week figures in, which make for some interesting reading. The hybrid system’s first-week momentum has slowed, as you might expect, but it has now sold 1,101,136 systems in its homeland.
This robust performance means that Switch 2 has already outsold the combined lifetime sales of the entire Xbox Series family in Japan—that includes the Series X (320,762), Series S (337,811) and Series X Digital Edition (20,854)—as well as the PS5 Pro (221,181).
Here’s the full table, which covers Switch 2’s second week on sale:
Position Console Unit Sales (9th – 16th June) Lifetime Unit Sales 1
Switch 2
153,205
1,101,136
2
PlayStation 5 9,612
5,702,730 3
Switch Lite 5,485
6,587,280
4
Switch OLED
5,447
9,066,127
5
PlayStation 5 Pro 3,125 221,181
6
Switch 2,387
20,111,932
7
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition 1,392 975,486
8
Xbox Series S 125 337,811
9
Xbox Series X 102
320,762 10
Xbox Series X Digital Edition 34 20,854
11
PlayStation 4
22
7,929,650
Given the notoriously weak performance of Xbox hardware in Japan, this won’t come as a shock to some people, but it’s still pretty incredible that Nintendo has been able to leapfrog Microsoft’s family of systems in Japan in such a short space of time.
It might have some way to go to overtake the PS5’s lifetime sales in Japan, of course, but with that figure standing at 5,690,661—and taking into account the Switch 2’s explosive debut—we wouldn’t bet on it taking very long.