Highlights
- Switch 2 leads January 2026 with 765,795 units sold worldwide.
- PS5 reaches 90.2M lifetime units, selling 760,325 in January 2026.
- Xbox Series X|S remains fourth at 118,727 units, behind Switch 1.
The Nintendo Switch 2 led global hardware sales in January 2026 with 765,795 units sold. It narrowly outpaced the PlayStation 5 (PS5), which recorded 760,325 units during the month, according to VGChartz estimates. The monthly results bring Switch 2 to 16,351,114 units lifetime, while PS5 has reached 90,200,369 units globally.
The original Nintendo Switch ranked third with 178,472 units sold, lifting its lifetime total to 153,933,312.
Meanwhile, Xbox Series X|S placed fourth in January 2026 with 118,727 units sold. Its lifetime total stands at 34,289,942 units, remaining behind the 2017 Nintendo Switch in monthly performance.
January 2026 Global Hardware Sales Breakdown
Regionally, PS5 led the Americas with 240,901 units and Europe with 265,302. Switch 2 dominated Asia with 365,433 units, while PS5 sold 224,888 in the region.
In Oceania, PS5 sold 29,234 units, ahead of Switch 2 at 18,427. Switch 1 and Xbox Series X|S recorded 41,974 and 90,078 units, respectively, in the Americas, and 36,063 and 19,680 units in Europe.
In Asia, Switch 1 sold 94,496 units compared to 3,441 for Xbox Series X|S. In Oceania, Switch 1 recorded 5,939 units, while Xbox Series X|S sold 5,528.
Compared to prior generations, Switch 2 trailed the original Switch’s January 2018 figure of 963,507 by nearly 198,000 units. PS5 was down nearly 312,000 units compared to PS4’s 1,072,311 in January 2019. Over the same comparison period, Xbox Series X|S trailed Xbox One’s 396,074 units by more than 277,000 units.
Year-over-year (YoY), PS5 declined 97,505 units, or 11.4%; Xbox fell 103,712 units, or 46.6%; and Switch dropped 340,916 units, or 65.6%.
Likewise, month-on-month (MoM), Switch 2 fell by over 2.68M units, PS5 by over 2.26M, Xbox by over 319K, and Switch by nearly 621K.
VGChartz noted that the hardware estimates are based on the trends and retail sampling in countries. The firm adds that its figures are aligned against official shipment data and reflect the distinction between sell-through and sell-in reporting.
The January results highlight a tight race between Switch 2 and PS5 at the top of the market. Even as PS5 crosses 90.2M lifetime units, overall hardware sales continue to ease following the holiday period.
