PS5 Offered Extra Than Nintendo Switch 2 Final Quarter

The Sony PlayStation 5 can formally declare victory over the Nintendo Switch 2 throughout the 2025 vacation season.

Sony lately launched its Q3 FY2025 earnings. The information reveals that 8 million PlayStation 5 models had been offered within the quarter ending September 30, 2025. In the identical quarter, Nintendo offered 7.01 million Switch 2 models. Of observe, this was the primary full quarter with the Nintendo Switch successor in the marketplace.

The Sony PS5 has been in the marketplace since 2020 and has offered over 90 million models so far. The Nintendo Switch 2 was launched in June 2025 and had sold 17.37 million units as of New Year’s Eve 2025.

The Battle Between Sony and Nintendo Rages on

Although Sony had a stronger quarter, the Switch 2 outsold the PS5 within the United States in 2025. Nintendo’s unique Switch is at the moment the second-best-selling console of all time, with 155.37 million models offered. However, Sony’s PS2 stays the best-selling console 1 / 4 of a century after its launch, with 160 million models offered worldwide.

Sony’s PlayStation 6 will not be launched till 2027, giving Nintendo a head begin on this technology. Learn extra in regards to the potential launch of a PS6 right here. Even Xbox, which acts extra as a writer in right this moment’s console market, could not have its subsequent {hardware} launch till 2027.

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