PlayStation/Xbox/Switch Hardware Battle: 2021 Edition: FINAL RESULTS!

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2014 PlayStation 4 vs. 2021 PlayStation 5 WORLDWIDE Comparison

'14 PS4 - Weekly	'14 PS4 - Yearly	'21 PS5 - Weekly	'21 PS5 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
257,710 (January)	257,710 (January)	150,295 (January)	150,295 (January)	- 107,415	- 107,415
187,696	445,406	137,176	287,471	- 50,520	- 157,935
168,825	614,231	185,284	472,755	+ 16,459	- 141,476
163,073	777,304	179,738	652,493	+ 16,665	- 124,811
169,457	946,761	181,855 (February)	834,348  (February)	+ 12,398	- 112,413
156,936 (February)	1,103,697 (February)	213,983	1,048,331	+ 57,047	- 55,366
136,500	1,240,197	222,968	1,271,299	+ 86,468	+ 31,102
444,621	1,684,818	221,972	1,493,271	- 222,649	- 191,547
168,317	1,853,135	247,533 (March)	1,740,804 (March)	+ 79,216	- 112,331
150,626 (March)	2,003,761 (March)	267,401	2,008,205	+ 116,775	+ 4,444
161,118	2,164,879	286,611	2,294,816	+ 125,493	+ 129,937
245,428	2,410,307	317,473	2,612,289	+ 72,045	+ 201,982
207,320	2,617,627	248,269	2,860,558	+ 40,949	+ 242,931
191,431 (April)	2,809,058 (April)	152,704 (April)	3,013,262 (April)	- 38,727	+ 204,204
176,880	2,985,938	159,733	3,172,995	- 17,147	+ 187,057
178,134	3,164,072	161,700	3,334,695	- 16,434	+ 170,623
162,100	3,326,172	175,393	3,510,088	+ 13,293	+ 183,916
155,185	3,481,357	167,794 (May)	3,677,882 (May)	+ 12,609	+ 196,525
153,857 (May)	3,635,214 (May)	220,197	3,898,079	+ 66,340	+ 262,865
142,098	3,777,312	180,453	4,078,532	+ 38,355	+ 301,220
146,337	3,923,649	234,613	4,313,145	+ 88,276	+ 389,496
232,037	4,155,686	185,629 (June)	4,498,774 (June)	- 46,408	+ 343,088
174,069 (June)	4,329,755 (June)	180,663	4,679,437	+ 6,594	+ 349,682
162,360	4,492,115	191,116	4,870,553	+ 28,756	+ 378,438
161,538	4,653,653	220,942	5,091,495	+ 59,404	+ 437,842
165,308	4,818,961	204,505	5,296,000	+ 39,197	+ 477,039
164,390 (July)	4,983,351 (July)	221,907 (July)	5,517,907 (July)	+ 57,517	+ 534,556
158,690	5,142,041	213,105	5,731,012	+ 54,415	+ 588,971
154,361	5,296,402	223,826	5,954,838	+ 69,465	+ 658,436
147,947	5,444,349	247,061	6,201,899	+ 99,114	+ 757,550
215,569	5,659,918	217,170 (August)	6,419,069 (August)	+ 1,601	+ 759,151
157,866 (August)	5,817,784 (August)	222,500	6,641,569	+ 64,634	+ 823,785
137,138	5,954,922	244,717	6,886,286	+ 107,579	+ 931,364
140,717	6,095,639	251,183	7,137,469	+ 110,466	+ 1,041,830
155,161	6,250,800	249,654 (September)	7,387,123 (September)	+ 94,493	+ 1,136,323
146,485 (September)	6,397,285 (September)	257,980	7,645,103	+ 111,495	+ 1,247,818
536,882	6,934,167	272,257	7,917,360	- 264,625	+ 983,193
257,371	7,191,538	284,492	8,201,852	+ 27,121	+ 1,010,314
403,630	7,595,168	277,772	8,479,624	- 125,858	+ 884,456
294,517 (October)	7,889,685 (October)	274,060 (October)	8,753,684 (October)	- 20,457	+ 863,999
273,330	8,163,015	263,932	9,017,616	- 9,398	+ 854,601
249,615	8,412,630	270,919	9,288,535	+ 21,304	+ 875,905
332,746	8,745,376	284,321	9,572,856	- 48,425	+ 827,480
265,020	9,010,396	309,000  (November)	9,881,856  (November)	+ 43,980	+ 871,460
418,678 (November)	9,429,074 (November)	295,268	10,177,124	- 123,410	+ 748,050
389,953	9,819,027	370,156	10,547,280	- 19,797	+ 728,253
498,091	10,317,118	432,403	10,979,683	- 65,688	+ 662,565
956,032	11,273,150	390,332 (December)	11,370,015 (December)	- 565,700	+ 96,865
630,076 (December)	11,903,226 (December)	431,366	11,801,381	- 198,710	- 101,845
651,893	12,555,119	607,390	12,408,771	- 44,503	- 146,348
715,000	13,270,119	629,122	13,037,893	- 85,878	- 232,226
718,100	13,988,219	420,067	13,457,960	- 298,033	- 530,259
372,409	14,360,628			- 372,409	- 902,668

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2014 PlayStation 4 vs. 2021 PlayStation 5 UNITED STATES Comparison

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'14 PS4 - Weekly	'14 PS4 - Yearly	'21 PS5 - Weekly	'21 PS5 - Weekly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
89,866 (January)	89,866 (January)	71,273 (January)	71,273 (January)	- 18,593	- 18,593
79,123	168,989	59,882	131,155	- 19,241	- 37,834
70,572	239,561	69,727	200,882	- 845	- 38,679
74,734	314,295	63,242	264,124	- 11,492	- 50,171
77,452	391,747	71,981 (February)	336,105 (February)	- 5,471	- 55,642
67,787 (February)	459,534 (February)	79,419	415,524	+ 11,632	- 44,010
72,164	531,698	74,631	490,155	+ 2,467	- 41,543
65,652	597,350	67,723	557,878	+ 2,071	- 39,472
54,338	651,688	96,627 (March)	654,505 (March)	+ 42,289	+ 2,817
49,447 (March)	701,135 (March)	98,638	753,143	+ 49,191	+ 52,008
61,042	762,177	100,727	853,870	+ 39,685	+ 91,693
97,614	859,791	109,254	963,124	+ 11,640	+ 103,333
69,544	929,335	97,849	1,060,973	+ 28,305	+ 131,638
67,463 (April)	996,798 (April)	40,670 (April)	1,101,643 (April)	- 26,793	+ 104,845
57,802	1,054,600	41,396	1,143,039	- 16,406	+ 88,439
60,124	1,114,724	48,451	1,191,490	- 11,673	+ 76,766
54,105	1,168,829	50,939	1,242,429	- 3,166	+ 73,600
50,669	1,219,498	50,829 (May)	1,293,258 (May)	+ 160`	+ 73,760
47,242 (May)	1,266,740 (May)	50,039	1,343,297	+ 2,797	+ 76,557
44,258	1,310,998	52,726	1,396,023	+ 8,468	+ 85,025
44,249	1,355,247	53,272	1,449,295	+ 9,023	+ 94,048
73,070	1,428,317	46,834 (June)	1,496,129 (June)	- 26,236	+ 67,812
54,815 (June)	1,483,132 (June)	44,938	1,541,067	- 9,877	+ 57,935
51,664	1,534,796	48,726	1,589,793	- 2,938	+ 54,997
50,354	1,585,150	60,762	1,650,555	+ 10,408	+ 65,405
50,753	1,635,903	50,373	1,700,928	- 380	+ 65,025
49,302 (July)	1,685,205 (July)	65,131 (July)	1,766,059 (July)	+ 15,829	+ 80,854
47,992	1,733,197	63,348	1,829,407	+ 15,356	+ 96,210
47,744	1,780,941	59,738	1,889,145	+ 11,994	+ 108,204
44,046	1,824,987	61,831	1,950,976	+ 17,785	+ 125,989
63,525	1,888,512	68,835 (August)	2,019,811 (August)	+ 5,310	+ 131,299
45,663 (August)	1,934,175 (August)	69,724	2,089,535	+ 24,061	+ 155,360
46,154	1,980,329	76,849	2,166,384	+ 30,695	+ 186,055
46,757	2,027,086	77,283	2,243,667	+ 30,526	+ 216,581
54,477	2,081,563	79,718 (September)	2,323,385 (September)	+ 25,241	+ 241,822
51,670 (September)	2,133,233 (September)	79,542	2,402,927	+ 27,872	+ 269,694
229,580	2,362,813	85,362	2,488,289	- 144,218	+ 125,476
94,186	2,456,999	89,931	2,578,220	- 4,255	+ 121,221
81,156	2,538,155	86,732	2,664,952	+ 5,576	+ 126,797
75,712 (October)	2,613,867 (October)	77,723 (October)	2,742,675 (October)	+ 2,011	+ 128,808
73,087	2,686,954	80,239	2,822,914	+ 7,152	+ 135,960
71,920	2,758,874	84,583	2,907,497	+ 12,663	+ 148,623
72,860	2,831,734	85,921	2,993,418	+ 13,061	+ 161,684
79,477	2,911,211	103,372  (November)	3,096,790 (November)	+ 23,895	+ 185,579
135,505 (November)	3,046,716 (November)	96,843	3,193,633	- 38,662	+ 146,917
123,078	3,169,794	126,423	3,320,056	+ 3,345	+ 150,262
168,505	3,338,299	145,102	3,465,158	- 23,403	+ 126,859
447,061	3,785,360	133,339 (December)	3,598,497 (December)	- 313,722	- 186,863
219,395 (December)	4,004,755 (December)	167,897	3,766,394	- 51,498	- 238,361
210,326	4,215,081	257,694	4,024,088	+ 47,368	- 190,993
261,686	4,476,767	255,439	4,279,527	- 6,247	- 197,240
269,897	4,746,664	132,520	4,412,047	- 137,377	- 334,617
109,656	4,856,320			- 109,656	- 444,273
FINAL:	4,856,320		4,412,047	- 674,273

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2014 PlayStation 4 vs. 2021 PlayStation 5 EUROPE Comparison

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'14 PS4 - Weekly	'14 PS4 - Yearly	'21 PS5 - Weekly	'21 PS5 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
109,874 (January)	109,874 (January)	45,753 (January)	45,753 (January)	- 64,121	- 64,121
76,616	186,490	45,079	90,832	- 31,537	- 95,658
68,724	255,214	67,677	158,509	- 1,047	- 96,705
61,560	316,774	59,933	218,442	- 1,627	- 98,332
66,062	382,836	64,179 (February)	282,621 (February)	- 1,883	- 100,215
64,083 (February)	446,919 (February)	78,134	360,755	+ 14,051	- 86,164
45,291	492,210	92,203	452,958	+ 46,912	- 39,252
41,828	534,038	86,085	539,043	+ 44,257	+ 5,005
38,237	572,275	91,869 (March)	630,912 (March)	+ 53,632	+ 58,637
45,120 (March)	617,395 (March)	95,686	726,598	+ 50,566	+ 109,203
45,452	662,847	110,054	836,652	+ 64,602	+ 173,805
77,571	740,418	102,154	938,806	+ 24,583	+ 198,388
80,723	821,141	89,250	1,028,056	+ 8,527	+ 206,915
76,758 (April)	897,899 (April)	63,939 (April)	1,091,995 (April)	- 12,819	+ 194,096
74,738	972,637	62,790	1,154,785	- 11,948	+ 182,148
73,297	1,045,934	59,955	1,214,740	- 13,342	+ 168,806
66,686	1,112,620	61,167	1,275,907	- 5,519	+ 163,287
64,026	1,176,646	60,054 (May)	1,335,961 (May)	- 3,972	+ 159,315
69,054 (May)	1,245,700 (May)	78,581	1,414,542	+ 9,527	+ 168,842
62,953	1,308,653	74,586	1,489,128	+ 11,633	+ 180,475
66,857	1,375,510	102,634	1,591,762	+ 35,777	+ 216,252
109,941	1,485,451	83,852 (June)	1,675,614 (June)	- 26,089	+ 190,163
76,771 (June)	1,562,222 (June)	80,392	1,756,006	+ 3,621	+ 193,784
70,928	1,633,150	88,526	1,844,532	+ 17,598	+ 211,382
71,911	1,705,061	94,865	1,939,397	+ 22,954	+ 234,336
71,592	1,776,653	95,876	2,035,273	+ 24,284	+ 258,620
72,612 (July)	1,849,265 (July)	94,620 (July)	2,129,893 (July)	+ 22,008	+ 280,628
70,319	1,919,584	92,210	2,222,103	+ 21,891	+ 302,519
68,211	1,987,795	97,616	2,319,719	+ 29,405	+ 331,924
67,571	2,055,366	112,287	2,432,006	+ 44,716	+ 376,640
104,033	2,159,399	88,342 (August)	2,520,348 (August)	- 15,691	+ 360,949
73,810 (August)	2,233,209 (August)	96,387	2,616,735	+ 22,577	+ 383,526
56,248	2,289,457	106,084	2,722,819	+ 49,836	+ 433,362
59,089	2,348,546	104,498	2,827,317	+ 45,409	+ 478,771
63,133	2,411,679	106,140 (September)	2,933,457 (September)	+ 43,007	+ 521,778
58,741 (September)	2,470,420 (September)	108,604	3,042,061	+ 49,863	+ 571,641
195,950	2,666,370	114,975	3,157,036	- 80,975	+ 490,666
107,916	2,774,286	111,706	3,268,742	+ 3,790	+ 494,456
245,286	3,019,572	120,170	3,388,912	- 125,116	+ 369,340
159,470 (October)	3,179,042 (October)	123,370 (October)	3,512,282 (October)	- 36,100	+ 333,240
140,475	3,319,517	116,337	3,628,619	- 24,138	+ 309,102
124,721	3,444,238	120,982	3,749,601	- 3,739	+ 305,363
120,697	3,564,935	120,876	3,870,477	+ 179	+ 305,542
124,904	3,689,839	137,280  (November)	4,036,757 (November)	+ 12,376	+ 317,918
196,913 (November)	3,886,752 (November)	128,906	4,136,663	- 68,007	+ 249,911
175,549	4,062,301	168,554	4,305,217	- 6,995	+ 242,916
225,468	4,287,769	199,882	4,505,099	- 25,586	+ 217,330
346,074	4,633,843	181,645 (December)	4,686,744  (December)	- 164,429	+ 52,901
293,318 (December)	4,927,161 (December)	186,514	4,873,258	- 106,804	- 53,903
270,221	5,197,382	242,268	5,115,526	- 27,953	- 81,856
301,111	5,498,493	250,432	5,365,958	- 50,679	- 132,535
293,144	5,791,637	171,260	5,537,218	- 121,884	- 254,419
158,816	5,950,453			- 158,816	- 413,235
FINAL:	5,950,453		5,537,218		- 413,235

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2014 PlayStation 4 vs. 2021 PlayStation 5 JAPAN Comparison

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'14 PS4 - Weekly	'14 PS4 - Yearly	'21 PS5 - Weekly	'21 PS5 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
N/A (January)	N/A (January)	11,209 (January)	11,209 (January)	+ 11,209	+ 11,209
N/A	N/A	7,341	18,550	+ 7,341	+ 18,550
N/A	N/A	17,428	35,978	+ 17,428	+ 35,978
N/A	N/A	25,847	61,825	+ 25,847	+ 61,825
N/A	N/A	13,426 (February)	75,251 (February)	+ 13,426	+ 75,251
N/A (February)	N/A (February)	22,924	98,175	+ 22,924	+ 98,175
N/A	N/A	25,108	123,283	+ 25,108	+ 123,283
319,689	319,689	33,792	157,075	- 285,897	- 162,614
58,820	378,509	22,487 (March)	179,562 (March)	- 36,333	- 198,947
33,443 (March)	411,952 (March)	37,892	217,454	+ 4,449	- 194,498
29,734	441,686	34,497	251,951	+ 4,763	- 189,735
31,516	473,202	62,483	314,434	+ 30,967	- 158,768
23,813	497,015	20,984	335,418	- 2,829	- 161,597
14,394 (April)	511,409 (April)	15,512 (April)	350,930 (April)	+ 1,118	- 160,479
12,691	524,100	22,351	373,281	+ 9,660	- 150,819
13,582	537,682	20,236	393,517	+ 6,654	- 144,165
11,393	549,075	31,036	424,553	+ 19,643	- 124,522
11,556	560,631	22,619 (May)	447,172 (May)	+ 11,063	- 113,459
8,681 (May)	569,312 (May)	14,052	461,224	+ 5,371	- 108,088
6,912	576,224	16,304	477,528	+ 9,392	- 98,696
7,352	583,576	39,298	516,826	+ 31,946	- 66,750
6,589	590,165	19,084 (June)	535,910 (June)	+ 12,495	- 54,255
8,641 (June)	598,806 (June)	19,397	555,307	+ 10,756	- 43,499
7,747	606,553	15,272	570,579	+ 7,525	- 35,974
6,853	613,406	23,472	594,051	+ 16,619	- 19,355
8,166	621,572	16,479	610,530	+ 8,313	- 11,042
7,590 (July)	629,162 (July)	14,478 (July)	625,008 (July)	+ 6,888	- 4,154
6,939	636,101	10,033	635,041	+ 3,094	- 1,060
6,245	642,346	18,262	653,303	+ 12,107	+ 10,957
5,395	647,741	22,689	675,992	+ 17,294	+ 28,251
5,420	653,161	13,547 (August)	689,539 (August)	+ 8,127	+ 36,378
5,317 (August)	658,478 (August)	9,082	698,621	+ 3,765	+ 40,143
6,664	665,142	12,623	711,244	+ 5,959	+ 46,102
5,669	670,811	20,172	731,416	+ 14,503	+ 60,605
6,159	676,970	17,082 (September)	748,498 (September)	+ 10,923	+ 71,528
6,797 (September)	683,767 (September)	16,984	765,482	+ 10,187	+ 81,715
23,196	706,963	16,074	781,556	- 7,122	+ 74,593
8,619	715,582	26,497	808,053	+ 17,878	+ 92,471
7,578	723,160	12,818	820,871	+ 5,240	+ 97,711
7,053 (October)	730,213 (October)	15,878 (October)	836,749 (October)	+ 8,825	+ 106,536
10,753	740,966	18,742	855,491	+ 7,989	+ 114,525
7,546	748,512	14,302	869,793	+ 6,756	+ 121,281
8,478	756,990	24,031	893,824	+ 15,553	+ 136,834
8,423	765,413	10,132 (November)	903,956 (November)	+ 1,709	+ 138,543
9,828 (November)	775,241 (November)	4,917	908,873	- 4,911	+ 133,632
14,917	790,158	4,323	913,196	- 10,594	+ 123,038
11,974	802,132	8,993	922,189	- 2,981	+ 120,057
12,657	814,789	1,925 (December)	924,114 (December)	- 10,732	+ 109,325
14,479 (December)	829,268 (December)	1,478	925,592	- 13,001	+ 96,324
65,419	894,687	8,692	934,284	- 56,727	+ 39,597
26,219	920,906	25,639	959,923	- 580	+ 39,017
31,966	952,872	46,706	1,006,629	+ 14,740	+ 53,757
39,240	992,112			- 39,240	+ 14,517
FINAL:	992,112		1,006,629	+ 14,517

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2014 PlayStation 4 vs. 2021 PlayStation 5 REST OF THE WORLD Comparison

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'14 PS4 - Weekly	'14 PS4 - Yearly	'21 PS5 - Weekly	'21 PS5 - Weekly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
57,970 (January)	57,970 (January)	22,060 (January)	22,060 (January)	- 35,910	- 35,910
31,957	89,927	24,874	46,934	- 7,083	- 42,993
29,529	119,456	30,452	77,386	+ 923	- 42,070
26,779	146,235	30,716	108,102	+ 3,937	- 38,133
25,943	172,178	32,269 (February)	140,371 (February)	+ 6,326	- 31,807
25,066 (February)	197,244 (February)	33,506	173,877	+ 8,440	- 23,367
19,045	216,289	31,026	204,903	+ 11,981	- 11,386
17,452	233,741	34,372	239,275	+ 16,920	+ 5,534
16,922	250,663	36,550 (March)	275,825 (March)	+ 19,628	+ 25,162
22,616 (March)	273,279 (March)	35,185	311,010	+ 12,569	+ 37,731
24,890	298,169	41,333	352,343	+ 16,443	+ 54,174
38,727	336,896	43,582	395,925	+ 4,855	+ 59,029
33,240	370,136	40,186	436,111	+ 6,946	+ 65,975
32,816 (April)	402,952 (April)	32,583 (April)	468,694 (April)	- 233	+ 65,742
31,649	434,601	33,196	501,890	+ 1,547	+ 67,289
31,131	465,732	33,058	534,948	+ 1,927	+ 69,216
29,916	495,648	32,251	567,199	+ 2,335	+ 71,551
28,934	524,582	34,292 (May)	601,491 (May)	+ 5,358	+ 76,909
28,880 (May)	553,462 (May)	77,525	679,016	+ 48,645	+ 125,554
27,975	581,437	36,837	715,853	+ 8,862	+ 134,416
27,879	609,316	39,409	755,262	+ 11,530	+ 145,946
42,437	651,753	35,859 (June)	791,121 (June)	- 6,578	+ 139,368
33,842 (June)	685,595 (June)	35,936	827,057	+ 2,094	+ 141,462
32,021	717,616	38,592	865,649	+ 6,571	+ 148,033
32,420	750,036	41,843	907,492	+ 9,423	+ 157,456
34,797	784,833	41,777	949,269	+ 6,980	+ 164,436
34,886 (July)	819,719 (July)	47,678 (July)	996,947 (July)	+ 12,792	+ 177,228
33,440	853,159	47,514	1,044,461	+ 14,074	+ 191,302
32,161	885,320	48,210	1,092,671	+ 16,049	+ 207,351
30,935	916,255	50,254	1,142,925	+ 19,319	+ 226,670
42,591	958,846	46,446 (August)	1,189,371 (August)	+ 3,855	+ 230,525
33,076 (August)	991,922 (August)	47,307	1,236,678	+ 14,231	+ 244,756
28,072	1,019,994	49,161	1,285,839	+ 21,089	+ 265,845
29,202	1,049,196	49,230	1,335,069	+ 20,028	+ 285,873
31,392	1,080,588	46,714 (September)	1,381,783 (September)	+ 15,322	+ 301,195
29,277 (September)	1,109,865 (September)	52,850	1,434,633	+ 23,573	+ 324,768
88,156	1,198,021	55,846	1,490,479	- 32,310	+ 292,458
46,650	1,244,671	56,358	1,546,837	+ 9,708	+ 302,166
69,610	1,314,281	58,052	1,604,889	- 11,558	+ 290,608
52,282 (October)	1,366,563 (October)	57,089 (October)	1,661,978 (October)	+ 4,807	+ 295,415
49,015	1,415,578	48,614	1,710,592	- 401	+ 295,014
45,428	1,461,006	51,052	1,761,644	+ 5,624	+ 300,638
130,711	1,591,717	53,493	1,815,137	- 77,218	+ 223,420
52,216	1,643,933	58,216 (November)	1,873,353 (November)	+ 6,000	+ 229,420
76,432 (November)	1,720,365 (November)	64,602	1,937,955	- 11,830	+ 217,590
76,409	1,796,774	70,856	2,008,811	- 5,553	+ 212,037
92,144	1,888,918	78,426	2,087,237	- 13,718	+ 198,319
150,240	2,039,158	73,423 (December)	2,160,660 (December)	- 76,817	+ 121,502
102,884 (December)	2,142,042 (December)	75,477	2,236,137	- 27,407	+ 94,095
105,927	2,247,969	98,736	2,334,873	- 7,191	+ 86,904
125,984	2,373,953	97,612	2,432,485	- 28,372	+ 58,532
123,093	2,497,046	69,581	2,502,066	- 53,512	+ 5,020
64,697	2,561,743			- 64,697	- 59,677
FINAL:	2,561,743		2,502,066		- 59,677

Last edited by PAOerfulone - on 30 January 2022