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HigHurtenflurst on 10 April 2021
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PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch Sales Comparison Charts Through March 27

Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three current platforms (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch) and three legacy platforms (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo 3DS) over comparable periods for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.  Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.

Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)

Market Share (Same Periods Covered)

2018 – (Week ending January 13 to March 31)

2019 – (Week ending January 12 to March 30)

2020 – (Week ending January 11 to March 28)

2021 – (Week ending January 9 to March 27)

"Year to date" sales for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2021 versus 2020 and 2021 versus 2019 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

Microsoft

  • Xbox One – Down Year-on-Year 512,135 (-66.9%)
  • Xbox Series X|S – n/a

Nintendo

  • Nintendo Switch - Up Year-on-Year 745,450 (16.1%)
  • Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 143,387 (-89.1%)

Sony

  • PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 1,452,038 (-69.8%)
  • PlayStation 5 – n/a

Reviewing the charts now, for NSW 2020 I get 4,296,041 through 12 weeks and 5,089,385 for 13 weeks.  It seems like there's an extra 334K in your number.

It's equivalent weeks.
2021 is the 12 weeks ending Mar 27th
2020 is the 12 weeks ending Mar 28th

The VGC chartz include the w/e Jan 4th 2020 into the 2020 year because it has to go somewhere, but best to discount it when comparing to this year.