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

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Week 16 Breakdown:

PlayStation 4: Up in the United States; Down in Europe, Japan, and the Rest of the World; Down overall.

PlayStation 5: Up in the United States, Japan, and the Rest of the World; Down in Europe; Up overall.

Xbox One: Down in all regions.

Xbox Series: Up in all regions.

Nintendo Switch: Up in Japan; Down in the United States, Europe, and the Rest of the World; Down overall.

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Apologies for the extended wait.

As you could imagine, I had A LOT of adjustments to make to the comparisons in light of Sony's financial figures and the April NPD figures... That and my mind was on the NFL Draft (Go Niners, baby!! Welcome to the Trey Area!!!) I finally finished all the adjustments at around Tuesday afternoon, and by that time, we were already 2 days away from not only the next batch of weekly numbers, but also NINTENDO'S financial figures. So I figured I'd wait it out to see if any MORE adjustments needed to be made before finally posting an update. (They weren't.)

With that said, let's dive in!

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Sony: The adjustments have proven to be VERY kind to Sony's systems. The PS4 was adjusted up to the point where it's actually putting up a decent fight against the PS3 in the U.S. There's still not much to say about that comparison, but at least the PS4 is putting up an effort in this regard. Meanwhile, the PS5 has kicked it to another gear and starting to put some considerable distance between itself and the PS4. It still has some catching up to do in Japan, but in all the other regions and overall, it's proving to have stronger momentum than the PS4 did at this point in its first year. 

Microsoft: The adjustments were beneficial to Microsoft as well. Although, it was only to the Xbox Series, which continues to build its own lead over the Xbox One of 2014. Towards the 2nd week of June was when the Xbox One had the Kinect taken out and a $100 price cut to go along with it, which notably raised its baseline. However, that baseline is still below what the Xbox Series is selling now with stock issues. So the Xbox Series is proving to be a big success for Microsoft in that regard.

Nintendo: The adjustments were also beneficial to Nintendo as the Switch saw its sales raised a bit, however, not enough to where it could take a week away from 2020, post-Animal Crossing. And now, we can see its lead starting to chip away worldwide, and Japan has been a dead-even, back-and-forth battle. Now if there's one thing I think the Switch will have going for it in the coming months is that its summer schedule is slightly better than last year's (at least in my view) between Mario Golf and Skyward Sword HD among their top titles for the summer, that should help 2021's chances in maintaining or perhaps building its lead.