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This is the JAPAN Console Showdown comparison thread for 2023.

It will be only for the JAPAN region, and will be the only sales thread from me, that will be updated weekly since the site is updating the worldwide numbers monthly instead of weekly.

To be able to update them weekly I will put the Famitsu numbers each week, and when VGCharts releases estimated ones, I will adjust them with those numbers, because the competitor's numbers are VGCharts estimated and not Famitsu ones, and therefore it is more fair to compare them to the numbers from the same place, and at the same time.

The battles for this year for JAPAN are as follows:

  • Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo DS'08 (4.2M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs Nintendo 3DS'14 (3.1M)
  • PlayStation 4 2023 vs Xbox Series S/X 2023

*The target for all of the comparisons is to be as close as possible (and with that to give us better perspective where the given console is going this year) and to have good chance of finishing close in the end. Therefore if some of the contenders go way far one from another then, the contender's year, or even the contender itself may change so that it suits better to the given's console performance in 2023. Other thing is also I would not repeat main competitor (on the tables) from the year before from my thread, so even if it's a good fit, I would always look for a different one, so it's always new and fresh.*

2008 Nintendo DS vs 2023 Nintendo Switch Comparison

'08 DS - Weekly '08 DS - Yearly '23 NSW - Weekly '23 NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly

(+/-) Yearly

288,682 (January) 288,682 (January) 137,033 (January) 137,033 (January) -151,649 -151,649
100,111 388,793 74,702 211,735 -25,409 -177,058
89,601 478,394 51,594 263,329 -38,007 -215,065
77,024 555,418 51,114 314,443 -25,910 -240,975
67,346 (February) 622,764 (February) 55,742 (February) 370,185 (February) -11,604 -252,579
58,610 681,374 55,034 425,219 -3,576 -256,155
60,554 741,928 48,908 474,127 -11,646 -267,801
48,973 790,901 61,398 535,525 +12,425 -255,376
50,855 (March) 841,756 (March) 66,539 (March) 602,064 (March) +15,684 -239,692
46,490 888,246 59,914 661,978 +13,424 -226,268
49,770 938,016 49,594 711,572 -176 -226,444
60,089 998,105 54,622 766,194 -5,467 -231,911
57,539 1,055,644 56,557 822,751 -982 -232,893
53,208 (April) 1,108,852 (April) 52,518 (April) 875,269 (April) -690 -233,583
43,760 1,152,612 48,812 924,081 +5,052 -228,531
40,664 1,193,276 51,812 975,893 +11,148 -217,383
40,919 1,234,195 127,812 1,103,705 +86,893 -130,490
48,914 (May) 1,283,109 (May) 88,713 (May) 1,192,418 (May) +39,799 -90,691
49,254 1,332,363 83,068 1,275,486 +33,814 -56,877
34,203 1,366,566 86,662 1,362,148 +52,459 -4,418
36,437 1,403,003 86,546 1,448,694 +50,109 +45,691
37,405 (June) 1,440,408 (June) 88,358 (June) 1,537,052 (June) +50,953 +96,644
33,764 1,474,172 104,428 1,641,480 +70,664 +167,308
38,321 1,512,493 81,417 1,722,897 +43,096 +210,404
36,400 1,548,893 106,004 1,828,901 +69,604 +280,008
49,601 1,598,494 106,228 1,935,129 +56,627 +336,635
47,878 (July) 1,646,372 (July) 86,462 (July) 2,021,591 (July) +38,584 +375,219
47,424 1,693,796 64,934 2,086,525 +17,510 +392,729
57,391 1,751,187 71,188 2,157,713 +13,797 +406,526
58,558 1,809,745 78,334 2,236,047 +19,776 +426,302
59,763 (August) 1,869,508 (August)
93,224 (August) 2,329,271 (August) +33,461 +459,763
63,256 1,932,764
91,753 2,421,024 +28,497 +488,260
82,730 2,015,494 77,792 2,498,816 -4,938 +483,322
55,890 2,071,384 71,714 2,570,530 15,824 +499,146
56,805 2,128,189 83,238 2,653,768 +26,433 +525,579
49,843 (September) 2,178,032 (September) 80,068 (September) 2,733,836 (September) +30,225 +555,804
62,970 2,241,002 71,592 2,805,428 +8,622 +564,426
61,671 2,302,673 72,601 2,878,029 +10,930 +575,356
58,497 2,361,170 56,539 2,934,568 -1,958 +573,398
43,376 (October) 2,404,546 (October)
110,258 (October) 3,044,826 (October) +66,882 +640,280
32,718 2,437,264
44,478 3,089,304 +11,760 +652,040
32,058 2,469,322 62,261 3,151,565 +30,203 +682,243
24,550 2,493,872 66,174 3,217,739 +41,624 +723,867
188,471 (November) 2,682,343 (November)
93,268 (November) 3,311,007 (November) -95,203 +628,664
109,443 2,791,786
65,795 3,376,802 -43,648 +585,016
88,840 2,880,626
65,566 3,442,368 -23,274 +561,742
114,028 2,994,654 71,697 3,514,065 -42,331 +519,411
113,333 3,107,987 79,067 3,593,132 -34,266 +485,145
139,938 (December) 3,247,925 (December)
92,789 (December) 3,685,921 (December) -47,149 +437,996
210,485 3,458,410 94,658 3,780,579 -115,827 +322,169
259,421 3,717,831 88,023 3,868,602 -171,398 +150,771
258,293 3,976,124 80,861 3,949,463 -177,432 -26,661
245,522 4,221,646 - 3,949,463 -245,522 -272,183

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2014 Nintendo 3DS vs. 2023 PlayStation 5 Comparison

 14'3DS - Weekly '14 3DS - Yearly '23 PS5 - Weekly '23 PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly

(+/-) Yearly

62,710 (January) 62,710 (January) 39,004 (January) 39,004 (January) -23,706 -23,706
48,080 110,790 44,121 83,125 -3,959 -27,665
39,439 150,229 42,157 125,282 +2,718 -24,947
37,999 188,228 62,916 188,198 +24,917 -30
48,616 (February) 236,844 (February) 93,037 (February) 281,235 (February) +44,421 +44,391
40,211 277,055 93,587 374,822 +53,376 +97,767
30,923 307,978 88,665 463,487 +57,742 +155,509
37,326 345,304 91,741 555,228 +54,415 +209,924
32,568 (March) 377,872 (March) 78,436 (March) 633,664 (March) +45,868 +255,792
32,001 409,873 64,892 698,556 +32,891 +288,683
37,757 447,630 40,437 738,993 +2,680 +291,363
60,253 507,883 38,988 777,981 -21,265 +270,098
31,668 539,551 34,685 812,666 +3,017 +273,115
24,015 (April) 563,566 (April) 46,214 (April) 858,880 (April) +22,199 +295,314
21,024 584,590 47,053 905,933 +26,029 +321,343
33,682 618,272 41,763 947,696 +8,081 +329,424
41,104 659,376 45,884 993,580 +4,780 +334,204
38,109 (May) 697,485 (May) 54,054 (May) 1,047,634 (May) +15,945 +350,149
24,281 721,766 41,452 1,089,086 +17,171 +367,320
24,043 745,809 37,168 1,126,254 +13,125 +380,445
24,002 769,811 38,104 1,164,358 +14,102 +394,547
36,727 (June) 806,538 (June) 35,285 (June) 1,199,643 (June) -1,442 +393,105
27,716 834,254 43,617 1,243,260 +15,901 +409,006
25,675 859,929 51,264 1,294,524 +25,589 +434,595
27,477 887,406 85,394 1,379,918 +57,917 +492,512
27,275 914,681 49,301 1,429,219 +22,026 +514,538
59,678 (July) 974,359 (July) 48,863 (July) 1,478,082 (July) -10,815 +503,723
39,093 1,013,452 45,463 1,523,545 +6,370 +510,093
40,316 1,053,768 46,574 1,570,119 +6,258 +516,351
40,289 1,094,057 53,219 1,623,338 +12,930 +529,281
41,765 (August) 1,135,822 (August) 50,367 (August) 1,673,705 (August) +8,602 +537,883
50,143 1,185,965 50,871 1,724,576 +728 +538,611
34,036 1,220,001 37,418 1,761,994 +3,382 +541,993
36,470 1,256,471 42,739 1,804,733 +6,269 +548,262
28,748 1,285,219 52,107 1,856,840 +23,359 +571,621
42,898 (September) 1,328,117 (September) 43,631 (September) 1,900,471 (September) +733 +572,354
44,875 1,372,992 38,619 1,939,090 -6,256 +566,098
31,276 1,404,268 46,738 1,985,828 +15,462 +581,560
22,766 1,427,034 45,953 2,031,781 +23,187 +604,747
258,467 (October) 1,685,501 (October) 33,763 (October) 2,065,544 (October) -224,704 +380,043
114,769 1,800,270 19,715 2,085,259 -95,054 +284,989
98,318 1,898,588 9,849 2,095,108 -88,469 +196,520
66,688 1,965,276 2,937 2,098,045 -63,751 +132,769
73,988 (November) 2,039,264 (November) 1,222 (November) 2,099,267 (November) -72,766 +60,003
57,695 2,096,959 107,968 2,207,235 +50,273 +110,276
85,098 2,182,057 62,921 2,270,156 -22,177 +88,099
97,075 2,279,132 59,244 2,329,400 -37,831 +50,268
118,788 2,397,920 43,955 2,373,355 -74,833 -24,565
161,963 (December) 2,559,883 (December) 44,174 (December) 2,417,529 (December) -117,789 -142,354
210,203 2,770,086 42,325 2,459,854 -167,878 -310,232
209,428 2,979,514 41,894 2,501,748 -167,534 -477,766
176,702 3,156,216 40,057 2,541,805 -136,645 -614,411

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2023 Playstation 4 vs. 2023 Xbox Series S/X Comparison

'23 PS4 - Weekly '23 PS4 - Yearly '23 XBSX - Weekly '23 XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly

(+/-) Yearly

1,993 (January) 1,993 (January) 1,014 (January) 1,014 (January) -979 -979
1,092 3,085 1,059 2,073 -33 -1,012
2,548 5,633 941 3,014 -1,607 -2,619
1,064 6,697 1,273 4,287 +209 -2,410
957 (February) 7,654 (February) 14,632 (February) 18,919 (February) +13,675 +11,265
1,123 8,777 3,923 22,842 +2,800 +14,065
1,587 10,364 6,612 29,454 +5,025 +19,090
1,654 12,018 736 30,190 -918 +18,172
1,658 (March) 13,676 (March) 851 (March) 31,041 (March) -807 +17,365
1,608 15,284 2,872 33,913 +1,264 +18,629
1,121 16,405 542 34,455 -579 +18,050
1,526 17,931 571 35,026 -955 +17,095
1,549 19,480 627 35,653 -922 +16,173
1,203 (April) 20,683 (April) 912 (April) 36,565 (April) -291 +15,882
1,363 22,046 292 36,857 -1,071 +14,811
794 22,840 493 37,350 -301 +14,510
1,077 23,917 799 38,149 -278 +14,232
996 (May) 24,913 (May) 523 (May) 38,672 (May) -473 +13,759
779 25,692 281 38,953 -498 +13,261
889 26,581 254 39,207 -635 +12,626
977 27,558 246 39,453 -731 +11,895
2,079 (June) 29,637 (June) 331 (June) 39,784 (June) -1,748 +10,147
1,857 31,494 9,129 48,913 +7,272 +17,419
1,348 32,842 12,989 61,902 +11,641 +29,060
2,421 35,263 8,735 70,637 +6,314 +35,374
2,098 37,361 977 71,614 -1,121 +34,253
3,187 (July) 40,548 (July) 831 (July) 72,445 (July) -2,356 +31,897
1,198 41,746 877 73,322 -321 +31,576
4,302 46,048 1,166 74,488 -3,136 +28,440
788 46,836 1,857 76,345 +1,069 +29,509
792 (August) 47,628 (August) 3,284 (August) 79,629 (August) +2,492 +32,001
1,549 49,177 2,301 81,930 +752 +32,753
614 49,791 1,334 83,264 +720 +33,473
676 50,467 3,447 86,711 +2,771 +36,244
982 51,449 6,698 93,409 +5,716 +41,960
834 (September) 52,283 (September) 4,387 (September) 97,796 (September) +3,547 +45,507
374 52,657 1,677 99,473 +1,287 +46,794
708 53,365 9,064 108,537 +8,356 +55,150
427 53,792 4,534 113,071 +4,105 +59,255
1,025 (October) 54,817 (October) 999 (October) 114,070 (October) -25 +59,230
2,059 56,876 1,091 115,161 -968 +58,262
1,431 58,307 2,757 117,918 +1,311 +59,573
1,009 59,316 3,309 121,227 +2,295 +61,868
1,309 (November) 60,625 (November) 4,746 (November) 125,973 (November) +3,431 +65,299
1,334 61,959 2,586 128,559 +1,248 +66,547
651 62,610 3,132 131,691 +2,480 +69,027
2,084 64,694 2,139 133,830 +53 +69,080
857 65,551 2,196 136,026 +1,337 +70,417
2,183 (December) 67,734 (December) 2,515 (December) 138,541 (December) +329 +70,746
2,439 70,173 1,484 140,025 -951 +69,795
594 70,767 602 140,627 +8 +69,803
532 71,299 568 141,195 +36 +69,839

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Last edited by XtremeBG - on 15 January 2024

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