Japan Consoles Showdown 2025: Nov 30th

[XtremeBG]

This is the Japan Console Showdown comparison thread for 2025.

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 VGChartz releases estimated ones, I will adjust them with those numbers, because the competitor's numbers are VGChartz 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 2 vs NSW '19 (4.45M)
• Nintendo Switch vs PS3 '10 (1.55M)
  
• PS5 vs PS3 '08 (1.05M) vs Vita '16 (831k)

For comparisons of other regions as well as worldwide ones you can check the Ultimate Consoles Showdown 2025 thread, or the Lifetime ones for Worldwide and Regional which are all updated monthly. You want to see how a console compares to it's previous years ? Year on Year Charts Showdown thread is the place.

The target for all of the comparisons is to be as close as possible and to give us better perspective where the given console is going this year and having good chance of finishing close in the end. Therefore if some of the contenders go way too 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. 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, fresh and interesting.

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Switch 2019 vs Switch 2 Comparison

Week/Month	NSW '19 - Weekly	NSW '19 - Yearly	NSW 2 - Weekly	NSW 2 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	207,668	207,668	-	-	-207,668	-207,668
2	81,844	289,512	-	-	-81,844	-289,512
3	74,265	363,777	-	-	-74,265	-363,777
4	55,124	418,901	-	-	-55,124	-418,901
February	71,057	489,958	-	-	-71,057	-489,958
6	64,191	554,149	-	-	-64,191	-554,149
7	68,641	622,790	-	-	-68,641	-622,790
8	55,927	678,717	-	-	-55,927	-678,717
March	70,866	749,583	-	-	-70,866	-749,583
10	72,318	821,901	-	-	-72,318	-821,901
11	59,542	881,443	-	-	-59,542	-881,443
12	59,257	940,700	-	-	-59,257	-940,700
13	52,109	992,809	-	-	-52,109	-992,809
April	48,205	1,041,014	-	-	-48,205	-1,041,014
15	59,374	1,100,388	-	-	-59,374	-1,100,388
16	44,185	1,144,573	-	-	-44,185	-1,144,573
17	52,289	1,196,862	-	-	-52,289	-1,196,862
May	55,832	1,252,694	-	-	-55,832	-1,252,694
19	47,901	1,300,595	-	-	-47,901	-1,300,595
20	30,045	1,330,640	-	-	-30,045	-1,330,640
21	31,298	1,361,938	-	-	-31,298	-1,361,938
June	36,766	1,398,704	767,125	767,125	+730,359	-631,579
23	37,468	1,436,172	154,521	921,646	+117,053	-514,526
24	38,035	1,474,207	140,827	1,062,473	+102,792	-411,734
25	35,118	1,509,325	143,272	1,205,745	+108,154	-303,580
26	61,245	1,570,570	111,202	1,316,947	+49,957	-253,623
July	74,109	1,644,679	72,029	1,388,976	-2,080	-255,703
28	59,456	1,704,135	152,393	1,541,369	+92,937	-162,766
29	49,551	1,753,686	92,151	1,633,520	+42,600	-120,166
30	46,744	1,800,430	62,889	1,696,409	+16,145	-104,021
August	39,215	1,839,645	89,821	1,786,230	+50,606	-53,415
32	46,257	1,885,902	89,820	1,876,050	+43,563	-9,852
33	47,432	1,933,334	35,359	1,911,409	-12,073	-21,925
34	33,746	1,967,080	41,957	1,953,366	+8,211	-13,714
September	87,938	2,055,018	46,403	1,999,769	-41,535	-55,249
36	72,941	2,127,959	44,278	2,044,047	-28,663	-83,912
37	54,923	2,182,882	40,711	2,084,758	-14,212	-98,124
38	230,060	2,412,942	44,150	2,128,908	-185,910	-284,034
39	189,285	2,602,227	44,439	2,173,347	-144,846	-428,880
October	84,744	2,686,971	46,842	2,220,189	-37,902	-466,782
41	64,156	2,751,127	201,684	2,421,873	+137,528	-329,254
42	82,532	2,833,659	65,434	2,487,307	-17,098	-346,352
43	66,234	2,899,893	83,825	2,571,132	+17,591	-328,761
November	116,222	3,016,115	90,410	2,661,542	-25,812	-354,573
45	85,570	3,101,685	101,549	2,763,091	+15,979	-338,594
46	161,802	3,263,487	126,953	2,890,044	-34,849	-373,443
47	160,316	3,423,803	97,677	2,987,721	-62,639	-436,082
December	167,222	3,591,025
49	168,691	3,759,716
50	216,949	3,976,665
51	271,186	4,247,851
52	213,652	4,461,503

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PlayStation 3 2010 vs 2025 Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month	10' PS3 - Weekly	'10 PS3 - Yearly	'25 NSW - Weekly	'25 NSW - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	62,406	62,406	57,846	57,846	-4,560	-4,560
2	36,662	99,068	47,574	105,420	+10,912	+6,352
3	27,303	126,371	45,339	150,759	+18,036	+24,388
4	33,781	160,152	44,357	195,116	+10,576	+34,964
February	25,804	185,956	43,681	238,797	+17,877	+52,841
6	24,342	210,298	40,019	278,816	+15,677	+68,518
7	31,038	241,336	39,188	318,004	+8,150	+76,668
8	27,069	268,405	45,198	363,202	+18,129	+94,797
March	28,851	297,256	37,853	401,055	+9,002	+103,799
10	27,022	324,278	27,911	428,966	+889	+104,688
11	46,592	370,870	30,518	459,484	-16,074	+88,614
12	48,260	419,130	30,504	489,988	-17,756	+70,858
13	38,539	457,669	35,058	525,046	-3,481	+67,377
April	29,446	487,115	25,057	550,103	-4,389	+62,988
15	24,559	511,674	25,441	575,544	+882	+63,870
16	24,162	535,836	25,136	600,680	+974	+64,844
17	29,707	565,543	31,088	631,768	+1,381	+66,225
May	25,322	590,865	29,742	661,510	+4,420	+70,645
19	18,660	609,525	24,539	686,049	+5,879	+76,524
20	17,842	627,367	24,341	710,390	+6,499	+83,023
21	19,698	647,065	20,139	730,529	+441	+83,464
June	18,394	665,459	16,650	747,179	-1,744	+81,720
23	17,235	682,694	13,341	760,520	-3,894	+77,826
24	16,852	699,546	12,841	773,361	-4,011	+73,815
25	20,825	720,371	15,348	788,709	-5,477	+68,338
26	22,789	743,160	17,745	806,454	-5,044	+63,294
July	23,676	766,836	13,426	819,880	-10,250	+53,044
28	22,783	789,619	11,778	831,658	-11,005	+42,039
29	20,592	810,211	14,621	846,279	-5,971	+36,068
30	43,868	854,079	18,648	864,927	-25,220	+10,848
August	27,652	881,731	18,673	883,600	-8,979	+1,869
32	31,939	913,670	18,673	902,273	-13,266	-11,397
33	27,758	941,428	17,945	920,218	-9,813	-21,210
34	23,766	965,194	20,589	940,807	-3,177	-24,387
September	21,238	986,432	24,175	964,982	+2,937	-21,450
36	18,475	1,004,907	19,049	984,031	+574	-20,876
37	19,516	1,024,423	16,612	1,000,643	-2,904	-23,780
38	19,628	1,044,051	23,110	1,023,753	+3,482	-20,298
39	19,281	1,063,332	24,109	1,047,862	+4,828	-15,470
October	19,980	1,083,312	23,149	1,071,011	+3,169	-12,301
41	21,817	1,105,129	23,713	1,094,724	+1,896	-10,405
42	19,881	1,125,010	25,109	1,119,833	+5,228	-5,177
43	26,239	1,151,249	26,708	1,146,541	+469	-4,708
November	21,726	1,172,975	23,877	1,170,418	+2,151	-2,557
45	19,262	1,192,237	22,736	1,193,154	+3,474	+917
46	27,867	1,220,104	29,370	1,222,524	+1,503	+2,420
47	65,618	1,285,722	35,327	1,257,851	-30,291	-27,871
December	40,153	1,325,875
49	42,254	1,368,129
50	48,821	1,416,950
51	62,944	1,479,894
52	73,744	1,553,638

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2008 PlayStation 3 vs 2025 PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month	08'PS3 - Weekly	'08 PS3 - Yearly	'25 PS5 - Weekly	'25 PS5 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	68,433	68,433	11,834	11,834	-56,599	-56,599
2	37,183	105,616	10,747	22,581	-26,436	-83,035
3	35,760	141,376	12,348	34,929	-23,412	-106,447
4	32,315	173,691	12,879	47,808	-19,436	-125,883
February	39,676	213,367	14,417	62,225	-25,259	-151,142
6	22,942	236,309	16,058	78,283	-6,884	-158,026
7	18,175	254,484	13,565	91,848	-4,610	-162,636
8	13,801	268,285	108,992	200,840	+95,191	-67,445
March	14,035	282,320	52,539	253,379	+38,504	-28,941
10	21,424	303,744	27,872	281,251	+6,448	-22,493
11	16,796	320,540	15,221	296,472	-1,575	-24,068
12	14,726	335,266	13,739	310,211	-987	-25,055
13	12,345	347,611	12,527	322,738	+182	-24,873
April	11,375	358,986	8,871	331,609	-2,504	-27,377
15	8,482	367,468	7,502	339,111	-980	-28,357
16	7,963	375,431	9,455	348,566	+1,492	-26,865
17	10,000	385,431	10,763	359,329	+763	-26,102
May	10,800	396,231	8,621	367,950	-2,179	-28,281
19	8,443	404,674	6,562	374,512	-1,881	-30,162
20	7,498	412,172	6,745	381,257	-753	-30,915
21	8,757	420,929	15,277	396,534	+6,520	-24,395
June	9,113	430,042	20,798	417,332	+11,685	-12,710
23	10,637	440,679	14,143	431,475	+3,506	-9,204
24	77,679	518,358	6,012	437,487	-71,667	-80,871
25	23,037	541,395	7,342	444,829	-15,695	-96,566
26	18,697	560,092	8,638	453,467	-10,059	-106,625
July	15,993	576,085	7,275	460,742	-8,718	-115,343
28	13,494	589,579	6,162	466,904	-7,332	-122,675
29	11,703	601,282	6,928	473,832	-4,775	-127,450
30	11,437	612,719	7,154	480,986	-4,283	-131,733
August	10,336	623,055	8,566	489,552	-1,770	-133,503
32	10,167	633,222	8,565	498,117	-1,602	-135,105
33	12,294	645,516	6,428	504,545	-5,866	-140,971
34	8,729	654,245	8,304	512,849	-425	-141,396
September	10,471	664,716	31,695	544,544	+21,224	-120,172
36	8,493	673,209	21,703	566,247	+13,210	-106,962
37	8,132	681,341	8,384	574,631	+252	-106,710
38	8,260	689,601	16,911	591,542	+8,651	-98,059
39	8,370	697,971	27,344	618,886	+18,974	-79,085
October	7,400	705,371	14,800	633,686	+7,400	-71,685
41	5,875	711,246	12,085	645,771	+6,210	-65,475
42	4,810	716,056	10,503	656,274	+5,693	-59,782
43	4,056	720,112	7,537	663,811	+3,481	-56,301
November	38,171	758,283	7,691	671,502	-30,480	-86,781
45	22,399	780,682	5,855	677,357	-16,544	-103,325
46	20,426	801,108	36,983	714,340	+16,557	-86,768
47	17,895	819,003	35,786	750,126	+17,891	-68,877
48	35,339	854,342
December	28,432	882,774
50	32,169	914,943
51	38,431	953,374
52	47,464	1,000,838
53	64,970	1,065,808

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