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The thread is now completed. Best holiday months for each region has been added, as well as best non holiday months for each region as well.

Check the OG post. A few notes:

  • November is where PlayStation shines.
  • December is dominated by Nintendo.
  • November + December has only 1 PS year so far. Can the PS5 change this ?

  • November in US is dominated by Xbox. Can Nintendo dethrone them and beat the 1.77M with the Switch 2 ?
  • December in US is all for Nintendo, can the Switch 2 beat it's predecessors?

  • November in Europe is almost all PlayStation. Can PS5 put new record this year and pass the 1.95M record from last year ?
  • December in Europe is Nintendo dominated. Can the PS5 change this and finally put the brand in the top 5 for the month in that region ?
  • November + December in Europe has a record of 4.55M by the DS which hasn't been broken. If not now with PS5, then when ?

  • Japan is purely Nintendo. However November record is from the 3DS. It's time Switch 2 to change this! Can it reach 600k for November ?
  • Can the Switch 2 reach 2M in December and beat the DS record of 1.88M there ?

  • For all non holidays, the record is from the NSW2 Launch. While others is separated between the NSW and the DS.
  • DS casually selling 1M in April 2009 in US.
  • DS casually selling between 800k and 920k in Europe in summer hot months of 2008, and April 2009 and September 2007.
  • DS casually selling almost a million in September 2006 in Japan. Also without a sweat doing between 680k and 800k in normal months like March or June or May in 2006.


My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 20222021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

Best holiday months / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2