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Wman1996 on 19 December 2025
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Qwark said:
Wman1996 said:

PS4 is soft-discontinued globally and might have even been outright discontinued without Sony mentioning it yet. 

PS4 might not sell 1,000 units in 2026 in Japan, and probably not much more than that globally.

Shoot, Xbox Series will sell more in Japan next year than PS4. 

Whoops typo I meant PS5

Got it. Yeah, it would be sad if Switch and Xbox don't outsell PS4 in Japan in 2026. And yeah, Switch still might outsell PS5 in Japan in 2026 given Nintendo's dominance in Japan for about 20 years now largely from handhelds and hybrids. Wii sold a mere 12.7 million units in Japan. That's low for a console that sold about 101 million units. DS and PSP essentially switched Japan over to a handheld culture. PS3 sold a little less than Wii there, but that meant PS3 and Wii sold far less than PS1 and PS2 in Japan. 

I think a lot of that is JRPGs. Wii had more JRPGs than N64 and GameCube, but not as many as PS1 and PS2. DS and PSP have a lot of JRPGs. 



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 122 million (was 105 million, then 115 million) Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)

Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

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