Japan Consoles Showdown 2026: October 11th

[XtremeBG]

This is the Japan Console Showdown comparison thread for 2026.

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. Just to clarify, my data is strictly adjusted with the VGChartz data. I fill up the data from Famitsu when it comes out, and when the given month data is out on VGChartz, I adjust that with those slightly different numbers. They are slightly different from the Famitsu ones, because there is 1 day difference in the weeks. That 1 day difference is there because the weeks are adjusted in order to be the same days they are with the NPD/Circana weeks (and Europe too). For that reason, the week ending January 4th from Famitsu, is actually ending January 3rd, when aligned with NPD/Circana. VGChartz will have that week for December, and that's why that week will be counted towards 2025 (and be added to my 2025 thread too), therefore this thread starts with the week ending January 11th from Famitsu. However in the end, all of this evens out pretty much, because the first week of the next year from Famitsu is added to this one, just like last year, where the first week of this year was added back to 2025.

The battles are as follows:

• Switch 2 vs NSW 2018 (3.5M) vs NSW 2019 (4.4M)
• Nintendo Switch 1 vs Nintendo DS 2011 (640K)
  
• PlayStation 5 vs Nintendo 3DS 2018 (540K)

For comparisons worldwide you can check the Ultimate Consoles Showdown 2026 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 prior, 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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NSW 2018 vs Switch 2 Comparison

Week/Month	NSW - Weekly	NSW - Yearly	SW2 - Weekly	SW2 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	149,723	149,723	98,786	98,786	-50,937	-50,937
2	41,323	191,046	70,547	169,333	+29,224	-21,713
3	45,845	236,891	74,109	243,442	+28,264	+6,551
4	49,311	286,202	72,374	315,816	+23,063	+29,614
February	49,731	335,933	68,439	384,255	+18,708	+48,322
6	45,912	381,845	60,091	444,346	+14,179	+62,501
7	41,756	423,601	65,846	510,192	+24,090	+86,591
8	41,981	465,582	89,264	599,456	+47,283	+133,874
March	37,874	503,456	132,608	732,064	+94,734	+228,608
10	37,673	541,129	100,827	832,891	+63,154	+291,762
11	54,166	595,295	84,779	917,670	+30,613	+322,375
12	51,841	647,136	68,354	986,024	+16,513	+338,888
13	45,433	692,569	61,926	1,047,950	+16,493	+355,381
April	41,749	734,318	54,141	1,102,091	+12,392	+367,773
15	37,019	771,337	46,051	1,148,142	+9,032	+376,805
16	36,856	808,193	47,707	1,195,849	+10,851	+387,656
17	37,561	845,754	93,668	1,289,517	+56,107	+443,763
May	55,487	901,241	126,349	1,415,866	+70,862	+514,625
19	33,692	934,933	222,639	1,638,505	+188,947	+703,572
20	35,824	970,757	252,795	1,891,300	+216,971	+920,543
21	35,156	1,005,913	33,021	1,924,321	-2,135	+918,408
June	41,665	1,047,578	23,991	1,948,312	-17,674	+900,734
23	41,744	1,089,322	26,825	1,975,137	-14,919	+885,815
24	49,803	1,139,125	27,292	2,002,429	-22,511	+863,304
25	49,961	1,189,086	25,674	2,028,103	-24,287	+839,017
26	52,697	1,241,783	34,109	2,062,212	-18,588	+820,429
July	46,091	1,287,874	29,505	2,091,717	-16,586	+803,843
28	51,855	1,339,729	25,725	2,117,442	-26,130	+777,713
29	55,714	1,395,443	51,175	2,168,617	-4,539	+773,174
30	49,141	1,444,584	31,728	2,200,345	-17,413	+755,761
August	53,374	1,497,958	29,538	2,229,883	-23,836	+731,925
32	53,251	1,551,209	38,562	2,268,445	-14,689	+717,236
33	56,162	1,607,371	21,543	2,289,988	-34,619	+682,617
34	48,349	1,655,720	23,206	2,313,194	-25,143	+657,474
September	43,809	1,699,529	24,281	2,337,475	-19,528	+637,946
36	46,868	1,746,397	28,341	2,365,816	-18,527	+619,419
37	39,308	1,785,705	34,341	2,400,157	-4,967	+614,452
38	39,348	1,825,053	32,198	2,432,355	-7,150	+607,302
39	45,981	1,871,034	26,200	2,458,555	-19,781	+587,521
October	47,703	1,918,737	22,420	2,480,975	-25,283	+562,238
41	45,206	1,963,943
42	43,417	2,007,360
43	37,972	2,045,332
November	43,391	2,088,723
45	54,953	2,143,676
46	187,427	2,331,103
47	101,170	2,432,273
December	109,897	2,542,170
49	269,595	2,811,765
50	274,124	3,085,889
51	278,870	3,364,759
52	179,587	3,544,346

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Nintendo DS 2011 vs Switch 1 Comparison

Week/Month	DS - Weekly	DS - Yearly	NSW - Weekly	NSW - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	92,318	92,318	20,012	20,012	-72,306	-72,306
2	35,970	128,288	27,761	47,773	-8,209	-80,515
3	25,305	153,593	17,936	65,709	-7,369	-87,884
4	24,792	178,385	11,003	76,712	-13,789	-101,673
February	26,104	204,489	9,797	86,509	-16,307	-117,980
6	25,278	229,767	26,808	113,317	+1,530	-116,450
7	21,096	250,863	28,754	142,071	+7,658	-108,792
8	19,605	270,468	22,589	164,660	+2,984	-105,808
March	17,647	288,115	24,405	189,065	+6,758	-99,050
10	14,144	302,259	20,378	209,443	+6,234	-92,816
11	14,904	317,163	19,298	228,741	+4,394	-88,422
12	19,166	336,329	18,988	247,729	-178	-88,600
13	20,046	356,375	17,888	265,617	-2,158	-90,758
April	17,695	374,070	21,476	287,093	+3,781	-86,977
15	14,789	388,859	31,847	318,940	+17,058	-69,919
16	12,247	401,106	27,771	346,711	+15,524	-54,395
17	15,277	416,383	19,805	366,516	+4,528	-49,867
May	17,225	433,608	21,999	388,515	+4,774	-45,093
19	8,935	442,543	22,035	410,550	+13,100	-31,993
20	8,436	450,979	9,857	420,407	+1,421	-30,572
21	8,746	459,725	8,423	428,830	-323	-30,895
June	8,829	468,554	9,072	437,902	+243	-30,652
23	8,869	477,423	7,151	445,053	-1,718	-32,370
24	9,469	486,892	7,689	452,742	-1,780	-34,150
25	8,173	495,065	8,297	461,039	+124	-34,026
26	8,313	503,378	11,307	472,346	+2,994	-31,032
July	8,417	511,795	8,971	481,317	+554	-30,478
28	7,890	519,685	6,582	487,899	-1,308	-31,786
29	10,823	530,508	7,380	495,279	-3,443	-35,229
30	8,375	538,883	8,476	503,755	+101	-35,128
August	6,792	545,675	8,591	512,346	+1,799	-33,329
32	6,752	552,427	6,853	519,199	+101	-33,228
33	6,575	559,002	6,294	525,493	-281	-33,509
34	4,757	563,759	8,995	534,488	+4,238	-29,271
September	4,493	568,252	11,591	546,079	+7,098	-22,173
36	3,850	572,102	7,559	553,638	+3,709	-18,464
37	4,217	576,319	5,705	559,343	+1,488	-16,976
38	4,317	580,636	6,306	565,649	+1,989	-14,987
39	3,254	583,890	7,704	573,353	+4,450	-10,537
October	3,085	586,975	5,806	579,159	+2,721	-7,816
41	3,721	590,696
42	2,597	593,293
43	2,478	595,771
November	2,487	598,258
45	2,579	600,837
46	2,641	603,478
47	3,198	606,676
December	4,374	611,050
49	6,176	617,226
50	9,062	626,288
51	14,489	640,777
52	5,671	646,448

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Nintendo 3DS 2018 vs PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month	3DS - Weekly	3DS - Yearly	PS5 - Weekly	PS5 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	49,351	49,351	12,170	12,170	-37,181	-37,181
2	19,938	69,289	9,998	22,168	-9,940	-47,121
3	15,292	84,581	9,780	31,948	-5,512	-52,633
4	11,139	95,720	10,981	42,929	-158	-52,791
February	11,611	107,331	11,158	54,087	-453	-53,244
6	10,856	118,187	11,602	65,689	+746	-52,498
7	10,440	128,627	10,360	76,049	-80	-52,578
8	10,934	139,561	15,082	91,131	+4,148	-48,430
March	11,385	150,946	16,859	107,990	+5,474	-42,956
10	10,834	161,780	12,917	120,907	+2,083	-40,873
11	9,729	171,509	14,155	135,062	+4,426	-36,447
12	11,622	183,131	19,460	154,522	+7,838	-28,609
13	10,880	194,011	13,598	168,120	+2,718	-25,891
April	9,681	203,692	8,684	176,804	-997	-26,888
15	8,674	212,366	10,748	187,552	+2,074	-24,814
16	7,817	220,183	12,995	200,547	+5,178	-19,636
17	7,173	227,356	11,138	211,685	+3,965	-15,671
May	11,201	238,557	12,653	224,338	+1,452	-14,219
19	6,419	244,976	9,261	233,599	+2,842	-11,377
20	6,381	251,357	8,698	242,297	+2,317	-9,060
21	6,677	258,034	8,398	250,695	+1,721	-7,339
June	6,989	265,023	8,668	259,363	+1,679	-5,660
23	6,998	272,021	8,204	267,567	+1,206	-4,454
24	7,154	279,175	9,475	277,042	+2,321	-2,133
25	6,966	286,141	9,921	286,963	+2,955	+822
26	7,462	293,603	10,942	297,905	+3,480	+4,302
July	7,345	300,948	11,416	309,321	+4,071	+8,373
28	7,202	308,150	9,598	318,919	+2,396	+10,769
29	11,252	319,402	9,219	328,138	-2,033	+8,736
30	8,659	328,061	10,143	338,281	+1,484	+10,220
August	12,174	340,235	9,510	347,791	-2,664	+7,556
32	10,897	351,132	10,503	358,294	-394	+7,162
33	11,618	362,750	6,431	364,725	-5,187	+1,975
34	7,876	370,626	7,388	372,113	-488	+1,487
September	8,189	378,815	7,760	379,873	-429	+1,058
36	7,212	386,027	7,494	387,367	+282	+1,340
37	6,927	392,954	7,847	395,214	+920	+2,260
38	7,026	399,980	9,730	404,944	+2,704	+4,964
39	7,386	407,366	12,768	417,712	+5,382	+10,346
October	7,190	414,556	11,911	429,623	+4,721	+15,067
41	6,738	421,294
42	6,173	427,467
43	5,605	433,072
November	6,105	439,177
45	6,187	445,364
46	6,353	451,717
47	9,607	461,324
48	10,148	471,472
December	13,918	485,390
50	19,719	505,109
51	26,309	531,418
52	12,173	543,591

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 2 hours ago