Ultimate Consoles Showdown: 2026

[XtremeBG]

Welcome to Ultimate Consoles Showdown 2026. Anyone interested in the same thread but for Japan can follow the Japan one, which is updated weekly. Anyone interested in Lifetime based instead of yearly, for both Worldwide and regional data can check and follow both of these ones: Global Lifetime Showdown / Regional Lifetime Showdown  which are updated monthly, as well as the Year on Year Charts comparison thread.

The battles for this year are as follows:

• Nintendo Switch 2 vs DS '06 (20.7M) vs NSW1 '18 (16.4M)
• Nintendo Switch 1 vs 3DS '19 (1.5М) vs DS '12 (3.2M)
• PlayStation 5 vs Wii '07 (16.5M) vs PS4 '19 (14M)
• XBOX Series vs PSV '15 (1.8M) vs Wii U '16 (1.2M)

Quick access data for 2025:

• PS5 - 17.4M
• NSW2 - 16.1M
• NSW1 - 4.9M
• Xbox - 2.5M

The target for all of the comparisons is to be as close as possible (or gives us range in between when there are three competitors in total) 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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Nintendo DS 2006 vs Nintendo Switch 2 Comparison

Week/Month	DS - Weekly	DS - Yearly	SW2 - Weekly	SW2 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	259,869	259,869
2	169,331	429,200
3	170,784	599,984
4	223,845	823,829
February	131,706	955,535
6	116,581	1,072,116
7	154,754	1,226,870
8	143,213	1,370,083
March	220,296	1,590,379
10	240,799	1,831,178
11	239,303	2,070,481
12	267,783	2,338,264
13	328,200	2,666,464
April	322,055	2,988,519
15	309,306	3,297,825
16	304,099	3,601,924
17	389,259	3,991,183
May	288,612	4,279,795
19	211,198	4,490,993
20	275,132	4,766,125
21	394,476	5,160,601
June	246,012	5,406,613
23	403,346	5,809,959
24	399,884	6,209,843
25	448,493	6,658,336
26	423,799	7,082,135
July	383,838	7,465,973
28	370,439	7,836,412
29	493,637	8,330,049
30	399,656	8,729,705
August	385,120	9,114,825
32	381,086	9,495,911
33	266,551	9,762,462
34	376,793	10,139,255
September	429,117	10,568,372
36	342,342	10,910,714
37	331,206	11,241,920
38	326,775	11,568,695
39	454,989	12,023,684
October	291,454	12,315,138
41	273,794	12,588,932
42	298,618	12,887,550
43	377,011	13,264,561
November	367,563	13,632,124
45	440,805	14,072,929
46	485,990	14,558,919
47	903,597	15,462,516
December	824,478	16,286,994
49	1,172,410	17,459,404
50	1,306,033	18,765,437
51	1,468,740	20,234,177
52	519,608	20,753,785

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Nintendo 3DS 2019 vs Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month	3DS - Weekly	3DS - Yearly	NSW - Weekly	NSW - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	69,972	69,972
2	43,528	113,500
3	38,371	151,871
4	35,824	187,695
February	36,509	224,204
6	35,454	259,658
7	34,866	294,524
8	33,181	327,705
March	35,800	363,505
10	33,263	396,768
11	33,479	430,247
12	35,960	466,207
13	32,575	498,782
April	30,222	529,004
15	28,322	557,326
16	26,608	583,934
17	26,484	610,418
May	30,256	640,674
19	26,316	666,990
20	23,094	690,084
21	22,245	712,329
June	21,022	733,351
23	21,929	755,280
24	21,400	776,680
25	20,938	797,618
26	20,690	818,308
July	21,166	839,474
28	19,501	858,975
29	19,773	878,748
30	14,291	893,039
August	18,657	911,696
32	18,067	929,763
33	19,834	949,597
34	15,718	965,315
September	14,929	980,244
36	13,669	993,913
37	12,895	1,006,808
38	13,300	1,020,108
39	14,311	1,034,419
October	14,579	1,048,998
41	14,315	1,063,313
42	14,914	1,078,227
43	16,303	1,094,530
November	18,943	1,113,473
45	20,589	1,134,062
46	24,225	1,158,287
47	44,015	1,202,302
December	79,373	1,281,675
49	79,926	1,361,601
50	80,273	1,441,874
51	83,038	1,524,912
52	31,216	1,556,128

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Nintendo Wii 2007 vs PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month	Wii - Weekly	Wii - Yearly	PS5 - Weekly	PS5 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	304,147	304,147
2	251,498	555,645
3	245,435	801,080
4	251,288	1,052,368
February	231,018	1,283,386
6	220,974	1,504,360
7	216,779	1,721,139
8	232,912	1,954,051
March	200,263	2,154,314
10	181,394	2,335,708
11	193,202	2,528,910
12	199,293	2,728,203
13	155,072	2,883,275
April	187,192	3,070,467
15	207,491	3,277,958
16	235,090	3,513,048
17	298,457	3,811,505
May	290,624	4,102,129
19	243,583	4,345,712
20	229,274	4,574,986
21	240,454	4,815,440
June	247,558	5,062,998
23	248,737	5,311,735
24	255,160	5,566,895
25	245,596	5,812,491
26	278,478	6,090,969
July	255,828	6,346,797
28	300,138	6,646,935
29	285,052	6,931,987
30	282,661	7,214,648
August	261,119	7,475,767
32	271,701	7,747,468
33	289,080	8,036,548
34	261,021	8,297,569
September	284,328	8,581,897
36	254,393	8,836,290
37	215,417	9,051,707
38	213,437	9,265,144
39	206,707	9,471,851
October	192,403	9,664,254
41	238,458	9,902,712
42	301,238	10,203,950
43	320,955	10,524,905
November	296,372	10,821,277
45	282,996	11,104,273
46	460,651	11,564,924
47	673,069	12,237,993
December	699,757	12,937,750
49	728,498	13,666,248
50	686,612	14,352,860
51	1,462,609	15,815,469
52	737,820	16,553,289

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PlayStation Vita 2015 vs XBOX Series Comparison

Week/Month	PSV - Weekly	PSV - Yearly	XBSX - Weekly	XBSX - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	45,719	45,719
2	34,463	80,182
3	31,493	111,675
4	26,092	137,767
February	25,627	163,394
6	27,878	191,272
7	54,033	245,305
8	40,590	285,895
March	35,835	321,730
10	36,578	358,308
11	47,313	405,621
12	44,234	449,855
13	38,729	488,584
April	30,004	518,588
15	26,759	545,347
16	26,751	572,098
17	29,184	601,282
May	29,420	630,702
19	22,980	653,682
20	22,204	675,886
21	23,476	699,362
June	21,494	720,856
23	21,037	741,893
24	21,293	763,186
25	32,265	795,451
26	24,739	820,190
July	22,991	843,181
28	21,730	864,911
29	21,913	886,824
30	21,639	908,463
August	20,466	928,929
32	25,391	954,320
33	20,242	974,562
34	21,603	996,165
September	21,054	1,017,219
36	17,440	1,034,659
37	29,453	1,064,112
38	29,902	1,094,014
39	28,248	1,122,262
October	26,319	1,148,581
41	27,363	1,175,944
42	26,273	1,202,217
43	29,447	1,231,664
November	30,007	1,261,671
45	31,062	1,292,733
46	35,366	1,328,099
47	51,172	1,379,271
December	50,347	1,429,618
49	70,449	1,500,067
50	93,994	1,594,061
51	121,972	1,716,033
52	100,087	1,816,120

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 18 hours ago