Ultimate Consoles Showdown 2026: April

[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 2006 (20.7M) vs NSW1 2018 (16.4M)
• Nintendo Switch 1 vs PlayStation 4 2021 (2.4М)
• PlayStation 5 vs PlayStation 3 2012 (12M)
• XBOX Series vs Wii U 2016 (1.25M)

Quick access data for 2025:

• PS5 - 17.4M
• NSW2 - 15.6M
• NSW1 - 5M
• 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	232,225	232,225	-27,644	-27,644
2	169,331	429,200	174,883	407,108	+5,552	-22,092
3	170,784	599,984	163,096	570,204	-7,688	-29,780
4	223,845	823,829	154,791	724,995	-69,054	-98,834
February	131,706	955,535	165,702	890,697	+33,996	-64,838
6	116,581	1,072,116	163,780	1,054,477	+47,199	-17,639
7	154,754	1,226,870	180,737	1,235,214	+25,983	+8,344
8	143,213	1,370,083	238,816	1,474,030	+95,603	+103,947
March	220,296	1,590,379	451,756	1,925,786	+231,460	+335,407
10	240,799	1,831,178	380,102	2,305,888	+139,303	+474,710
11	239,303	2,070,481	316,173	2,622,061	+76,870	+551,580
12	267,783	2,338,264	274,157	2,896,218	+6,374	+557,954
13	328,200	2,666,464	254,568	3,150,786	-73,632	+484,322
April	322,055	2,988,519	230,565	3,381,351	-91,490	+392,832
15	309,306	3,297,825	207,620	3,588,971	-101,686	+291,146
16	304,099	3,601,924	197,279	3,786,250	-106,820	+184,326
17	389,259	3,991,183	242,029	4,028,279	-147,230	+37,096
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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PlayStation 4 2021 vs Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month	PS4 - Weekly	PS4 - Yearly	NSW - Weekly	NSW - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	99,973	99,973	56,006	56,006	-43,967	-43,967
2	89,480	189,453	56,182	112,188	-33,298	-77,265
3	86,242	275,695	44,204	156,392	-42,038	-119,303
4	84,405	360,100	37,180	193,572	-47,225	-166,528
February	84,003	444,103	39,101	232,673	-44,902	-211,430
6	82,875	526,978	57,014	289,687	-25,861	-237,291
7	81,213	608,191	59,924	349,611	-21,289	-258,580
8	79,868	688,059	54,590	404,201	-25,278	-283,858
March	79,220	767,279	52,316	456,517	-26,904	-310,762
10	77,186	844,465	48,264	504,781	-28,922	-339,684
11	73,640	918,105	46,719	551,500	-26,921	-366,605
12	66,375	984,480	46,080	597,580	-20,295	-386,900
13	63,379	1,047,859	44,575	642,155	-18,804	-405,704
April	62,996	1,110,855	45,793	687,948	-17,203	-422,907
15	59,256	1,170,111	56,925	744,873	-2,331	-425,238
16	51,742	1,221,853	52,234	797,107	+492	-424,746
17	51,384	1,273,237	44,468	841,575	-6,916	-431,662
May	51,620	1,324,857
19	50,134	1,374,991
20	48,010	1,423,001
21	46,613	1,469,614
June	43,207	1,512,821
23	43,230	1,556,051
24	39,597	1,595,648
25	40,018	1,635,666
26	37,222	1,672,888
July	33,162	1,706,050
28	31,240	1,737,290
29	32,986	1,770,276
30	32,853	1,803,129
August	30,222	1,833,351
32	28,894	1,862,245
33	28,373	1,890,618
34	29,325	1,919,943
September	30,969	1,950,912
36	32,082	1,982,994
37	28,254	2,011,248
38	28,124	2,039,372
39	28,213	2,067,585
October	29,959	2,097,544
41	29,706	2,127,250
42	29,451	2,156,701
43	29,727	2,186,428
November	28,789	2,215,217
45	30,712	2,245,929
46	27,583	2,273,512
47	32,559	2,306,071
December	29,517	2,335,588
49	29,045	2,364,633
50	31,229	2,395,862
51	27,551	2,423,413
52	22,904	2,446,317

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PlayStation 3 2012 vs PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month	PS3 - Weekly	PS3 - Yearly	PS5 - Weekly	PS5 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	378,977	378,977	175,352	175,352	-203,625	-203,625
2	230,705	609,682	143,746	319,098	-86,959	-290,584
3	201,410	811,092	131,568	450,666	-69,842	-360,426
4	197,978	1,009,070	130,359	581,025	-67,619	-428,045
February	209,859	1,218,929	144,038	725,063	-65,821	-493,866
6	210,895	1,429,824	152,455	877,518	-58,440	-552,306
7	215,621	1,645,445	155,457	1,032,975	-60,164	-612,470
8	228,277	1,873,722	186,169	1,219,144	-42,108	-654,578
March	245,169	2,118,891	153,277	1,372,421	-91,892	-746,470
10	209,583	2,328,474	141,806	1,514,227	-67,777	-814,247
11	186,571	2,515,045	148,863	1,663,090	-37,708	-851,955
12	170,334	2,685,379	192,091	1,855,181	+21,757	-830,198
13	174,036	2,859,415	221,977	2,077,158	+47,941	-782,257
April	182,088	3,041,503	124,369	2,201,527	-57,719	-839,976
15	170,657	3,212,160	117,933	2,319,460	-52,724	-892,700
16	164,091	3,376,251	98,879	2,418,339	-65,212	-957,912
17	152,509	3,528,760	94,532	2,512,871	-57,977	-1,015,889
May	140,708	3,669,468
19	130,857	3,800,325
20	136,612	3,936,937
21	142,283	4,079,220
June	145,449	4,224,669
23	137,845	4,362,514
24	139,307	4,501,821
25	140,855	4,642,676
26	142,522	4,785,198
July	137,380	4,922,578
28	133,117	5,055,695
29	129,138	5,184,833
30	138,081	5,322,914
August	133,982	5,456,896
32	130,816	5,587,712
33	142,617	5,730,329
34	126,168	5,856,497
September	137,828	5,994,325
36	135,099	6,129,424
37	139,597	6,269,021
38	128,704	6,397,725
39	173,969	6,571,694
October	225,706	6,797,400
41	227,309	7,024,709
42	201,061	7,225,770
43	224,865	7,450,635
November	316,048	7,766,683
45	298,072	8,064,755
46	362,894	8,427,649
47	894,365	9,322,014
December	506,045	9,828,059
49	547,098	10,375,157
50	578,293	10,953,450
51	611,384	11,564,834
52	423,283	11,988,117

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Nintendo Wii U 2016 vs XBOX Series Comparison

Week/Month	Wii U - Weekly	Wii U - Yearly	XBSX - Weekly	XBSX - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
January	49,338	49,338	32,809	32,809	-16,529	-16,529
2	34,347	83,685	32,535	65,344	-1,812	-18,341
3	28,008	111,693	27,055	92,399	-953	-19,294
4	28,927	140,620	26,328	118,727	-2,599	-21,893
February	28,312	168,932	32,049	150,776	+3,737	-18,156
6	31,060	199,992	32,128	182,904	+1,068	-17,088
7	31,378	231,370	33,830	216,734	+2,452	-14,636
8	27,394	258,764	37,705	254,439	+10,311	-4,325
March	30,835	289,599	30,659	285,098	-176	-4,501
10	25,560	315,159	25,684	310,782	+124	-4,377
11	37,045	352,204	28,030	338,812	-9,015	-13,392
12	24,836	377,040	27,138	365,950	+2,302	-11,090
13	22,098	399,138	29,287	395,237	+7,189	-3,901
April	22,300	421,438	27,367	422,604	+5,067	+1,166
15	22,688	444,126	23,170	445,774	+482	+1,648
16	22,743	466,869	23,960	469,734	+1,217	+2,865
17	25,896	492,765	23,880	493,614	-2,016	+849
May	21,525	514,290
19	17,403	531,693
20	17,742	549,435
21	17,519	566,954
June	18,243	585,197
23	16,804	602,001
24	17,313	619,314
25	17,244	636,558
26	16,895	653,453
July	26,950	680,403
28	19,460	699,863
29	17,775	717,638
30	17,356	734,994
August	16,173	751,167
32	16,435	767,602
33	15,891	783,493
34	16,191	799,684
September	16,037	815,721
36	17,395	833,116
37	17,545	850,661
38	18,673	869,334
39	18,658	887,992
October	16,965	904,957
41	14,775	919,732
42	13,111	932,843
43	14,170	947,013
November	16,744	963,757
45	18,599	982,356
46	21,995	1,004,351
47	51,538	1,055,889
December	38,211	1,094,100
49	39,620	1,133,720
50	43,454	1,177,174
51	45,653	1,222,827
52	19,903	1,242,730

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 10 hours ago