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Forums - Sales Discussion - Global Lifetime Showdown: March 2025

XtremeBG on 26 August 2022

This is the Global Lifetime Console Showdown comparison thread.

This sales thread will be about Lifetime sales of the consoles and will be updated on a monthly basis instead of weekly. The model will be just like the Ultimate Console Showdown thread however instead of weekly sales for the current year it will be monthly sales for the entire lifecycle of the given system compared to other competitive system (by sales, not generation/type/manufacturer) that the contender have to beat (or is next in line for it) or might finish close to it. Anyone interested in the same thread however for the different regions such as US, Europe and Japan can also subscribe to or follow this one: Regional Lifetime Showdown

The battles are as follows:

  • Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo DS (154M)
  • PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series vs Nintendo DS (154M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs PlayStation 4 vs PlayStation 3 (117M & 87M)
  • Xbox Series vs PlayStation 4 (US) vs Nintendo Wii (US) (35M & 42M)

Charts will be updated after the data for April, August and December has been updated!

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Nintendo DS vs. Nintendo Switch Comparison

Month/Year NDS - Monthly NDS - Lifetime
 NSW - Monthly NSW - Lifetime
 (+/-) Monthly (+/-) Lifetime
November
 546,507 546,507 - - -546,507 -546,507
December 2,310,880 2,857,387 - - -2,310,880 -2,857,387
2005/2017 426,958 3,284,345 - - -426,958 -3,284,345
February 290,589 3,574,934 - - -290,589 -3,574,934
March 919,906 4,494,840 2,334,638 2,334,638 +1,414,732 -2,160,202
April 448,809 4,943,649 750,043 3,084,681 +301,234 -1,858,968
May 383,969 5,327,618 493,849 3,578,530 +109,880 -1,749,088
June 496,260 5,823,878 622,621 4,201,151 +126,361 -1,622,727
July 381,126 6,205,004 665,355 4,866,506 +284,229 -1,338,498
August 492,803 6,697,807 630,505 5,497,011 +137,702 -1,200,796
September 584,651 7,282,458 837,708 6,334,719 +253,057 -947,739
October 645,738 7,928,196 801,055 7,135,774 +155,317 -792,422
November 1,361,640 9,289,836 1,704,994 8,840,768 +343,354 -449,068
December 4,530,346 13,820,182 4,282,500 13,123,268 -247,846 -696,914
2006/2018 823,829 14,644,011 963,507 14,086,775 +139,678 -557,236
February 546,254 15,190,265 806,466 14,893,241 +260,212 -297,024
March 1,296,381 16,486,646 973,830 15,867,071 -322,551 -619,575
April 1,324,719 17,811,365 635,706 16,502,777 -689,013 -1,308,588
May 1,169,418 18,980,783 653,422 17,156,199 -515,996 -1,824,584
June 1,921,534 20,902,317 990,211 18,146,410 -931,323 -2,755,907
July 1,647,570 22,549,887 809,477 18,955,887 -838,093 -3,594,000
August 1,409,550 23,959,437 770,171 19,726,058 -639,379 -4,233,379
September 1,884,429 25,843,866 935,567 20,661,625 -948,862 -5,182,241
October 1,240,877 27,084,743 849,963 21,511,588 -390,914 -5,573,155
November 2,197,955 29,282,698 2,500,956 24,012,544 +303,001 -5,270,154
December 5,291,269 34,573,967 5,479,818 29,492,362 +188,549 -5,081,605
2007/2019 1,479,784 36,053,751 1,147,851 30,640,213 -331,933 -5,413,538
February 1,840,894 37,894,645 972,378 31,612,591 -868,516 -6,282,054
March 2,094,738 39,989,383 1,166,591 32,779,182 -928,147 -7,210,201
April 1,805,851 41,795,234 785,233 33,564,415 -1,020,618 -8,230,819
May 1,890,218 43,685,452 720,538 34,284,953 -1,169,680 -9,400,499
June 2,177,140 45,862,592 1,080,920 35,365,873 -1,096,220 -10,496,719
July 1,930,670 47,793,262 884,171 36,250,044 -1,046,499 -11,543,218
August 1,893,903 49,687,165 737,001 36,987,045 -1,156,902 -12,700,120
September 2,002,764 51,689,929 1,814,562 38,801,607 -188,202 -12,888,322
October 1,619,268 53,309,197 1,212,657 40,014,264 -406,611 -13,294,933
November 2,950,964 56,260,161 1,972,881 41,987,145 -978,083 -14,273,016
December 7,539,709 63,799,870 6,833,525 48,820,670 -706,184 -14,979,200
2008/2020 1,919,012 65,718,882 1,549,926 50,370,596 -369,086 -15,348,286
February 1,640,672 67,359,554 1,041,597 51,412,193 -599,075 -15,947,361
March 1,920,073 69,279,627 2,958,459 54,370,652 +1,038,386 -14,908,975
April 1,514,136 70,793,763 2,028,155 56,398,807 +514,019 -14,394,956
May 1,387,098 72,180,861 1,602,817 58,001,624 +215,719 -14,179,237
June 2,217,186 74,398,047 1,881,685 59,883,309 -335,501 -14,514,738
July 1,964,577 76,362,624 1,553,438 61,436,747 -411,139 -14,925,877
August 1,645,388 78,008,012 1,674,087 63,110,834 +28,699 -14,897,178
September 1,838,789 79,846,801 2,156,034 65,266,868 +317,245 -14,579,933
October 1,722,897 81,569,698 2,077,924 67,344,792 +355,027 -14,224,906
November 3,883,372 85,453,070 3,729,096 71,073,888 -154,276 -14,379,182
December 7,623,240 93,076,310 6,207,558 77,281,446 -1,415,682 -15,794,864
2009/2021 1,601,327 94,677,637 1,540,931 78,822,377 -60,396 -15,855,260
February 1,352,115 96,029,752 1,619,701 80,442,078 +267,586 -15,587,674
March 1,932,586 97,962,338 2,497,227 82,939,305 +564,641 -15,023,033
April 2,269,545 100,231,883 1,581,229 84,520,534 -688,316 -15,711,349
May 1,504,343 101,736,226 1,292,983 85,813,517 -211,360 -15,922,709
June 1,905,843 103,642,069 1,684,649 87,498,166 -221,194 -16,143,903
July 1,740,345 105,382,414 1,208,178 88,706,344 -532,167 -16,676,070
August 1,431,910 106,814,324 1,165,788 89,872,132 -266,122 -16,942,192
September 1,673,764 108,488,088 1,338,066 91,210,198 -335,698 -17,277,890
October 1,351,850 109,839,938 2,162,792 93,372,990 +810,942 -16,466,948
November 3,303,119 113,143,057 3,173,006 96,545,996 -130,113 -16,597,061
December 6,992,991 120,136,048 4,748,259 101,294,255 -2,244,732 -18,841,793
2010/2022 1,395,662 121,531,710 1,310,287 102,604,542 -85,375 -18,927,168
February 1,167,485 122,699,195 1,361,226 103,965,768 +193,741 -18,733,427
March 1,728,454 124,427,649 1,566,847 105,532,615 -161,607 -18,895,034
April 1,110,130 125,537,779 1,114,053 106,646,668 +3,923 -18,891,111
May 992,167 126,529,946 1,032,806 107,679,474 +40,639 -18,850,472
June 1,353,731 127,883,677 1,338,977 109,018,451 -14,754 -18,865,226
July 1,119,808 129,003,485 997,957 110,016,408 -121,851 -18,987,077
August 1,056,699 130,060,184 1,032,722 111,049,130 -23,977 -19,011,054
September 1,341,702 131,401,886 1,422,786 112,471,916 +81,084 -18,929,970
October 1,068,900 132,470,786 922,107 113,394,023 -146,793 -19,076,763
November 2,555,295 135,026,081 2,747,206 116,141,229 +191,911 -18,884,852
December 5,425,354 140,451,435 4,200,190 120,341,419 -1,225,164 -20,110,016
2011/2023 1,106,729 141,558,164 1,111,599 121,453,018 +4,870 -20,105,146
February 853,681 142,411,845 911,753 122,364,771 +58,072 -20,047,074
March 993,462 143,405,307 1,104,077 123,468,848 +110,615 -19,936,459
April 664,277 144,069,584 1,253,862 124,722,710 +589,585 -19,346,874
May 581,254 144,650,838 1,463,079 126,185,789 +881,825 -18,465,049
June 790,784 145,441,622 1,428,534 127,614,323 +637,750 -17,827,299
July 681,258 146,122,880 966,721 128,581,044 +285,463 -17,541,836
August 509,661 146,632,541 961,814 129,542,858 +452,153 -17,089,683
September 472,938 147,105,479 1,015,092 130,557,950 +542,154 -16,547,529
October 348,059 147,453,538 893,271 131,451,221 +545,212 -16,002,317
November 803,002 148,256,540 1,784,665 133,235,886 +981,663 -15,020,654
December 1,555,570 149,812,110 3,502,704 136,738,590 +1,947,134 -13,073,520
2012/2024 258,875 150,070,985 959,845 137,698,435 +700,970 -12,372,550
February 215,245 150,286,230 747,721 138,446,156 +532,476 -11,840,074
March 217,961 150,504,191 905,288 139,351,444 +687,327 -11,152,747
April 159,993 150,664,184 694,038 140,045,482 +534,045 -10,618,702
May 179,686 150,843,870 655,432 140,700,914 +475,746 -10,142,956
June 256,426 151,100,296 766,073 141,466,987 +509,647 -9,633,309
July 154,423 151,254,719 685,682 142,152,669 +531,259 -9,102,050
August 136,190 151,390,909 685,907 142,838,576 +549,717 -8,552,333
September 189,495 151,580,404 830,015 143,668,591 +640,520 -7,911,813
October 153,480 151,733,884 681,857 144,350,448 +528,377 -7,383,436
November 486,701 152,220,585 1,661,336 146,011,784 +1,174,635 -6,208,801
December 850,588 153,071,173 2,614,485 148,626,269 +1,763,897 -4,444,904
2013/2025 128,404 153,199,577 563,868 149,190,137 +435,464 -4,009,440
February 105,684 153,305,261 514,238 149,704,375 +408,554 -3,600,886
March 99,836 153,405,097 547,216 150,251,591 +447,380 -3,153,506
April 76,299 153,481,396
May 69,268 153,550,664
June 83,111 153,633,775
July 60,678 153,694,453
August 55,547 153,750,000
September 61,952 153,811,952
October 44,585 153,856,537
November 74,122 153,930,659
December 89,517 154,020,176

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Nintendo DS vs. PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series Comparison

Month/Year NDS - Monthly NDS - Lifetime
 PS5 & XBS - Monthly PS5 & XBS - Lifetime
 (+/-) Monthly (+/-) Lifetime
November
 546,507 546,507 4,449,656 4,449,656 +3,903,149 +3,903,149
December 2,310,880 2,857,387 2,923,841 7,373,497 +612,961 +4,516,110
2005/2021 426,958 3,284,345 1,064,106 8,437,603 +637,148 +5,153,258
February 290,589 3,574,934 1,272,123 9,709,726 +981,534 +6,134,792
March 919,906 4,494,840 2,096,350 11,806,076 +1,176,444 +7,311,236
April 448,809 4,943,649 1,043,401 12,849,477 +594,592 +7,905,828
May 383,969 5,327,618 1,094,997 13,944,474 +711,028 +8,616,856
June 496,260 5,823,878 1,646,287 15,590,761 +1,150,027 +9,766,883
July 381,126 6,205,004 1,373,499 16,964,260 +992,373 +10,759,256
August 492,803 6,697,807 1,448,469 18,412,729 +955,666 +11,714,922
September 584,651 7,282,458 2,018,760 20,431,489 +1,434,109 +13,149,031
October 645,738 7,928,196 1,520,182 21,951,671 +874,444 +14,023,475
November 1,361,640 9,289,836 2,402,095 24,353,766 +1,040,455 +15,063,930
December 4,530,346 13,820,182 3,815,730 28,169,496 -714,616 +14,349,314
2006/2022 823,829 14,644,011 1,363,799 29,533,295 +539,970 +14,889,284
February 546,254 15,190,265 963,956 30,497,251 +417,702 +15,306,986
March 1,296,381 16,486,646 1,680,325 32,177,576 +383,944 +15,690,930
April 1,324,719 17,811,365 1,218,770 33,396,346 -105,949 +15,584,981
May 1,169,418 18,980,783 1,048,298 34,444,644 -121,120 +15,463,861
June 1,921,534 20,902,317 1,582,480 36,027,124 -339,054 +15,124,807
July 1,647,570 22,549,887 1,379,687 37,406,811 -267,883 +14,856,924
August 1,409,550 23,959,437 1,457,784 38,864,595 +48,234 +14,905,158
September 1,884,429 25,843,866 1,916,120 40,780,715 +31,691 +14,936,849
October 1,240,877 27,084,743 1,663,301 42,444,016 +422,424 +15,359,273
November 2,197,955 29,282,698 3,635,675 46,079,691 +1,437,720 +16,796,993
December 5,291,269 34,573,967 4,660,944 50,740,635 -630,325 +16,166,668
2007/2023 1,479,784 36,053,751 1,721,089 52,461,724 +241,305 +16,407,973
February 1,840,894 37,894,645 2,282,088 54,743,812 +441,194 +16,849,167
March 2,094,738 39,989,383 2,427,291 57,171,103 +332,553 +17,181,720
April 1,805,851 41,795,234 1,560,823 58,731,926 -245,028 +16,936,692
May 1,890,218 43,685,452 1,315,804 60,047,730 -574,414 +16,362,278
June 2,177,140 45,862,592 1,965,883 62,013,613 -211,257 +16,151,021
July 1,930,670 47,793,262 1,594,546 63,608,159 -336,124 +15,814,897
August 1,893,903 49,687,165 1,861,897 65,470,056 -32,006 +15,782,891
September 2,002,764 51,689,929 2,371,180 67,841,236 +368,416 +16,151,307
October 1,619,268 53,309,197 1,649,953 69,491,189 +30,685 +16,181,992
November 2,950,964 56,260,161 4,510,879 74,002,068 +1,559,915 +17,741,907
December 7,539,709 63,799,870 5,579,494 79,581,562 -1,960,215 +15,781,692
2008/2024 1,919,012 65,718,882 1,769,504 81,351,066 -149,508 +15,632,184
February 1,640,672 67,359,554 1,593,808 82,944,874 -46,864 +15,585,320
March 1,920,073 69,279,627 1,642,375 84,587,249 -277,698 +15,307,622
April 1,514,136 70,793,763 993,505 85,580,754 -520,631 +14,786,991
May 1,387,098 72,180,861 1,073,256 86,654,010 -313,842 +14,473,149
June 2,217,186 74,398,047 1,385,377 88,039,387 -831,809 +13,641,340
July 1,964,577 76,362,624 1,550,426 89,589,813 -414,151 +13,227,189
August 1,645,388 78,008,012 1,378,639 90,968,452 -266,749 +12,960,440
September 1,838,789 79,846,801 1,542,307 92,510,759 -296,482 +12,663,958
October 1,722,897 81,569,698 1,602,416 94,113,175 -120,481 +12,543,477
November 3,883,372 85,453,070 4,996,116 99,109,291 +1,112,744 +13,656,221
December 7,623,240 93,076,310 4,915,538 104,024,829 -2,707,702 +10,948,519
2009/2025 1,601,327 94,677,637 1,146,954 105,171,783 -454,373 +10,494,146
February 1,352,115 96,029,752 1,435,853 106,607,636 +83,738 +10,577,884
March 1,932,586 97,962,338 1,400,695 108,008,331 -531,891 +10,045,993
April 2,269,545 100,231,883
May 1,504,343 101,736,226
June 1,905,843 103,642,069
July 1,740,345 105,382,414
August 1,431,910 106,814,324
September 1,673,764 108,488,088
October 1,351,850 109,839,938
November 3,303,119 113,143,057
December 6,992,991 120,136,048
2010/2026 1,395,662 121,531,710
February 1,167,485 122,699,195
March 1,728,454 124,427,649
April 1,110,130 125,537,779
May 992,167 126,529,946
June 1,353,731 127,883,677
July 1,119,808 129,003,485
August 1,056,699 130,060,184
September 1,341,702 131,401,886
October 1,068,900 132,470,786
November 2,555,295 135,026,081
December 5,425,354 140,451,435
2011/2027 1,106,729 141,558,164
February 853,681 142,411,845
March 993,462 143,405,307
April 664,277 144,069,584
May 581,254 144,650,838
June 790,784 145,441,622
July 681,258 146,122,880
August 509,661 146,632,541
September 472,938 147,105,479
October 348,059 147,453,538
November 803,002 148,256,540
December 1,555,570 149,812,110
2012/2028 258,875 150,070,985
February 215,245 150,286,230
March 217,961 150,504,191
April 159,993 150,664,184
May 179,686 150,843,870
June 256,426 151,100,296
July 154,423 151,254,719
August 136,190 151,390,909
September 189,495 151,580,404
October 153,480 151,733,884
November 486,701 152,220,585
December 850,588 153,071,173
2013/2029 949,003 154,020,176

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Playstation 4 vs. Playstation 5 Comparison

Month/Year PS4 - Monthly PS4 - Yearly PS5 - Monthly PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Monthly (+/-) Lifetime
November 2,141,169 2,141,169 2,757,824 2,757,824 +616,655 +616,655
December 2,305,831 4,447,000 1,610,205 4,368,029 -695,626 -78,971
2014/2021 668,051 5,115,051 748,793 5,116,822 +80,742 +1,771
February 886,374 6,001,425 972,378 6,089,200 +86,004 +87,775
March 904,923 6,906,348 1,480,387 7,569,587 +575,464 +663,239
April 626,299 7,532,647 683,730 8,253,317 +57,431 +720,670
May 634,329 8,166,976 709,857 8,963,174 +75,528 +796,198
June 800,665 8,967,641 911,255 9,874,429 +110,590 +906,788
July 659,567 9,627,208 897,499 10,771,928 +237,932 +1,144,720
August 595,882 10,223,090 962,970 11,734,898 +367,088 +1,511,808
September 1,581,885 11,804,975 1,337,755 13,072,653 -244,130 +1,267,678
October 1,084,711 12,889,686 927,732 14,000,385 -156,979 +1,110,699
November 2,440,754 15,330,440 1,121,427 15,121,812 -1,319,327 -208,628
December 3,238,478 18,568,918 1,970,270 17,092,082 -1,268,208 -1,476,836
2015/2022 686,215 19,255,133 775,049 17,867,131 +88,834 -1,388,002
February 966,093 20,221,226 445,107 18,312,238 -520,986 -1,908,988
March 1,351,318 21,572,544 792,074 19,104,312 -559,244 -2,468,232
April 801,815 22,374,359 728,764 19,833,076 -73,051 -2,541,283
May 696,339 23,070,698 605,805 20,438,881 -90,534 -2,631,817
June 1,158,097 24,228,795 952,895 21,391,776 -205,202 -2,837,019
July 770,425 24,999,220 864,622 22,256,398 +94,197 -2,742,822
August 751,018 25,750,238 925,099 23,181,497 +174,081 -2,568,741
September 1,352,159 27,102,397 1,222,822 24,404,319 -129,337 -2,698,078
October 1,129,602 28,231,999 1,115,914 25,520,233 -13,688 -2,711,766
November 3,541,197 31,773,196 2,415,283 27,935,516 -1,125,914 -3,837,680
December 4,227,949 36,001,145 3,073,908 31,009,424 -1,154,041 -4,991,721
2016/2023 858,262 36,859,407 1,294,212 32,303,636 +435,950 -4,555,771
February 1,041,757 37,901,164 1,782,793 34,086,429 +741,036 -3,814,735
March 1,131,421 39,032,585 1,887,817 35,974,246 +756,396 -3,058,339
April 719,414 39,751,999 1,189,344 37,163,590 +469,930 -2,588,409
May 793,290 40,545,289 987,637 38,151,227 +194,347 -2,394,062
June 1,027,496 41,572,785 1,416,989 39,568,216 +389,493 -2,004,569
July 780,466 42,353,251 1,224,882 40,793,098 +444,416 -1,560,153
August 786,762 43,140,013 1,434,888 42,227,986 +648,126 -912,027
September 1,497,905 44,637,918 1,708,955 43,936,941 +211,050 -700,977
October 1,342,030 45,979,948 1,238,534 45,175,475 -103,496 -804,473
November 3,223,910 49,203,858 3,482,669 48,658,144 +258,759 -545,714
December 4,609,141 53,812,999 3,726,932 52,385,076 -882,209 -1,427,923
2017/2024 1,161,413 54,974,412 1,360,687 53,745,763 +199,274 -1,228,649
February 1,273,065 56,247,477 1,262,914 55,008,677 -10,151 -1,238,800
March 1,492,148 57,739,625 1,278,935 56,287,612 -213,213 -1,452,013
April 982,423 58,722,048 783,215 57,070,827 -199,208 -1,651,221
May 1,124,866 59,846,914 848,307 57,919,134 -276,559 -1,927,780
June 1,501,027 61,347,941 1,076,215 58,995,349 -424,812 -2,352,592
July 1,139,006 62,486,947 1,148,656 60,144,005 +9,650 -2,342,942
August 1,038,948 63,525,895 1,104,109 61,248,114 +65,161 -2,277,781
September 1,389,603 64,915,498 1,247,620 62,495,734 -141,983 -2,419,764
October 1,189,871 66,105,369 1,302,092 63,797,826 +112,221 -2,307,543
November 3,503,646 69,609,015 4,269,898 68,067,724 +766,252 -1,541,291
December 3,909,512 73,518,527 3,966,446 72,034,170 +56,934 -1,484,357
2018/2025 1,321,819 74,840,346 937,226 72,971,396 -384,593 -1,868,950
February 1,318,264 76,158,610 1,174,391 74,145,787 -143,873 -2,012,823
March 1,335,878 77,494,488 1,137,164 75,282,951 -198,714 -2,211,537
April 1,053,652 78,548,140
May 906,073 79,454,213
June 1,166,203 80,620,416
July 828,752 81,449,168
August 855,409 82,304,577
September 1,494,037 83,798,614
October 1,285,830 85,084,444
November 2,984,645 88,069,089
December 3,647,705 91,716,794
2019/2026 1,072,311 92,789,105
February 978,422 93,767,527
March 1,120,732 94,888,259
April 795,791 95,684,050
May 774,636 96,458,686
June 1,049,280 97,507,966
July 722,877 98,230,843
August 680,168 98,911,011
September 1,073,805 99,984,816
October 877,992 100,862,808
November 1,389,638 102,252,446
December 3,520,741 105,773,187
2020/2027 811,972 106,585,159
February 600,640 107,185,799
March 1,105,597 108,291,396
April 1,152,394 109,443,790
May 683,232 110,127,022
June 900,853 111,027,875
July 510,039 111,537,914
August 521,663 112,059,577
September 585,100 112,644,677
October 357,074 113,001,751
November 500,833 113,502,584
December 698,496 114,201,080
2021/2028 360,100 114,561,180
February 327,959 114,889,139
March 359,800 115,248,939
April 225,378 115,474,317
May 196,377 115,670,694
June 203,274 115,873,968
July 130,241 116,004,209
August 116,814 116,121,023
September 147,642 116,268,665
October 118,843 116,387,508
November 119,643 116,507,151
December 140,246 116,647,397
2022-24/2029 552,674 117,200,071

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Wii US vs. Xbox Series Worldwide Comparison

Month/Year Wii - Monthly Wii - Yearly XBS X/S - Monthly XBS X/S - Yearly (+/-) Monthly (+/-) Lifetime
November 463,466 463,466 1,691,832 1,691,832 +1,228,366 +1,228,366
December 611,863 1,075,329 1,313,636 3,005,468 +701,773 +1,930,139
2007/2021 332,702 1,408,031 315,313 3,320,781 -17,389 +1,912,750
February 338,642 1,746,673 299,745 3,620,526 -38,897 +1,873,853
March 286,138 2,032,811 615,963 4,236,489 +329,825 +2,203,678
April 308,775 2,341,586 359,671 4,596,160 +50,896 +2,254,574
May 417,918 2,759,504 385,140 4,981,300 -32,778 +2,221,796
June 482,353 3,241,857 735,032 5,716,332 +252,679 +2,474,475
July 385,285 3,627,142 476,000 6,192,332 +90,715 +2,565,190
August 411,111 4,038,253 485,499 6,677,831 +74,388 +2,639,578
September 546,684 4,584,937 681,005 7,358,836 +134,321 +2,773,899
October 443,156 5,028,093 592,450 7,951,286 +149,294 +2,923,193
November 910,617 5,938,710 1,280,668 9,231,954 +370,051 +3,293,244
December 1,581,028 7,519,738 1,845,460 11,077,414 +264,432 +3,557,676
2008/2022 391,077 7,910,815 588,750 11,666,164 +197,673 +3,755,349
February 434,906 8,345,721 518,849 12,185,013 +83,943 +3,839,292
March 704,476 9,050,197 888,251 13,073,264 +183,775 +4,023,067
April 693,514 9,743,711 490,006 13,563,270 -203,508 +3,819,559
May 683,533 10,427,244 442,493 14,005,763 -241,040 +3,578,519
June 749,978 11,177,222 629,585 14,635,348 -120,393 +3,458,126
July 511,987 11,689,209 515,065 15,150,413 +3,078 +3,461,204
August 415,999 12,105,208 532,685 15,683,098 +116,686 +3,577,890
September 566,455 12,671,663 693,298 16,376,396 +126,843 +3,704,733
October 731,413 13,403,076 547,387 16,923,783 -184,026 +3,520,707
November 1,747,281 15,150,357 1,220,392 18,144,175 -526,889 +2,993,818
December 2,195,883 17,346,240 1,587,036 19,731,211 -608,847 +2,384,971
2009/2023 687,221 18,033,461 426,877 20,158,088 -260,344 +2,124,627
February 727,873 18,761,334 499,295 20,657,383 -228,578 +1,896,049
March 664,561 19,425,895 539,474 21,196,857 -125,087 +1,770,962
April 352,118 19,778,013 371,479 21,568,336 +19,361 +1,790,323
May 293,568 20,071,581 328,167 21,896,503 +34,599 +1,824,922
June 361,741 20,433,322 548,894 22,445,397 +187,153 +2,012,075
July 305,027 20,738,349 369,664 22,815,061 +64,637 +2,076,712
August 288,474 21,026,823 427,009 23,242,070 +138,535 +2,215,247
September 388,853 21,415,676 662,225 23,904,295 +273,372 +2,488,619
October 629,038 22,044,714 411,419 24,315,714 -217,619 +2,271,000
November 1,207,172 23,251,886 1,028,210 25,343,924 -178,962 +2,092,038
December 3,083,663 26,335,549 1,852,562 27,196,486 -1,231,101 +860,937
2010/2024 569,570 26,905,119 408,817 27,605,303 -160,753 +700,184
February 467,093 27,372,212 330,894 27,936,197 -136,199 +563,985
March 621,513 27,993,725 363,440 28,299,637 -258,073 +305,912
April 353,140 28,346,865 210,290 28,509,927 -142,850 +163,062
May 363,780 28,710,645 224,949 28,734,876 -138,831 +24,231
June 374,927 29,085,572 309,162 29,044,038 -65,765 -41,534
July 236,639 29,322,211 401,770 29,445,808 +165,131 +123,597
August 262,785 29,584,996 274,530 29,720,338 +11,745 +135,342
September 305,499 29,890,495 294,687 30,015,025 -10,812 +124,530
October 279,199 30,169,694 300,324 30,315,349 +21,125 +145,655
November 1,124,964 31,294,658 726,218 31,041,567 -398,746 -253,091
December 2,439,391 33,734,049 949,092 31,990,659 -1,490,299 -1,743,390
2011/2025 355,459 34,089,508 209,778 32,200,437 -145,681 -1,889,071
February 378,206 34,467,714 261,462 32,461,899 -116,744 -2,005,815
March 360,707 34,828,421 263,531 32,725,430 -97,176 -2,102,991
April 207,284 35,035,705
May 209,919 35,245,624
June 353,143 35,598,767
July 178,166 35,776,933
August 176,436 35,953,369
September 207,944 36,161,313
October 267,913 36,429,226
November 951,842 37,381,068
December 1,231,041 38,612,109
2012/2026 185,124 38,797,233
February 204,027 39,001,260
March 152,102 39,153,362
April 96,068 39,249,430
May 76,682 39,326,112
June 88,353 39,414,465
July 73,925 39,488,390
August 72,640 39,561,030
September 71,929 39,632,959
October 67,307 39,700,266
November 431,795 40,132,061
December 522,112 40,654,173
2013/2027 114,318 40,768,491
February 94,661 40,863,152
March 86,024 40,949,176
April 51,801 41,000,977
May 43,655 41,044,632
June 44,123 41,088,755
July 29,157 41,117,912
August 25,401 41,143,313
September 25,793 41,169,106
October 25,832 41,194,938
November 85,160 41,280,098
December 147,563 41,427,661
2014/2028
 19,333 41,446,994
February 28,135 41,475,129
March 27,990 41,503,119
April 15,681 41,518,800
May 14,344 41,533,144
June 14,464 41,547,608
July 8,304 41,555,912
August 6,800 41,562,712
September 7,626 41,570,338
October 7,235 41,577,573
November 24,434 41,602,007
December 46,194 41,648,201
2015/2029 54,678 41,702,879

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UnderwaterFunktown on 29 August 2022

Nice concept.
I think Xbox Series vs Wii U in Japan is gonna be extremely rough to say the least.
If I were to guess right now I honestly think it will fall 2 million short give or take (so not quite beating 360 either).



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Slownenberg on 14 September 2022

I think Switch will beat DS in Japan by about a million, and beat DS globally by roughly 5 million, give or take a few million.
PS5 should easily beat PS3 globally, but I think it'll fall 5-15 million short of PS4 (so I'd say minimum it passes PS1).
XBS I think will end up doing around what 360 did globally and in Japan.

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Bofferbrauer2 on 19 September 2022

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brute on 20 September 2022

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Switch should beat DS in Japan by 3+ million and I suspect it will beat it worldwide by 5+



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BonfiresDown on 21 September 2022

I will have to assume the Switch will outsell the DS based on this. It does have some catching up to do but it's not going to completely die in 1.5 years like the DS did (end of production I assume)? Probably end up with the Switch 5-10M ahead I'd say.



Qwark on 21 September 2022

Switch should be able to easily defeat the DS if Nintendo keeps it alive long enough. The Switch can easily last to 2025. It still sells 300k a week and will have a massive holiday this year unlike it's rivals which will be very much supply constraint during that time. Especially PS5. So having a easy to produce system with a good flow of software on hand is a great idea. They can release the Switch 2 when supply is less of an issue.



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XtremeBG on 11 October 2022

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yo33331 said:

Numbers have been updated with the month of September! (charts will be updated next time in january)
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Kakadu18 on 11 October 2022

Nice to have the charts back.