I had a thread posting charts at the end of 2021, rather than dig that up I thought I'd create a new thread and start doing it again. This thread contains charts for both global and japan comparing sales of various systems launch aligned. Global sales will be updated using monthly data rather than weekly data to reduce the amount of work I need to put into this and due to VGChartz now releasing a months data at a time.
The databases of information I have used are now public: Famitsu Sales Database for Japan and VGChartz Sales Database for Global.
PS5 vs XSX vs Switch (Global)
Console | Total Sales | Month 27 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
Nintendo Switch | 34,462,781 | 901,366 | 17,309,582 |
PlayStation 5 | 31,768,146 | 1,258,932 | 14,075,465 |
Xbox Series | 20,562,394 | 460,881 | 8,889,430 |
PS3+360 vs PS4+XBO vs PS5+XSX
Console | Total Sales | Month 27 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
PS4+XBO | 56,250,507 | 1,098,997 | 25,996,760 |
PS5+XS | 52,330,540 | 1,719,813 | 22,964,895 |
PS3+X360 | 36,933,143 | 1,350,255 | 18,306,953 |
PlayStation's (Global)
Console | Total Sales | Month 27 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
PlayStation 5 | 31,768,146 | 1,258,932 | 14,075,465 |
PlayStation 4 | 36,732,407 | 812,262 | 17,514,274 |
PlayStation 3 | 20,365,598 | 675,324 | 10,225,480 |
Xbox's (Global)
Console | Total Sales | Month 27 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
Xbox Series | 20,562,394 | 460,881 | 8,889,430 |
Xbox One | 19,518,100 | 286,735 | 8,482,486 |
Xbox 360 | 16,567,545 | 674,931 | 8,081,473 |
Nintendo DS vs Switch (Global)
Console | Total Sales | Month 71 Sales | 12-Month Sales |
Nintendo Switch | 121,818,708 | 1,134,489 | 19,071,866 |
Nintendo DS | 131,101,866 | 1,341,702 | 22,613,798 |
Nintendo (Japan)
Console | Total Sales | Week 315 Sales | 52-Week Sales |
Nintendo DS | 31,760,703 | 106,633 | 3,061,949 |
Nintendo Switch | 28,499,617 | 59,901 | 4,391,803 |
Nintendo 3DS | 22,409,292 | 27,078 | 2,011,348 |
PlayStation (Japan)
Console | Total Sales | Week 122 Sales | 52-Week Sales |
PlayStation 5 | 3,121,981 | 64,869 | 1,676,906 |
PlayStation 3 | 2,938,104 | 40,380 | 974,885 |
PlayStation 4 | 2,826,107 | 18,997 | 1,373,143 |
Xbox (Japan)
Console | Total Sales | Week 122 Sales | 52-Week Sales |
Xbox 360 | 604,869 | 2,311 | 230,272 |
Xbox Series | 433,037 | 2,887 | 272,691 |
Xbox One | 73,692 | 744 | 9,262 |
All Systems (Global)
Console | Sales After 27 Months | Date | Console | Sales After 71 Months | Date | |
Nintendo Wii | 45,168,145 | January 2009 | Nintendo DS | 131,101,866 | September 2010 | |
PlayStation 4 | 36,732,407 | January 2016 | Nintendo Switch | 121,818,708 | January 2023 | |
Nintendo DS | 36,053,751 | January 2007 | PlayStation 4 | 99,977,016 | September 2019 | |
Nintendo Switch | 34,462,781 | May 2019 | Nintendo Wii | 96,285,309 | September 2012 | |
PlayStation 5 | 31,768,146 | January 2023 | PlayStation 3 | 68,041,596 | September 2012 | |
Nintendo 3DS | 29,041,238 | April 2013 | Nintendo 3DS | 63,787,085 | December 2016 | |
PlayStation Portable | 21,019,127 | February 2007 | PlayStation Portable | 62,228,999 | October 2010 | |
Xbox Series | 20,562,394 | January 2023 | XBox 360 | 57,974,249 | September 2011 | |
PlayStation 3 | 20,365,598 | January 2009 | Xbox One | 44,836,327 | September 2019 | |
Xbox One | 19,518,100 | January 2016 | PlayStation Vita | 15,562,520 | October 2017 | |
XBox 360 | 16,567,545 | January 2008 | Nintendo Wii U* | 13,560,180 | September 2018 | |
Nintendo Wii U | 9,028,006 | January 2015 | ||||
PlayStation Vita | 7,942,201 | February 2014 |
*Denotes systems that had already ended sale by the stated month.
All Systems (Japan)
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Console | Sales After 122 Weeks | Date | Console | Sales After 315 Weeks | Date | |
Nintendo DS | 15,910,114 | 1 Apr 2007 | Nintendo DS | 31,760,703 | 12 Dec 2010 | |
Nintendo 3DS | 11,674,249 | 23 Jun 2013 | Switch | 28,499,617 | 12 Mar 2023 | |
GBA | 9,874,748 | 20 Jul 2003 | Nintendo 3DS | 22,409,292 | 5 Mar 2017 | |
PS2 | 9,431,924 | 30 Jun 2002 | PS2 | 19,096,393 | 12 Mar 2006 | |
Switch | 8,373,444 | 30 Jun 2019 | PS1 | 17,797,361 | 10 Dec 2000 | |
Wii | 7,953,154 | 29 Mar 2009 | PSP | 16,104,060 | 19 Dec 2010 | |
PS1 | 6,216,469 | 30 Mar 1997 | GBA | 15,475,545 | 1 Apr 2007 | |
GBC | 5,429,588 | 18 Feb 2001 | Wii | 12,623,652 | 9 Dec 2012 | |
PSP | 5,215,785 | 8 Apr 2007 | PS4 | 8,863,420 | 1 Mar 2020 | |
Gamecube | 3,147,842 | 11 Jan 2004 | PS3 | 8,489,917 | 18 Nov 2012 | |
PS5 | 3,121,981 | 12 Mar 2023 | GBC* | 5,842,246 | 29 Jun 2003* | |
PS3 | 2,938,104 | 8 Mar 2009 | Vita | 5,636,586 | 24 Dec 2017 | |
PS4 | 2,826,107 | 19 Jun 2016 | N64 | 4,510,779 | 30 Jun 2002 | |
Vita | 2,720,632 | 13 Apr 2014 | Gamecube* | 4,008,743 | 1 Apr 2007* | |
N64 | 2,278,251 | 18 Oct 1998 | Wii U* | 3,303,559 | 30 Sep 2018* | |
Wii U | 2,256,070 | 5 Apr 2015 | Dreamcast* | 1,918,837 | 31 Mar 2002* | |
Dreamcast | 1,757,610 | 25 Mar 2001 | Wonderswan* | 1,764,488 | 4 Jan 2004* | |
Wonderswan | 1,400,265 | 1 Jul 2001 | Xbox 360 | 1,517,089 | 18 Dec 2011 | |
Xbox 360 | 604,869 | 6 Apr 2008 | Xbox* | 472,992 | 25 Dec 2005* | |
Xbox | 442,519 | 20 Jun 2004 | NeoGeo Pocket* | 311,315 | 30 Dec 2001* | |
Xbox Series | 433,037 | 12 Mar 2023 | Xbox One | 114,802 | 13 Sep 2020 | |
NeoGeo Pocket | 301,040 | 25 Feb 2001 | ||||
Xbox One | 73,692 | 1 Jan 2017 |
*Denotes systems that had already ended sale by the stated week.
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