Japan Consoles Showdown: 2025

This is the Japan Console Showdown comparison thread for 2025.

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. To be able to update them weekly I will put the Famitsu numbers each week, and when VGChartz releases estimated ones, I will adjust them with those numbers, because the competitor's numbers are VGChartz estimated and not Famitsu ones, and therefore it is more fair to compare them to the numbers from the same place, and at the same time.

The battles for this year for Japan are as follows:

Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo Switch vs 3DS'15 (2.15M) vs Wii'10 (1.65M)
PlayStation 5 vs PlayStation 3'08 (1.05M)
XBOX Series vs XB360'12 (72k) vs Vita'18 (105k)

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 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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2025 Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Switch 2 Comparison

Week/Month	'25 NSW - Weekly	'25 NSW - Yearly	'25 NSW 2 - Weekly	'25 NSW 2 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
*January*
2
3
4
5
February
7
8
9
March
11
12
13
*April*
15
16
17
*May*
19
20
21
22
*June*
24
25
26
July
28
29
30
31
*August*
33
34
35
September
37
38
39
*October*
41
42
43
44
November
46
47
48
December
50
51
52

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2015 Nintendo 3DS vs 2025 Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month	15' 3DS - Weekly	'15 3DS - Yearly	'25 NSW - Weekly	'25 NSW - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
*January*	63,816	63,816
2	47,655	111,471
3	35,908	147,379
4	34,736	182,115
5	32,171	214,286
February	56,740	271,026
7	34,256	305,282
8	33,234	338,516
9	31,432	369,948
March	28,918	398,866
11	26,047	424,913
12	28,745	453,658
13	32,633	486,291
*April*	25,544	511,835
15	21,132	532,967
16	21,288	554,255
17	26,596	580,851
*May*	25,512	606,363
19	16,075	622,438
20	15,307	637,745
21	17,116	654,861
22	17,575	672,436
June	25,859	698,295
24	24,103	722,398
25	32,066	754,464
26	27,285	781,749
July	28,845	810,594
28	26,796	837,390
29	27,406	864,796
30	53,428	918,224
*August*	37,069	955,293
32	43,224	998,517
33	29,062	1,027,579
34	48,300	1,075,879
35	32,927	1,108,806
September	26,391	1,135,197
37	26,987	1,162,184
38	28,051	1,190,235
39	23,502	1,213,737
*October*	22,616	1,236,353
41	23,242	1,259,595
42	20,464	1,280,059
43	20,145	1,300,204
44	28,986	1,329,190
*November*	27,501	1,356,691
46	34,845	1,391,536
47	132,179	1,523,715
48	96,941	1,620,656
December	109,149	1,729,805
50	146,070	1,875,875
51	162,566	2,038,441
52	122,662	2,161,103

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2008 PlayStation 3 vs. 2025 PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month	08'PS3 - Weekly	'08 PS3 - Yearly	'25 PS5 - Weekly	'25 PS5 - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
*January*	68,433	68,433
2	37,183	105,616
3	35,760	141,376
4	32,315	173,691
5	39,676	213,367
February	22,942	236,309
7	18,175	254,484
8	13,801	268,285
9	14,035	282,320
March	21,424	303,744
11	16,796	320,540
12	14,726	335,266
13	12,345	347,611
*April*	11,375	358,986
15	8,482	367,468
16	7,963	375,431
17	10,000	385,431
*May*	10,800	396,231
19	8,443	404,674
20	7,498	412,172
21	8,757	420,929
22	9,113	430,042
*June*	10,637	440,679
24	77,679	518,358
25	23,037	541,395
26	18,697	560,092
July	15,993	576,085
28	13,494	589,579
29	11,703	601,282
30	11,437	612,719
*August*	10,336	623,055
32	10,167	633,222
33	12,294	645,516
34	8,729	654,245
35	10,471	664,716
September	8,493	673,209
37	8,132	681,341
38	8,260	689,601
39	8,370	697,971
*October*	7,400	705,371
41	5,875	711,246
42	4,810	716,056
43	4,056	720,112
44	38,171	758,283
*November*	22,399	780,682
46	20,426	801,108
47	17,895	819,003
48	35,339	854,342
December	28,432	882,774
50	32,169	914,943
51	38,431	953,374
52	47,464	1,000,838
53	64,970	1,065,808

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2018 PlayStation Vita vs. 2025 Xbox Series Comparison

Week/Month	'18 Vita - Weekly	'18 Vita - Yearly	'25 XBSX - Weekly	'25 XBSX - Yearly	(+/-) Weekly	(+/-) Yearly
*January*	7,120	7,120
2	3,198	10,318
3	2,973	13,291
4	2,535	15,826
5	2,051	17,877
February	2,299	20,176
7	3,010	23,186
8	2,851	26,037
9	4,209	30,246
March	3,733	33,979
11	1,869	35,848
12	1,878	37,726
13	2,063	39,789
*April*	1,194	40,983
15	1,939	42,922
16	1,848	44,770
17	2,422	47,192
*May*	3,450	50,642
19	1,363	52,005
20	1,347	53,352
21	1,695	55,047
22	1,502	56,549
*June*	1,949	58,498
24	1,072	59,570
25	1,210	60,780
26	1,243	62,023
July	1,197	63,220
28	1,983	65,203
29	2,075	67,278
30	1,218	68,496
*August*	1,189	69,685
32	1,323	71,008
33	1,032	72,040
34	1,486	73,526
35	1,419	74,945
September	1,336	76,281
37	1,972	78,253
38	1,696	79,949
39	1,684	81,633
*October*	1,654	83,287
41	1,519	84,806
42	1,389	86,195
43	1,093	87,288
44	1,908	89,196
*November*	1,826	91,022
46	1,851	92,873
47	1,712	94,585
48	1,779	96,364
December	1,762	98,126
50	1,817	99,943
51	2,939	102,882
52	1,924	104,806

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 3 days ago


Which one will sell more in 2025 in Japan?
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Switch 2	10	83.33%
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