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How will Switch compare with its three predecessors?

More than all three 12 46.15%
 
Less than DS, more than 3DS and Wii 12 46.15%
 
Less than DS and 3DS, more than Wii 1 3.85%
 
Less than all three 1 3.85%
 
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PAOerfulone on 26 January 2025

"It's been 3,000 years..."

Good evening one and all,

I'M BACK! 

I know I've always been here and never actually left the site, but if you recall, a few years back, I was doing these hardware sales comparison threads where I compared sales for all three, then eventually five, major consoles Year over Year and even to their predecessors on a week-to-week basis. Back when the sales numbers were updated weekly.

But I eventually stopped doing them because what had started out as a project on the side and something fun, I enjoyed and loved doing because I loved seeing the stats and following the trends and charts like we all do, eventually became so overwhelming to the point where it started feeling like a job. It felt like work, and the work just became too much. And I didn't want to do it anymore.

Since then @XtremeBG has picked up the wagon and led the charge in posting the comparison threads and has done a marvelous job with them! Definitely check those out if you haven't already, and if you have, continue to do so. Excellent work on those threads. Keep it up, BG!

So, with another holiday season come and gone, especially for the Nintendo Switch, which has now concluded its 8th, yes, EIGHTH holiday season, and the recently announced Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon, everyone here and on many sites has speculated on how much gas the Switch 1 (Gotta get used to calling it that) has left in the tank. Can it get to 160 million? And can it actually, really catch and surpass the PlayStation 2?

So if you follow @RolStoppable 's thread "The Road to 160m+ for Nintendo Switch" I posted a comment that showed the sales of various consoles from the years their successors released until discontinuation - To serve as a reference for how much Switch can realistically sell from 2025 onwards with Switch 2 slated to release this year. And with Nintendo's next financial report due in less than two weeks on Tues, Feb 4th - where they'll release the latest Switch shipment figures as of Dec 31, 2024 - It has led my mind racing as to what exactly Switch's chances, how much it needs to sell, and how much CAN it sell based on its predecessors' history, or if it'll even follow their history.

And before I knew it, that old spark started to come back! I spent one afternoon gathering specifically the regional data for the DS in 2011, 3DS in 2017, and Wii in 2012 to see how they sold when their respective successors released in that year - To give me an idea of what Switch could do this year.  And in the following three comments after this OP, you will see the results.

Now, this will be a one-time thing for a very special occasion to see if Switch can maintain the pace it needs to catch the PS2. I don't plan on doing any comparison threads with the PS5 or Series S/X. This may even carry into next year where I do ANOTHER thread comparing Switch 1 to other systems in the 2ND years of their successors' life cycles. But I'm getting WAY ahead of myself here. For now, let's just stay focused on this one.

With that said, folks. WELCOME to my first comparison thread in a long time! Nintendo Switch 1 '25 vs. Nintendo DS '11, Nintendo 3DS '17, and Nintendo Wii '12!

And the Nintendo Switch 1's march towards potential history!



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PAOerfulone on 26 January 2025

Nintendo Switch 1 2025 vs Nintendo DS 2011

Global

SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly DS '11 - Weekly

DS '11 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
356,101 356,101 428,125 428,125 - 72,024 - 72,024
166,611 522,712 248,985 677,110 - 82,374 - 154,398
142,752 665,464 213,039 890,149 - 70,287 - 224,685
130,277 795,741 216,580 1,106,729 - 86,303 - 310,988
124,228 919,969 202,249 1,308,978 - 78,021 - 389,009
204,117 1,513,095
218,022 1,731,117
229,293 1,960,410
210,978 2,171,388
230,530 2,401,918
193,782 2,595,700
184,541 2,780,241
173,631 2,953,872
166,570 3,120,442
168,020 3,288,462
163,629 3,452,091
166,058 3,618,149
164,618 3,782,767
140,786 3,923,553
136,979 4,060,532
138,871 4,199,403
138,615 4,338,018
147,227 4,485,245
147,008 4,632,253
165,633 4,797,886
192,301 4,990,187
180,051 5,170,238
168,022 5,338,260
168,702 5,506,962
164,483 5,671,445
145,665 5,817,110
132,850 5,949,960
120,125 6,070,085
111,021 6,181,106
108,909 6,290,015
98,989 6,389,004
90,884 6,479,888
89,338 6,569,226
84,818 6,654,044
80,876 6,734,920
77,428 6,812,348
85,046 6,897,394
104,709 7,002,103
121,462 7,123,565
141,236 7,264,801
188,794 7,453,595
351,510 7,805,105
305,952 8,111,057
324,882 8,435,939
362,941 8,798,880
384,692 9,183,572
177,103 9,360,675

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United States

Spoiler!
SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly DS '11 - Weekly

DS '11 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
81,934 81,934 120,066 120,066 - 38,132 - 38,132
35,909 117,843 105,384 225,450 - 69,475 - 107,607
32,676 150,519 92,000 317,450 - 59,324 - 166,931
29,718 180,237 97,873 415,323 - 68,155 - 235,086
26,825 207,062 85,357 500,680 - 58,532 - 293,618
101,577 602,257
115,017 717,274
126,171 843,445
99,002 942,447
126,676 1,069,123
100,877 1,170,000
88,797 1,258,797
79,857 1,338,654
75,254 1,413,908
78,704 1,492,612
75,551 1,568,163
70,809 1,638,972
61,094 1,700,066
56,991 1,757,057
55,338 1,812,395
53,317 1,865,712
52,308 1,918,020
58,907 1,976,927
63,154 2,040,081
66,264 2,106,345
73,792 2,180,137
70,059 2,250,196
65,953 2,316,149
63,931 2,380,080
61,423 2,441,503
60,564 2,502,067
57,325 2,559,392
54,176 2,613,568
50,005 2,663,573
48,647 2,712,220
46,023 2,758,243
42,425 2,800,668
42,100 2,842,768
39,858 2,882,626
37,985 2,920,611
35,410 2,956,021
38,449 2,994,470
44,116 3,038,586
53,888 3,092,474
64,202 3,156,676
97,094 3,253,770
235,585 3,489,355
179,344 3,668,699
182,127 3,850,826
199,928 4,050,754
200,005 4,250,759
84,516 4,335,275

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Europe

Spoiler!
SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly DS '11 - Weekly

DS '11 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
111,999 111,999 151,747 151,747 - 39,748 - 39,748
40,701 152,700 74,978 226,725 - 34,277 - 74,025
35,641 188,341 67,364 294,089 - 31,723 - 105,748
31,074 219,415 66,379 360,468 - 35,305 - 141,053
32,112 251,527 63,578 424,046 - 31,466 - 172,519
52,153 476,199
54,149 530,348
54,867 585,215
67,190 652,405
61,844 714,249
54,009 768,258
51,304 819,562
49,734 869,296
49,949 919,245
51,293 970,538
53,667 1,024,205
56,766 1,080,971
61,970 1,142,941
54,412 1,197,353
53,529 1,250,882
56,870 1,307,752
57,361 1,365,113
58,061 1,423,174
52,773 1,475,947
67,535 1,543,482
83,268 1,626,750
75,915 1,702,665
70,506 1,773,171
68,191 1,841,362
70,453 1,911,815
57,381 1,969,196
49,765 2,018,961
42,215 2,061,176
41,027 2,102,203
40,723 2,142,926
35,854 2,178,780
31,879 2,210,659
30,724 2,241,383
30,520 2,271,903
29,088 2,300,991
27,749 2,328,740
32,557 2,361,297
44,417 2,405,714
48,829 2,454,543
55,067 2,509,610
64,218 2,573,828
73,028 2,646,856
85,495 2,732,351
94,900 2,827,251
107,137 2,934,388
114,606 3,048,994
62,953 3,111,947

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Japan

Spoiler!
SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly DS '11 - Weekly

DS '11 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
109,744 109,744 92,318 92,318 + 17,426 + 17,426
57,831 167,575 35,970 128,288 + 21,861 + 39,287
47,560 215,135 25,305 153,593 + 22,255 + 61,542
45,327 260,462 24,792 178,385 + 20,535 + 82,077
44,341 304,803 26,104 204,489 + 18,237 + 100,314
43,672 348,475 25,278 229,767 + 18,394 + 118,708
40,003 388,478 21,096 250,863 + 18,907 + 137,615
39,172 427.650 19,605 270,468 + 19,567 + 157,182
45,189 472,839 17,647 288,115 + 27,542 + 184,724
37,841 510,680 14,144 302,259 + 23,697 + 208,421
14,904 317,163
19,166 336,329
20,046 356,375
17,695 374,070
14,789 388,859
12,247 401,106
15,277 416,383
17,225 433,608
8,935 442,543
8,436 450,979
8,746 459,725
8,829 468,554
8,869 477,423
9,469 486,892
8,173 495,065
8,313 503,378
8,417 511,795
7,890 519,685
10,823 530,508
8,375 538,883
6,792 545,675
6,752 552,427
6,575 559,002
4,757 563,759
4,493 568,252
3,850 572,102
4,217 576,319
4,317 580,636
3,254 583,890
3,085 586,975
3,721 590,696
2,597 593,293
2,478 595,771
2,487 598,258
2,579 600,837
2,641 603,478
3,198 606,676
4,374 611,050
6,176 617,226
9,062 626,288
14,489 640,777
5,671 646,448

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Rest of the World

Spoiler!
SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly DS '11 - Weekly

DS '11 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
52,424 52,424 63,994 63,994 - 11,570 - 11,570
32,170 84,594 32,653 96,647 - 483 - 12,053
26,875 111,469 28,370 125,017 - 1,495 - 13,548
24,158 135,627 27,536 152,553 - 3,378 - 16,926
20,950 156,577 27,210 179,763 - 6,260 - 23,186
25,109 204,872
27,760 232,632
28,650 261,282
27,139 288,421
27,866 316,287
23,992 340,279
25,274 365,553
23,994 389,547
23,672 413,219
23,234 436,453
22,164 458,617
23,206 481,823
24,329 506,152
20,448 526,600
19,676 546,276
19,938 566,214
20,117 586,331
21,390 607,721
21,612 629,333
23,661 652,994
26,928 679,922
25,660 705,582
23,673 729,255
25,757 755,012
24,229 779,241
20,928 800,169
19,008 819,177
17,159 836,336
15,235 851,571
15,046 866,617
13,262 879,879
12,363 892,242
12,197 904,439
11,186 915,625
10,718 926,343
10,548 936,891
11,443 948,334
13,698 962,032
16,258 978,290
19,388 997,678
24,841 1,022,519
39,699 1,062,218
36,739 1,098,957
41,679 1,140,636
46,814 1,187,450
55,592 1,243,042
23,963 1,267,005

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PAOerfulone on 26 January 2025

Nintendo Switch 1 2025 vs. Nintendo 3DS 2017

Global

SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly 3DS '17 - Weekly

3DS '17 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
356,101 356,101 164,752 164,752 + 191,349 + 191,349
166,611 522,712 84,336 249,088 + 82,275 + 273,624
142,752 665,464 76,123 325,211 + 66,629 + 340,253
130,277 795,741 73,129 398,340 + 57,148 + 397,401
124,228 919,969 76,372 474,712 + 47,856 + 445,257
86,404 561,116
114,114 675,230
71,649 746,879
75,259 822,138
71,518 893,656
95,110 988,766
97,456 1,086,222
89,112 1,175,334
79,943 1,255,277
80,650 1,335,927
76,233 1,412,160
76,036 1,488,196
77,939 1,566,135
67,831 1,633,966
66,585 1,700,551
65,606 1,766,157
65,793 1,831,950
70,509 1,902,459
72,944 1,975,403
73,507 2,048,910
65,318 2,114,228
72,675 2,186,903
114,846 2,301,749
91,085 2,392,834
197,883 2,590,717
116,800 2,707,517
103,198 2,810,715
90,922 2,901,637
82,443 2,984,080
82,974 3,067,054
79,472 3,146,526
83,161 3,229,687
83,071 3,312,758
99,254 3,412,012
104,311 3,516,323
106,148 3,622,471
106,593 3,729,064
114,887 3,843,951
124,628 3,968,579
136,837 4,105,416
210,228 4,315,644
428,971 4,744,615
309,625 5,054,240
354,842 5,409,082
411,167 5,820,249
450,590 6,270,839
211,465 6,482,304

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United States

Spoiler!
SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly 3DS '17 - Weekly

3DS '17 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
81,934 81,934 22,487 22,487 + 59,447 + 59,447
35,909 117,843 15,128 37,615 + 20,781 + 80,228
32,676 150,519 14,845 52,460 + 17,831 + 98,059
29,718 180,237 14,925 67,385 + 14,793 + 112,852
26,825 207,062 16,532 83,917 + 10,293 + 123,145
23,819 107,736
19,712 127,448
20,027 147,475
18,355 165,830
17,499 183,329
20,521 203,850
24,019 227,869
24,690 252,559
22,559 275,118
23,690 298,808
22,079 320,887
21,069 341,956
20,227 362,183
19,319 381,502
18,340 399,842
17,432 417,274
19,633 436,907
23,137 460,044
27,650 487,694
27,974 515,668
17,227 532,895
26,787 559,682
26,909 586,591
26,733 613,324
24,512 637,836
22,862 660,698
24,280 684,978
23,812 708,790
24,846 733,636
24,360 757,996
26,104 784,100
28,769 812,869
29,288 842,157
37,534 879,691
33,420 913,111
32,713 945,824
32,319 978,143
34,282 1,012,425
35,636 1,048,061
40,038 1,088,099
69,637 1,157,736
202,543 1,360,279
132,734 1,493,013
141,351 1,634,364
166,119 1,800,483
176,410 1,976,893
83,682 2,060,575

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Europe

Spoiler!
SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly 3DS '17 - Weekly

3DS '17 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
111,999 111,999 29,520 29,520 + 82,479 + 82,479
40,701 152,700 25,573 55,093 + 15,128 + 97,607
35,641 188,341 25,760 80,853 + 9,881 + 107,488
31,074 219,415 25,342 106,195 + 5,732 + 113,220
32,112 251,527 26,366 132,561 + 5,746 + 118,966
28,610 161,171
65,566 226,737
23,191 249,928
24,577 274,505
23,480 297,985
22,847 320,832
24,582 345,414
24,785 370,199
24,728 394,927
25,715 420,642
25,398 446,040
25,945 471,985
25,305 497,290
25,425 522,715
25,124 547,839
24,459 572,298
24,066 596,364
25,605 621,969
24,694 646,663
25,179 671,842
25,896 697,738
25,683 723,421
24,970 748,391
25,403 773,794
25,936 799,730
26,050 825,780
26,104 851,884
25,650 877,534
25,711 903,245
25,116 928,361
24,579 952,940
25,476 978,416
26,754 1,005,170
32,807 1,037,977
37,003 1,074,980
39,649 1,114,629
41,901 1,156,530
45,247 1,201,777
49,951 1,251,728
54,310 1,306,038
67,337 1,373,375
124,003 1,497,378
87,521 1,584,899
109,620 1,694,519
123,451 1,817,970
134,201 1,952,171
60,534 2,012,705

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Japan

Spoiler!
SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly 3DS '17 - Weekly

3DS '17 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
109,744 109,744 105,360 105,360 + 4,384 + 4,384
57,831 167,575 36,735 142,095 + 21,096 + 25,480
47,560 215,135 28,735 170,830 + 18,825 + 44,305
45,327 260,462 25,992 196,822 + 19,335 + 63,640
44,341 303,803 27,264 224,086 + 17,077 + 80,717
43,672 348,475 26,754 250,840 + 16,918 + 97,635
40,003 388,478 21,820 272,660 + 18,183 + 115,818
39,172 427,650 22,389 295,049 + 16,783 + 132,601
45,189 472,839 25,758 320,807 + 19,431 + 152,032
37,841 510,680 23,827 344,634 + 14,014 + 166,046
44,821 389,455
42,754 432,209
33,476 465,685
25,738 491,423
23,916 515,339
22,397 537,736
22,754 560,490
26,175 586,665
16,912 603,577
17,132 620,709
17,762 638,471
15,897 654,368
14,989 669,357
14,738 684,095
14,523 698,618
15,442 714,060
14,117 728,177
56,703 784,880
32,734 817,614
141,092 958,706
60,985 1,019,691
45,958 1,065,649
34,472 1,100,121
24,845 1,124,966
26,565 1,151,531
21,734 1,173,265
21,588 1,194,853
19,779 1,214,632
20,745 1,235,377
22,781 1,258,158
21,114 1,279,272
16,992 1,296,264
17,591 1,313,855
20,662 1,334,517
21,174 1,355,691
44,882 1,400,573
36,402 1,436,975
37,147 1,474,122
47,394 1,521,516
58,282 1,579,798
81,194 1,660,992
38,943 1,699,935

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Rest of the World

Spoiler!
SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly 3DS '17 - Weekly

3DS '17 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
52,424 52,424 7,385 7,385 + 45,039 + 45,039
32,170 84,594 6,900 14,285 + 25,270 + 70,309
26,875 111,469 6,783 21,068 + 20,092 + 90,401
24,158 135,627 6,870 27,938 + 17,288 +107,689
20,950 156,577 6,210 34,148 + 14,740 + 122,429
7,221 41,369
7,016 48,385
6,042 54,427
6,569 60,996
6,712 67,708
6,921 74,629
6,101 80,730
6,161 86,891
6,918 93,809
7,329 101,138
6,359 107,497
6,268 113,765
6,232 119,997
6,175 126,172
5,989 132,161
5,953 138,114
6,197 144,311
6,778 151,089
5,862 156,951
5,831 162,782
6,753 169,535
6,088 175,623
6,264 181,887
6,215 188,102
6,343 194,445
6,903 201,348
6,856 208,204
6,988 215,192
7,041 222,233
6,933 229,166
7,055 236,221
7,328 243,549
7,247 250,796
8,168 258,964
11,107 270,071
12,672 282,743
15,381 298,124
17,765 315,889
18,379 334,268
21,315 355,583
28,372 383,955
66,023 449,978
52,223 502,201
56,447 558,648
63,315 621,963
58,785 680,748
28,306 709,054
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PAOerfulone on 26 January 2025

Nintendo Switch 2025 vs. Nintendo Wii 2012

Global

SW1 '25 - Weekly SW1 '25 - Yearly Wii '12 - Weekly

Wii '12 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
356,101 356,101 259,581 259,581 + 96,520 + 96,520
166,611 522,712 133,284 392,865 + 33,327 + 129,847
142,752 665,464 111,755 504,620 + 30,997 + 160,844
130,277 795,741 104,264 608,884 + 26,013 + 186,857
124,228 919,969 106,575 715,459 + 17,653 + 204,510
107,096 822,555
109,268 931,823
112,505 1,044,328
88,923 1,133,251
80,818 1,214,069
73,571 1,287,650
71,169 1,358,809
71,853 1,430,662
76,972 1,507,634
65,521 1,573,155
64,984 1,638,139
66,828 1,704,967
70,297 1,775,264
54,581 1,829,845
56,597 1,886,442
57,257 1,943,699
54,597 1,998,296
57,317 2,055,613
52,059 2,107,672
48,574 2,156,246
48,894 2,205,140
51,440 2,256,580
51,731 2,308,311
54,290 2,362,601
58,649 2,421,250
91,117 2,512,367
60,888 2,573,255
59,884 2,633,139
50,881 2,684,020
49,027 2,733,047
44,601 2,777,648
43,694 2,821,342
40,762 2,862,104
42,011 2,904,115
46,606 2,950,721
45,662 2,996,383
54,083 3,050,466
67,135 3,117,601
81,063 3,198,664
106,035 3,304,699
150,032 3,454,731
413,009 4,867,740
212,295 4,080,035
246,286 4,326,321
285,232 4,611,553
323,036 4,934,589
194,435 5,129,024

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United States

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Wii '12 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
81,934 81,934 56,419 56,419 + 25,515 + 25,515
35,909 117,843 47,199 103,618 - 11,290 + 14,225
32,676 150,519 42,322 145,940 - 9,646 + 4,579
29,718 180,237 39,184 185,124 - 9,466 - 4,887
26,825 207,062 45,786 230,910 - 18,961 - 23,848
48,863 279,773
51,874 331,647
57,504 389,151
36,531 425,682
31,189 456,871
30,344 487,215
28,336 515,551
25,702 541,253
28,658 569,911
24,032 593,943
21,997 615,940
21,381 637,321
19,493 656,814
18,680 675,494
19,517 695,011
18,992 714,003
19,406 733,409
18,991 752,400
17,732 770,132
16,628 786,760
15,596 802,356
17,824 820,180
18,262 838,442
18,945 857,387
18,894 876,281
18,654 894,354
18,073 912,427
18,384 930,811
17,529 948,340
16,151 964,491
14,995 979,488
14,316 993,802
13,325 1,007,127
13,142 1,020,269
13,097 1,033,366
13,101 1,046,467
17,274 1,063,741
23,835 1,087,576
29,202 1,116,778
40,496 1,157,274
65,207 1,222,481
296,890 1,519,371
86,327 1,605,698
103,693 1,709,391
116,932 1,826,323
138,613 1,964,936
76,547 2,041,483

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Europe

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Wii '12 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
111,999 111,999 105,590 105,590 + 6,409 + 6,409
40,701 152,700 54,739 160,329 - 14,038 - 7,629
35,641 188,341 44,829 205,158 - 9,188 - 16,817
31,074 219,415 41,626 246,784 - 10,552 - 27,369
32,112 251,527 38,457 285,241 - 6,345 - 33,714
36,205 321,446
34,697 356,143
31,874 388,017
31,719 419,736
29,535 449,271
23,617 472,888
22,530 495,418
25,893 521,311
29,212 550,523
23,911 574,434
24,641 599,075
24,488 623,563
22,703 646,266
20,573 666,839
20,613 687,452
21,241 708,693
19,369 728,062
22,128 750,190
18,686 768,876
17,224 786,100
17,241 803,341
16,863 820,204
16,806 837,010
17,038 854,048
18,841 872,889
17,609 890,498
17,664 908,162
17,144 925,306
16,078 941,384
16,428 957,812
14,158 971,970
13,157 985,127
12,313 997,440
11,894 1,009,334
14,197 1,023,531
14,212 1,037,743
16,357 1,054,100
21,191 1,075,291
23,365 1,098,656
32,627 1,131,283
42,257 1,173,540
54,477 1,228,017
64,878 1,292,895
69,985 1,362,880
85,226 1,448,106
89,239 1,537,345
62,171 1,599,516

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Japan

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Wii '12 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
109,744 109,744 49,054 49,054 + 60,690 + 60,690
57,831 167,575 12,804 61,858 + 45,027 + 105,717
47,560 215,135 9,319 71,177 + 38,241 + 143,958
45,327 260,462 9,620 80,797 + 35,707 + 179,665
44,341 304,803 8,576 89,373 + 35,765 + 215,430
43,672 348,475 8,096 97,469 + 35,576 + 251,006
40,003 388,478 7,513 104,982 + 32,490 + 283,496
39,172 427,650 7,418 112,400 + 31,754 + 315,250
45,189 472,839 7,524 119,924 + 37,665 + 352,915
37,841 510,680 7,963 127,887 + 29,878 + 382,793
8,090 135,977
9,151 145,128
9,169 154,297
7,052 161,349
6,745 168,094
6,992 175,086
9,372 184,458
15,369 199,827
5,958 205,785
5,879 211,664
6,193 217,857
5,667 223,524
5,755 229,279
5,812 235,091
6,415 241,506
6,755 248,261
7,025 255,286
6,891 262,177
8,939 271,116
10,641 281,757
42,558 324,315
15,765 340,080
15,090 355,170
8,927 364,097
8,341 372,438
6,028 378,466
5,840 384,306
5,417 389,723
5,108 394,831
4,356 399,187
4,330 403,517
3,937 407,454
3,758 411,212
3,728 414,940
2,963 417,903
2,908 420,811
3,799 424,610
5,005 429,615
6,821 436,436
11,094 447,530
15,080 462,610
7,515 470,125

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Rest of the World

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Wii '12 -Yearly

 (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
52,424 52,424 48,518 48,518 + 3,906 + 3,906
32,170 84,594 18,542 67,060 + 13,628 + 17,534
26,875 111,469 15,285 82,345 + 11,590 + 29,124
24,158 135,627 13,834 96,179 + 10,324 + 39,448
20,950 156,577 13,756 109,935 + 7,194 + 46,642
13,932 123,867
15,184 139,051
15,709 154,760
13,154 167,914
12,131 180,045
11,520 191,565
11,152 202,717
11,089 213,806
12,044 225,850
10,833 236,683
11,354 248,037
11,587 259,624
12,732 272,356
9,370 281,726
10,588 292,314
10,831 303,145
10,155 313,300
10,443 323,743
9,829 333,572
8,307 341,879
9,302 351,181
9,728 360,909
9,772 370,681
9,368 380,049
10,273 390,322
12,296 402,618
9,386 412,004
9,266 421,270
8,347 429,617
8,107 437,724
9,420 447,144
10,381 457,525
9,707 467,232
11,867 479,099
14,956 494,055
14,019 508,074
16,515 524,589
18,351 542,940
24,768 567,708
29,949 597,657
39,660 637,317
57,843 695,160
56,085 751,245
65,787 817,032
71,980 889,012
80,104 969,116
48,202 1,017,318
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Mar1217 on 26 January 2025

It's good to see your enthusiasm back for another sales rodeo between Nintendo current and past platforms !

Looking at the yearly numbers for the DS '11 Yar on the market, I don't know if the Switch technically has it to match the exact number but doing it would bring it right at the doors of 160M shipped so yes, it'd be good.



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Wman1996 on 26 January 2025

Switch will for sure outsell Wii's 2012.
Switch's 2025 sales are dependent on several factors
-If Switch gets a price cut
-When Switch 2 launches. A Q3 or Q4 Switch 2 release would probably help Switch a little. Q4 seems unlikely considering we're getting a Direct at the start of Q2.
-How Switch 2 does early on. If Switch 2 launches well before the holiday season and is a disappointment for Nintendo in sales, Switch could sell better than we expect.



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Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 115 million (was 105 million) Xbox Series S/X: 40 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

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PAOerfulone on 26 January 2025

So, the updates are going to be a bit different this time around.

Since the data is updated monthly instead of weekly, the breakdowns won't be quite as frequent.

What instead will happen is we will go based on the regionals that come in.
For example: We still get weekly Japanese data thanks to Famitsu, so I'll be using them as the reference for the Japan charts.

Then once Circana and Europe data comes in at the end of the month for the US and EU markets, I'll put those in.
Then the Global data usually follows, which is when I'll put the global data in.
Then once the Global, US, EU, and JP data are in, I can use those to calculate and find the ROTW of the world data as well as make the necessary adjustments.

So it'll more than likely be Japan first, then the US and EU, then Global, and finally Rest of the World.



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PAOerfulone on 26 January 2025
Wman1996 said:

Switch will for sure outsell Wii's 2012.
Switch's 2025 sales are dependent on several factors
-If Switch gets a price cut
-When Switch 2 launches. A Q3 or Q4 Switch 2 release would probably help Switch a little. Q4 seems unlikely considering we're getting a Direct at the start of Q2.
-How Switch 2 does early on. If Switch 2 launches well before the holiday season and is a disappointment for Nintendo in sales, Switch could sell better than we expect.

The only scenario where Switch 2 is a sales disappointment is if it the launch price is too high like $500. I even think $450 would be pushing it. $400 is has been the widely speculated price point, and I think that's just right. If it's $350, that would be fantastic! But unlikely given Switch OLED is currently $350 and that would spell certain death for that model and also severely impact the base $300 model unless Nintendo cuts the price for all Switch 1 models.



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Norion on 26 January 2025

Nice to see you're doing this again for the last stretch of the Switch! In case you don't know the Wii part isn't fully filled out like it is for the DS and 3DS. For how the Switch will do somewhat above 3DS level is my guess.

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curl-6 on 26 January 2025

The cumulative/total sales for Wii 2012 seem to be missing here, but VGC says it sold 5.1m; I would expect the Switch to beat that since it looks like it will have the first half of the year or so to itself before it's replaced.

3DS is trickier, as it was much cheaper than Switch at the time and the Switch wasn't BC with its games, so it remained a viable impulse purchase through 2017. If Switch 2 is like $450 or more or the current system gets a price reduction then I can see Switch 2025 taking this.

DS is probably out of reach as it was also dirt cheap at the time.