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XtremeBG 2 days ago

Welcome to my biggest Ultimate Showdown thread yet, which is for 2025. 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:

- Worldwide:

  • Nintendo Switch vs PSP '11 (7.5M) vs PSP '12 (4.3M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs Wii '10 (17.3M) vs DS '06 (20.8M)
  • XBOX Series vs PS3 '14 (3.4M) vs PSP '12 (4.3M)

- United States:

  • Nintendo Switch vs DS '12 (2.2M) vs 3DS '18 (1.5M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs PS4 '15 (5.7M) vs PS3 '10 (4.7M)
  • XBOX Series vs XB1 '20 (1.9M)

- Europe:

  • Nintendo Switch vs 3DS '17 (2M) vs PSP '13 (1.4M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs PS4 '17 (7.4M) vs NSW '21 (6.1M)
  • XBOX Series vs DS '12 (715K) vs XB360 '14 (450K)

- For Japan click here

Quick access data for 2024 (as of January 2025):

Region WW US EU
PS5 18.6M 5.8M 6.8M
NSW 12M 3.1M 3.3M
XBSX 5M 2.7M 1.1M

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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PlayStation Portable 2011 vs 2025 Nintendo Switch Comparison WORLDWIDE

Week/Month '11 PSP - Weekly '11 PSP - Yearly '25 NSW - Weekly '25 NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 238,416 238,416
2 137,574 375,990
3 134,392 510,382
4 128,762 639,144
5 115,309 754,453
February 196,376 950,829
7 158,201 1,109,030
8 145,770 1,254,800
9 184,361 1,439,161
March 136,858 1,576,019
11 110,237 1,686,256
12 127,774 1,814,030
13 135,311 1,949,341
14 115,226 2,064,567
April 108,568 2,173,135
16 132,572 2,305,707
17 159,473 2,465,180
18 165,672 2,630,852
May 129,127 2,759,979
20 119,773 2,879,752
21 124,020 3,003,772
22 119,656 3,123,428
June 116,578 3,240,006
24 122,766 3,362,772
25 122,302 3,485,074
26 132,277 3,617,351
July 124,053 3,741,404
28 119,251 3,860,655
29 115,408 3,976,063
30 125,080 4,101,143
31 128,257 4,229,400
August 130,412 4,359,812
33 123,139 4,482,951
34 113,480 4,596,431
35 107,720 4,704,151
September 100,502 4,804,653
37 96,868 4,901,521
38 95,959 4,997,480
39 104,265 5,101,745
40 105,695 5,207,440
October 102,419 5,309,859
42 99,744 5,409,603
43 115,827 5,525,430
44 118,654 5,644,084
November 122,621 5,766,705
46 163,812 5,930,517
47 227,220 6,157,737
48 201,442 6,359,179
December 270,370 6,629,549
50 319,881 6,949,430
51 372,632 7,322,062
52 196,641 7,518,703

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Nintendo DS 2012 vs 2025 Nintendo Switch Comparison US REGION

Week/Month '12 DS - Weekly '12 DS - Yearly '25 NSW - Weekly '25 NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 29,411 29,411
2 26,033 55,444
3 24,105 79,549
4 21,959 101,508
5 25,082 126,590
February 27,500 154,090
7 29,786 183,876
8 32,079 215,955
9 24,229 240,184
March 17,129 257,313
11 19,791 277,104
12 19,956 297,060
13 18,932 315,992
14 19,133 335,125
April 20,464 355,589
16 19,677 375,266
17 18,324 393,590
18 16,127 409,717
May 17,261 426,978
20 26,662 453,640
21 53,016 506,656
22 46,096 552,752
June 38,454 591,206
24 35,324 626,530
25 31,652 658,182
26 29,275 687,457
July 28,225 715,682
28 27,336 743,018
29 24,880 767,898
30 21,727 789,625
31 20,842 810,467
August 20,259 830,726
33 19,306 850,032
34 26,158 876,190
35 27,019 903,209
September 25,788 928,997
37 27,486 956,483
38 26,810 983,293
39 25,290 1,008,583
40 25,997 1,034,580
October 25,256 1,059,836
42 26,926 1,086,762
43 28,036 1,114,798
44 35,366 1,150,164
November 39,393 1,189,557
46 56,715 1,246,272
47 268,266 1,514,538
48 125,687 1,640,225
December 137,590 1,777,815
50 144,475 1,922,290
51 155,087 2,077,377
52 86,892 2,164,269

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Nintendo 3DS 2017 vs 2025 Nintendo Switch Comparison EU REGION

Week/Month '17 3DS - Weekly '17 3DS - Yearly '25 NSW - Weekly '25 NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 29,520 29,520
2 25,573 55,093
3 25,760 80,853
4 25,342 106,195
5 26,366 132,561
February 28,610 161,171
7 65,566 226,737
8 23,191 249,928
9 24,577 274,505
March 23,480 297,985
11 22,847 320,832
12 24,582 345,414
13 24,785 370,199
14 24,728 394,927
April 25,715 420,642
16 25,398 446,040
17 25,945 471,985
18 25,305 497,290
May 25,425 522,715
20 25,124 547,839
21 24,459 572,298
22 24,066 596,364
June 25,605 621,969
24 24,694 646,663
25 25,179 671,842
26 25,896 697,738
July 25,683 723,421
28 24,970 748,391
29 25,403 773,794
30 25,936 799,730
31 26,050 825,780
August 26,104 851,884
33 25,650 877,534
34 25,711 903,245
35 25,116 928,361
September 24,579 952,940
37 25,476 978,416
38 26,754 1,005,170
39 32,807 1,037,977
40 37,003 1,074,980
October 39,649 1,114,629
42 41,901 1,156,530
43 45,247 1,201,777
44 49,951 1,251,728
November 54,310 1,306,038
46 67,337 1,373,375
47 124,003 1,497,378
48 87,521 1,584,899
December 109,620 1,694,519
50 123,451 1,817,970
51 134,201 1,952,171
52 60,534 2,012,705

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Nintendo Wii 2010 vs 2025 PlayStation 5 Comparison WORLDWIDE

Week/Month '10 Wii - Weekly '10 Wii - Yearly '25 PS5 - Weekly '25 PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 529,310 529,310
2 308,853 838,163
3 346,470 1,184,633
4 337,874 1,522,507
5 296,310 1,818,817
February 253,477 2,072,294
7 289,216 2,361,510
8 264,514 2,626,024
9 326,021 2,952,045
March 254,219 3,206,264
11 261,951 3,468,215
12 267,510 3,735,725
13 269,106 4,004,831
14 234,929 4,239,760
April 211,875 4,451,635
16 204,143 4,655,778
17 206,006 4,861,784
18 205,719 5,067,503
May 215,470 5,282,973
20 220,241 5,503,214
21 228,071 5,731,285
22 209,794 5,941,079
June 198,659 6,139,738
24 173,049 6,312,787
25 156,944 6,469,731
26 158,247 6,627,978
July 159,496 6,787,474
28 149,882 6,937,356
29 140,995 7,078,351
30 147,351 7,225,702
31 150,457 7,376,159
August 150,560 7,526,719
33 136,174 7,662,893
34 166,065 7,828,958
35 171,389 8,000,347
September 139,457 8,139,804
37 134,698 8,274,502
38 128,866 8,403,368
39 125,371 8,528,739
40 123,209 8,651,948
October 127,549 8,779,497
42 175,908 8,955,405
43 261,037 9,216,442
44 316,440 9,532,882
November 468,060 10,000,942
46 561,055 10,561,997
47 980,423 11,542,420
48 988,441 12,530,861
December 1,282,261 13,813,122
50 1,398,203 15,211,325
51 1,441,770 16,653,095
52 616,424 17,269,519

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PlayStation 4 2015 vs 2025 PlayStation 5 Comparison US REGION

Week/Month '15 PS4 - Weekly '15 PS4 - Yearly '25 PS5 - Weekly '25 PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 56,174 56,174
2 45,001 101,175
3 43,583 144,758
4 50,449 195,207
5 62,149 257,356
February 71,390 328,746
7 94,450 423,196
8 74,558 497,754
9 62,948 560,702
March 62,486 623,188
11 74,274 697,462
12 75,597 773,059
13 66,096 839,155
14 53,879 893,034
April 48,094 941,128
16 43,384 984,512
17 39,465 1,023,977
18 38,372 1,062,349
May 38,328 1,100,677
20 44,091 1,144,768
21 39,046 1,183,814
22 46,520 1,230,334
June 49,640 1,279,974
24 50,388 1,330,362
25 143,976 1,474,338
26 81,717 1,556,055
July 60,891 1,616,946
28 55,470 1,672,416
29 50,874 1,723,290
30 50,308 1,773,598
31 48,934 1,822,532
August 48,482 1,871,014
33 53,442 1,924,456
34 61,886 1,986,342
35 81,900 2,068,242
September 69,649 2,137,891
37 74,720 2,212,611
38 60,476 2,273,087
39 48,981 2,322,068
40 68,985 2,391,053
October 70,735 2,461,788
42 70,902 2,532,690
43 69,843 2,602,533
44 268,079 2,870,612
November 188,066 3,058,678
46 265,710 3,324,388
47 815,257 4,139,645
48 244,455 4,384,100
December 323,001 4,707,101
50 409,943 5,117,044
51 454,878 5,571,922
52 178,312 5,750,234

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PlayStation 4 2017 vs 2025 PlayStation 5 Comparison EU REGION

Week/Month '17 PS4 - Weekly '17 PS4 - Yearly '25 PS5 - Weekly '25 PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 144,568 144,568
2 111,901 256,469
3 107,639 364,108
4 107,913 472,021
5 108,181 580,202
February 111,679 691,881
7 121,731 813,612
8 126,361 939,973
9 105,646 1,045,619
March 108,947 1,154,566
11 116,964 1,271,530
12 120,673 1,392,203
13 116,906 1,509,109
14 111,800 1,620,909
April 110,457 1,731,366
16 100,731 1,832,097
17 92,300 1,924,397
18 117,362 2,041,759
May 122,693 2,164,452
20 128,289 2,292,741
21 125,717 2,418,458
22 124,182 2,542,640
June 106,294 2,648,934
24 108,122 2,757,056
25 111,463 2,868,519
26 103,488 2,972,007
July 94,587 3,066,594
28 92,185 3,158,779
29 85,419 3,244,198
30 88,161 3,332,359
31 87,079 3,419,438
August 87,567 3,507,005
33 87,702 3,594,707
34 92,527 3,687,234
35 93,847 3,781,081
September 111,115 3,892,196
37 97,738 3,989,934
38 100,402 4,090,336
39 129,996 4,220,332
40 125,554 4,345,886
October 127,370 4,473,256
42 141,433 4,614,689
43 143,735 4,758,424
44 185,280 4,943,704
November 223,932 5,167,636
46 249,442 5,417,078
47 388,496 5,805,574
48 340,496 6,146,070
December 338,996 6,485,066
50 343,100 6,828,166
51 367,601 7,195,767
52 204,483 7,400,250

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PlayStation 3 2014 vs 2025 XBOX Series Comparison WORLDWIDE

Week/Month '14 PS3 - Weekly '14 PS3 - Yearly '25 XBSX - Weekly '25 XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 94,928 94,928
2 83,079 178,007
3 81,118 259,125
4 83,271 342,396
5 75,733 418,129
February 78,995 497,124
7 78,190 575,314
8 79,678 654,992
9 74,337 729,329
March 75,146 804,475
11 74,655 879,130
12 82,042 961,172
13 66,865 1,028,037
14 57,910 1,085,947
April 55,743 1,141,690
16 55,642 1,197,332
17 56,025 1,253,357
18 51,055 1,304,412
May 52,130 1,356,542
20 52,645 1,409,187
21 49,378 1,458,565
22 46,721 1,505,286
June 50,127 1,555,413
24 48,516 1,603,929
25 49,520 1,653,449
26 48,234 1,701,683
July 46,910 1,748,593
28 44,619 1,793,212
29 44,424 1,837,636
30 44,499 1,882,135
31 40,689 1,922,824
August 40,733 1,963,557
33 34,434 1,997,991
34 44,035 2,042,026
35 47,290 2,089,316
September 53,836 2,143,152
37 44,397 2,187,549
38 47,445 2,234,994
39 44,487 2,279,481
40 42,027 2,321,508
October 41,202 2,362,710
42 44,604 2,407,314
43 48,506 2,455,820
44 58,507 2,514,327
November 56,998 2,571,325
46 64,775 2,636,100
47 135,186 2,771,286
48 121,268 2,892,554
December 129,016 3,021,570
50 137,016 3,158,586
51 133,305 3,291,891
52 100,182 3,392,073

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XBOX ONE 2020 vs 2025 XBOX Series Comparison US REGION

Week/Month '20 XB1 - Weekly '20 XB1 - Yearly '25 XBSX - Weekly '25 XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 42,679 42,679
2 23,397 66,076
3 24,797 90,873
4 23,828 114,701
5 24,106 138,807
February 32,809 171,616
7 33,527 205,143
8 33,964 239,107
9 36,751 275,858
March 65,974 341,832
11 64,345 406,177
12 57,700 463,877
13 49,983 513,860
14 52,778 566,638
April 79,324 645,962
16 79,176 725,138
17 68,398 793,536
18 49,184 842,720
May 41,409 884,129
20 36,567 920,696
21 35,912 956,608
22 33,304 989,912
June 26,569 1,016,481
24 28,091 1,044,572
25 26,073 1,070,645
26 31,717 1,102,362
July 25,842 1,128,204
28 21,862 1,150,066
29 20,137 1,170,203
30 20,128 1,190,331
31 19,806 1,210,137
August 20,102 1,230,239
33 18,234 1,248,473
34 18,389 1,266,862
35 18,124 1,284,986
September 20,150 1,305,136
37 24,169 1,329,305
38 22,709 1,352,014
39 23,158 1,375,172
40 22,905 1,398,077
October 22,438 1,420,515
42 22,533 1,443,048
43 21,014 1,464,062
44 22,349 1,486,411
November 26,491 1,512,902
46 33,453 1,546,355
47 36,112 1,582,467
48 72,202 1,654,669
December 63,257 1,717,926
50 61,906 1,779,832
51 71,891 1,851,723
52 46,451 1,898,174
53 23,701 1,921,875

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Nintendo DS 2012 vs 2025 XBOX Series Comparison EU REGION

Week/Month '12 DS - Weekly '12 DS - Yearly '25 XBSX - Weekly '25 XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 43,506 43,506
2 22,434 65,940
3 21,011 86,951
4 19,740 106,691
5 18,071 124,762
February 17,715 142,477
7 17,630 160,107
8 17,116 177,223
9 16,905 194,128
March 16,307 210,435
11 16,006 226,441
12 15,671 242,112
13 18,609 260,721
14 19,735 280,456
April 13,721 294,177
16 11,869 306,046
17 11,928 317,974
18 12,210 330,184
May 10,774 340,958
20 10,666 351,624
21 10,976 362,600
22 10,316 372,916
June 9,727 382,643
24 9,038 391,681
25 9,056 400,737
26 8,938 409,675
July 8,194 417,869
28 8,166 426,035
29 7,766 433,801
30 7,683 441,484
31 7,363 448,847
August 6,865 455,712
33 7,145 462,857
34 6,646 469,503
35 6,231 475,734
September 6,317 482,051
37 6,724 488,775
38 6,607 495,382
39 6,496 501,878
40 6,386 508,264
October 6,332 514,596
42 6,980 521,576
43 8,851 530,427
44 9,239 539,666
November 11,655 551,321
46 15,014 566,335
47 18,118 584,453
48 21,723 606,176
December 25,650 631,826
50 31,392 663,218
51 30,898 694,116
52 21,141 715,257

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 1 day ago

My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 140M+ Club Chart

Polls: When will the Switch: Outsell the DS? / Outsell the PS2? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX

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Mar1217 2 days ago

Despite the successor coming in soon-ish, I think the Switch can definitely match up the PSP in its Twilight years. It's performance in Japan and elsewhere than the US and Europe will be indicative of that.



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Norion 2 days ago

I'll be paying attention to this thread as well naturally. For worldwide maybe instead of that PS3 year against the Xbox Series you could have something that did about 2.5m and a 2nd comparison of something that did about 4m to further show just how big or small the decline could be this year.

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XtremeBG 1 day ago
Norion said:

I'll be paying attention to this thread as well naturally. For worldwide maybe instead of that PS3 year against the Xbox Series you could have something that did about 2.5m and a 2nd comparison of something that did about 4m to further show just how big or small the decline could be this year.

I know, but the only 4M year a console had was XB1'20 and I did not want to repeat the same comparison from last year but to be new and fresh.



My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 140M+ Club Chart

Polls: When will the Switch: Outsell the DS? / Outsell the PS2? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX

XtremeBG 1 day ago
Mar1217 said:

Despite the successor coming in soon-ish, I think the Switch can definitely match up the PSP in its Twilight years. It's performance in Japan and elsewhere than the US and Europe will be indicative of that.

Japan is clear, it will be another decent year for 9 year old console. EU and US will be the interesting markets this year. There is the question.



My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 140M+ Club Chart

Polls: When will the Switch: Outsell the DS? / Outsell the PS2? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX

Around the Network
Norion 1 day ago
XtremeBG said:
Norion said:

I'll be paying attention to this thread as well naturally. For worldwide maybe instead of that PS3 year against the Xbox Series you could have something that did about 2.5m and a 2nd comparison of something that did about 4m to further show just how big or small the decline could be this year.

I know, but the only 4M year a console had was XB1'20 and I did not want to repeat the same comparison from last year but to be new and fresh.

That's fair. The PS3 in 2014 was more frontloaded than the Xbox Series will be this year but it should give a decent enough picture.



XtremeBG 1 day ago
Norion said:

That's fair. The PS3 in 2014 was more frontloaded than the Xbox Series will be this year but it should give a decent enough picture.

If the rumours about next gen XBOX for 2026 are true, then announcement sometime this year is not out of the question. Which will lead to frontloaded XBSX sales too. I added PSP' 12 (4.3M) to the chart as well.

Last edited by XtremeBG - 1 day ago

My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 140M+ Club Chart

Polls: When will the Switch: Outsell the DS? / Outsell the PS2? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX

Norion 1 day ago
XtremeBG said:
Norion said:

That's fair. The PS3 in 2014 was more frontloaded than the Xbox Series will be this year but it should give a decent enough picture.

If the rumours about next gen XBOX for 2026 are true, then announcement sometime this year is not out of the question. Which will lead to frontloaded XBSX sales too. I added PSP' 12 (4.3M) to the chart as well.

That being added makes it better I think so thanks!