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XtremeBG on 26 January 2025

Welcome to Ultimate Console Showdown 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:

  • Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Wii 2012 (5.1M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs PlayStation 4 2015 (17.4M)
  • XBOX Series vs Nintendo Wii U 2014 (3.5M)

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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Nintendo Wii 2012 vs Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month Wii - Weekly Wii - Yearly NSW - Weekly NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 259,581 259,581 156,281 156,281 -103,300 -103,300
2 133,284 392,865 130,502 286,783 -2,782 -106,082
3 111,755 504,620 122,477 409,260 +10,722 -95,360
4 104,264 608,884 117,228 526,488 +12,964 -82,396
February 106,575 715,459 119,563 646,051 +12,988 -69,408
6 107,096 822,555 118,996 765,047 +11,900 -57,508
7 109,268 931,823 122,475 887,522 +13,207 -44,301
8 112,505 1,044,328 130,036 1,017,558 +17,531 -26,770
March 88,923 1,133,251 115,579 1,133,137 +26,656 -114
10 80,818 1,214,069 97,631 1,230,768 +16,813 +16,699
11 73,571 1,287,640 100,932 1,331,700 +27,361 +44,060
12 71,169 1,358,809 98,242 1,429,942 +27,073 +71,133
13 71,853 1,430,662 104,115 1,534,057 +32,262 +103,395
April 76,972 1,507,634 92,853 1,626,910 +15,881 +119,276
15 65,521 1,573,155 93,809 1,720,719 +28,288 +147,564
16 64,984 1,638,139 93,979 1,814,698 +28,995 +176,559
17 66,828 1,704,967 102,208 1,916,906 +35,380 +211,939
May 70,297 1,775,264 98,150 2,015,056 +27,853 +239,792
19 54,581 1,829,845 91,697 2,106,753 +37,116 +276,908
20 56,597 1,886,442 83,973 2,190,726 +27,376 +304,284
21 57,257 1,943,699 79,729 2,270,455 +22,472 +326,756
June 54,497 1,998,196 70,833 2,341,288 +16,336 +343,092
23 57,317 2,055,513 65,667 2,406,955 +8,350 +351,442
24 52,059 2,107,572 66,641 2,473,596 +14,582 +366,024
25 48,574 2,156,146 70,053 2,543,649 +21,479 +387,503
26 48,894 2,205,040 73,096 2,616,745 +24,202 +411,705
July 51,440 2,256,480 71,242 2,687,987 +19,802 +431,507
28 51,731 2,308,211 65,572 2,753,559 +13,841 +445,348
29 54,290 2,362,501 71,296 2,824,855 +17,006 +462,354
30 58,649 2,421,150 74,518 2,899,373 +15,869 +478,223
August 91,117 2,512,267 75,969 2,975,342 -15,148 +463,075
32 60,888 2,573,155 79,691 3,055,033 +18,803 +481,878
33 59,884 2,633,039 80,043 3,135,076 +20,159 +502,037
34 50,881 2,683,920 80,995 3,216,071 +30,114 +532,151
September 49,027 2,732,947 72,009 3,288,080 +22,982 +555,133
36 44,601 2,777,548 66,453 3,354,533 +21,852 +576,985
37 43,694 2,821,242 62,408 3,416,941 +18,714 +595,699
38 40,762 2,862,004 70,320 3,487,261 +29,558 +625,257
39 42,011 2,904,015 73,639 3,560,900 +31,628 +656,885
October 46,606 2,950,621 69,528 3,630,428 +22,922 +679,807
41 45,662 2,996,283 77,416 3,707,844 +31,754 +711,561
42 54,083 3,050,366 74,397 3,782,241 +20,314 +731,875
43 67,135 3,117,501 78,917 3,861,158 +11,782 +743,657
November 81,063 3,198,564 74,588 3,935,746 -6,475 +737,182
45 106,035 3,304,599 78,499 4,014,245 -27,536 +709,646
46 150,032 3,454,631 94,769 4,109,014 -55,263 +654,383
47 413,009 3,867,640 169,688 4,278,702 -243,321 +411,062
December 212,295 4,079,935 178,321 4,457,023 -33,974 +377,088
49 246,286 4,326,221 150,772 4,607,795 -95,514 +281,574
50 285,232 4,611,453 185,586 4,793,381 -99,646 +181,928
51 323,036 4,934,489 219,886 5,013,267 -103,150 +78,778
52 194,435 5,128,924 98,544 5,111,811 -95,891 -17,113

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PlayStation 4 2015 vs PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month PS4 - Weekly PS4 - Yearly PS5 - Weekly PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 198,399 198,399 250,927 250,927 +52,528 +52,528
2 158,215 356,614 201,121 452,048 +42,906 +95,434
3 156,694 513,308 203,795 655,843 +47,101 +142,535
4 172,907 686,215 199,687 855,530 +26,780 +169,315
February 190,058 876,273 207,945 1,063,475 +17,887 +187,202
6 216,053 1,092,326 219,352 1,282,827 +3,299 +190,501
7 272,539 1,364,865 219,897 1,502,724 -52,642 +137,859
8 287,443 1,652,308 394,345 1,897,069 +106,902 +244,761
March 243,191 1,895,499 241,487 2,138,556 -1,704 +243,057
10 233,449 2,128,948 218,689 2,357,245 -14,760 +228,297
11 306,164 2,435,112 235,757 2,593,002 -70,407 +157,890
12 314,790 2,749,902 195,156 2,788,158 -119,634 +38,256
13 253,724 3,003,626 186,837 2,974,995 -66,887 -28,631
April 222,940 3,226,566 197,332 3,172,327 -25,608 -54,239
15 200,787 3,427,353 187,723 3,360,050 -13,064 -67,303
16 195,318 3,622,671 181,988 3,542,038 -13,330 -80,633
17 182,770 3,805,441 182,824 3,724,862 +54 -80,579
May 173,753 3,979,194 200,933 3,925,795 +27,180 -53,399
19 160,781 4,139,975 201,636 4,127,431 +40,855 -12,544
20 193,161 4,333,136 203,397 4,330,828 +10,236 -2,308
21 168,644 4,501,780 225,174 4,556,002 +56,530 +54,222
June 174,107 4,675,887 245,757 4,801,759 +71,650 +125,872
23 182,529 4,858,416 216,871 5,018,630 +34,342 +160,214
24 189,192 5,047,608 199,685 5,218,315 +10,493 +170,707
25 354,519 5,402,127 197,168 5,415,483 -157,351 +13,356
26 257,750 5,659,877 210,863 5,626,346 -46,887 -33,531
July 202,767 5,862,644 234,789 5,861,135 +32,022 -1,509
28 200,607 6,063,251 239,755 6,100,890 +39,148 +37,639
29 182,142 6,245,393 234,849 6,335,739 +52,707 +90,346
30 184,909 6,430,302 228,403 6,564,142 +43,494 +133,840
August 178,146 6,608,448 250,749 6,814,891 +72,603 +206,443
32 182,659 6,791,107 266,792 7,081,683 +84,133 +290,576
33 184,459 6,975,566 262,602 7,344,285 +78,143 +368,719
34 205,754 7,181,320 383,983 7,728,268 +178,229 +546,948
September 315,140 7,496,460 328,269 8,056,537 +13,129 +560,077
36 225,570 7,722,030 264,926 8,321,463 +39,356 +599,433
37 239,005 7,961,035 270,802 8,592,265 +31,797 +631,230
38 299,138 8,260,173 291,200 8,883,465 -7,938 +623,292
39 273,306 8,533,479 329,219 9,212,684 +55,913 +679,205
October 278,222 8,811,701 320,613 9,533,297 +42,391 +721,596
41 258,038 9,069,739 293,021 9,826,318 +34,983 +756,579
42 287,764 9,357,503 331,809 10,158,127 +44,045 +800,624
43 305,578 9,663,081 351,324 10,509,451 +45,746 +846,370
November 676,929 10,340,010 488,957 10,998,408 -187,972 +658,398
45 594,946 10,934,956 571,623 11,570,031 -23,323 +635,075
46 762,120 11,697,076 924,224 12,494,255 +162,104 +797,179
47 1,507,202 13,204,278 1,548,946 14,043,201 +41,744 +838,923
December 791,700 13,995,978 761,669 14,804,870 -30,031 +808,892
49 852,298 14,848,276 678,426 15,483,296 -173,872 +635,020
50 985,740 15,834,016 726,775 16,210,071 -258,965 +376,055
51 1,073,584 16,907,600 830,091 17,040,162 -243,493 +132,562
52 524,627 17,432,227 428,912 17,469,074 -95,715 +36,847

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Wii U 2014 vs XBOX Series Comparison

Week/Month Wii U - Weekly Wii U - Yearly XBSX - Weekly XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 51,141 51,141 61,575 61,575 +10,434 +10,434
2 39,418 90,559 55,900 117,475 +16,482 +26,916
3 33,344 123,903 51,671 169,146 +18,327 +45,243
4 33,185 157,088 50,893 220,039 +17,708 +62,951
February 35,144 192,232 59,745 279,784 +24,601 +87,552
6 42,092 234,324 62,916 342,700 +20,824 +108,376
7 46,095 280,419 66,811 409,511 +20,716 +129,092
8 39,826 320,245 83,860 493,371 +44,034 +173,126
March 35,130 355,375 60,975 554,346 +25,845 +198,971
10 34,859 390,234 53,998 608,344 +19,139 +218,110
11 36,371 426,605 62,977 671,321 +26,606 +244,716
12 38,415 465,020 55,954 727,275 +17,539 +262,255
13 31,694 496,714 56,063 783,338 +24,369 +286,624
April 27,423 524,137 55,371 838,709 +27,948 +314,572
15 29,115 553,252 53,753 892,462 +24,638 +339,210
16 26,864 580,116 53,166 945,628 +26,302 +365,512
17 27,755 607,871 57,986 1,003,614 +30,231 +395,743
May 27,255 635,126 41,172 1,044,786 +13,917 +409,660
19 25,983 661,109 39,661 1,084,447 +13,678 +423,338
20 28,630 689,739 34,230 1,118,677 +5,600 +428,938
21 123,064 812,803 33,467 1,152,144 -89,597 +339,341
June 88,836 901,639 30,019 1,182,163 -58,817 +280,524
23 67,928 969,567 29,794 1,211,957 -38,134 +242,390
24 58,092 1,027,659 29,877 1,241,834 -28,215 +214,175
25 56,217 1,083,876 30,896 1,272,730 -25,321 +188,854
26 57,006 1,140,882 31,220 1,303,950 -25,786 +163,068
July 52,783 1,193,665 40,208 1,344,158 -12,575 +150,493
28 51,149 1,244,814 33,222 1,377,380 -17,927 +132,566
29 50,431 1,295,245 33,039 1,410,419 -17,392 +115,174
30 48,175 1,343,420 31,979 1,442,398 -16,196 +98,978
August 50,074 1,393,494 40,141 1,482,539 -9,933 +89,045
32 52,500 1,445,994 43,357 1,525,896 -9,143 +79,902
33 41,497 1,487,491 42,475 1,568,371 +978 +80,880
34 39,940 1,527,431 40,701 1,609,072 +761 +81,641
September 35,521 1,562,952 35,144 1,644,216 -377 +81,264
36 35,248 1,598,200 35,831 1,680,047 +583 +81,847
37 38,415 1,636,615 36,970 1,717,017 -1,445 +80,402
38 49,337 1,685,952 39,431 1,756,448 -9,906 +70,496
39 41,038 1,726,990 39,861 1,796,309 -1,177 +69,319
October 36,505 1,763,495 40,942 1,837,251 +4,437 +73,756
41 38,892 1,802,387 36,450 1,873,701 -2,442 +71,314
42 44,337 1,846,724 37,720 1,911,421 -6,617 +64,697
43 50,999 1,897,723 38,337 1,949,758 -12,662 +52,035
November 53,555 1,951,278 35,670 1,985,428 -17,885 +34,150
45 77,230 2,028,508 38,920 2,024,348 -38,310 -4,160
46 129,677 2,158,185 47,470 2,071,818 -82,207 -86,367
47 260,020 2,418,205 119,844 2,191,662 -140,176 -226,543
December 207,218 2,625,423 98,468 2,290,130 -108,750 -335,293
49 250,188 2,875,611 88,452 2,378,582 -161,736 -497,029
50 289,447 3,165,058 101,880 2,480,462 -187,567 -684,596
51 274,362 3,439,420 126,357 2,606,819 -148,005 -832,601
52 130,995 3,570,415 48,937 2,655,756 -82,058 -914,659

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 1 day ago

My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / JP 2026 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

PS5 vs SW2 in 2026 / Biggest months, years and holidays / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

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Mar1217 on 26 January 2025

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 on 26 January 2025

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.

Last edited by Norion - on 26 January 2025

XtremeBG on 26 January 2025
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 / JP 2026 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

PS5 vs SW2 in 2026 / Biggest months, years and holidays / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

XtremeBG on 26 January 2025
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 / JP 2026 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

PS5 vs SW2 in 2026 / Biggest months, years and holidays / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

Around the Network
Norion on 26 January 2025
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 on 26 January 2025
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 - on 26 January 2025

My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / JP 2026 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

PS5 vs SW2 in 2026 / Biggest months, years and holidays / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

Norion on 26 January 2025
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!



Bofferbrauer2 on 06 February 2025

My predictions for 2025:
PS5: 15.50M
Xbox: 3.60M
Switch: 5.5M
Switch 2 (expecting July launch) : 9M

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 11 March 2025

The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

Geralt99 on 16 February 2025

I'll chime in with the predictions this time around.

GTA 6 launches Holiday 2025-
PS5- 21.4 million
Xbox- 6.8 million
Switch- 5.8 million
Switch 2- 9.5 million

GTA 6 gets delayed into 2026
PS5- 19 million
Switch- 6.6 million
Xbox- 4.6 million
Switch 2- 10.6 million