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XtremeBG 10 hours ago

Welcome to Ultimate Consoles Showdown 2026. 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 2 vs DS '06 (20.7M) vs NSW1 '18 (16.4M)
  • Nintendo Switch 1 vs 3DS '19 (1.5М) vs DS '12 (3.2M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs Wii '07 (16.5M) vs PS4 '19 (14M)
  • XBOX Series vs PSV '15 (1.8M) vs Wii U '16 (1.2M)

Quick access data for 2025:

  • PS5 - 17.4M
  • NSW2 - 16.1M
  • NSW1 - 4.9M
  • Xbox - 2.5M

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 DS 2006 vs Nintendo Switch 2 Comparison

Week/Month DS - Weekly DS - Yearly SW2 - Weekly SW2 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 259,869 259,869
2 169,331 429,200
3 170,784 599,984
4 223,845 823,829
February 131,706 955,535
6 116,581 1,072,116
7 154,754 1,226,870
8 143,213 1,370,083
March 220,296 1,590,379
10 240,799 1,831,178
11 239,303 2,070,481
12 267,783 2,338,264
13 328,200 2,666,464
April 322,055 2,988,519
15 309,306 3,297,825
16 304,099 3,601,924
17 389,259 3,991,183
May 288,612 4,279,795
19 211,198 4,490,993
20 275,132 4,766,125
21 394,476 5,160,601
June 246,012 5,406,613
23 403,346 5,809,959
24 399,884 6,209,843
25 448,493 6,658,336
26 423,799 7,082,135
July 383,838 7,465,973
28 370,439 7,836,412
29 493,637 8,330,049
30 399,656 8,729,705
August 385,120 9,114,825
32 381,086 9,495,911
33 266,551 9,762,462
34 376,793 10,139,255
September 429,117 10,568,372
36 342,342 10,910,714
37 331,206 11,241,920
38 326,775 11,568,695
39 454,989 12,023,684
October 291,454 12,315,138
41 273,794 12,588,932
42 298,618 12,887,550
43 377,011 13,264,561
November 367,563 13,632,124
45 440,805 14,072,929
46 485,990 14,558,919
47 903,597 15,462,516
December 824,478 16,286,994
49 1,172,410 17,459,404
50 1,306,033 18,765,437
51 1,468,740 20,234,177
52 519,608 20,753,785

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Nintendo 3DS 2019 vs Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month 3DS - Weekly 3DS - Yearly NSW - Weekly NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 69,972 69,972
2 43,528 113,500
3 38,371 151,871
4 35,824 187,695
February 36,509 224,204
6 35,454 259,658
7 34,866 294,524
8 33,181 327,705
March 35,800 363,505
10 33,263 396,768
11 33,479 430,247
12 35,960 466,207
13 32,575 498,782
April 30,222 529,004
15 28,322 557,326
16 26,608 583,934
17 26,484 610,418
May 30,256 640,674
19 26,316 666,990
20 23,094 690,084
21 22,245 712,329
June 21,022 733,351
23 21,929 755,280
24 21,400 776,680
25 20,938 797,618
26 20,690 818,308
July 21,166 839,474
28 19,501 858,975
29 19,773 878,748
30 14,291 893,039
August 18,657 911,696
32 18,067 929,763
33 19,834 949,597
34 15,718 965,315
September 14,929 980,244
36 13,669 993,913
37 12,895 1,006,808
38 13,300 1,020,108
39 14,311 1,034,419
October 14,579 1,048,998
41 14,315 1,063,313
42 14,914 1,078,227
43 16,303 1,094,530
November 18,943 1,113,473
45 20,589 1,134,062
46 24,225 1,158,287
47 44,015 1,202,302
December 79,373 1,281,675
49 79,926 1,361,601
50 80,273 1,441,874
51 83,038 1,524,912
52 31,216 1,556,128

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Nintendo Wii 2007 vs PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month Wii - Weekly Wii - Yearly PS5 - Weekly PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 304,147 304,147
2 251,498 555,645
3 245,435 801,080
4 251,288 1,052,368
February 231,018 1,283,386
6 220,974 1,504,360
7 216,779 1,721,139
8 232,912 1,954,051
March 200,263 2,154,314
10 181,394 2,335,708
11 193,202 2,528,910
12 199,293 2,728,203
13 155,072 2,883,275
April 187,192 3,070,467
15 207,491 3,277,958
16 235,090 3,513,048
17 298,457 3,811,505
May 290,624 4,102,129
19 243,583 4,345,712
20 229,274 4,574,986
21 240,454 4,815,440
June 247,558 5,062,998
23 248,737 5,311,735
24 255,160 5,566,895
25 245,596 5,812,491
26 278,478 6,090,969
July 255,828 6,346,797
28 300,138 6,646,935
29 285,052 6,931,987
30 282,661 7,214,648
August 261,119 7,475,767
32 271,701 7,747,468
33 289,080 8,036,548
34 261,021 8,297,569
September 284,328 8,581,897
36 254,393 8,836,290
37 215,417 9,051,707
38 213,437 9,265,144
39 206,707 9,471,851
October 192,403 9,664,254
41 238,458 9,902,712
42 301,238 10,203,950
43 320,955 10,524,905
November 296,372 10,821,277
45 282,996 11,104,273
46 460,651 11,564,924
47 673,069 12,237,993
December 699,757 12,937,750
49 728,498 13,666,248
50 686,612 14,352,860
51 1,462,609 15,815,469
52 737,820 16,553,289

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PlayStation Vita 2015 vs XBOX Series Comparison

Week/Month PSV - Weekly PSV - Yearly XBSX - Weekly XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 45,719 45,719
2 34,463 80,182
3 31,493 111,675
4 26,092 137,767
February 25,627 163,394
6 27,878 191,272
7 54,033 245,305
8 40,590 285,895
March 35,835 321,730
10 36,578 358,308
11 47,313 405,621
12 44,234 449,855
13 38,729 488,584
April 30,004 518,588
15 26,759 545,347
16 26,751 572,098
17 29,184 601,282
May 29,420 630,702
19 22,980 653,682
20 22,204 675,886
21 23,476 699,362
June 21,494 720,856
23 21,037 741,893
24 21,293 763,186
25 32,265 795,451
26 24,739 820,190
July 22,991 843,181
28 21,730 864,911
29 21,913 886,824
30 21,639 908,463
August 20,466 928,929
32 25,391 954,320
33 20,242 974,562
34 21,603 996,165
September 21,054 1,017,219
36 17,440 1,034,659
37 29,453 1,064,112
38 29,902 1,094,014
39 28,248 1,122,262
October 26,319 1,148,581
41 27,363 1,175,944
42 26,273 1,202,217
43 29,447 1,231,664
November 30,007 1,261,671
45 31,062 1,292,733
46 35,366 1,328,099
47 51,172 1,379,271
December 50,347 1,429,618
49 70,449 1,500,067
50 93,994 1,594,061
51 121,972 1,716,033
52 100,087 1,816,120

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 8 hours 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

Best holiday months / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

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Norion 10 hours ago

This is always one of the best threads to follow on here for the year. This one's biggest point of interest will of course be the Switch 2 but the PS5 still has a good amount of juice left.