Last update: 2018-08-14 with VGC-data for the week ending 2018-07-30.

Well, I thought it might be an interesting idea to compare the sales of games across different consoles, if they release on multiple of them. This should give us some insight in the selling power of each platform for games.

I give percentages, this are the percentages of how much of the game sold on the specified platform. For this I only include this three consoles, if the same game is releases on different consoles, on PC or on mobile devices, these sales don't matter for this. So for an even distribution between the three you expect 33% for each platform. Above that is good, below that is bad. I include a few games, that are released only on two platforms as additional graphs, but here you expect 50% instead. I only added a few releases that are missing one platform, mostly for some interesting games, or japanese games which are missing the Xbox.

For many of these games are special situations: additional content on one platform, late port for another and so on. These should you consider if you try to analyse the data. The data in this table is based on VGC-data, so maybe it is incorrect or unprecise.

I order by first release. I try to update from time to time and add new games as they get tracked. If you think I miss interesting games, say something and I add them.

PS4 vs. Xbox One vs. Switch

PS4 vs. Switch

PS4 vs. Xbox One

New games since last update:

To show how the new releases since the last update do, I have a graph containing these titles. Here I only consider the weeks it is out now for the newest platform (if they are late ports). I notice the number of the first weeks after release included in this figure. In the above graphs, all sales are considered, even if it is sold for a few weeks on one platform and for years on another.

Upcoming games to look for:

• Dark Souls Remastered releases later this year for Switch
• Dragon Quest XI will be out later for Switch
• Team Sonic Racing
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 is out later this year on Switch
• Shining Resonance Refrained
• FIFA 19 and NBA 2K19 release for all platforms

I guess PS4 owners don't like to dance or to play Tetris.

minecraft is ironic

Looks like Lego City on the Switch will outsell the PS4 version in a year or two. Just wait for the pricedrop.
Also, looks like the dancing games are going to be a Switch-dominated genre as well. The spirit of the Wii moves on...

That is Story Mode (the Telltale game). The actual Minecraft sold most on Xbox360.

As I wrote in the OP, the Switch Version of Lego City WAS outselling the PS4-version. The PS4-version just had the better legs. This might change again with growing userbase of the Switch - or not. We'll see.

And yes, Just Dance is now a Switch-series. Including JD2017 the Wii-version outsold everything, but now the Switch-version even outsells the Wii-version.

Ka-pi96 said: PS4 wins a lot! Except for dancing games Oh, and @ that first graph... PS4 in green and Xbox in blue? eww!

Yes, as we all expected PS4 is usually in the lead. But how much differs strongly between different game genres - which is interesting.

And the graph colors: It's the VGC-tool for game comparisons. Is there a way to select the color for each entry?

One thing to note: Rocket League on Switch released digitally months before the physical release. Did it release physically/digitally at different times on the other consoles?

I don't know actually. But as I said in the OP, for pretty much every game there are special considerations. If it released from the beginning physically on the other consoles, it might be an explanation for the horrible number for Switch. But you shouldn't be too hopeful: all Sports game are bad on Switch, they all have less than 10% sales on Switch. The only other title going so bad is Doom, and this was a late port. FIFA, NBA, WWE all released at the same time at Switch and still do that badly. Seems the Sport-gamers aren't (yet?) in the Switch-userbase.

Your chart is missing Sonic Forces and LA Noire as games that released on all 3 systems.