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curl-6 on 29 August 2020
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Switch vs Wii Sales Comparison in the US - Wii Lead Grows in July 2020

This monthly series compares the aligned US sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Wii.

Switch Vs. Wii US:

Gap change in latest month: 161,886 - Wii

Gap change over last 12 months: 165,692 - Wii

Total Lead: 7,069,440 - Wii

Switch Total Sales: 20,924,285

Wii Total Sales: 27,993,725

July 2020 is the 41st month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for in the US. During the latest month, the Wii grew its lead over the Switch when you align the launches by 161,886 units. In the last 12 months, the Wii has outsold the Switch by 165,692 units. The Wii is currently ahead of the Switch by 7.07 million units.

The Wii launched in November 2006, while the Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. Therefore, the holiday periods for the two consoles do not lineup, which is why there are big increases and decreases.

The 41st month for the Nintendo Switch is July 2020 and for the Wii it is March 2010. The Switch has sold 20.92 million units, while the Wii sold 27.99 million units during the same timeframe.

The Wii sold 41.70 million units in the US during its lifetime. The Switch needs to sell another 20.78 million units to outsell the Wii.

Unless Nintendo do something really stupid like replace is prematurely, I still think it will have superior enough legs to catch up and eventually pass Wii's US total.

It'll be a tougher fight than globally, but while the Wii was a monster, Nintendo cut its legs short too soon; all they have to do now is not make the same mistake with Switch.



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Norion on 29 August 2020

The fact the Switch is selling on par with the Wii right now is a really good sign. It should close the gap by a decent amount in 2021.



The_Liquid_Laser on 30 August 2020

The Wii had a strong start but weak legs. The Switch had a good start, but it has been increasing very steadily each year. I'd expect the Switch to have some very strong legs.



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curl-6 on 31 August 2020
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Switch vs PS3 Sales Comparison in Europe - Switch Lead Reaches New Level in July 2020

This monthly series compares the aligned European sales of the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 3.

Switch Vs. PS3 Europe:

Gap change in latest month: 318,178 - Switch

Gap change over last 12 months: 903,679 - Switch

Total Lead: 1,328,577 - Switch

Switch Total Sales: 16,339,542

PS3 Total Sales: 15,010,965

July 2020 is the 41st month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for in Europe. During the latest month, the Switch grew its lead by 318,178 units when you align the launches of it with the PlayStation 3. In the last 12 months, the Switch has outsold the PlayStation 3 by 903,679 units. The Switch is currently ahead of the PlayStation 3 by 1.33 million units.

The PlayStation 3 launched in Europe in March 2007, while the Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. Therefore, the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.

The 41st month for the Nintendo Switch in Europe is July 2020 and for the PlayStation 3 it is July 2010. The Switch has sold 16.34 million units, while the PlayStation 3 has sold 15.01 million units during the same timeframe. The PlayStation 3 did not reach current Switch sales until month 45.

The PlayStation 3 sold 34.99 million units in Europe during its lifetime. The Switch needs to sell another 18.65 million units to catch up to the lifetime sales of the PlayStation 3.

Now this is a very interesting one; Playstation on its home turf, but not one of it's highest selling systems, versus Nintendo who is less strong is Europe but with a system that's on track to be one of its most successful. Please don't drop this one, I wanna see how it ends haha



PAOerfulone on 02 September 2020
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PlayStation 4 vs Xbox 360 in the US Sales Comparison - PS4 Falls Further Behind in July 2020 

This monthly series compares the aligned US sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360.

PS4 Vs. X360 US:

Gap change in latest month: 342,432 – X360

Gap change over last 12 months: 3,315,099 - X360

Total Lead: 1,327,469 - X360

X360 Total Sales: 35,113,500

PS4 Total Sales: 33,786,031

July 2020 is the 81st month that the PlayStation 4 has been available for in the US. During the latest month, the gap in the US between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360 grew in favor of the Xbox 360 when you align launches. The Xbox 360 sold 342,432 more units than the PlayStation 4. In the last 12 months, the Xbox 360 has sold 3.32 million more units than the PlayStation 4. The Xbox 360 currently leads by 1.33 million units.

The PlayStation 4 launched in the US on November 15, 2013, while the Xbox 360 launched on November 22, 2005. This does mean the holiday periods between the consoles do lineup.

The 81st month for the PlayStation 4 is July 2020 and for the Xbox 360 it is July 2012.The PlayStation 4 has sold 33.79 million units, while the Xbox 360 sold 35.11 million units during the same timeframe.

The Xbox 360 sold 45.14 million units lifetime in the US. The PlayStation 4 needs to sell another 11.35 million units to surpass the Xbox 360 in the US.

The PS4 is losing this one. The 360 still has another 16 months before the XOne launched and Halo 4 came out within that time. 

On a side not, I think a Switch vs 360 in the US comparison would be very interesting, if you haven’t done that already.



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curl-6 on 02 September 2020
trunkswd said:

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PlayStation 4 vs Xbox 360 in the US Sales Comparison - PS4 Falls Further Behind in July 2020 

This monthly series compares the aligned US sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360.

PS4 Vs. X360 US:

Gap change in latest month: 342,432 – X360

Gap change over last 12 months: 3,315,099 - X360

Total Lead: 1,327,469 - X360

X360 Total Sales: 35,113,500

PS4 Total Sales: 33,786,031

July 2020 is the 81st month that the PlayStation 4 has been available for in the US. During the latest month, the gap in the US between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360 grew in favor of the Xbox 360 when you align launches. The Xbox 360 sold 342,432 more units than the PlayStation 4. In the last 12 months, the Xbox 360 has sold 3.32 million more units than the PlayStation 4. The Xbox 360 currently leads by 1.33 million units.

The PlayStation 4 launched in the US on November 15, 2013, while the Xbox 360 launched on November 22, 2005. This does mean the holiday periods between the consoles do lineup.

The 81st month for the PlayStation 4 is July 2020 and for the Xbox 360 it is July 2012.The PlayStation 4 has sold 33.79 million units, while the Xbox 360 sold 35.11 million units during the same timeframe.

The Xbox 360 sold 45.14 million units lifetime in the US. The PlayStation 4 needs to sell another 11.35 million units to surpass the Xbox 360 in the US.

360 still has a big holiday season coming up, whereas PS4 is about to be replaced. This is one case where Xbox will beat PS4.



The_Liquid_Laser on 02 September 2020

PS4 would have to sell another 11.35m systems in the US to close the gap.  That is a really tall hurdle, and the PS4 just doesn't have that much life left in it.



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Norion on 03 September 2020

PS4 vs 360 in the US is a good example of how different sales trajectories impact things. When it was at the 49 week mark it would look to people who aren't knowledgeable about video game sales that the PS4 was gonna beat the 360 by a big margin but in the end it's gonna lose by a significant amount. Despite this there will still be people comparing the first year sales of the PS5 to the PS4 and the Series X/S to the Xbox One and making definitive statements about which will sell better or worse than their predecessors even though that can't be known for sure that early.



curl-6 on 03 September 2020
yo33331 said:
PS4 should end up maybe around 40M in the US

I'm not so sure, another 7 million or so is a tall order with Sony seemingly true to their word about transitioning to PS5 as quickly as they can.

It could make it, but it'll be a tough fight.



curl-6 on 05 September 2020
yo33331 said:
curl-6 said:

I'm not so sure, another 7 million or so is a tall order with Sony seemingly true to their word about transitioning to PS5 as quickly as they can.

It could make it, but it'll be a tough fight.

Its more like 6M and sony can talk all they want but they cant do fast transition with 500 to 600$ console from a 199$ or 249$ one that would be in the holidays and possibly going forward

Shipments for PS4 are getting pretty small already though, they really don't seem like they're interested in pushing it much further into the future.