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mk7sx on 09 April 2021
trunkswd said:

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PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch Sales Comparison Charts Through March 27

Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three current platforms (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch) and three legacy platforms (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo 3DS) over comparable periods for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.  Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.

Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)

Market Share (Same Periods Covered)

2018 – (Week ending January 13 to March 31)

2019 – (Week ending January 12 to March 30)

2020 – (Week ending January 11 to March 28)

2021 – (Week ending January 9 to March 27)

"Year to date" sales for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2021 versus 2020 and 2021 versus 2019 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

Microsoft

  • Xbox One – Down Year-on-Year 512,135 (-66.9%)
  • Xbox Series X|S – n/a

Nintendo

  • Nintendo Switch - Up Year-on-Year 745,450 (16.1%)
  • Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 143,387 (-89.1%)

Sony

  • PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 1,452,038 (-69.8%)
  • PlayStation 5 – n/a

Reviewing the charts now, for NSW 2020 I get 4,296,041 through 12 weeks and 5,089,385 for 13 weeks.  It seems like there's an extra 334K in your number.



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curl-6 on 09 April 2021

Switch can easily beat it's 2020 hardware totals if Nintendo don't drop the ball in the second half of the year.

If their second semester lineup is strong they could probably do it even without a revision; throw in the rumored Pro and it should be a slam dunk barring inadequate supply.



Eagle367 on 10 April 2021
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Switch hardware sales in NA are almost as much as Japan.  The Monster Hunter series has definitely taken hold in NA.  Also, Switch sold almost 750k this week and is still down 6% YoY.  It's starting to look like March is the new Christmas.

mk7sx said:

NSW missed the Q1 sales record by 49K with one week remaining, so it is guaranteed.  Will not be losing its lead on 2020 anytime soon.

It needs only 511K in week 13 in order to take the all-time non-holiday quarter record of 5,886K by NDS in Q2 2007.  6M is also possible, but if it happens, it'll be if NPD and/or Nintendo's shipment numbers go higher than VGChartz is currently estimating.  Next few weeks will be telling as actual data pours in.

Fastest to 10M is also on the table.  NDS 07 and NSW 2020 both hit the 10M mark in week 23.  NSW needs to average 463K from here on out to hit that mark by week 22.

Wow, Switch has a pretty decent lead right now.  I know that NDS for 2007 is still going to be tough competition all year, but it really is amazing to see how well Switch 2021 is doing.  It has over 1m lead on 2020, and there were lots of weeks with shortages last year.  It really looks like 2021 is going to outdo 2020.

30 million baybee!!! Let's GOOOOOO!!!



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HigHurtenflurst on 10 April 2021
mk7sx said:
trunkswd said:

Share the article here.

PS5 vs Xbox Series X|S vs Switch Sales Comparison Charts Through March 27

Here we see data representing the global sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the three current platforms (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch) and three legacy platforms (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo 3DS) over comparable periods for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.  Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.

Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)

Market Share (Same Periods Covered)

2018 – (Week ending January 13 to March 31)

2019 – (Week ending January 12 to March 30)

2020 – (Week ending January 11 to March 28)

2021 – (Week ending January 9 to March 27)

"Year to date" sales for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2021 versus 2020 and 2021 versus 2019 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

Microsoft

  • Xbox One – Down Year-on-Year 512,135 (-66.9%)
  • Xbox Series X|S – n/a

Nintendo

  • Nintendo Switch - Up Year-on-Year 745,450 (16.1%)
  • Nintendo 3DS – Down Year-on-Year 143,387 (-89.1%)

Sony

  • PlayStation 4 – Down Year-on-Year 1,452,038 (-69.8%)
  • PlayStation 5 – n/a

Reviewing the charts now, for NSW 2020 I get 4,296,041 through 12 weeks and 5,089,385 for 13 weeks.  It seems like there's an extra 334K in your number.

It's equivalent weeks.
2021 is the 12 weeks ending Mar 27th
2020 is the 12 weeks ending Mar 28th

The VGC chartz include the w/e Jan 4th 2020 into the 2020 year because it has to go somewhere, but best to discount it when comparing to this year.



mk7sx on 10 April 2021
HigHurtenflurst said:
mk7sx said:

Reviewing the charts now, for NSW 2020 I get 4,296,041 through 12 weeks and 5,089,385 for 13 weeks.  It seems like there's an extra 334K in your number.

It's equivalent weeks.
2021 is the 12 weeks ending Mar 27th
2020 is the 12 weeks ending Mar 28th

The VGC chartz include the w/e Jan 4th 2020 into the 2020 year because it has to go somewhere, but best to discount it when comparing to this year.

Ah I see.  Whereas I am just counting weeks based on NPD calendar.

For 2020 Trunks is excluding Wk1 but including Wk13.  I'm doing vice-versa.



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Shaunodon on 10 April 2021
The_Liquid_Laser said:

Switch hardware sales in NA are almost as much as Japan.  The Monster Hunter series has definitely taken hold in NA.  Also, Switch sold almost 750k this week and is still down 6% YoY.  It's starting to look like March is the new Christmas.

Even knowing how well World did in the west, I just assumed that was mostly due to how westernised the actual game was. Given that Rise is a lot more Japanese-centric, I figured it wouldn't be quite as close. Nice to see.



mk7sx on 10 April 2021

VGChartz has USA March for NSW at 718,700 through 4 weeks, NPD will count 5 weeks. If I pull out MHR week of 230K, weekly average as been 162,900, so if we use that for week 5, NSW will hit about 880K.  We'll find out Friday (hopefully).



HigHurtenflurst on 10 April 2021
mk7sx said:
HigHurtenflurst said:

It's equivalent weeks.
2021 is the 12 weeks ending Mar 27th
2020 is the 12 weeks ending Mar 28th

The VGC chartz include the w/e Jan 4th 2020 into the 2020 year because it has to go somewhere, but best to discount it when comparing to this year.

Ah I see.  Whereas I am just counting weeks based on NPD calendar.

For 2020 Trunks is excluding Wk1 but including Wk13.  I'm doing vice-versa.

Yes... even looking at USA sales it's a fairer comparison as the "NPD week 1" is 5 days out of alignment, but only 2 days out from week 2 (closing to 1 day out after Feb 29th is included)
For Worldwide comparison you have the additional factor of high New Year sales in Japan being included for one year but not the other.



HigHurtenflurst on 10 April 2021
mk7sx said:

VGChartz has USA March for NSW at 718,700 through 4 weeks, NPD will count 5 weeks. If I pull out MHR week of 230K, weekly average as been 162,900, so if we use that for week 5, NSW will hit about 880K.  We'll find out Friday (hopefully).

Do you have saved figures (or a link to) for last years NPD? Kinda curious what Switch managed last March.



mk7sx on 10 April 2021
HigHurtenflurst said:
mk7sx said:

VGChartz has USA March for NSW at 718,700 through 4 weeks, NPD will count 5 weeks. If I pull out MHR week of 230K, weekly average as been 162,900, so if we use that for week 5, NSW will hit about 880K.  We'll find out Friday (hopefully).

Do you have saved figures (or a link to) for last years NPD? Kinda curious what Switch managed last March.

Never got a hard number for March 2020, the leak was ">1 million".  But I think the deducted number at the end of the year was between 1,010 - 1,020K.