accidental post.

I see this type of argument a lot, and I don't really understand what the logic is behind it. Demand definitely seems to be high right now, but it's difficult to judge true demand since it's notably limited. In addition, the limited availability of the product could be driving sales higher than they normally would be. Historically there hasn't been a single console that has ever sold 20 million in their first year, and even at the PS4's sales height (when it was definitely widely available and had a very large game library and several huge releases) it just barely crossed that mark, and it did so exactly once. 

Consoles (if they are successful, anyway) always sell the least in both the initial years and their last years on the market, essentially creating a bell curve. I don't see why this tendency would change for the PS5 even if it were widely available. Unless you think 20M would be one of their weakest years sales wise for the PS5. 

Thank you very much! :)

The two Japan graphs have been updated with the latest Famitsu numbers. Xbox 360 sales in Japan exploded this week with the release of "Blue Dragon" an exclusive JRPG title. PS3 saw the release of Dynasty Warriors 6 in it's week. PS5 is continuing to have stock issues and is likely to fall behind the PS4 if this continues.

It's nice to see the Japan graphs since before the incident on that other forum happened there were nice ones updated each week. I'd like a third Japan one comparing the Switch to other successful Nintendo systems so all three get a Japan one.

I'll start collecting the data for it. Will probably do 3DS, DS and Switch as that seems the most relevant comparisons for Japan sales.

Yep those two would be two best ones to include. Also I wanna say that your contributions to this site are really nice so I definitely appreciate threads like this.

Thanks, I've added DS vs 3DS vs Switch (Japan).

Added DS vs Switch Global chart.

Updated global with the latest VGC numbers:

PlayStation 5 Week 53 = 13th November 2021
Xbox Series Week 53 = 13th November 2021
Nintendo Switch Week 53 = March 3rd 2018
PlayStation 4 Week 53 = 15th November 2014
Xbox One Week 53 = 22nd November 2014
PlayStation 3 Week 53 = 10th November 2007
Xbox 360 Week 53 = 25th November 2006