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Forums - Sales - Global Lifetime Showdown: December 2025 (Charts updated)

XtremeBG on 26 August 2022

This is the Global Lifetime Console Showdown comparison thread.

This sales thread will be about Lifetime sales of the consoles and will be updated on a monthly basis instead of weekly. The model will be just like the Ultimate Console Showdown thread however instead of weekly sales for the current year it will be monthly sales for the entire lifecycle of the given system compared to other competitive system (by sales, not generation/type/manufacturer) that the contender have to beat (or is next in line for it) or might finish close to it. Anyone interested in the same thread however for the different regions such as US, Europe and Japan can also subscribe to or follow this one: Regional Lifetime Showdown

Comparison for the Switch 2 will be replacing the one for the Switch 1 (which will be added to my archive thread named Historical Consoles Showdown) starting next year.

The battles are as follows:

  • Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo DS (154M)
  • PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series vs Nintendo DS (154M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs PlayStation 4 (117M)
  • Xbox Series vs PS4 (US - 35M) vs GBA (US - 36M)

Charts will be updated after the data for April, August and December has been updated!

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Nintendo DS vs. Nintendo Switch Comparison

Month/Year NDS - Monthly NDS - Lifetime
 NSW - Monthly NSW - Lifetime
 (+/-) Monthly (+/-) Lifetime
November
 546,507 546,507 - - -546,507 -546,507
December 2,310,880 2,857,387 - - -2,310,880 -2,857,387
2005/2017 426,958 3,284,345 - - -426,958 -3,284,345
February 290,589 3,574,934 - - -290,589 -3,574,934
March 919,906 4,494,840 2,334,638 2,334,638 +1,414,732 -2,160,202
April 448,809 4,943,649 750,043 3,084,681 +301,234 -1,858,968
May 383,969 5,327,618 493,849 3,578,530 +109,880 -1,749,088
June 496,260 5,823,878 622,621 4,201,151 +126,361 -1,622,727
July 381,126 6,205,004 665,355 4,866,506 +284,229 -1,338,498
August 492,803 6,697,807 630,505 5,497,011 +137,702 -1,200,796
September 584,651 7,282,458 837,708 6,334,719 +253,057 -947,739
October 645,738 7,928,196 801,055 7,135,774 +155,317 -792,422
November 1,361,640 9,289,836 1,704,994 8,840,768 +343,354 -449,068
December 4,530,346 13,820,182 4,282,500 13,123,268 -247,846 -696,914
2006/2018 823,829 14,644,011 963,507 14,086,775 +139,678 -557,236
February 546,254 15,190,265 806,466 14,893,241 +260,212 -297,024
March 1,296,381 16,486,646 973,830 15,867,071 -322,551 -619,575
April 1,324,719 17,811,365 635,706 16,502,777 -689,013 -1,308,588
May 1,169,418 18,980,783 653,422 17,156,199 -515,996 -1,824,584
June 1,921,534 20,902,317 990,211 18,146,410 -931,323 -2,755,907
July 1,647,570 22,549,887 809,477 18,955,887 -838,093 -3,594,000
August 1,409,550 23,959,437 770,171 19,726,058 -639,379 -4,233,379
September 1,884,429 25,843,866 935,567 20,661,625 -948,862 -5,182,241
October 1,240,877 27,084,743 849,963 21,511,588 -390,914 -5,573,155
November 2,197,955 29,282,698 2,500,956 24,012,544 +303,001 -5,270,154
December 5,291,269 34,573,967 5,479,818 29,492,362 +188,549 -5,081,605
2007/2019 1,479,784 36,053,751 1,147,851 30,640,213 -331,933 -5,413,538
February 1,840,894 37,894,645 972,378 31,612,591 -868,516 -6,282,054
March 2,094,738 39,989,383 1,166,591 32,779,182 -928,147 -7,210,201
April 1,805,851 41,795,234 785,233 33,564,415 -1,020,618 -8,230,819
May 1,890,218 43,685,452 720,538 34,284,953 -1,169,680 -9,400,499
June 2,177,140 45,862,592 1,080,920 35,365,873 -1,096,220 -10,496,719
July 1,930,670 47,793,262 884,171 36,250,044 -1,046,499 -11,543,218
August 1,893,903 49,687,165 737,001 36,987,045 -1,156,902 -12,700,120
September 2,002,764 51,689,929 1,814,562 38,801,607 -188,202 -12,888,322
October 1,619,268 53,309,197 1,212,657 40,014,264 -406,611 -13,294,933
November 2,950,964 56,260,161 1,972,881 41,987,145 -978,083 -14,273,016
December 7,539,709 63,799,870 6,833,525 48,820,670 -706,184 -14,979,200
2008/2020 1,919,012 65,718,882 1,549,926 50,370,596 -369,086 -15,348,286
February 1,640,672 67,359,554 1,041,597 51,412,193 -599,075 -15,947,361
March 1,920,073 69,279,627 2,958,459 54,370,652 +1,038,386 -14,908,975
April 1,514,136 70,793,763 2,028,155 56,398,807 +514,019 -14,394,956
May 1,387,098 72,180,861 1,602,817 58,001,624 +215,719 -14,179,237
June 2,217,186 74,398,047 1,881,685 59,883,309 -335,501 -14,514,738
July 1,964,577 76,362,624 1,553,438 61,436,747 -411,139 -14,925,877
August 1,645,388 78,008,012 1,674,087 63,110,834 +28,699 -14,897,178
September 1,838,789 79,846,801 2,156,034 65,266,868 +317,245 -14,579,933
October 1,722,897 81,569,698 2,077,924 67,344,792 +355,027 -14,224,906
November 3,883,372 85,453,070 3,729,096 71,073,888 -154,276 -14,379,182
December 7,623,240 93,076,310 6,207,558 77,281,446 -1,415,682 -15,794,864
2009/2021 1,601,327 94,677,637 1,540,931 78,822,377 -60,396 -15,855,260
February 1,352,115 96,029,752 1,619,701 80,442,078 +267,586 -15,587,674
March 1,932,586 97,962,338 2,497,227 82,939,305 +564,641 -15,023,033
April 2,269,545 100,231,883 1,581,229 84,520,534 -688,316 -15,711,349
May 1,504,343 101,736,226 1,292,983 85,813,517 -211,360 -15,922,709
June 1,905,843 103,642,069 1,684,649 87,498,166 -221,194 -16,143,903
July 1,740,345 105,382,414 1,208,178 88,706,344 -532,167 -16,676,070
August 1,431,910 106,814,324 1,165,788 89,872,132 -266,122 -16,942,192
September 1,673,764 108,488,088 1,338,066 91,210,198 -335,698 -17,277,890
October 1,351,850 109,839,938 2,162,792 93,372,990 +810,942 -16,466,948
November 3,303,119 113,143,057 3,173,006 96,545,996 -130,113 -16,597,061
December 6,992,991 120,136,048 4,748,259 101,294,255 -2,244,732 -18,841,793
2010/2022 1,395,662 121,531,710 1,310,287 102,604,542 -85,375 -18,927,168
February 1,167,485 122,699,195 1,361,226 103,965,768 +193,741 -18,733,427
March 1,728,454 124,427,649 1,566,847 105,532,615 -161,607 -18,895,034
April 1,110,130 125,537,779 1,114,053 106,646,668 +3,923 -18,891,111
May 992,167 126,529,946 1,032,806 107,679,474 +40,639 -18,850,472
June 1,353,731 127,883,677 1,338,977 109,018,451 -14,754 -18,865,226
July 1,119,808 129,003,485 997,957 110,016,408 -121,851 -18,987,077
August 1,056,699 130,060,184 1,032,722 111,049,130 -23,977 -19,011,054
September 1,341,702 131,401,886 1,422,786 112,471,916 +81,084 -18,929,970
October 1,068,900 132,470,786 922,107 113,394,023 -146,793 -19,076,763
November 2,555,295 135,026,081 2,747,206 116,141,229 +191,911 -18,884,852
December 5,425,354 140,451,435 4,200,190 120,341,419 -1,225,164 -20,110,016
2011/2023 1,106,729 141,558,164 1,111,599 121,453,018 +4,870 -20,105,146
February 853,681 142,411,845 911,753 122,364,771 +58,072 -20,047,074
March 993,462 143,405,307 1,104,077 123,468,848 +110,615 -19,936,459
April 664,277 144,069,584 1,253,862 124,722,710 +589,585 -19,346,874
May 581,254 144,650,838 1,463,079 126,185,789 +881,825 -18,465,049
June 790,784 145,441,622 1,428,534 127,614,323 +637,750 -17,827,299
July 681,258 146,122,880 966,721 128,581,044 +285,463 -17,541,836
August 509,661 146,632,541 961,814 129,542,858 +452,153 -17,089,683
September 472,938 147,105,479 1,015,092 130,557,950 +542,154 -16,547,529
October 348,059 147,453,538 893,271 131,451,221 +545,212 -16,002,317
November 803,002 148,256,540 1,784,665 133,235,886 +981,663 -15,020,654
December 1,555,570 149,812,110 3,502,704 136,738,590 +1,947,134 -13,073,520
2012/2024 258,875 150,070,985 961,545 137,700,135 +702,670 -12,370,850
February 215,245 150,286,230 747,721 138,447,856 +532,476 -11,838,374
March 217,961 150,504,191 905,288 139,353,144 +687,327 -11,151,047
April 159,993 150,664,184 694,038 140,047,182 +534,045 -10,617,002
May 179,686 150,843,870 655,432 140,702,614 +475,746 -10,141,256
June 256,426 151,100,296 766,073 141,468,687 +509,647 -9,631,609
July 154,423 151,254,719 685,682 142,154,369 +531,259 -9,100,350
August 136,190 151,390,909 685,907 142,840,276 +549,717 -8,550,633
September 189,495 151,580,404 830,015 143,670,291 +640,520 -7,910,113
October 153,480 151,733,884 685,557 144,355,848 +532,077 -7,378,036
November 486,701 152,220,585 1,667,936 146,023,784 +1,181,235 -6,196,801
December 850,588 153,071,173 2,627,485 148,651,269 +1,776,897 -4,419,904
2013/2025 128,404 153,199,577 511,468 149,162,737 +383,064 -4,036,840
February 105,684 153,305,261 513,138 149,675,875 +407,454 -3,629,386
March 99,836 153,405,097 500,116 150,175,991 +400,280 -3,229,106
April 76,299 153,481,396 372,487 150,548,478 +296,188 -2,932,918
May 69,268 153,550,664 346,006 150,894,484 +276,738 -2,656,180
June 83,111 153,633,775 334,650 151,229,134 +251,539 -2,404,641
July 60,678 153,694,453 269,928 151,499,062 +209,250 -2,195,391
August 55,547 153,750,000 271,568 151,770,630 +216,021 -1,979,370
September 61,952 153,811,952 326,709 152,097,339 +264,757 -1,714,613
October 44,585 153,856,537 281,558 152,378,897 +236,973 -1,477,640
November 74,122 153,930,659 385,044 152,763,941 +310,922 -1,166,718
December 89,517 154,020,176 781,879 153,545,820 +692,362 -474,356

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Nintendo DS vs. PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series Comparison

Month/Year NDS - Monthly NDS - Lifetime
 PS5 & XBS - Monthly PS5 & XBS - Lifetime
 (+/-) Monthly (+/-) Lifetime
November
 546,507 546,507 4,429,856 4,429,856 +3,883,349 +3,883,349
December 2,310,880 2,857,387 2,886,641 7,316,497 +575,761 +4,459,110
2005/2021 426,958 3,284,345 1,052,406 8,368,903 +625,448 +5,084,558
February 290,589 3,574,934 1,263,423 9,632,326 +972,834 +6,057,392
March 919,906 4,494,840 2,081,250 11,713,576 +1,161,344 +7,218,736
April 448,809 4,943,649 1,030,301 12,743,877 +581,492 +7,800,228
May 383,969 5,327,618 1,074,397 13,818,274 +690,428 +8,490,656
June 496,260 5,823,878 1,615,787 15,434,061 +1,119,527 +9,610,183
July 381,126 6,205,004 1,345,199 16,779,260 +964,073 +10,574,256
August 492,803 6,697,807 1,418,769 18,198,029 +925,966 +11,500,222
September 584,651 7,282,458 1,982,460 20,180,489 +1,397,809 +12,898,031
October 645,738 7,928,196 1,489,382 21,669,871 +843,644 +13,741,675
November 1,361,640 9,289,836 2,368,595 24,038,466 +1,006,955 +14,748,630
December 4,530,346 13,820,182 3,771,330 27,809,796 -759,016 +13,989,614
2006/2022 823,829 14,644,011 1,360,199 29,169,995 +536,370 +14,525,984
February 546,254 15,190,265 960,456 30,130,451 +414,202 +14,940,186
March 1,296,381 16,486,646 1,672,325 31,802,776 +375,944 +15,316,130
April 1,324,719 17,811,365 1,218,770 33,021,546 -105,949 +15,210,181
May 1,169,418 18,980,783 1,048,298 34,069,844 -121,120 +15,089,061
June 1,921,534 20,902,317 1,582,480 35,652,324 -339,054 +14,750,007
July 1,647,570 22,549,887 1,378,687 37,031,011 -268,883 +14,481,124
August 1,409,550 23,959,437 1,457,684 38,488,695 +48,134 +14,529,258
September 1,884,429 25,843,866 1,916,120 40,404,815 +31,691 +14,560,949
October 1,240,877 27,084,743 1,663,301 42,068,116 +422,424 +14,983,373
November 2,197,955 29,282,698 3,635,675 45,703,791 +1,437,720 +16,421,093
December 5,291,269 34,573,967 4,660,944 50,364,735 -630,325 +15,790,768
2007/2023 1,479,784 36,053,751 1,721,089 52,085,824 +241,305 +16,032,073
February 1,840,894 37,894,645 2,282,088 54,367,912 +441,194 +16,473,267
March 2,094,738 39,989,383 2,426,291 56,794,203 +331,553 +16,804,820
April 1,805,851 41,795,234 1,562,823 58,357,026 -243,028 +16,561,792
May 1,890,218 43,685,452 1,314,804 59,671,830 -575,414 +15,986,378
June 2,177,140 45,862,592 1,965,883 61,637,713 -211,257 +15,775,121
July 1,930,670 47,793,262 1,594,546 63,232,259 -336,124 +15,438,997
August 1,893,903 49,687,165 1,861,897 65,094,156 -32,006 +15,406,991
September 2,002,764 51,689,929 2,371,180 67,465,336 +368,416 +15,775,407
October 1,619,268 53,309,197 1,649,953 69,115,289 +30,685 +15,806,092
November 2,950,964 56,260,161 4,510,879 73,626,168 +1,559,915 +17,366,007
December 7,539,709 63,799,870 5,579,494 79,205,662 -1,960,215 +15,405,792
2008/2024 1,919,012 65,718,882 1,769,504 80,975,166 -149,508 +15,256,284
February 1,640,672 67,359,554 1,593,808 82,568,974 -46,864 +15,209,420
March 1,920,073 69,279,627 1,642,375 84,211,349 -277,698 +14,931,722
April 1,514,136 70,793,763 993,505 85,204,854 -520,631 +14,411,091
May 1,387,098 72,180,861 1,073,256 86,278,110 -313,842 +14,097,249
June 2,217,186 74,398,047 1,385,377 87,663,487 -831,809 +13,265,440
July 1,964,577 76,362,624 1,550,426 89,213,913 -414,151 +12,851,289
August 1,645,388 78,008,012 1,378,639 90,592,552 -266,749 +12,584,540
September 1,838,789 79,846,801 1,542,307 92,134,859 -296,482 +12,288,058
October 1,722,897 81,569,698 1,602,416 93,737,275 -120,481 +12,167,577
November 3,883,372 85,453,070 4,996,116 98,733,391 +1,112,744 +13,280,321
December 7,623,240 93,076,310 4,915,538 103,648,929 -2,707,702 +10,572,619
2009/2025 1,601,327 94,677,637 1,079,269 104,728,198 -522,058 +10,050,561
February 1,352,115 96,029,752 1,314,371 106,042,569 -37,744 +10,012,817
March 1,932,586 97,962,338 1,367,893 107,410,462 -564,693 +9,448,124
April 2,269,545 100,231,883 958,243 108,368,705 -1,311,302 +8,136,822
May 1,504,343 101,736,226 969,770 109,338,475 -534,573 +7,602,249
June 1,905,843 103,642,069 1,214,550 110,553,025 -691,293 +6,910,956
July 1,740,345 105,382,414 1,070,944 111,623,969 -669,401 +6,241,555
August 1,431,910 106,814,324 1,289,200 112,913,169 -142,710 +6,098,845
September 1,673,764 108,488,088 1,683,553 114,596,722 +9,789 +6,108,634
October 1,351,850 109,839,938 1,462,616 116,059,338 +110,766 +6,219,400
November 3,303,119 113,143,057 3,730,854 119,790,192 +427,735 +6,647,135
December 6,992,991 120,136,048 3,821,067 123,611,259 -3,171,924 +3,475,211
2010/2026 1,395,662 121,531,710
February 1,167,485 122,699,195
March 1,728,454 124,427,649
April 1,110,130 125,537,779
May 992,167 126,529,946
June 1,353,731 127,883,677
July 1,119,808 129,003,485
August 1,056,699 130,060,184
September 1,341,702 131,401,886
October 1,068,900 132,470,786
November 2,555,295 135,026,081
December 5,425,354 140,451,435
2011/2027 1,106,729 141,558,164
February 853,681 142,411,845
March 993,462 143,405,307
April 664,277 144,069,584
May 581,254 144,650,838
June 790,784 145,441,622
July 681,258 146,122,880
August 509,661 146,632,541
September 472,938 147,105,479
October 348,059 147,453,538
November 803,002 148,256,540
December 1,555,570 149,812,110
2012/2028 258,875 150,070,985
February 215,245 150,286,230
March 217,961 150,504,191
April 159,993 150,664,184
May 179,686 150,843,870
June 256,426 151,100,296
July 154,423 151,254,719
August 136,190 151,390,909
September 189,495 151,580,404
October 153,480 151,733,884
November 486,701 152,220,585
December 850,588 153,071,173
2013/2029 949,003 154,020,176

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Playstation 4 vs. Playstation 5 Comparison

Month/Year PS4 - Monthly PS4 - Yearly PS5 - Monthly PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Monthly (+/-) Lifetime
November 2,141,169 2,141,169 2,757,824 2,757,824 +616,655 +616,655
December 2,305,831 4,447,000 1,610,205 4,368,029 -695,626 -78,971
2014/2021 668,051 5,115,051 748,793 5,116,822 +80,742 +1,771
February 886,374 6,001,425 972,378 6,089,200 +86,004 +87,775
March 904,923 6,906,348 1,480,387 7,569,587 +575,464 +663,239
April 626,299 7,532,647 683,730 8,253,317 +57,431 +720,670
May 634,329 8,166,976 709,857 8,963,174 +75,528 +796,198
June 800,665 8,967,641 911,255 9,874,429 +110,590 +906,788
July 659,567 9,627,208 897,499 10,771,928 +237,932 +1,144,720
August 595,882 10,223,090 962,970 11,734,898 +367,088 +1,511,808
September 1,581,885 11,804,975 1,337,755 13,072,653 -244,130 +1,267,678
October 1,084,711 12,889,686 927,732 14,000,385 -156,979 +1,110,699
November 2,440,754 15,330,440 1,121,427 15,121,812 -1,319,327 -208,628
December 3,238,478 18,568,918 1,970,270 17,092,082 -1,268,208 -1,476,836
2015/2022 686,215 19,255,133 775,049 17,867,131 +88,834 -1,388,002
February 966,093 20,221,226 445,107 18,312,238 -520,986 -1,908,988
March 1,351,318 21,572,544 792,074 19,104,312 -559,244 -2,468,232
April 801,815 22,374,359 728,764 19,833,076 -73,051 -2,541,283
May 696,339 23,070,698 605,805 20,438,881 -90,534 -2,631,817
June 1,158,097 24,228,795 952,895 21,391,776 -205,202 -2,837,019
July 770,425 24,999,220 864,622 22,256,398 +94,197 -2,742,822
August 751,018 25,750,238 925,099 23,181,497 +174,081 -2,568,741
September 1,352,159 27,102,397 1,222,822 24,404,319 -129,337 -2,698,078
October 1,129,602 28,231,999 1,115,914 25,520,233 -13,688 -2,711,766
November 3,541,197 31,773,196 2,415,283 27,935,516 -1,125,914 -3,837,680
December 4,227,949 36,001,145 3,073,908 31,009,424 -1,154,041 -4,991,721
2016/2023 858,262 36,859,407 1,294,212 32,303,636 +435,950 -4,555,771
February 1,041,757 37,901,164 1,782,793 34,086,429 +741,036 -3,814,735
March 1,131,421 39,032,585 1,887,817 35,974,246 +756,396 -3,058,339
April 719,414 39,751,999 1,189,344 37,163,590 +469,930 -2,588,409
May 793,290 40,545,289 987,637 38,151,227 +194,347 -2,394,062
June 1,027,496 41,572,785 1,416,989 39,568,216 +389,493 -2,004,569
July 780,466 42,353,251 1,224,882 40,793,098 +444,416 -1,560,153
August 786,762 43,140,013 1,434,888 42,227,986 +648,126 -912,027
September 1,497,905 44,637,918 1,708,955 43,936,941 +211,050 -700,977
October 1,342,030 45,979,948 1,238,534 45,175,475 -103,496 -804,473
November 3,223,910 49,203,858 3,482,669 48,658,144 +258,759 -545,714
December 4,609,141 53,812,999 3,726,932 52,385,076 -882,209 -1,427,923
2017/2024 1,161,413 54,974,412 1,360,687 53,745,763 +199,274 -1,228,649
February 1,273,065 56,247,477 1,262,914 55,008,677 -10,151 -1,238,800
March 1,492,148 57,739,625 1,278,935 56,287,612 -213,213 -1,452,013
April 982,423 58,722,048 783,215 57,070,827 -199,208 -1,651,221
May 1,124,866 59,846,914 848,307 57,919,134 -276,559 -1,927,780
June 1,501,027 61,347,941 1,076,215 58,995,349 -424,812 -2,352,592
July 1,139,006 62,486,947 1,148,656 60,144,005 +9,650 -2,342,942
August 1,038,948 63,525,895 1,104,109 61,248,114 +65,161 -2,277,781
September 1,389,603 64,915,498 1,247,620 62,495,734 -141,983 -2,419,764
October 1,189,871 66,105,369 1,302,092 63,797,826 +112,221 -2,307,543
November 3,503,646 69,609,015 4,269,898 68,067,724 +766,252 -1,541,291
December 3,909,512 73,518,527 3,966,446 72,034,170 +56,934 -1,484,357
2018/2025 1,321,819 74,840,346 856,830 72,891,000 -464,989 -1,949,346
February 1,318,264 76,158,610 1,038,539 73,929,539 -279,725 -2,229,071
March 1,335,878 77,494,488 1,075,926 75,005,465 -259,952 -2,489,023
April 1,053,652 78,548,140 746,867 75,752,332 -306,785 -2,795,808
May 906,073 79,454,213 827,140 76,579,472 -78,933 -2,874,741
June 1,166,203 80,620,416 1,067,344 77,646,816 -98,859 -2,973,600
July 828,752 81,449,168 935,796 78,582,612 +107,044 -2,866,556
August 855,409 82,304,577 1,142,126 79,724,738 +286,717 -2,579,839
September 1,494,037 83,798,614 1,514,916 81,239,654 +20,879 -2,558,960
October 1,285,830 85,084,444 1,314,767 82,554,421 +28,937 -2,530,023
November 2,984,645 88,069,089 3,504,750 86,059,171 +520,105 -2,009,918
December 3,647,705 91,716,794 3,382,873 89,442,044 -264,832 -2,274,750
2019/2026 1,072,311 92,789,105
February 978,422 93,767,527
March 1,120,732 94,888,259
April 795,791 95,684,050
May 774,636 96,458,686
June 1,049,280 97,507,966
July 722,877 98,230,843
August 680,168 98,911,011
September 1,073,805 99,984,816
October 877,992 100,862,808
November 1,389,638 102,252,446
December 3,520,741 105,773,187
2020/2027 811,972 106,585,159
February 600,640 107,185,799
March 1,105,597 108,291,396
April 1,152,394 109,443,790
May 683,232 110,127,022
June 900,853 111,027,875
July 510,039 111,537,914
August 521,663 112,059,577
September 585,100 112,644,677
October 357,074 113,001,751
November 500,833 113,502,584
December 698,496 114,201,080
2021/2028 360,100 114,561,180
February 327,959 114,889,139
March 359,800 115,248,939
April 225,378 115,474,317
May 196,377 115,670,694
June 203,274 115,873,968
July 130,241 116,004,209
August 116,814 116,121,023
September 147,642 116,268,665
October 118,843 116,387,508
November 119,643 116,507,151
December 140,246 116,647,397
2022-24/2029 552,674 117,200,071

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PlayStation 4 US vs. Xbox Series Worldwide Comparison

Month/Year PS4 - Monthly PS4 - Yearly XBS X/S - Monthly XBS X/S - Yearly (+/-) Monthly (+/-) Lifetime
November 1,196,827 1,196,827 1,672,032 1,672,032 +475,205 +475,205
December 814,975 2,011,802 1,278,436 2,950,468 +463,461 +938,666
2014/2021 306,881 2,318,683 303,613 3,254,081 -3,268 +935,398
February 263,941 2,582,624 291,045 3,545,126 +27,104 +962,502
March 340,110 2,922,734 600,863 4,145,989 +260,753 +1,223,255
April 223,700 3,146,434 346,571 4,492,560 +122,871 +1,346,126
May 208,819 3,355,253 364,540 4,857,100 +155,721 +1,501,847
June 256,888 3,612,141 704,532 5,561,632 +447,644 +1,949,491
July 203,307 3,815,448 447,700 6,009,332 +244,393 +2,193,884
August 187,051 4,002,499 455,799 6,465,131 +268,748 +2,462,632
September 527,304 4,529,803 644,705 7,109,836 +117,401 +2,580,033
October 287,344 4,817,147 561,650 7,671,486 +274,306 +2,854,339
November 861,149 5,678,296 1,247,168 8,918,654 +386,019 +3,240,358
December 1,052,960 6,731,256 1,801,060 10,719,714 +748,100 +3,988,458
2015/2022 195,207 6,926,463 585,150 11,304,864 +389,943 +4,378,401
February 302,547 7,229,010 515,349 11,820,213 +212,802 +4,591,203
March 341,401 7,570,411 880,251 12,700,464 +538,850 +5,130,053
April 184,822 7,755,233 490,006 13,190,470 +305,184 +5,435,237
May 159,837 7,915,070 442,493 13,632,963 +282,656 +5,717,893
June 372,241 8,287,311 629,585 14,262,548 +257,344 +5,975,237
July 217,543 8,504,854 514,065 14,776,613 +296,522 +6,271,759
August 212,744 8,717,598 532,585 15,309,198 +319,841 +6,591,600
September 335,726 9,053,324 693,298 16,002,496 +357,572 +6,949,172
October 280,465 9,333,789 547,387 16,549,883 +266,922 +7,216,094
November 1,537,112 10,870,901 1,220,392 17,770,275 -316,720 +6,899,374
December 1,610,589 12,481,490 1,587,036 19,357,311 -23,553 +6,875,821
2016/2023 227,507 12,708,997 426,877 19,784,188 +199,370 +7,075,191
February 407,121 13,116,118 499,295 20,283,483 +92,174 +7,167,365
March 345,145 13,461,263 539,474 20,822,957 +194,329 +7,361,694
April 180,786 13,642,049 371,479 21,194,436 +190,693 +7,552,387
May 209,742 13,851,791 328,167 21,522,603 +118,425 +7,670,812
June 240,321 14,092,112 548,894 22,071,497 +308,573 +7,979,385
July 164,605 14,256,717 369,664 22,441,161 +205,059 +8,184,444
August 167,091 14,423,808 427,009 22,868,170 +259,918 +8,444,362
September 288,348 14,712,156 662,225 23,530,395 +373,877 +8,818,239
October 242,847 14,955,003 411,419 23,941,814 +168,572 +8,986,811
November 1,100,252 16,055,255 1,028,210 24,970,024 -72,042 +8,914,769
December 1,545,944 17,601,199 1,852,562 26,822,586 +306,618 +9,221,387
2017/2024 211,740 17,812,939 408,817 27,231,403 +197,077 +9,418,464
February 399,741 18,212,680 330,894 27,562,297 -68,847 +9,349,617
March 399,038 18,611,718 363,440 27,925,737 -35,598 +9,314,019
April 208,137 18,819,855 210,290 28,136,027 +2,153 +9,316,172
May 198,352 19,018,207 224,949 28,360,976 +26,597 +9,342,769
June 375,250 19,393,457 309,162 28,670,138 -66,088 +9,276,681
July 218,403 19,611,860 401,770 29,071,908 +183,367 +9,460,048
August 191,552 19,803,412 274,530 29,346,438 +82,978 +9,543,026
September 301,721 20,105,133 294,687 29,641,125 -7,034 +9,535,992
October 212,485 20,317,618 300,324 29,941,449 +87,839 +9,623,831
November 1,646,077 21,963,695 726,218 30,667,667 -919,859 +8,703,972
December 1,072,159 23,035,854 949,092 31,616,759 -123,067 +8,580,905
2018/2025 215,908 23,251,762 222,439 31,839,198 +6,531 +8,587,436
February 329,644 23,581,406 275,832 32,115,030 -53,812 +8,533,624
March 378,509 23,959,915 291,967 32,406,997 -86,542 +8,447,082
April 322,755 24,282,670 211,376 32,618,373 -111,379 +8,335,703
May 236,667 24,519,337 142,630 32,761,003 -94,037 +8,241,666
June 363,296 24,882,633 147,206 32,908,209 -216,090 +8,025,576
July 196,516 25,079,149 135,148 33,043,357 -61,368 +7,964,208
August 193,610 25,272,759 147,074 33,190,431 -46,536 +7,917,672
September 375,593 25,648,352 168,637 33,359,068 -206,956 +7,710,716
October 321,145 25,969,497 147,849 33,506,917 -173,296 +7,537,420
November 1,252,596 27,222,093 226,104 33,733,021 -1,026,492 +6,510,928
December 1,044,405 28,266,498 438,194 34,171,215 -606,211 +5,904,717
2019/2026 192,582 28,459,080
February 253,075 28,712,155
March 253,218 28,965,373
April 147,898 29,113,271
May 145,008 29,258,279
June 255,752 29,514,031
July 181,115 29,695,146
August 164,783 29,859,929
September 239,683 30,099,612
October 154,175 30,253,787
November 430,353 30,684,140
December 1,401,004 32,085,144
2020/2027 130,235 32,215,379
February 125,650 32,341,029
March 296,086 32,637,115
April 302,026 32,939,141
May 136,002 33,075,143
June 269,518 33,344,661
July 131,170 33,475,831
August 173,490 33,649,321
September 138,009 33,787,330
October 37,428 33,824,758
November 128,038 33,952,796
December 165,867 34,118,663
2021/2028
 81,035 34,199,698
February 81,727 34,281,425
March 92,355 34,373,780
April 57,040 34,430,820
May 51,165 34,481,985
June 56,768 34,538,753
July 39,942 34,578,695
August 34,964 34,613,659
September 45,087 34,658,746
October 34,091 34,692,837
November 40,389 34,733,226
December 50,287 34,783,513
2022-24/2029 143,541 34,927,054

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UnderwaterFunktown on 29 August 2022

Nice concept.
I think Xbox Series vs Wii U in Japan is gonna be extremely rough to say the least.
If I were to guess right now I honestly think it will fall 2 million short give or take (so not quite beating 360 either).



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Slownenberg on 14 September 2022

I think Switch will beat DS in Japan by about a million, and beat DS globally by roughly 5 million, give or take a few million.
PS5 should easily beat PS3 globally, but I think it'll fall 5-15 million short of PS4 (so I'd say minimum it passes PS1).
XBS I think will end up doing around what 360 did globally and in Japan.

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Bofferbrauer2 on 19 September 2022

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Switch should beat DS in Japan by 3+ million and I suspect it will beat it worldwide by 5+



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BonfiresDown on 21 September 2022

I will have to assume the Switch will outsell the DS based on this. It does have some catching up to do but it's not going to completely die in 1.5 years like the DS did (end of production I assume)? Probably end up with the Switch 5-10M ahead I'd say.



Qwark on 21 September 2022

Switch should be able to easily defeat the DS if Nintendo keeps it alive long enough. The Switch can easily last to 2025. It still sells 300k a week and will have a massive holiday this year unlike it's rivals which will be very much supply constraint during that time. Especially PS5. So having a easy to produce system with a good flow of software on hand is a great idea. They can release the Switch 2 when supply is less of an issue.



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yo33331 said:

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Kakadu18 on 11 October 2022

Nice to have the charts back.