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XtremeBG on 27 January 2023

This is the Ultimate Console Showdown comparison thread for 2023.

The battles for this year are as follows:

  • Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Wii 2010 (17M)
  • PS5 vs PS4 2017 (20M) vs NSW 2021 (24M)
  • XBOX Series vs XB360'06 (7M)

The target for all of the comparisons is to be as close as possible (or gives us range in between when there are three competitors in total) and to give us better perspective where the given console is going this year and having good chance of finishing close in the end. Therefore if some of the contenders go way too far one from another then, the contender's year, or even the contender itself may change, so that it suits better to the given's console performance. Other thing is also I would not repeat main competitor (on the tables) from the year before from my thread, so even if it's a good fit, I would always look for a different one, so it's always new, fresh and interesting.

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Nintendo Wii 2010 vs Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month Wii - Weekly Wii - Yearly NSW - Weekly NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 529,310 529,310 377,700 377,700 -151,610 -151,610
2 308,853 838,163 256,903 634,603 -51,950 -203,560
3 346,470 1,184,633 229,840 864,443 -116,630 -320,190
4 337,874 1,522,507 247,156 1,111,599 -90,718 -410,908
February 296,310 1,818,817 230,694 1,342,293 -65,616 -476,524
6 253,477 2,072,294 230,826 1,573,119 -22,651 -499,175
7 289,216 2,361,510 220,937 1,794,056 -68,279 -567,454
8 264,514 2,626,024 229,296 2,023,352 -35,218 -602,672
March 326,021 2,952,045 223,978 2,247,330 -102,043 -704,715
10 254,219 3,206,264 215,665 2,462,995 -38,554 -743,269
11 261,951 3,468,215 216,628 2,679,623 -45,323 -788,592
12 267,510 3,735,725 217,454 2,897,077 -50,056 -838,648
13 269,106 4,004,831 230,352 3,127,429 -38,754 -877,402
April 234,929 4,239,760 234,600 3,362,029 -329 -877,731
15 211,875 4,451,635 229,753 3,591,782 +17,878 -859,853
16 204,143 4,655,778 234,220 3,826,002 +30,077 -829,776
17 206,006 4,861,784 554,289 4,380,291 +348,283 -481,493
May 205,719 5,067,503 376,119 4,756,410 +170,400 -311,093
19 215,470 5,282,973 410,952 5,167,362 +195,482 -115,611
20 220,241 5,503,214 346,208 5,513,570 +125,967 +10,356
21 228,071 5,731,285 330,800 5,844,370 +102,729 +113,085
June 209,794 5,941,079 289,846 6,134,216 +80,052 +193,137
23 198,659 6,139,738 297,803 6,432,019 +99,144 +292,281
24 173,049 6,312,787 257,599 6,689,618 +84,550 +376,831
25 156,944 6,469,731 284,136 6,973,754 +127,192 +504,023
26 158,247 6,627,978 299,150 7,272,904 +140,903 +644,926
July 159,496 6,787,474 262,175 7,535,079 +102,679 +747,605
28 149,882 6,937,356 232,864 7,767,943 +82,982 +830,587
29 140,995 7,078,351 234,730 8,002,673 +93,735 +924,322
30 147,351 7,225,702 236,952 8,239,625 +89,601 +1,013,923
August 150,457 7,376,159 261,147 8,500,772 +110,690 +1,124,613
32 150,560 7,526,719 246,964 8,747,736 +96,404 +1,221,017
33 136,174 7,662,893 226,867 8,974,603 +90,693 +1,311,710
34 166,065 7,828,958 226,836 9,201,439 +60,771 +1,372,481
September 171,389 8,000,347 219,483 9,420,922 +48,094 +1,420,575
36 139,457 8,139,804 211,831 9,632,753 +72,374 +1,492,949
37 134,698 8,274,502 196,539 9,829,292 +61,841 +1,554,790
38 128,866 8,403,368 202,140 10,031,432 +73,274 +1,628,064
39 125,371 8,528,739 185,099 10,216,531 +59,728 +1,687,792
October 123,209 8,651,948 255,003 10,471,534 +131,794 +1,819,586
41 127,549 8,779,497 183,999 10,655,533 +56,450 +1,876,036
42 175,908 8,955,405 226,018 10,881,551 +50,110 +1,926,146
43 261,037 9,216,442 228,251 11,109,802 -32,786 +1,893,360
November 316,440 9,532,882 296,356 11,406,158 -20,084 +1,873,276
45 468,060 10,000,942 299,217 11,705,375 -168,843 +1,704,433
46 561,055 10,561,997 325,936 12,031,311 -235,119 +1,469,314
47 980,423 11,542,420 863,156 12,894,467 -117,267 +1,352,047
December 988,441 12,530,861 774,855 13,669,322 -213,586 +1,138,461
49 1,282,261 13,813,122 706,579 14,375,901 -575,682 +562,779
50 1,398,203 15,211,325 744,660 15,120,561 -653,543 -90,764
51 1,441,770 16,653,095 831,143 15,951,704 -610,627 -701,391
52 616,424 17,269,519 445,467 16,397,171 -170,957 -872,348

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PlayStation 4 2017 vs PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month PS4 - Weekly PS4 - Yearly PS5 - Weekly PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 363,699 363,699 335,246 335,246 -28,453 -28,453
2 273,898 637,597 299,104 634,350 +25,206 -3,247
3 253,673 891,270 305,493 939,843 +51,820 +48,573
4 270,143 1,161,413 354,369 1,294,212 +84,226 +132,799
February 298,417 1,459,830 421,251 1,715,463 +122,834 +255,633
6 298,274 1,758,104 501,469 2,216,932 +203,195 +458,828
7 336,203 2,094,307 442,673 2,659,605 +106,470 +565,298
8 340,171 2,434,478 417,400 3,077,005 +77,229 +642,527
March 274,776 2,709,254 400,917 3,477,922 +126,141 +768,668
10 285,626 2,994,880 389,474 3,867,396 +103,848 +872,516
11 314,040 3,308,920 354,624 4,222,020 +40,584 +913,100
12 314,078 3,622,998 390,733 4,612,753 +76,655 +989,755
13 303,628 3,926,626 351,069 4,963,822 +47,441 +1,037,196
April 262,830 4,189,456 300,216 5,264,038 +37,386 +1,074,582
15 253,191 4,442,647 290,142 5,554,180 +36,951 +1,111,533
16 236,610 4,679,257 281,785 5,835,965 +45,175 +1,156,708
17 229,792 4,909,049 319,201 6,155,166 +89,409 +1,246,117
May 274,594 5,183,643 274,827 6,429,993 +233 +1,246,350
19 278,503 5,462,146 248,218 6,678,211 -30,285 +1,216,065
20 281,433 5,743,579 234,563 6,912,774 -46,870 +1,169,195
21 290,336 6,033,915 229,029 7,141,803 -61,307 +1,107,888
22 297,894 6,331,809 232,848 7,374,651 -65,046 +1,042,842
June 284,402 6,616,211 265,580 7,640,231 -18,822 +1,024,020
24 305,880 6,922,091 272,086 7,912,317 -33,794 +990,226
25 321,279 7,243,370 341,081 8,253,398 +19,802 +1,010,028
26 291,572 7,534,942 305,394 8,558,792 +13,822 +1,023,850
July 262,605 7,797,547 316,930 8,875,722 +54,325 +1,078,175
28 268,878 8,066,425 312,111 9,187,833 +43,233 +1,121,408
29 248,129 8,314,554 281,397 9,469,230 +33,268 +1,154,676
30 359,394 8,673,948 314,444 9,783,674 -44,950 +1,109,726
August 264,635 8,938,583 353,476 10,137,150 +88,841 +1,198,567
32 261,025 9,199,608 370,202 10,507,352 +109,177 +1,307,744
33 252,943 9,452,551 359,780 10,867,132 +106,837 +1,414,581
34 260,345 9,712,896 351,430 11,218,562 +91,085 +1,505,666
September 263,197 9,976,093 371,251 11,589,813 +108,054 +1,613,720
36 299,011 10,275,104 357,167 11,946,980 +58,156 +1,671,876
37 266,489 10,541,593 308,732 12,255,712 +42,243 +1,714,119
38 265,216 10,806,809 323,617 12,579,329 +58,401 +1,772,520
39 295,690 11,102,499 348,188 12,927,517 +52,498 +1,825,018
October 276,471 11,378,970 316,408 13,243,925 +39,937 +1,864,955
41 279,985 11,658,955 305,996 13,549,921 +26,011 +1,890,966
42 321,278 11,980,233 321,292 13,871,213 +14 +1,890,980
43 312,137 12,292,370 294,838 14,166,051 -17,299 +1,873,681
November 482,196 12,774,566 455,334 14,621,385 -26,862 +1,846,819
45 640,725 13,415,291 797,489 15,418,874 +156,764 +2,003,583
46 757,013 14,172,304 761,254 16,180,128 +4,241 +2,007,824
47 1,623,712 15,796,016 1,468,592 17,648,720 -155,120 +1,852,704
December 803,423 16,599,439 796,061 18,444,781 -7,362 +1,845,342
49 862,299 17,461,738 748,314 19,193,095 -113,985 +1,731,357
50 857,206 18,318,944 830,036 20,023,131 -27,170 +1,704,187
51 874,421 19,193,365 905,005 20,928,136 +30,584 +1,734,771
52 512,163 19,705,528 447,516 21,375,652 -64,647 +1,670,124

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XBOX 360 2006 vs XBOX Series Comparison

Week/Month X360 - Weekly X360 - Yearly XBSX - Weekly XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 117,498 117,498 113,785 113,785 -3,713 -3,713
2 146,722 264,220 99,566 213,351 -47,156 -50,869
3 144,610 408,830 100,390 313,741 -44,220 -95,089
4 110,104 518,934 113,136 426,877 +3,032 -92,057
February 96,089 615,023 121,091 547,968 +25,002 -67,055
6 80,706 695,729 135,062 683,030 +54,356 -12,699
7 73,573 769,302 126,273 809,303 +52,700 +40,001
8 80,954 850,256 116,869 926,172 +35,915 +75,916
March 73,717 923,973 95,379 1,021,551 +21,662 +97,578
10 61,540 985,513 102,247 1,123,798 +40,707 +138,285
11 66,632 1,052,145 99,042 1,222,840 +32,410 +170,695
12 103,677 1,155,822 125,899 1,348,739 +22,222 +192,917
13 92,084 1,247,906 116,907 1,465,646 +24,823 +217,740
April 103,992 1,351,898 88,714 1,554,360 -15,278 +202,462
15 130,558 1,482,456 86,395 1,640,755 -44,163 +158,299
16 136,526 1,618,982 92,865 1,733,620 -43,661 +114,638
17 112,013 1,730,995 103,505 1,837,125 -8,508 +106,130
May 104,622 1,835,617 75,600 1,912,725 -29,022 +77,108
19 98,419 1,934,036 79,428 1,992,153 -18,991 +58,117
20 93,261 2,027,297 83,370 2,075,523 -9,891 +48,226
21 90,169 2,117,466 89,769 2,165,292 -400 +47,826
June 85,427 2,202,893 86,735 2,252,027 +1,308 +49,134
23 81,449 2,284,342 117,635 2,369,662 +36,186 +85,320
24 80,279 2,364,621 123,805 2,493,467 +43,526 +128,846
25 78,712 2,443,333 117,071 2,610,538 +38,359 +167,205
26 79,243 2,522,576 103,648 2,714,186 +24,405 +191,610
July 77,112 2,599,688 88,292 2,802,478 +11,180 +202,790
28 75,521 2,675,209 92,902 2,895,380 +17,381 +220,171
29 75,259 2,750,468 90,691 2,986,071 +15,432 +235,603
30 75,784 2,826,252 97,779 3,083,850 +21,995 +257,598
August 74,875 2,901,127 99,854 3,183,704 +24,979 +282,577
32 70,577 2,971,704 102,640 3,286,344 +32,063 +314,640
33 73,171 3,044,875 104,738 3,391,082 +31,567 +346,207
34 80,197 3,125,072 119,777 3,510,859 +39,580 +385,787
September 84,931 3,210,003 146,070 3,656,929 +61,139 +446,926
36 90,363 3,300,366 138,013 3,794,942 +47,650 +494,576
37 90,906 3,391,272 114,535 3,909,477 +23,629 +518,205
38 91,832 3,483,104 125,100 4,034,577 +33,268 +551,473
39 89,594 3,572,698 138,507 4,173,084 +48,913 +600,386
October 87,898 3,660,596 100,893 4,273,977 +12,995 +613,381
41 78,070 3,738,666 99,734 4,373,711 +21,664 +635,045
42 80,656 3,819,322 102,308 4,476,019 +21,652 +656,697
43 96,489 3,915,811 108,484 4,584,503 +11,995 +668,692
November 124,686 4,040,497 124,259 4,708,762 -427 +668,265
45 169,592 4,210,089 182,534 4,891,296 +12,942 +681,207
46 193,246 4,403,335 175,191 5,066,487 -18,055 +663,152
47 361,561 4,764,896 546,226 5,612,713 +184,665 +847,817
December 321,180 5,086,076 433,739 6,046,452 +112,559 +960,376
49 445,925 5,532,001 358,139 6,404,591 -87,786 +872,590
50 499,712 6,031,713 389,222 6,793,813 -110,490 +762,100
51 568,243 6,599,956 456,216 7,250,029 -112,027 +650,073
52 206,595 6,806,551 215,246 7,465,275 +8,651 +658,724

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Last edited by XtremeBG - on 21 February 2026

My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / JP 2026 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

Best holiday months / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

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Bofferbrauer2 on 27 January 2023

Aaaaand subscribed!

Edit: Why do want to compare the PS5 to the PS3? Wouldn't the PS4 be a better fit outside of Japan?

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 27 January 2023

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HigHurtenflurst on 27 January 2023

I think it's going to be a close battle with Switch vs PS5 this year. My guess would be 16-18m for both of them



DaAndy on 27 January 2023

Just my guess:

Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Wii'10 (17.2M) --> Wii will win (but it will be rather close)
PlayStation 5 vs PlayStation 3'11 (14.7M) --> PS5 will win (by a few million)
XBOX Series S/X vs XBOX 360'08 (11.2M) --> Xbox 360 will win (by a decent amount)
Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo 3DS'14 (3.2M - JAPAN) --> Switch will win (They will basically be even. Nintendo Switch will win by an tiny amount)
PlayStation 5 vs PlayStation 3'09 (1.8M - JAPAN) --> PS3 will win (but it will be close)
XBOX SERIES S/X vs XBOX ONE'15 (5M - USA) --> Xbox Series will win (I have absolutely no idea about that one to be honest^^)



XtremeBG on 28 January 2023
Bofferbrauer2 said:

Edit: Why do want to compare the PS5 to the PS3? Wouldn't the PS4 be a better fit outside of Japan?

Because I am not sure if PS5 can jump to over 17M this year, and next in line after the 14M year for the PS4 is over 17M, so if PS5 goes way ahead of the PS3 14.6M I will update the comparison to one of the PS4 year where it is over 17M.

Also since many people are not so sure about the level of PS5 sales that's why I am putting it between the two for now. So the next challenge for PS5 is the PS3 peak year, if this becomes too easy for it, we are getting it level up to the stronger years of PS4.

Or maybe to Switch's second year 16M ? ...

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 15 December 2023

My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / JP 2026 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

Best holiday months / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

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XtremeBG on 28 January 2023
HigHurtenflurst said:

I think it's going to be a close battle with Switch vs PS5 this year. My guess would be 16-18m for both of them

Done!



My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / JP 2026 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

Best holiday months / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

Norion on 28 January 2023

Some of these will be fun to follow. Would it be possible to add comparisons like PS5 2023 vs PS5 2022? Those would be among the most interesting.



XtremeBG on 29 January 2023
Norion said:

Some of these will be fun to follow. Would it be possible to add comparisons like PS5 2023 vs PS5 2022? Those would be among the most interesting.

I am sorry that not all of them will be fun for you.

The comparisons becomes too many to put in one post but I will think of something.. although we have to look in the future, not in the past. (or not in lower numbers at least). PS5 & XBSX will enter in their peak years, so their target should not be their previous year's numbers but higher than this. They have to compare to higher and higher numbers not already achieved ones. That's why if I see that PS5 for example is doing way ahead of PS3'peak year I will change that to Switch's second year - 16M or maybe even one of the PS4'17M years. Same goes for the XBSX, although it's moving a little slower than PS5.

You can see and follow year on year progress here: Year on Year Charts Showdown - December 2022 I will add worldwide charts soon.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 29 January 2023

My primary threads:

Ultimate Showdowns: JP 2023 / JP 2024 / JP 2025 / JP 2026 / 2026 / 2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021

Lifetime Showdowns: Global / Regional / Historical / YOY Charts / 150M+ Club Chart

Best holiday months / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2

psychicscubadiver on 29 January 2023

Tagging to follow, looks like an interesting year of comparisons.



Norion on 29 January 2023
yo33331 said:
Norion said:

Some of these will be fun to follow. Would it be possible to add comparisons like PS5 2023 vs PS5 2022? Those would be among the most interesting.

I am sorry that not all of them will be fun for you.

The comparisons becomes too many to put in one post but I will think of something.. although we have to look in the future, not in the past. (or not in lower numbers at least). PS5 & XBSX will enter in their peak years, so their target should not be their previous year's numbers but higher than this. They have to compare to higher and higher numbers not already achieved ones. That's why if I see that PS5 for example is doing way ahead of PS3'peak year I will change that to Switch's second year - 16M or maybe even one of the PS4'17M years. Same goes for the XBSX, although it's moving a little slower than PS5.

You can see and follow year on year progress here: Year on Year Charts Showdown - December 2022 I will add worldwide charts soon.

Oh I wasn't meaning that as a negative. Not all of the comparisons interest me much but the ones that do are for sure enough to make this a good thread worthy of following. That makes sense and that other thread is a decent substitute.