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XtremeBG on 31 March 2023

This is the JAPAN Console Showdown comparison thread for 2023.

It will be only for the JAPAN region, and will be the only sales thread from me, that will be updated weekly since the site is updating the worldwide numbers monthly instead of weekly.

To be able to update them weekly I will put the Famitsu numbers each week, and when VGCharts releases estimated ones, I will adjust them with those numbers, because the competitor's numbers are VGCharts estimated and not Famitsu ones, and therefore it is more fair to compare them to the numbers from the same place, and at the same time.

The battles for this year for JAPAN are as follows:

  • Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo DS'08 (4.2M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs Nintendo 3DS'14 (3.1M)
  • PlayStation 4 2023 vs Xbox Series S/X 2023

Latest adjustments: April 2024

*The target for all of the comparisons is to be as close as possible (and with that to give us better perspective where the given console is going this year) and to have good chance of finishing close in the end. Therefore if some of the contenders go way 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 in 2023. 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 and fresh.*

2008 Nintendo DS vs 2023 Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month '08 DS - Weekly '08 DS - Yearly '23 NSW - Weekly '23 NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 288,682 288,682 137,033 137,033 -151,649 -151,649
2 100,111 388,793 74,702 211,735 -25,409 -177,058
3 89,601 478,394 51,594 263,329 -38,007 -215,065
4 77,024 555,418 51,114 314,443 -25,910 -240,975
February 67,346 622,764 55,742 370,185 -11,604 -252,579
6 58,610 681,374 55,034 425,219 -3,576 -256,155
7 60,554 741,928 48,908 474,127 -11,646 -267,801
8 48,973 790,901 61,398 535,525 +12,425 -255,376
March 50,855 841,756 66,539 602,064 +15,684 -239,692
10 46,490 888,246 59,914 661,978 +13,424 -226,268
11 49,770 938,016 49,594 711,572 -176 -226,444
12 60,089 998,105 54,622 766,194 -5,467 -231,911
13 57,539 1,055,644 56,557 822,751 -982 -232,893
April 53,208 1,108,852 52,518 875,269 -690 -233,583
15 43,760 1,152,612 48,812 924,081 +5,052 -228,531
16 40,664 1,193,276 51,812 975,893 +11,148 -217,383
17 40,919 1,234,195 127,812 1,103,705 +86,893 -130,490
May 48,914 1,283,109 88,713 1,192,418 +39,799 -90,691
19 49,254 1,332,363 83,068 1,275,486 +33,814 -56,877
20 34,203 1,366,566 86,662 1,362,148 +52,459 -4,418
21 36,437 1,403,003 86,546 1,448,694 +50,109 +45,691
June 37,405 1,440,408 88,358 1,537,052 +50,953 +96,644
23 33,764 1,474,172 104,428 1,641,480 +70,664 +167,308
24 38,321 1,512,493 81,417 1,722,897 +43,096 +210,404
25 36,400 1,548,893 106,004 1,828,901 +69,604 +280,008
26 49,601 1,598,494 106,228 1,935,129 +56,627 +336,635
July 47,878 1,646,372 86,462 2,021,591 +38,584 +375,219
28 47,424 1,693,796 64,934 2,086,525 +17,510 +392,729
29 57,391 1,751,187 71,188 2,157,713 +13,797 +406,526
30 58,558 1,809,745 78,334 2,236,047 +19,776 +426,302
August 59,763 1,869,508 93,224 2,329,271 +33,461 +459,763
32 63,256 1,932,764 91,753 2,421,024 +28,497 +488,260
33 82,730 2,015,494 77,792 2,498,816 -4,938 +483,322
34 55,890 2,071,384 71,714 2,570,530 15,824 +499,146
35 56,805 2,128,189 83,238 2,653,768 +26,433 +525,579
September 49,843 2,178,032 80,068 2,733,836 +30,225 +555,804
37 62,970 2,241,002 71,592 2,805,428 +8,622 +564,426
38 61,671 2,302,673 72,601 2,878,029 +10,930 +575,356
39 58,497 2,361,170 56,539 2,934,568 -1,958 +573,398
October 43,376 2,404,546 110,258 3,044,826 +66,882 +640,280
41 32,718 2,437,264 44,478 3,089,304 +11,760 +652,040
42 32,058 2,469,322 62,261 3,151,565 +30,203 +682,243
43 24,550 2,493,872 66,174 3,217,739 +41,624 +723,867
November 188,471 2,682,343 93,268 3,311,007 -95,203 +628,664
45 109,443 2,791,786 65,795 3,376,802 -43,648 +585,016
46 88,840 2,880,626 65,566 3,442,368 -23,274 +561,742
47 114,028 2,994,654 71,697 3,514,065 -42,331 +519,411
48 113,333 3,107,987 79,067 3,593,132 -34,266 +485,145
December 139,938 3,247,925 92,789 3,685,921 -47,149 +437,996
50 210,485 3,458,410 94,658 3,780,579 -115,827 +322,169
51 259,421 3,717,831 88,023 3,868,602 -171,398 +150,771
52 258,293 3,976,124 80,861 3,949,463 -177,432 -26,661
53 245,522 4,221,646 - 3,949,463 -245,522 -272,183

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2014 Nintendo 3DS vs. 2023 PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month  14'3DS - Weekly '14 3DS - Yearly '23 PS5 - Weekly '23 PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 62,710 62,710 39,004 39,004 -23,706 -23,706
2 48,080 110,790 44,121 83,125 -3,959 -27,665
3 39,439 150,229 42,157 125,282 +2,718 -24,947
4 37,999 188,228 62,916 188,198 +24,917 -30
February 48,616 236,844 93,037 281,235 +44,421 +44,391
6 40,211 277,055 93,587 374,822 +53,376 +97,767
7 30,923 307,978 88,665 463,487 +57,742 +155,509
8 37,326 345,304 91,741 555,228 +54,415 +209,924
March 32,568 377,872 78,436 633,664 +45,868 +255,792
10 32,001 409,873 64,892 698,556 +32,891 +288,683
11 37,757 447,630 40,437 738,993 +2,680 +291,363
12 60,253 507,883 38,988 777,981 -21,265 +270,098
13 31,668 539,551 34,685 812,666 +3,017 +273,115
April 24,015 563,566 46,214 858,880 +22,199 +295,314
15 21,024 584,590 47,053 905,933 +26,029 +321,343
16 33,682 618,272 41,763 947,696 +8,081 +329,424
17 41,104 659,376 45,884 993,580 +4,780 +334,204
May 38,109 697,485 54,054 1,047,634 +15,945 +350,149
19 24,281 721,766 41,452 1,089,086 +17,171 +367,320
20 24,043 745,809 37,168 1,126,254 +13,125 +380,445
21 24,002 769,811 38,104 1,164,358 +14,102 +394,547
June 36,727 806,538 35,285 1,199,643 -1,442 +393,105
23 27,716 834,254 43,617 1,243,260 +15,901 +409,006
24 25,675 859,929 51,264 1,294,524 +25,589 +434,595
25 27,477 887,406 85,394 1,379,918 +57,917 +492,512
26 27,275 914,681 49,301 1,429,219 +22,026 +514,538
July 59,678 974,359 48,863 1,478,082 -10,815 +503,723
28 39,093 1,013,452 45,463 1,523,545 +6,370 +510,093
29 40,316 1,053,768 46,574 1,570,119 +6,258 +516,351
30 40,289 1,094,057 53,219 1,623,338 +12,930 +529,281
August 41,765 1,135,822 50,367 1,673,705 +8,602 +537,883
32 50,143 1,185,965 50,871 1,724,576 +728 +538,611
33 34,036 1,220,001 37,418 1,761,994 +3,382 +541,993
34 36,470 1,256,471 42,739 1,804,733 +6,269 +548,262
35 28,748 1,285,219 52,107 1,856,840 +23,359 +571,621
September 42,898 1,328,117 43,631 1,900,471 +733 +572,354
37 44,875 1,372,992 38,619 1,939,090 -6,256 +566,098
38 31,276 1,404,268 46,738 1,985,828 +15,462 +581,560
39 22,766 1,427,034 45,953 2,031,781 +23,187 +604,747
October 258,467 1,685,501 33,763 2,065,544 -224,704 +380,043
41 114,769 1,800,270 19,715 2,085,259 -95,054 +284,989
42 98,318 1,898,588 9,849 2,095,108 -88,469 +196,520
43 66,688 1,965,276 2,937 2,098,045 -63,751 +132,769
November 73,988 2,039,264 1,222 2,099,267 -72,766 +60,003
45 57,695 2,096,959 107,968 2,207,235 +50,273 +110,276
46 85,098 2,182,057 62,921 2,270,156 -22,177 +88,099
47 97,075 2,279,132 59,244 2,329,400 -37,831 +50,268
48 118,788 2,397,920 43,955 2,373,355 -74,833 -24,565
December 161,963 2,559,883 44,174 2,417,529 -117,789 -142,354
50 210,203 2,770,086 42,325 2,459,854 -167,878 -310,232
51 209,428 2,979,514 41,894 2,501,748 -167,534 -477,766
52 176,702 3,156,216 40,057 2,541,805 -136,645 -614,411

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2023 Playstation 4 vs. 2023 Xbox Series S/X Comparison

Week/Month '23 PS4 - Weekly '23 PS4 - Yearly '23 XBSX - Weekly '23 XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 1,993 1,993 1,014 1,014 -979 -979
2 1,092 3,085 1,059 2,073 -33 -1,012
3 2,548 5,633 941 3,014 -1,607 -2,619
4 1,064 6,697 1,273 4,287 +209 -2,410
February 957 7,654 14,632 18,919 +13,675 +11,265
6 1,123 8,777 3,923 22,842 +2,800 +14,065
7 1,587 10,364 6,612 29,454 +5,025 +19,090
8 1,654 12,018 736 30,190 -918 +18,172
March 1,658 13,676 851 31,041 -807 +17,365
10 1,608 15,284 2,872 33,913 +1,264 +18,629
11 1,121 16,405 542 34,455 -579 +18,050
12 1,526 17,931 571 35,026 -955 +17,095
13 1,549 19,480 627 35,653 -922 +16,173
April 1,203 20,683 912 36,565 -291 +15,882
15 1,363 22,046 292 36,857 -1,071 +14,811
16 794 22,840 493 37,350 -301 +14,510
17 1,077 23,917 799 38,149 -278 +14,232
May 996 24,913 523 38,672 -473 +13,759
19 779 25,692 281 38,953 -498 +13,261
20 889 26,581 254 39,207 -635 +12,626
21 977 27,558 246 39,453 -731 +11,895
June 2,079 29,637 331 39,784 -1,748 +10,147
23 1,857 31,494 9,129 48,913 +7,272 +17,419
24 1,348 32,842 12,989 61,902 +11,641 +29,060
25 2,421 35,263 8,735 70,637 +6,314 +35,374
26 2,098 37,361 977 71,614 -1,121 +34,253
July 3,187 40,548 831 72,445 -2,356 +31,897
28 1,198 41,746 877 73,322 -321 +31,576
29 4,302 46,048 1,166 74,488 -3,136 +28,440
30 788 46,836 1,857 76,345 +1,069 +29,509
August 792 47,628 3,284 79,629 +2,492 +32,001
32 1,549 49,177 2,301 81,930 +752 +32,753
33 614 49,791 1,334 83,264 +720 +33,473
34 676 50,467 3,447 86,711 +2,771 +36,244
35 982 51,449 6,698 93,409 +5,716 +41,960
September 834 52,283 4,387 97,796 +3,547 +45,507
37 374 52,657 1,677 99,473 +1,287 +46,794
38 708 53,365 9,064 108,537 +8,356 +55,150
39 427 53,792 4,534 113,071 +4,105 +59,255
October 1,025 54,817 999 114,070 -25 +59,230
41 2,059 56,876 1,091 115,161 -968 +58,262
42 1,431 58,307 2,757 117,918 +1,311 +59,573
43 1,009 59,316 3,309 121,227 +2,295 +61,868
November 1,309 60,625 4,746 125,973 +3,431 +65,299
45 1,334 61,959 2,586 128,559 +1,248 +66,547
46 651 62,610 3,132 131,691 +2,480 +69,027
47 2,084 64,694 2,139 133,830 +53 +69,080
December 857 65,551 2,196 136,026 +1,337 +70,417
49 2,183 67,734 2,515 138,541 +329 +70,746
50 2,439 70,173 1,484 140,025 -951 +69,795
51 594 70,767 602 140,627 +8 +69,803
52 532 71,299 568 141,195 +36 +69,839

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 4 days ago

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XtremeBG on 03 April 2023

Numbers have been updated with WEEK 13 from Famitsu.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 06 April 2023

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XtremeBG on 06 April 2023

Numbers and charts have been updated with WEEK 14 from Famitsu.



My sales comparison threads:

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Qwark on 06 April 2023

Great charts, these fights will become pretty interesting. Especially the Switch Vs 3DS battle might become a very close one. Depending a lot on the holiday season for Switch, since it will surely gain a lot when Tears of a Kingdom launches.



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Bofferbrauer2 on 07 April 2023

Those are great charts as always, subscribed!

How about a comparison between 2023 Switch and 2010 DS?



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

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XtremeBG on 07 April 2023
Bofferbrauer2 said:

Those are great charts as always, subscribed!

How about a comparison between 2023 Switch and 2010 DS?

2.8M and 3.3M are not so far away one from another. So if Switch starts to fall behind 3DS'14, I will change it to DS'10.

However overall for the year I also think Switch will be more closer to the DS'2.8M than 3DS'3.3M at the end.

Those holidays numbers will be though call for Switch this year.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 07 April 2023

My sales comparison threads:

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XtremeBG on 11 April 2023

Numbers have been adjusted with the VG Charts data for March!



My sales comparison threads:

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Bofferbrauer2 on 12 April 2023
yo33331 said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

Those are great charts as always, subscribed!

How about a comparison between 2023 Switch and 2010 DS?

2.8M and 3.3M are not so far away one from another. So if Switch starts to fall behind 3DS'14, I will change it to DS'10.

However overall for the year I also think Switch will be more closer to the DS'2.8M than 3DS'3.3M at the end.

Those holidays numbers will be though call for Switch this year.

While that's probably true, the 3DS now comes to 3 months of mostly sub-30k weekly sales, and even it's summer numbers ain't great either. The Switch should be able to build up a healthy lead during that time.



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

XtremeBG on 13 April 2023

Numbers and charts have been updated with WEEK 15 from Famitsu.



My sales comparison threads:

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

Lifetime Showdown  /  YOY Charts

XtremeBG on 20 April 2023

Numbers have been updated with WEEK 16 from Famitsu.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 20 April 2023

My sales comparison threads:

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

Lifetime Showdown  /  YOY Charts