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Forums - Sales Discussion - Ultimate Consoles Showdown: January 2025

XtremeBG on 26 January 2025

Welcome to my biggest Ultimate Showdown thread yet, which is for 2025. Anyone interested in the same thread but for Japan can follow the Japan one, which is updated weekly. Anyone interested in Lifetime based instead of yearly, for both Worldwide and regional data can check and follow both of these ones: Global Lifetime Showdown / Regional Lifetime Showdown  which are updated monthly, as well as the Year on Year Charts comparison thread.

The battles for this year are as follows:

- Worldwide:

  • Nintendo Switch vs PSP '11 (7.5M) vs PSP '12 (4.3M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs DS '10 (20.3M) vs PS4 '15 (17.4M)
  • XBOX Series vs Wii U '14 (3.6M)

- United States:

  • Nintendo Switch vs PSP '11 (1.25M) vs PS3 '13 (2.2M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs PS4 '15 (5.7M) vs XB360 '07 (4.4M)
  • XBOX Series vs XB1 '20 (1.9M)

- Europe:

  • Nintendo Switch vs 3DS '17 (2M) vs PSP '13 (1.4M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs PS4 '17 (7.4M) vs NSW '21 (6.1M)
  • XBOX Series vs DS '12 (715K) vs XB360 '14 (450K)

- For Japan click here

Quick access data for 2024 (as of February 2025):

Region WW US EU
PS5 19.6M 6M 7.1M
NSW 11.9M 3.1M 3.2M
XBSX 4.8M 2.8M 1M

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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PlayStation Portable 2011 vs 2025 Nintendo Switch Comparison WORLDWIDE

Week/Month '11 PSP - Weekly '11 PSP - Yearly '25 NSW - Weekly '25 NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 238,416 238,416 166,611 166,611 -71,805 -71,805
2 137,574 375,990 142,752 309,363 +5,178 -66,627
3 134,392 510,382 130,277 439,640 -4,115 -70,742
4 128,762 639,144 124,228 563,868 -4,534 -75,276
February 115,309 754,453
6 196,376 950,829
7 158,201 1,109,030
8 145,770 1,254,800
March 184,361 1,439,161
10 136,858 1,576,019
11 110,237 1,686,256
12 127,774 1,814,030
13 135,311 1,949,341
April 115,226 2,064,567
15 108,568 2,173,135
16 132,572 2,305,707
17 159,473 2,465,180
May 165,672 2,630,852
19 129,127 2,759,979
20 119,773 2,879,752
21 124,020 3,003,772
June 119,656 3,123,428
23 116,578 3,240,006
24 122,766 3,362,772
25 122,302 3,485,074
26 132,277 3,617,351
July 124,053 3,741,404
28 119,251 3,860,655
29 115,408 3,976,063
30 125,080 4,101,143
August 128,257 4,229,400
32 130,412 4,359,812
33 123,139 4,482,951
34 113,480 4,596,431
September 107,720 4,704,151
36 100,502 4,804,653
37 96,868 4,901,521
38 95,959 4,997,480
39 104,265 5,101,745
October 105,695 5,207,440
41 102,419 5,309,859
42 99,744 5,409,603
43 115,827 5,525,430
November 118,654 5,644,084
45 122,621 5,766,705
46 163,812 5,930,517
47 227,220 6,157,737
December 201,442 6,359,179
49 270,370 6,629,549
50 319,881 6,949,430
51 372,632 7,322,062
52 196,641 7,518,703

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PlayStation Portable 2011 vs 2025 Nintendo Switch Comparison US REGION

Week/Month '11 PSP - Weekly '11 PSP - Yearly '25 NSW - Weekly '25 NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 34,977 34,977 35,909 35,909 +932 +932
2 26,976 61,953 32,676 68,585 +5,700 +6,632
3 23,999 85,952 29,718 98,303 +5,719 +12,351
4 21,837 107,789 26,825 125,128 +4,988 +17,339
February 23,542 131,331
6 26,008 157,339
7 32,326 189,665
8 35,865 225,530
March 44,686 270,216
10 30,659 300,875
11 26,111 326,986
12 22,416 349,402
13 18,665 368,067
April 18,850 386,917
15 17,356 404,273
16 15,798 420,071
17 16,980 437,051
May 14,976 452,027
19 14,462 466,489
20 15,354 481,843
21 14,778 496,621
June 15,906 512,527
23 17,420 529,947
24 19,149 549,096
25 19,103 568,199
26 18,523 586,722
July 17,088 603,810
28 16,783 620,593
29 17,624 638,217
30 18,788 657,005
August 20,074 677,079
32 19,214 696,293
33 18,612 714,905
34 19,591 734,496
September 19,480 753,976
36 18,233 772,209
37 16,533 788,742
38 15,370 804,112
39 14,439 818,551
October 13,981 832,532
41 12,830 845,362
42 13,582 858,944
43 15,718 874,662
November 17,988 892,650
45 21,565 914,215
46 28,992 943,207
47 72,961 1,016,168
December 37,362 1,053,530
49 44,174 1,097,704
50 57,346 1,155,050
51 63,378 1,218,428
52 26,741 1,245,169

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Nintendo 3DS 2017 vs 2025 Nintendo Switch Comparison EU REGION

Week/Month '17 3DS - Weekly '17 3DS - Yearly '25 NSW - Weekly '25 NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 29,520 29,520 40,701 40,701 +11,181 +11,181
2 25,573 55,093 35,641 76,342 +10,068 +21,249
3 25,760 80,853 31,074 107,416 +5,314 +26,563
4 25,342 106,195 32,112 139,528 +6,770 +33,333
February 26,366 132,561
6 28,610 161,171
7 65,566 226,737
8 23,191 249,928
March 24,577 274,505
10 23,480 297,985
11 22,847 320,832
12 24,582 345,414
13 24,785 370,199
April 24,728 394,927
15 25,715 420,642
16 25,398 446,040
17 25,945 471,985
May 25,305 497,290
19 25,425 522,715
20 25,124 547,839
21 24,459 572,298
June 24,066 596,364
23 25,605 621,969
24 24,694 646,663
25 25,179 671,842
26 25,896 697,738
July 25,683 723,421
28 24,970 748,391
29 25,403 773,794
30 25,936 799,730
August 26,050 825,780
32 26,104 851,884
33 25,650 877,534
34 25,711 903,245
September 25,116 928,361
36 24,579 952,940
37 25,476 978,416
38 26,754 1,005,170
39 32,807 1,037,977
October 37,003 1,074,980
41 39,649 1,114,629
42 41,901 1,156,530
43 45,247 1,201,777
November 49,951 1,251,728
45 54,310 1,306,038
46 67,337 1,373,375
47 124,003 1,497,378
December 87,521 1,584,899
49 109,620 1,694,519
50 123,451 1,817,970
51 134,201 1,952,171
52 60,534 2,012,705

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PlayStation 4 2015 vs 2025 PlayStation 5 Comparison WORLDWIDE

Week/Month '15 PS4 - Weekly '15 PS4 - Yearly '25 PS5 - Weekly '25 PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 198,399 198,399 267,617 267,617 +69,218 +69,218
2 158,215 356,614 226,828 494,445 +68,613 +137,831
3 156,694 513,308 222,938 717,383 +66,244 +204,075
4 172,907 686,215 219,843 937,226 +46,936 +251,011
February 190,058 876,273
6 216,053 1,092,326
7 272,539 1,364,865
8 287,443 1,652,308
March 243,191 1,895,499
10 233,449 2,128,948
11 306,164 2,435,112
12 314,790 2,749,902
13 253,724 3,003,626
April 222,940 3,226,566
15 200,787 3,427,353
16 195,318 3,622,671
17 182,770 3,805,441
May 173,753 3,979,194
19 160,781 4,139,975
20 193,161 4,333,136
21 168,644 4,501,780
June 174,107 4,675,887
23 182,529 4,858,416
24 189,192 5,047,608
25 354,519 5,402,127
26 257,750 5,659,877
July 202,767 5,862,644
28 200,607 6,063,251
29 182,142 6,245,393
30 184,909 6,430,302
August 178,146 6,608,448
32 182,659 6,791,107
33 184,459 6,975,566
34 205,754 7,181,320
September 315,140 7,496,460
36 225,570 7,722,030
37 239,005 7,961,035
38 299,138 8,260,173
39 273,306 8,533,479
October 278,222 8,811,701
41 258,038 9,069,739
42 287,764 9,357,503
43 305,578 9,663,081
November 676,929 10,340,010
45 594,946 10,934,956
46 762,120 11,697,076
47 1,507,202 13,204,278
December 791,700 13,995,978
49 852,298 14,848,276
50 985,740 15,834,016
51 1,073,584 16,907,600
52 524,627 17,432,227

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PlayStation 4 2015 vs 2025 PlayStation 5 Comparison US REGION

Week/Month '15 PS4 - Weekly '15 PS4 - Yearly '25 PS5 - Weekly '25 PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 56,174 56,174 68,651 68,651 +12,477 +12,477
2 45,001 101,175 63,235 131,886 +18,234 +30,711
3 43,583 144,758 60,472 192,358 +16,889 +47,600
4 50,449 195,207 57,833 250,191 +7,384 +54,984
February 62,149 257,356
6 71,390 328,746
7 94,450 423,196
8 74,558 497,754
March 62,948 560,702
10 62,486 623,188
11 74,274 697,462
12 75,597 773,059
13 66,096 839,155
April 53,879 893,034
15 48,094 941,128
16 43,384 984,512
17 39,465 1,023,977
May 38,372 1,062,349
19 38,328 1,100,677
20 44,091 1,144,768
21 39,046 1,183,814
June 46,520 1,230,334
23 49,640 1,279,974
24 50,388 1,330,362
25 143,976 1,474,338
26 81,717 1,556,055
July 60,891 1,616,946
28 55,470 1,672,416
29 50,874 1,723,290
30 50,308 1,773,598
August 48,934 1,822,532
32 48,482 1,871,014
33 53,442 1,924,456
34 61,886 1,986,342
September 81,900 2,068,242
36 69,649 2,137,891
37 74,720 2,212,611
38 60,476 2,273,087
39 48,981 2,322,068
October 68,985 2,391,053
41 70,735 2,461,788
42 70,902 2,532,690
43 69,843 2,602,533
November 268,079 2,870,612
45 188,066 3,058,678
46 265,710 3,324,388
47 815,257 4,139,645
December 244,455 4,384,100
49 323,001 4,707,101
50 409,943 5,117,044
51 454,878 5,571,922
52 178,312 5,750,234

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Nintendo Switch 2021 vs 2025 PlayStation 5 Comparison EU REGION

Week/Month '21 NSW - Weekly '21 NSW - Yearly '25 PS5 - Weekly '25 PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 93,841 93,841 98,961 98,961 +5,120 +5,120
2 73,286 167,127 75,001 173,962 +1,715 +6,835
3 69,643 236,770 77,886 251,848 +8,243 +15,078
4 67,280 304,050 76,288 328,136 +9,008 +24,086
February 66,816 370,866
6 83,926 454,792
7 75,939 530,731
8 78,017 608,748
March 83,044 691,792
10 84,508 776,300
11 95,729 872,029
12 114,999 987,028
13 105,957 1,092,985
April 81,890 1,174,875
15 76,198 1,251,073
16 69,462 1,320,535
17 77,556 1,398,091
May 79,847 1,477,938
19 78,191 1,556,129
20 78,431 1,634,560
21 77,623 1,712,183
June 80,582 1,792,765
23 85,376 1,878,141
24 88,153 1,966,294
25 90,405 2,056,699
26 85,702 2,142,401
July 81,952 2,224,353
28 80,691 2,305,044
29 65,104 2,370,148
30 74,793 2,444,941
August 72,299 2,517,240
32 72,857 2,590,097
33 70,317 2,660,414
34 72,640 2,733,054
September 78,403 2,811,457
36 80,101 2,891,558
37 85,670 2,977,228
38 75,793 3,053,021
39 75,428 3,128,449
October 229,892 3,358,341
41 102,817 3,461,158
42 118,657 3,579,815
43 127,244 3,707,059
November 151,303 3,858,362
45 170,243 4,028,605
46 191,494 4,220,099
47 519,772 4,739,871
December 331,967 5,071,838
49 309,793 5,381,631
50 324,311 5,705,942
51 317,229 6,023,171
52 145,195 6,168,366

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Wii U 2014 vs 2025 XBOX Series Comparison WORLDWIDE

Week/Month '14 Wii U - Weekly '14 Wii U - Yearly '25 XBSX - Weekly '25 XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 51,141 51,141 58,835 58,835 +7,694 +7,694
2 39,418 90,559 53,290 112,125 +13,872 +21,566
3 33,344 123,903 49,200 161,325 +15,856 +37,422
4 33,185 157,088 48,403 209,728 +15,218 +52,640
February 35,144 192,232
6 42,092 234,324
7 46,095 280,419
8 39,826 320,245
March 35,130 355,375
10 34,859 390,234
11 36,371 426,605
12 38,415 465,020
13 31,694 496,714
April 27,423 524,137
15 29,115 553,252
16 26,864 580,116
17 27,755 607,871
May 27,255 635,126
19 25,983 661,109
20 28,630 689,739
21 123,064 812,803
June 88,836 901,639
23 67,928 969,567
24 58,092 1,027,659
25 56,217 1,083,876
26 57,006 1,140,882
July 52,783 1,193,665
28 51,149 1,244,814
29 50,431 1,295,245
30 48,175 1,343,420
August 50,074 1,393,494
32 52,500 1,445,994
33 41,497 1,487,491
34 39,940 1,527,431
September 35,521 1,562,952
36 35,248 1,598,200
37 38,415 1,636,615
38 49,337 1,685,952
39 41,038 1,726,990
October 36,505 1,763,495
41 38,892 1,802,387
42 44,337 1,846,724
43 50,999 1,897,723
November 53,555 1,951,278
45 77,230 2,028,508
46 129,677 2,158,185
47 260,020 2,418,205
December 207,218 2,625,423
49 250,188 2,875,611
50 289,447 3,165,058
51 274,362 3,439,420
52 130,995 3,570,415

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XBOX ONE 2020 vs 2025 XBOX Series Comparison US REGION

Week/Month '20 XB1 - Weekly '20 XB1 - Yearly '25 XBSX - Weekly '25 XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 42,679 42,679 35,463 35,463 -7,216 -7,216
2 23,397 66,076 32,259 67,722 8,862 +1,646
3 24,797 90,873 29,476 97,198 4,679 +6,325
4 23,828 114,701 26,594 123,792 2,766 +9,091
February 24,106 138,807
6 32,809 171,616
7 33,527 205,143
8 33,964 239,107
March 36,751 275,858
10 65,974 341,832
11 64,345 406,177
12 57,700 463,877
13 49,983 513,860
April 52,778 566,638
15 79,324 645,962
16 79,176 725,138
17 68,398 793,536
May 49,184 842,720
19 41,409 884,129
20 36,567 920,696
21 35,912 956,608
June 33,304 989,912
23 26,569 1,016,481
24 28,091 1,044,572
25 26,073 1,070,645
26 31,717 1,102,362
July 25,842 1,128,204
28 21,862 1,150,066
29 20,137 1,170,203
30 20,128 1,190,331
August 19,806 1,210,137
32 20,102 1,230,239
33 18,234 1,248,473
34 18,389 1,266,862
September 18,124 1,284,986
36 20,150 1,305,136
37 24,169 1,329,305
38 22,709 1,352,014
39 23,158 1,375,172
October 22,905 1,398,077
41 22,438 1,420,515
42 22,533 1,443,048
43 21,014 1,464,062
November 22,349 1,486,411
45 26,491 1,512,902
46 33,453 1,546,355
47 36,112 1,582,467
December 72,202 1,654,669
49 63,257 1,717,926
50 61,906 1,779,832
51 71,891 1,851,723
52 46,451 1,898,174

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Nintendo DS 2012 vs 2025 XBOX Series Comparison EU REGION

Week/Month '12 DS - Weekly '12 DS - Yearly '25 XBSX - Weekly '25 XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 43,506 43,506 10,449 10,449 -33,057 -33,057
2 22,434 65,940 9,536 19,985 -12,898 -45,955
3 21,011 86,951 8,813 28,798 -12,198 -58,153
4 19,740 106,691 9,783 38,581 -9,957 -68,110
February 18,071 124,762
6 17,715 142,477
7 17,630 160,107
8 17,116 177,223
March 16,905 194,128
10 16,307 210,435
11 16,006 226,441
12 15,671 242,112
13 18,609 260,721
April 19,735 280,456
15 13,721 294,177
16 11,869 306,046
17 11,928 317,974
May 12,210 330,184
19 10,774 340,958
20 10,666 351,624
21 10,976 362,600
June 10,316 372,916
23 9,727 382,643
24 9,038 391,681
25 9,056 400,737
26 8,938 409,675
July 8,194 417,869
28 8,166 426,035
29 7,766 433,801
30 7,683 441,484
August 7,363 448,847
32 6,865 455,712
33 7,145 462,857
34 6,646 469,503
September 6,231 475,734
36 6,317 482,051
37 6,724 488,775
38 6,607 495,382
39 6,496 501,878
October 6,386 508,264
41 6,332 514,596
42 6,980 521,576
43 8,851 530,427
November 9,239 539,666
45 11,655 551,321
46 15,014 566,335
47 18,118 584,453
December 21,723 606,176
49 25,650 631,826
50 31,392 663,218
51 30,898 694,116
52 21,141 715,257

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Last edited by XtremeBG - on 06 March 2025

My primary threads:

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Polls: When will the Switch: Outsell the DS? / Outsell the PS2? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX

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Mar1217 on 26 January 2025

Despite the successor coming in soon-ish, I think the Switch can definitely match up the PSP in its Twilight years. It's performance in Japan and elsewhere than the US and Europe will be indicative of that.



Switch Friend Code : 3905-6122-2909 

Norion on 26 January 2025

I'll be paying attention to this thread as well naturally. For worldwide maybe instead of that PS3 year against the Xbox Series you could have something that did about 2.5m and a 2nd comparison of something that did about 4m to further show just how big or small the decline could be this year.

Last edited by Norion - on 26 January 2025

XtremeBG on 26 January 2025
Norion said:

I'll be paying attention to this thread as well naturally. For worldwide maybe instead of that PS3 year against the Xbox Series you could have something that did about 2.5m and a 2nd comparison of something that did about 4m to further show just how big or small the decline could be this year.

I know, but the only 4M year a console had was XB1'20 and I did not want to repeat the same comparison from last year but to be new and fresh.



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Polls: When will the Switch: Outsell the DS? / Outsell the PS2? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX

XtremeBG on 26 January 2025
Mar1217 said:

Despite the successor coming in soon-ish, I think the Switch can definitely match up the PSP in its Twilight years. It's performance in Japan and elsewhere than the US and Europe will be indicative of that.

Japan is clear, it will be another decent year for 9 year old console. EU and US will be the interesting markets this year. There is the question.



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Norion on 26 January 2025
XtremeBG said:
Norion said:

I'll be paying attention to this thread as well naturally. For worldwide maybe instead of that PS3 year against the Xbox Series you could have something that did about 2.5m and a 2nd comparison of something that did about 4m to further show just how big or small the decline could be this year.

I know, but the only 4M year a console had was XB1'20 and I did not want to repeat the same comparison from last year but to be new and fresh.

That's fair. The PS3 in 2014 was more frontloaded than the Xbox Series will be this year but it should give a decent enough picture.



XtremeBG on 26 January 2025
Norion said:

That's fair. The PS3 in 2014 was more frontloaded than the Xbox Series will be this year but it should give a decent enough picture.

If the rumours about next gen XBOX for 2026 are true, then announcement sometime this year is not out of the question. Which will lead to frontloaded XBSX sales too. I added PSP' 12 (4.3M) to the chart as well.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 26 January 2025

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

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Polls: When will the Switch: Outsell the DS? / Outsell the PS2? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX

Norion on 26 January 2025
XtremeBG said:
Norion said:

That's fair. The PS3 in 2014 was more frontloaded than the Xbox Series will be this year but it should give a decent enough picture.

If the rumours about next gen XBOX for 2026 are true, then announcement sometime this year is not out of the question. Which will lead to frontloaded XBSX sales too. I added PSP' 12 (4.3M) to the chart as well.

That being added makes it better I think so thanks!



Bofferbrauer2 on 06 February 2025

My predictions for 2025:
PS5: 15.50M
Xbox: 3.60M
Switch: 5.5M
Switch 2 (expecting July launch) : 9M

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Geralt99 on 16 February 2025

I'll chime in with the predictions this time around.

GTA 6 launches Holiday 2025-
PS5- 21.4 million
Xbox- 6.8 million
Switch- 5.8 million
Switch 2- 9.5 million

GTA 6 gets delayed into 2026
PS5- 19 million
Switch- 6.6 million
Xbox- 4.6 million
Switch 2- 10.6 million