That is a lot of charts! And all interesting.

I just want to shout out the OP for his great work!

That is for getting the data and sharing it.

Thanks.

I am always open to new ideas, so if anyone has one, give it a go.

I can't recall if we've had a thread that has the most units sold per year records of all consoles. I think DS and Switch are right around the top. I think you can even adjust the data to add the quarters by calendar year and not fiscal year.

This is a pretty cool discussion about the best holiday seasons for consoles. 

DS is the only system to have two 30mil FYs, NS1 came very close to having 30mil in FY’21. No other system has even come close.

Done.

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I never realized how strong 3DS was in JP. Switch had steady legs, DS had a few years of massive numbers, and 3DS did close to Switch numbers but for a shorter span of time.

If I remember correctly, the DS hype started earlier in Japan. It was already a huge hit in 2005 holidays (I believe it's best or second best selling holidays ever, also top 2 all time Japan) and became a sensation in 06. The West caught on particularly after the DS Lite released with NSMB. 

Charts updated with the new additions for November - Worldwide, Europe and Japan.

Revisiting this thread after NS2 figures for JP were added. Overall: 0.416mil (November) + 1.03mil (December) = 1.446mil (Nov+Dec). So we already know NS2 placed in the top November JP & Nov+Dec JP charts, but what about December JP? Seems there is a three-way tie between NS2'25, NS1'18, and NDS'07.

Also, props to Nintendo on a successful first holiday season for Switch 2 in JP. Already competing with NS1 during it's peak years (excluding 2020). If we consider Oct+Nov+Dec, then this holiday makes for Nintendo's second strongest of the Switch 1/2 generation (behind only 2020).

Thanks for reminding me.

• NSW December 2019 is 1,037,700
• SW2 December 2025 is 1,032,351
• NDS December 2007 is 1,031,598

Looks like DS is getting left out. Unless adjustments happens later .. which is possible by the way, since the weeks from Famitsu were combined, and the last week's numbers of VGChartz were estimates. We will see how this goes after a month.

The charts for Japan in December and Nov+Dec were updated.