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XtremeBG on 27 January 2026

Welcome to Ultimate Consoles Showdown 2026. 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:

  • Nintendo Switch 2 vs NSW1 2019 (19.3M) vs NSW1 2018 (16.4M)
  • Nintendo Switch 1 vs PlayStation 4 2021 (2.4М)
  • PlayStation 5 vs PlayStation 3 2012 (12M)
  • XBOX Series vs Wii U 2016 (1.25M) vs PS Vita 2015 (1.8M)

Quick access data for 2025:

  • PS5 - 17.4M
  • NSW2 - 15.6M
  • NSW1 - 5M
  • Xbox - 2.5M

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 Switch 1 2019 vs Nintendo Switch 2 Comparison

Week/Month SW1 - Weekly SW1 - Yearly SW2 - Weekly SW2 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 422,991 422,991 231,025 231,025 -191,966 -191,966
2 261,313 684,304 178,583 409,608 -82,730 -274,696
3 239,630 923,934 166,696 576,304 -72,934 -347,630
4 223,917 1,147,851 158,491 734,795 -65,426 -413,056
February 243,086 1,390,937 167,602 902,397 -75,484 -488,540
6 246,901 1,637,838 164,580 1,066,977 -82,321 -570,861
7 245,603 1,883,441 181,337 1,248,314 -64,266 -635,127
8 236,788 2,120,229 238,516 1,486,830 +1,728 -633,399
March 256,993 2,377,222 436,456 1,923,286 +179,463 -453,936
10 243,351 2,620,573 362,802 2,286,088 +119,451 -334,485
11 222,088 2,842,661 305,073 2,591,161 +82,985 -251,500
12 219,395 3,062,056 267,657 2,858,818 +48,262 -203,238
13 224,764 3,286,820 250,468 3,109,286 +25,704 -177,534
April 197,196 3,484,016 233,165 3,342,451 +35,969 -141,565
15 210,035 3,694,051 208,820 3,551,271 -1,215 -142,780
16 185,560 3,879,611 202,279 3,753,550 +16,719 -126,061
17 192,442 4,072,053 245,129 3,998,679 +52,687 -73,374
May 192,284 4,264,337 283,315 4,281,994 +91,031 +17,657
19 186,628 4,450,965 376,329 4,658,323 +189,701 +207,358
20 166,937 4,617,902 406,850 5,065,173 +239,913 +447,271
21 174,689 4,792,591 183,520 5,248,693 +8,831 +456,102
June 180,828 4,973,419 198,781 5,447,474 +17,953 +474,055
23 191,428 5,164,847 194,968 5,642,442 +3,540 +477,595
24 209,397 5,374,244 188,759 5,831,201 -20,638 +456,957
25 209,000 5,583,244 204,328 6,035,529 -4,672 +452,285
26 290,267 5,873,511 201,959 6,237,488 -88,308 +363,977
July 245,075 6,118,586 171,074 6,408,562 -74,001 +289,976
28 226,783 6,345,369 158,279 6,566,841 -68,504 +221,472
29 211,210 6,556,579 202,768 6,769,609 -8,442 +213,030
30 201,103 6,757,682 171,037 6,940,646 -30,066 +182,964
August 193,667 6,951,349 187,428 7,128,074 -6,239 +176,725
32 180,518 7,131,867 201,242 7,329,316 +20,724 +197,449
33 186,164 7,318,031 218,823 7,548,139 +32,659 +230,108
34 176,652 7,494,683 266,247 7,814,386 +89,595 +319,703
September 238,915 7,733,598
36 253,320 7,986,918
37 249,325 8,236,243
38 600,282 8,836,525
39 472,720 9,309,245
October 326,090 9,635,335
41 285,064 9,920,399
42 299,832 10,220,231
43 301,671 10,521,902
November 366,383 10,888,285
45 399,646 11,287,931
46 590,632 11,878,563
47 616,220 12,494,783
December 1,852,859 14,347,642
49 1,182,723 15,530,365
50 1,356,224 16,886,589
51 1,532,176 18,418,765
52 909,543 19,328,308

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PlayStation 4 2021 vs Nintendo Switch Comparison

Week/Month PS4 - Weekly PS4 - Yearly NSW - Weekly NSW - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 99,973 99,973 58,406 58,406 -41,567 -41,567
2 89,480 189,453 58,682 117,088 -30,798 -72,365
3 86,242 275,695 46,804 163,892 -39,438 -111,803
4 84,405 360,100 39,680 203,572 -44,725 -156,528
February 84,003 444,103 42,601 246,173 -41,402 -197,930
6 82,875 526,978 58,914 305,087 -23,961 -221,891
7 81,213 608,191 61,824 366,911 -19,389 -241,280
8 79,868 688,059 56,490 423,401 -23,378 -264,658
March 79,220 767,279 54,816 478,217 -24,404 -289,062
10 77,186 844,465 49,764 527,981 -27,422 -316,484
11 73,640 918,105 48,319 576,300 -25,321 -341,805
12 66,375 984,480 47,780 624,080 -18,595 -360,400
13 63,379 1,047,859 47,075 671,155 -16,304 -376,704
April 62,996 1,110,855 51,693 722,848 -11,303 -388,007
15 59,256 1,170,111 62,425 785,273 +3,169 -384,838
16 51,742 1,221,853 57,834 843,107 +6,092 -378,746
17 51,384 1,273,237 50,068 893,175 -1,316 -380,062
May 51,620 1,324,857 53,794 946,969 +2,174 -377,888
19 50,134 1,374,991 53,557 1,000,526 +3,423 -374,465
20 48,010 1,423,001 40,881 1,041,407 -7,129 -381,594
21 46,613 1,469,614 39,291 1,080,698 -7,322 -388,916
June 43,207 1,512,821 39,386 1,120,084 -3,821 -392,737
23 43,230 1,556,051 36,367 1,156,451 -6,863 -399,600
24 39,597 1,595,648 36,552 1,193,003 -3,045 -402,645
25 40,018 1,635,666 36,819 1,229,822 -3,199 -405,844
26 37,222 1,672,888 40,137 1,269,959 +2,915 -402,929
July 33,162 1,706,050 36,712 1,306,671 +3,550 -399,379
28 31,240 1,737,290 34,562 1,341,233 +3,322 -396,057
29 32,986 1,770,276 35,588 1,376,821 +2,602 -393,455
30 32,853 1,803,129 36,711 1,413,532 +3,858 -389,597
August 30,222 1,833,351 33,557 1,447,089 +3,335 -386,262
32 28,894 1,862,245 31,825 1,478,914 +2,931 -383,331
33 28,373 1,890,618 32,196 1,511,110 +3,823 -379,508
34 29,325 1,919,943 35,315 1,546,425 +5,990 -373,518
September 30,969 1,950,912
36 32,082 1,982,994
37 28,254 2,011,248
38 28,124 2,039,372
39 28,213 2,067,585
October 29,959 2,097,544
41 29,706 2,127,250
42 29,451 2,156,701
43 29,727 2,186,428
November 28,789 2,215,217
45 30,712 2,245,929
46 27,583 2,273,512
47 32,559 2,306,071
December 29,517 2,335,588
49 29,045 2,364,633
50 31,229 2,395,862
51 27,551 2,423,413
52 22,904 2,446,317

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PlayStation 3 2012 vs PlayStation 5 Comparison

Week/Month PS3 - Weekly PS3 - Yearly PS5 - Weekly PS5 - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 378,977 378,977 181,452 181,452 -197,525 -197,525
2 230,705 609,682 151,046 332,498 -79,659 -277,184
3 201,410 811,092 138,868 471,366 -62,542 -339,726
4 197,978 1,009,070 136,659 608,025 -61,319 -401,045
February 209,859 1,218,929 153,038 761,063 -56,821 -457,866
6 210,895 1,429,824 162,455 923,518 -48,440 -506,306
7 215,621 1,645,445 165,457 1,088,975 -50,164 -556,470
8 228,277 1,873,722 191,169 1,280,144 -37,108 -593,578
March 245,169 2,118,891 163,277 1,443,421 -81,892 -675,470
10 209,583 2,328,474 151,806 1,595,227 -57,777 -733,247
11 186,571 2,515,045 158,863 1,754,090 -27,708 -760,955
12 170,334 2,685,379 201,491 1,955,581 +31,157 -729,798
13 174,036 2,859,415 235,477 2,191,058 +61,441 -668,357
April 182,088 3,041,503 145,393 2,336,451 -36,695 -705,052
15 170,657 3,212,160 140,447 2,476,898 -30,210 -735,262
16 164,091 3,376,251 116,944 2,593,842 -47,147 -782,409
17 152,509 3,528,760 113,528 2,707,370 -38,981 -821,390
May 140,708 3,669,468 111,058 2,818,428 -29,650 -851,040
19 130,857 3,800,325 112,133 2,930,561 -18,724 -869,764
20 136,612 3,936,937 114,571 3,045,132 -22,041 -891,805
21 142,283 4,079,220 115,930 3,161,062 -26,353 -918,158
June 145,449 4,224,669 142,419 3,303,481 -3,030 -921,188
23 137,845 4,362,514 142,928 3,446,409 +5,083 -916,105
24 139,307 4,501,821 145,390 3,591,799 +6,083 -910,022
25 140,855 4,642,676 143,978 3,735,777 +3,123 -906,899
26 142,522 4,785,198 146,591 3,882,368 +4,069 -902,830
July 137,380 4,922,578 189,882 4,072,250 +52,502 -850,328
28 133,117 5,055,695 189,750 4,262,000 +56,633 -793,695
29 129,138 5,184,833 197,322 4,459,322 +68,184 -725,511
30 138,081 5,322,914 203,148 4,662,470 +65,067 -660,444
August 133,982 5,456,896 200,031 4,862,501 +66,049 -594,395
32 130,816 5,587,712 196,827 5,059,328 +66,011 -528,384
33 142,617 5,730,329 186,145 5,245,473 +43,528 -484,856
34 126,168 5,856,497 213,100 5,458,573 +86,932 -397,924
September 137,828 5,994,325
36 135,099 6,129,424
37 139,597 6,269,021
38 128,704 6,397,725
39 173,969 6,571,694
October 225,706 6,797,400
41 227,309 7,024,709
42 201,061 7,225,770
43 224,865 7,450,635
November 316,048 7,766,683
45 298,072 8,064,755
46 362,894 8,427,649
47 894,365 9,322,014
December 506,045 9,828,059
49 547,098 10,375,157
50 578,293 10,953,450
51 611,384 11,564,834
52 423,283 11,988,117

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Wii U 2016 vs XBOX Series Comparison

Week/Month Wii U - Weekly Wii U - Yearly XBSX - Weekly XBSX - Yearly (+/-) Weekly (+/-) Yearly
January 49,338 49,338 34,309 34,309 -15,029 -15,029
2 34,347 83,685 34,035 68,344 -312 -15,341
3 28,008 111,693 28,655 96,999 +647 -14,694
4 28,927 140,620 27,958 124,957 -969 -15,663
February 28,312 168,932 32,979 157,936 +4,667 -10,996
6 31,060 199,992 33,549 191,485 +2,489 -8,507
7 31,378 231,370 35,330 226,815 +3,952 -4,555
8 27,394 258,764 39,205 266,020 +11,811 +7,256
March 30,835 289,599 33,059 299,079 +2,224 +9,480
10 25,560 315,159 27,884 326,963 +2,324 +11,804
11 37,045 352,204 30,330 357,293 -6,715 +5,089
12 24,836 377,040 29,438 386,731 +4,602 +9,691
13 22,098 399,138 31,587 418,318 +9,489 +19,180
April 22,300 421,438 28,187 446,505 +5,887 +25,067
15 22,688 444,126 24,290 470,795 +1,602 +26,669
16 22,743 466,869 24,980 495,775 +2,237 +28,906
17 25,896 492,765 24,810 520,585 -1,086 +27,820
May 21,525 514,290 27,034 547,619 +5,509 +33,329
19 17,403 531,693 28,110 575,729 +10,707 +44,036
20 17,742 549,435 33,799 609,528 +16,057 +60,093
21 17,519 566,954 30,448 639,976 +12,929 +73,022
June 18,243 585,197 40,160 680,136 +21,917 +94,939
23 16,804 602,001 41,365 721,501 +24,561 +119,500
24 17,313 619,314 42,951 764,452 +25,638 +145,138
25 17,244 636,558 48,177 812,629 +30,933 +176,071
26 16,895 653,453 48,995 861,624 +32,100 +208,171
July 26,950 680,403 29,226 890,850 +2,276 +210,447
28 19,460 699,863 27,623 918,473 +8,163 +218,610
29 17,775 717,638 28,207 946,680 +10,432 +229,042
30 17,356 734,994 32,086 978,766 +14,730 +243,772
August 16,173 751,167 20,167 998,933 +3,994 +247,766
32 16,435 767,602 22,587 1,021,520 +6,152 +253,918
33 15,891 783,493 28,987 1,050,507 +13,096 +267,014
34 16,191 799,684 32,275 1,082,782 +16,084 +283,098
September 16,037 815,721
36 17,395 833,116
37 17,545 850,661
38 18,673 869,334
39 18,658 887,992
October 16,965 904,957
41 14,775 919,732
42 13,111 932,843
43 14,170 947,013
November 16,744 963,757
45 18,599 982,356
46 21,995 1,004,351
47 51,538 1,055,889
December 38,211 1,094,100
49 39,620 1,133,720
50 43,454 1,177,174
51 45,653 1,222,827
52 19,903 1,242,730

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Last edited by XtremeBG - 6 hours ago

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Norion on 27 January 2026

This is always one of the best threads to follow on here for the year. This one's biggest point of interest will of course be the Switch 2 but the PS5 still has a good amount of juice left.



badskywalker on 28 January 2026

I think the PS5 will beat the '19 PS4 , but miss the '07 Wii by ~1 million
I think Switch 1 misses both targets.

Switch 2, probably beats '18 NSW no matter what, but without a good idea on this year's heavy hitters lineup there's just too much of a question on whether it can beat DS '06.

I doubt we get a new 3D Zelda, and new Mario also seems rather doubtful since the 3D Mario team just released DK Bananza. We are getting Splatoon Raiders and Fire Emblem, but those are relatively small titles. Simply put, I have no clue what's about to come out of Nintendo so I can't really predict sales until we get a real direct



HigHurtenflurst on 28 January 2026

The battles for this year are as follows:

  • Nintendo Switch 2 vs DS '06 (20.7M) vs NSW1 '18 (16.4M)
  • Nintendo Switch 1 vs 3DS '19 (1.5М) vs DS '12 (3.2M)
  • PlayStation 5 vs Wii '07 (16.5M) vs PS4 '19 (14M)
  • XBOX Series vs PSV '15 (1.8M) vs Wii U '16 (1.2M)

Maybe i'm being optimistic but if I were to guesstimate for the 3 newer consoles I would put them all near the top end of those ranges.
 - PS5 does seem to be faltering in Americas & Japan but it's still holding well here in Europe (& PS is still primary choice in a lot of the "Rest of World" countries) so I don't think it will drop too much unless GTAVI gets delayed again.
 - XB seems to be dieing but i'd be surprised if it can't at least get 1.5M
 - NS2 bit more of an unknown as to whether it can soar high, as while it is technically breaking records for the "fastest to" it's mostly due to the launch month... that said I think 16M is a given so again would be surprised if it's not a lot closer to (or maybe even over) 20M

NS1 does seem to be holding on longer in Japan than I would have expected, but at least at the moment it's the only one of these I would predict to be closer  to the lower end of it's range.

Given the state of things though, who knows, maybe all three current gen will have to increase their prices making NS1 a re-kindled budget option.



XtremeBG on 21 February 2026

Data and charts have been updated with weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4 for every comparison!

  • Switch 2 is behind both the DS 2006 and the Switch 2018.
  • Switch 1 is slightly behind the 3DS 2019 year which finished at 1.5M (I removed the DS from this comparison, as it's clearly not needed).
  • PS5 is behind both of its competitors in the face of Wii 2007 and PS3 2012.
  • The Xbox Series is behind both Vita 2015 and Wii U 2016.

All around January has been very weak month this year.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 21 March 2026

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XtremeBG on 21 March 2026

Data and charts have been updated with weeks 5, 6, 7 and 8 for every comparison!



My primary threads:

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XtremeBG on 23 April 2026

Data and charts have been updated with weeks 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 for every comparison!

  • With the recent price increase of the PS5, it's new competitor is now PS3's 2012 year of 12M. For the first three months of this year where the price was the old lower one, PS3 is leading.
Last edited by XtremeBG - on 23 April 2026

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XtremeBG on 20 May 2026

Data and charts have been updated with weeks 14, 15, 16, and 17 for every comparison!

  • Nintendo Switch 1 vs Nintendo 3DS 2019 (1.5М)

was changed to:

  • Nintendo Switch 1 vs PlayStation 4 2021 (2.4М)

With May, Switch 1 will likely be less than 500k from the 1.5M of 3DS. Also the forecast is 2M for the fiscal year and since the gap between shipped units and sold ones is decreasing, for the moment, being the sales are more than the shipments (as can be seen with the first quarter - 550k shipped vs more than 600k sold), 2.4M shouldn't be too far off from what Switch 1 will finish in sales this calendar year .. and besides, PS4 didn't even had holiday boost that year, while Switch 1 should have some.

Last edited by XtremeBG - on 27 June 2026

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XtremeBG on 27 June 2026

Data and charts have been updated with weeks 18, 19, 20, and 21 for every comparison!

  • I've added PS3 2013 competitor (8.2M) for the PS5, as even it's struggling to keep pace even with 2012's 12M (and also we can compare the effect of GTA 5 and GTA 6 back to back, there was only slight boost in September of 2013, while it should be bigger this year, but with the increased prices it might end up about the same).
Last edited by XtremeBG - on 27 June 2026

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XtremeBG on 22 July 2026

Data and charts have been updated with weeks 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 for every comparison!



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PS5 vs SW2 in 2026 / Biggest months, years and holidays / When will the Switch pass 160M? / LT expectations of: Switch / PS5 / XBSX / Switch 2