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XtremeBG 1 day ago
Norion said:
I did say just about so next year is when it'll basically be finished. That year the sales of it will get so low that it won't really be worth discussing any more even if its decline in the final stretch ends up less severe than expected. It's already sold about 95% of its lifetime sales basically.

Yea, next year should be it's last with some meaningful sales. Although if Microsoft really wants, they can easily change that, and help it doing okayish for some 2 years more.



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curl-6 1 day ago

Thanks for all your work as usual trunks.

Considering all the console market has to contend with right now, not a bad month, particularly considering it was a slow month for Switch 2 software wise between Splatoon Raiders in July and Fire Emblem in September. 



Kyuu 1 day ago
Norion said:

Good month for the Switch 2. I would say that next month would be worse for it due to the price going up at the start of September but it seems it did really well in the UK that month. Good month for the PS5 as well being notably up compared to the PS4 so GTA 6 is already doing something for it. In better circumstances it would be about to have an amazing 2nd half of the year. Xbox Series on the other hand is just about finished while the Switch 1 hits another low.

The UK month included August's last week, which was the very last chance to get a Switch 2 before the pricehike. But if I'm not mistaken, the price increase in the UK and Europe are the smallest when compared to other markets, so the negative impact may not be nearly as bad as it was in Japan.

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Norion 1 day ago
Kyuu said:
Norion said:

Good month for the Switch 2. I would say that next month would be worse for it due to the price going up at the start of September but it seems it did really well in the UK that month. Good month for the PS5 as well being notably up compared to the PS4 so GTA 6 is already doing something for it. In better circumstances it would be about to have an amazing 2nd half of the year. Xbox Series on the other hand is just about finished while the Switch 1 hits another low.

The UK month included August's last week, which was the very last chance to get a Switch 2 before the pricehike. But if I'm not mistaken, the price increase in the UK and Europe are the smallest when compared to other markets, so the negative impact may not be nearly as bad as it was in Japan.

Yeah the increase was smallest over here which is why I don't think the last week of August being included changes things that much since it was still up 70% compared to the previous few week tracking period. The impact on the US should be at least a tad higher compared to Europe.



trunkswd 23 hours ago

Link to the VGChartz article here.

2026 Americas Sales Comparison Charts Through August - Switch 2 vs PS5 vs Xbox Series vs Switch

Here we see data representing the sales through to consumers and change in sales performance of the four platforms still on the market (Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 1) over comparable periods for 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Also shown is the market share for each of the consoles over the same periods.

Year to Date Sales Comparison (Same Periods Covered)

Market Share (Same Periods Covered)

2023 - (January 2023 to August 2023)

2024 - (January 2024 to August 2024)

2025 - (January 2025 to August 2025)

2026 - (January 2026 to August 2026)

"Year to date" sales for 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2026 versus 2025 and 2026 versus 2024 is displayed.  This provides an easy-to-view summary of all the data.

Total Sales and Market Share for Each Year

Nintendo

  • Nintendo Switch 2
    • 2.79 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 0.09 million units (-3.2%)
  • Nintendo Switch 1
    • 0.42 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 0.70 million units (-62.3%)

Sony

  • PlayStation 5
    • 1.89 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 0.66 million units (-25.9%)

Microsoft

  • Xbox Series X|S
    • 0.73 million units sold year-to-date
    • Down year-on-year 0.34 million units (-31.6%)

Note: VGChartz 2026, 2025, and 2023 estimates through August includes 34 weeks, while 2024 estimates includes 35 weeks.



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