Switch vs DS Sales Comparison in Japan - March 2023 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 May 2023 / 4,264 Views
The VGChartz sales comparison series of articles are updated monthly and each one focuses on a different sales comparison using our estimated video game hardware figures. The charts include comparisons between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, as well as with older platforms. There are articles based on our worldwide estimates, as well as the US, Europe, and Japan.
This monthly series compares the aligned Japanese sales of the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo DS.
The DS launched in December 2004 in Japan and the Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. Therefore, the normal holiday periods and the Japanese Golden Week holiday for the two consoles do not lineup.
Switch Vs. DS Japan:
Gap change in latest month: 362,192 - DS
Gap change over last 12 months: 1,503,395 - Switch
Total Lead: 3,558,253 - DS
Switch Total Sales: 28,708,735
DS Total Sales: 32,266,988
March 2023 is the 73rd month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for in Japan. During the latest month, the DS has outsold the Switch by 362,192 units when you align the launches.
In the last 12 months, the Switch has outsold the DS by 1.50 million units. The DS is currently ahead of the Switch by 3.56 million units.
The 73rd month for the Switch is March 2023, while for the DS it is December 2010. The Switch has sold 28.71 million units, while the DS sold 32.27 million units during the same timeframe. The DS sold current Switch sales in month 61.
The DS has sold 32.99 million units lifetime in Japan. The Switch is currently 4.28 million units behind the lifetime sales of the DS.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Switch will win this.
Nice to see that we went from "the end of video game console" in japan at the end of the 3DS/Wii U era to Switch going to become the best selling console of all time there.
The DS was pretty much done at this point. If the Switch manages to sell 4 million this year, it will have a chance to outsell the DS
It doesn't need to sell 4mil this year. 3mil more and 1-2mil next year will seal the deal.
Switch still at like a 50k+ weekly baseline while DS sales started their flatline at this point. Switch will eat up most of that 3.5m DS lead in the next 12 months. Definitely going to be a Switch win, taking the all-time Japan record. Only question is by how much.
