Switch vs DS Sales Comparison - January 2025 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 March 2025 / 9,792 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 worldwide sales of the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo DS.
The DS launched in November 2004 in North America, December 2004 in Japan, and March 2005 in Europe, while the Nintendo Switch launched worldwide in March 2017. Therefore, the holiday periods for the two consoles do not lineup, which is why there are big increases and decreases.
Switch Vs. DS Global:
Gap change in latest month: 374,373 - Switch
Gap change over last 12 months: 7,016,777 - Switch
Total Lead: 2,390,267 - DS
Switch Total Sales: 149,190,137
DS Total Sales: 151,580,404
January 2025 is the 95th month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for. During the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the Switch by 0.37 million units when compared to the DS during the same timeframe.
In the last 12 months, the Switch has outsold the DS by 7.02 million units. The DS is ahead of the Switch by 2.39 million units.
The 94th month on sale for the Nintendo Switch is January 2025, while for the DS it is September 2012. The Switch has sold 149.19 million units, while the DS sold 151.58 million units during the same timeframe.
The Nintendo DS sold 154.02 million units lifetime. The Nintendo Switch is currently 4.83 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 Bluesky.
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Switch is such a beast. Best console hands down of the last 15 years
Is there any comparison between switch and ps2 in such way ?
No. Because we do not have reliable figures for the PS2. vgchartz stared tracking consoles and handhelds in late 2005 if i am not mistaken. The PS2 released in march 4 2000 in japan. It was well past its peak when vgchartz started tracking. Reliable weekly figures are availible since the DS. With PSP and the Xbox 360 the weekly sales... anyway back zo topic, the DS gets smoked sometime in summer this year!
Maybe then you could add a line for the PS2 sales in this chart similar to the one for the Gameboy sales?
Thank you for this reply, I was curious when VGChartz started doing its weekly tracking.
I have a chart comparison on it, you can see it in my thread
https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=248634
Switch's line touched DS's. Last time this happend was around month 49~50. The DS now can feel Switch's breath on the back of its neck!
The DS is as good as smoked! It does not matter if it outsells it in the US/ Americas (In Americas the DS should be ~60 million and in the US ~57 million if i am not mistaken?!). In europe the Switch should trash the Gameboy, but it'll be lucky if they barly beat the PS4. In ROTW the PS4 is as good as smoked. 157 million is the WW floor as for now!
