2026 Japan Sales Comparison Charts Through March - Switch 2 vs PS5 vs Xbox Series vs Switch - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 April 2026 / 7,286 Views
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 March 2023)
2024 - (January 2024 to March 2024)
2025 - (January 2025 to March 2025)
2026 - (January 2026 to March 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
- 1.05 million units sold year-to-date
- Nintendo Switch 1
- 0.26 million units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 266,335 units (-50.7%)
Sony
- PlayStation 5
- 0.17 million units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 154,618 units (-47.9%)
Microsoft
- Xbox Series X|S
- 0.01 million units sold year-to-date
- Down year-on-year 6,831 units (-46.2%)
Note: VGChartz 2026, 2025, and 2023 estimates through March includes 13 weeks, while 2024 estimates includes 14 weeks.
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 follow the author on Bluesky.
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The almost 90 % market share for Nintendo console sales this year in Japan hasn't been that high since the Famicom years.
3 other consoles: Down around 50%
Total: Up 70%.
The Switch 2 is carrying hard the japanese market.
switch still outselling PS5 (and Xseries combined) CRAZY!!
Year-to-date sales for NS2 are listed as blank for 2025 even thought it should be like 4 million lol
Year-to-date is only covers sales through March in each year. Switch 2 didn't launch until June.
Every console -50%, except Switch 2.
Because it hadn't launched at the right time to give a comparative figure for itself lol
