Nintendo is no stranger to competition. The SEGA/Nintendo rivalry led to some of the wittiest marketing of the era. However, Nintendo sought to establish dominance by developing a new console with Sony that would make use of CDs. Nintendo, however, decided to cosy up with a competitor of Sony’s instead and that led to the PlayStation. A neat little parry riposte from Sony. The two have been competing on and off ever since. Except in Japan, that is, where Nintendo seemingly has the PlayStation in a chokehold.
As shared by the folks over at Video Games Chronicle. Game Data Library’s archive suggested that of the fifteen top-selling games of 2025, thirteen were Nintendo Switch titles. This was likely no surprise in Japan, as the company has led in sales for the past 20 years. But it wasn’t just in games that Nintendo outsold Sony. According to Famitsu the PlayStation 5 outsold the Nintendo Switch for only three weeks of …