3DS vs PlayStation Vita – VGChartz Gap Charts – August 2013 Update

by William D'Angelo, posted on 19 September 2013 / 15,452 Views

Welcome to the VGChartz Gap charts. The charts will be updated monthly and each article will focus on a different gap chart. The charts include comparisons between the 7th generation and 8th generation, as well as comparing the 8th generation consoles.

3DS Vs. PlayStation Vita Global:

Gap change in latest month: 440,082 – 3DS

Gap change over last 12 months: 10,566,604 – 3DS

Total Lead: 27,801,241 – 3DS

3DS Total Sales: 33,458,935

PlayStation Vita Total Sales: 5,657,694

The 3DS was the first 8th generation handheld on the market. It was released on February 26, 2011. The PlayStation Vita came out in December 2011 in Japan, and February 2012 in the rest of the world. The gap when the PlayStation Vita came out was 12.77 million units and has grown every month since then,

In the latest month the gap grew an extra 440,082 units in favor of the 3DS. The current gap at the end of August 2013 is 27,801,241 and is showing no signs of shrinking. Also over the last 12 months the 3DS has sold 10.57 million more units.


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9 Comments

sethnintendo
sethnintendo (on 19 September 2013)

The gap is going to continue to grow considering 3DS releases on the horizon.

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Salnax
Salnax (on 19 September 2013)

Plus the 2DS.

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Michael-5
Michael-5 (on 19 September 2013)

Monster Hunter just added 200k to that lead in Japan in a single week. Pokemon will add millions.

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Wizz_Beard_thePirate
Wizz_Beard_thePirate (on 19 September 2013)

You mean 2 million? Cause Monster Hunter 4 Sold 2 million in 2 days

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Wizz_Beard_thePirate
Wizz_Beard_thePirate (on 19 September 2013)

Woops, sorry, I thought u ment something else... My bad, stupid comment

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sales2099
sales2099 (on 19 September 2013)

Monster Hunter 4 and Pokemon still not added yet. lol

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Teriol
Teriol (on 19 September 2013)

the 3DS don't need pokemon or MH4 to increase the gap week by week, pokemon and MH4 are just another way to kill vita forever... i think.

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Nintendogamer
Nintendogamer (on 19 September 2013)

with MH4 and pokemon, gap will expand and ooooozze out the sides :P

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Gamerace
Gamerace (on 19 September 2013)

These gap charts have to be so depressing to WiiU and Vita fans. A PS3/360 gap chart would be interesting or 7th gen for different regions.

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Kaizar
Kaizar (on 20 September 2013)

The Wii U has 6 more months before anything is decided about its faith.

So right now only Vita fans are depress.

But I can't wait to see the first 12 months of PS4 & ONE sales. Now that will be interesting.

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Meret
Meret (on 20 September 2013)

Poor Vita...

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Kenology
Kenology (on 23 September 2013)

Gap will close now that MHFG annonced for Vita. BELIEVE.

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Rogerioandrade
Rogerioandrade (on 20 September 2013)

Warning: Potential fanboy flaming article detected

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JWeinCom
JWeinCom (on 21 September 2013)

It's a website about video game sales... this is an article about sales. Seems perfectly fine. If people can't handle it maturely, that's their own fault.

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