3DS vs PlayStation Vita – VGChartz Gap Charts – September 2014 Update - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 October 2014 / 4,392 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. All sales are worldwide, unless otherwise stated.
3DS Vs. PlayStation Vita Global:
Gap change in latest month: 379,559 – 3DS
Gap change over last 12 months: 8,848,090 – 3DS
Total Lead: 36,238,046 – 3DS
3DS Total Sales: 45,176,172
PlayStation Vita Total Sales: 8,938,126
In the latest month the gap grew another 379,559 units in favor of the 3DS. The current gap at the end of September 2014 is 36.24 million units and is showing no signs of shrinking. Also over the last 12 months the 3DS has sold 8.85 million more units than the Vita.
The 3DS did beat the PlayStation Vita to the market by 10 months. The 3DS launched in February 2011, while the Vita launched in December 2011. The 3DS has sold 45.18 million units, while the Vita has sold 8.94 million units.
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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. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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3ds vs Vita certainly brings a new meaning to "one sided match"
Sony rule the home, Nintendo rule portable. It shall always be this way.
I find it quite sad that the Vita is struggling just to get to 9 million still and I swear to god I said this around the time E3 was happening. Seriously got to get their crap sorted because in my opinion Sony could of been giving it a little more attention while the PS4 is performing pretty well with all the 3rd-party, but they haven't. I'm so annoyed with Sony and 3DS will keep widening the gap. Already made another 230k thanks to Japan..... I wonder when it might surpass GameGear (11 million sold) lol
Yeah, so the main reason for the gap is that 3DS had more time to build up sales. Give Vita another 10 months and it will sell an additional 36.3 million!
funny enough the vita is doubling the sales of the wii u in japan
Yes, but Japan is the land of handhelds and mobile. Vita has sold more that the PS4 mos of the weeks. If in EU or NA the Vita sells more than any current gen home console, that would be weird (and if that home console was the PS4, THAT would be a miracle).
And Wii U double the Vita sales in USA now, by end of gen will probabily be 5:1, and in Europe 3:1, for a Globally 2:1 lol
