Switch vs 3DS – VGChartz Gap Charts – July 2018 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2018 / 4,153 Views
The VGChartz Gap charts are updated monthly and each article focuses on a different gap chart. The charts include comparisons between the 7th generation and 8th generation platforms, as well as comparisons within the 8th generation. All sales are worldwide, unless otherwise stated.
Switch Vs. 3DS Global:
Gap change in latest month: 108,775 – Switch
Gap change over last 12 months: 47,421 - Switch
Total Lead: 1,510,847 – Switch
Switch Total Sales: 19,147,667
3DS Total Sales: 17,636,820
July 2018 is the 17th month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for. During the latest month the gap grew in favor of the Switch by 108,775 units when compared to the 3DS during the same timeframe and by 47,421 units in the last 12 months. The Switch is currently ahead of the 3DS by 1.51 million units.
The 3DS launched in February 2011 (however, 3DS sales have been aligned to March 2011, since it only launched at the end of February in Japan), while the Nintendo Switch launched worldwide in March 2017. The Switch has sold 19.15 million units, while the 3DS sold 17.64 million units during the same timeframe.
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. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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All the Switch needs is some cracking AAA announcements and it will leave the 3DS behind..
3DS is falling further and further behind. After this holiday season Switch will Smash the 3DS and will be way too far in front for the 3DS, who is already at it's peak by then, to catch up again
This is so far a pretty interesting fight. Switch pulled ahead, then you clearly see the pricecut and 3DS started to gain a little, but now into the second year for both, Switch starts to have the considerably better momentum. I think with Pokemon and Smash at the end of the year, the 3DS cannot keep up anymore.
Wow. Less than 50k gap change over a 12 month period. That's crazy that they've matched up for so long.
Only due to the 70$ pricecut the 3DS got after a couple months (first Switch graph peak). But that already isn't enough anymore and Switch has been winning the last 6 months straight, and I don't see a reason why that streak would be going to end anytime soon.
That's the 2DS. Their 3D screen tech must be quite expensive to produce.
Well Mediggo, with that argument you could just as well say Sony were not losing any money early on with the PS3 considering it got sold later on for 200$, just a third of the price.
While the main SoC wasn't really impressive, you completely ignore everything else like the 3D screen, Gyro, NFC and so on. While they're not expensive on their own, but they add up. Would they have just released a more powerful DS, it wouldn't have cracked the 150$ mark - it's the additional hardware functionality that made the higher price.
