3DS vs PlayStation Vita – VGChartz Gap Charts – December 2013 Update - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 24 January 2014 / 8,712 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.
3DS Vs. PlayStation Vita Global:
Gap change in latest month: 3,589,304 – 3DS
Gap change over last 12 months: 12,229,434 – 3DS
Total Lead: 35,435,639 – 3DS
3DS Total Sales: 42,127,535
PlayStation Vita Total Sales: 7,277,324
In the latest month the gap grew another 3,589,304 units in favor of the 3DS. The current gap at the end of December 2013 is 35,435,639 and is showing no signs of shrinking. Also over the last 12 months the 3DS has sold 12,229,434 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 42,13 million units, while the Vita has sold 7.28 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 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.
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Why does it show a picture of the DS instead of the Vita?
They probably google DS and grabbed the first thing they saw.
Nintendo is doomed, right guys?
As doomed as 3D & especially Glasses-Free 3D. Which explains the sells of the 3DS, and 3D Movies like Gravity and 3D TVs Year-on-Year sells.
It's common knowledge that home consoles either give more profit/have much more costs to make than handhelds. Vita is neither a great loss neither a great investment. All in all, WiiU is doing much worse
It's common knowledge that home consoles either give more profit/have much more costs to make than handhelds. Vita is neither a great loss neither a great investment. All in all, WiiU is doing much worse
It's common knowledge that home consoles either give more profit/have much more costs to make than handhelds. Vita is neither a great loss neither a great investment. All in all, WiiU is doing much worse
It's common knowledge that home consoles either give more profit/have much more costs to make than handhelds. Vita is neither a great loss neither a great investment. All in all, WiiU is doing much worse
It's common knowledge that home consoles either give more profit/have much more costs to make than handhelds. Vita is neither a great loss neither a great investment. All in all, WiiU is doing much worse
It's common knowledge that home consoles either give more profit/have much more costs to make than handhelds. Vita is neither a great loss neither a great investment. All in all, WiiU is doing much worse
It's common knowledge that home consoles either give more profit/have much more costs to make than handhelds. Vita is neither a great loss neither a great investment. All in all, WiiU is doing much worse
I think we got that the first time you posted it! It's either a glitch or you really want everybody out there to know this!
@late_release uh no not when your talking about the Vita lol. It started off at 250 dollars and it was selling a huge loss and after the price drop its still selling at a loss. Home console are more expensive to make and have much thin profit margins if they do at all, however the Vita is as expensive as home console and it doesn't make any profit.
@late_release
Stop mashing the F5 key after you make a reply here, when you get that popup which says you're going to resend the data and you click okay, you resend your post on here every time. If you are really keen to see if someone has replied to you, navigate away from this page then back before starting the F5 spam.
Handhelds are Dead
Nintendo: lol what?
i said it once and i'll say it again, if the only way to downplay the 3DS's sales is to compare it to the best selling handheld of all time, you know you've got a winner.
Lol at Vita... so doomed...
It's quite a shame really,would have loved to play Skyrim like RPG's on the go would have only happened if install base was large,but seeing these sales,majority of the people like to play nintendo only ip's on handhelds.Such a shame.Only the PS Vita is capable of replicating console-like gameplay on a handheld but no one gives it a chance.
My pevision to fine year:
3DS=58 milion
PSV=12 milion
Gap=46 milion
I'm not saying handhelds are doomed, but smartphones definitely took a chunk of the market. The 3ds is selling well but not like the ds did. The ds has 3 straight years of 27+ million and the 3ds' first 3 years have been about 14 million each
My pevision to fine year:
3DS=58 milion
PSV=12 milion
Gap=46 milion
So sad.
whoa that's a lotta red thumbs for pointing out this is pretty sad to see. I don't get why people disagree with this point... surely can't be this happy the vita is dying a death? tis a good lil system.
