PS4 vs PS3 – VGChartz Gap Charts – May 2015 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 July 2015 / 6,414 Views
Welcome to the VGChartz Gap charts. The charts are updated monthly and each article focusses 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.
PS4 Vs. PS3 Global:
Gap change in latest month: 57,789 – PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 5,412,084
Total Lead: 10,314,011 – PS4
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 23,217,798
PlayStation 3 Total Sales: 12,903,787
May 2015 is the 19th month of the PlayStation 4 being on sale. The gap increased during the month when compared to the PlayStation 3’s 19th month on sale by 57,789 units in favor of the PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 4 currently leads by 10.31 million units.
Both consoles launched in November - the PlayStation 3 in November 2006 and the PlayStation 4 in November 2013. The PlayStation 4 has sold 23.22 million units in its first 18 months, while its predecessor, the PlayStation 3, sold 12.90 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. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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How do people say the PS3 struggled? ? Ithe was ahead of the 360 in the same amount of time.
Also lets factor in that first year 360 had no competition, whereas the PS3 had to deal with the 360 and the super Wii
It should be noted that the 360 had shortage.
yeees.... YEEESSS. Let the domination continue.
So basically the PS3 sold as much as the Xbox One in the same time window? And that coming in the whole Europe six months later. Not just the smaller Countries.
It's overtracked by 500k I guess well Sony has to anounce 25 million sooner or later at that time we will know by how many units it is overtracked.
Look at those two beasties staring at each other. They want to touch but have no arms, and the controllers are disconnected :(
I know that i will be eaten alive, and i will have some like 10 dislike if not more.
That said. PS4 is at 99% overtracked in Europe.
Is overtracked since February ( by >300k ) because we have 20.54m in VGC, when Sony confirmed 20.2m.
And by February, seem that the overtracked is even increase.
Now, according to VGChartz, recently the PS4 in Europe is selling 80% more than in the US.
...how? Yes, PS4 in Europe is selling more, but 80% more!?
Just for example. The last official lifetime sales make PS4 at 20.2m WW and 7.25m in the US, so, around 36% of PS4 market is in the US.
And, we have 35k in the US last week, but 143k globally...!!!... that's mean the US sales are 25%, and is SERIUSLY too low.
But that's ok, we will see soon if PS4 is overtracked or not, thanks the Sony result for the quarter.
99% overtracked in Europe?
well it's obvious xb1 lifetime percentage is sligthly lower then the monthly one. Xbox had a really good launch and an incredibly good second holiday in the US. In my opinion that explains the worldwide 11% difference beetween lifetime and the sales in q1 2015.
To make it simple: Xbox and PS percentage both in the us and ww are flawed by the extremely good sales xbox has in q4 mostly in the us, that affects the rest of the year and lt sales, so you can't compare total sales to q1-q3 sales.
well it's obvious xb1 lifetime percentage is sligthly lower then the monthly one. Xbox had a really good launch and an incredibly good second holiday in the US. In my opinion that explains the worldwide 11% difference beetween lifetime and the sales in q1 2015.
To make it simple: Xbox and PS percentage both in the us and ww are flawed by the extremely good sales xbox has in q4 mostly in the us, that affects the rest of the year and lt sales, so you can't compare total sales to q1-q3 sales.
Sony confirmed at E3 that they've sold over 24 million units, WW. If that helps.
