PlayStation Vita vs PSP – VGChartz Gap Charts – May 2015 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 July 2015 / 5,288 ViewsWelcome to the VGChartz Gap charts. These charts are updated monthly and each article focusses 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.
PlayStation Vita Vs. PSP Global:
Gap change in latest month: 660,438 - PSP
Gap change over last 12 months: 12,197,125 - PSP
Total Lead: 27,142,633 – PSP
PlayStation Vita Total Sales: 10,613,796
PSP Total Sales: 37,756,429
In May the gap grew another 660,438 units in favor of the PSP, and the gap has grown by 12.20 million units over the last 12 months. The PSP currently leads by 27.14 million units.
Both handhelds launched in December in Japan - the PSP in December 2004 and the Vita in December 2011. The Vita has sold 10.61 million units in its first 42 months on sale, while the PSP sold 37.76 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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I'm confused why VGChartz keeps posting these. Vita is selling significantly less than PSP and that's isn't gonna change. These updates are going to be the same news every time.
Marketing data are marketing data, doesn't matter if we find them boring... ;)
Only the PS4 and XB1 are keeping up with their predecessors.
Surpassing actually, but yeah :) wii u and vita are doing baaad 3ds is good, but still not as good as ds sales were.
A Vita vs WiiU gap chart would be more interesting at this point
Depressing... can only hope Sony learn from this, and if they do a new handheld at some point, they make it cheaper, dont use proprietary memory cards, and maybe drop something like that touch screen at back.
At this point Sony will definitely not make another handheld.
It's upsetting that the Vita has done so awful. It's literally everything the PSP was, cranked up to eleven. And yet it has such awful sales. I personally blame Sony for jumping ship on the machine as soon as it wasn't going the way they wanted.