3DS vs PSP – VGChartz Gap Charts – July 2016 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 September 2016 / 41,530 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.
3DS Vs. PSP Global:
Gap change in latest month: 9,482 – 3DS
Gap change over last 12 months: 2,982,788 – PSP
Total Lead: 475,382 – PSP
3DS Total Sales: 58,986,875
PSP Total Sales: 59,462,257
The PSP in the last few months is ahead of the Nintendo 3DS when you align the launches of the two handhelds. In the latest month the gap grew by 9,482 units in favor of the Nintendo 3DS and by 2.98 million units in favor of the PSP in the last 12 months. The PSP currently leads by 475,382 units.
An important note is that the two handhelds launched at different times of the year. The PSP first launched in December 2004, while the 3DS launched in February 2011. The 3DS has sold 58.99 million units in its first 63 months, while the PSP sold 59.46 million units.
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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The PSP is going to win this battle but what a great and interesting battle it's been. Great comparison!
The 3DS will regain the lead for a short while now due to holidays not being aligned.
The (distant) 2nd seller of last gen is actually ahead of the (clear) 1st seller of this gen.
Mobile phones really hit the handheld market hard.
Mobile gaming has also hurt home console sales. Nintendo will barely reach 20 percent of what they sold last generation and PS4 and Xbox One combined will not reach the sales numbers of PS3 and XBOX 360 (at their current sales rates). It is a down generation all around.
I am uncertain if you are trying to say what I think you are saying so I am unsure if what I am saying will apply but...
There is only one of two ways you can look at what mobile gaming's impact:
1) It affects all console sales
2) It has no affect on console sales.
You cannot say, it affected hand held sales but had no impact on home console sales when the drops are abut equally extreme. Either mobile gaming hurt them all or that was an outlier generation/this is a down generation. You cannot have it both ways because then you are neglecting the whole picture.
I understand, but do not agree.
In my opinion, mobile gaming did not hurt home consoles sales that much.
I think this generation of home consoles will shift less unit than the last one, because the last generation of home consoles was different from usual (Wii motion control craze, slow PS3 start, long generation cycle).
Then I could be wrong and people are actually shifting from playing on home consoles to phones.
