PS4 and Xbox One vs PS3 and Xbox 360 - VGChartz Gap Charts – December 2019 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 January 2020 / 3,883 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.
This monthly series compares the combined aligned sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with the combined aligned sales of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
In December 2019 the gap grew in favor of the combined sales PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the last month by 3.42 million units. In the last 12 months the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have caught up by 6.94 million units. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One lead by a combined 13.90 million units.
The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in their first 74 months sold a combined 138.01 million units, while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have sold a combined 151.91 million units.
Gap change in latest month: 3,423,857 – PS3 & X360
Gap change over last 12 months: 6,941,462 – PS3 & X360
Total Lead: 13,897,471 – PS4 & XOne
Total Combined PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Sales: 138,014,518
Total Combined PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Sales: 151,911,989
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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Will be very close in the end.
PS3 + 360 = 173.21m
PS4 + XBO = 170m-180m
Will be very close in the end.
Everyone knows PS3 and XBOX 360 will win in the end. ~ 173 -165
I'm thinking PS4 will probably sell about 10 million this year, XBO about 2, so the gap will once again shink by about 7 million, cutting it in half.
this is not correct, there is no official 360 sold through numbers, same for PS3. we only know that PS3 official shipments are 87.4m.
360 was at 83.6m back in March 2014, after that MS stop giving separate hardware numbers. But it easly did another 3.8m to surpass PS3, we know this because we know XBOX family numbers, and XB1+360 shipped 13.1 million from July 2014 to June 2015. then no other hardware numbers were released, but 360 got discontinued only in April 2016, this mean it had another holiday to sell.
Shipments numbers clearly have 360 as the winner.
Problem with this is indeed VGChartz, because at this point in case it wasn't clear, VGC is not a good source, and every other source just copy VGC (like wikipedia, or sites), and also now because is common to hear that PS3 passed the 360, even many important people say that when really, there is no true source for saying that PS3 is higher than the 360.
All we know is that 360 shipments are higher, by a few million, and with higher lifetime shipments is also super likely sales in general are higher.
What's the source i have for 360 beating PS3? let's not talk about 360 "beting another console", let's see it as 360 surpassing 87.4 million (PS3 numbers indeed)
As of June 9 2014, 360 was at 84 million. 83.6 million as for March 2014.
The XBOX family (360+XB1) from April to June 2015 did over 13 million, and the last time we have separate numbers from both, the split was very close (1.2m XB1 and 800k 360), you think 360 didn't sell another 3.4 million of those 13 million? Most likely it is, but, even if it didn't ship 3.4m in that period of time, it still got another intere year, and a holiday...
In short, 360 is 100% above 87.4 million.
The problem with all of this is that you keep ignoring that the 84m XB1 is not at THE END of 2014. it was at 84m during JUNE 9 2014. So at the end of June was even higher than that, and there is still the rest of 2014. Since you talk about yearly numbers, we can put it this way:
End of 2013 = 82.8m (360 did 7m in 2013), it only need 4.6 million in the rest of his life to reach 87.4m
Q1 2014 (Jan-Mar) = 800.000, now it only need 3.8 million to reach 87.4m
Apr 1 to June 9 = 400.000, now it only need 3.4 million to reach 87.4m
You see how fast the 360 is still selling?
You won't find any 13m annunce in 2015, because that's not how this work, the 13.1m is the total XBOX family did after Mar 2014.
Apr-Jun 2014 = 1.1 million XB1+360
Jul-Sep 2014 = 2.4 million XB1+360
Oct-Dec 2014 = 6.6 million XB1+360
Jan-Mar 2015 = 1.6 million XB1+360
Apr-Jun 2015 = 1.4 million XB1+360
And after that we never knew anything about Xbox hardware
The thing is, we have pretty good estimate for XB1 hardware, and with those estimate we also have a good idea of 360 sales. And the thing of all of this is that even in the very worst scenario possible, 360 still did more than 87.4m lifetime.
Ok, i'm down.
XBOX Q2 2014 = https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-and-xbox-360-ship-1-1-million-consoles-co/1100-6421253/
XBOX Q3 2014 = https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/console-desktop-pc/matthew-wilson/microsoft-managed-to-sell-2-4-million-xbox-consoles-during-q3/
XBOX Q4 2014 = https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-01-26-xbox-sells-6-6-million-consoles-over-holidays
XBOX Q1 2015 = https://www.dualshockers.com/microsoft-sells-1-6-million-xbox-consoles-in-latest-quarter/
XBOX Q2 2015 = https://news.softpedia.com/news/ps4-ships-3-million-units-xbox-one-and-360-reach-1-4-million-in-the-last-quarter-488149.shtml
All the numbers i talked
