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PS4 vs DS – VGChartz Gap Charts – December 2019

PS4 vs DS – VGChartz Gap Charts – December 2019 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 January 2020 / 3,222 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.

PlayStation 4 Vs. DS Global:

Gap change in latest month: 2,859,629 – DS

Gap change over last 12 months: 5,866,387 – DS

Total Lead: 34,732,941 - DS

PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 105,944,387

DS Total Sales: 140,677,328

December 2019 is the 74th month that the PlayStation 4 has been available for. During the latest month the gap grew in favor of the Nintendo DS when compared with the PlayStation 4 during the same timeframe. The Nintendo DS has grown its lead over the PlayStation 4 by 2.86 million units and in the last 12 months outsold the PlayStation 4 by 5.87 million units. The Nintendo DS currently leads by 34.73 million units.

The DS launched in November 2004 in North America, December 2004 in Japan and March 2005 in Europe, while the PlayStation 4 launched in November 2013. The PlayStation 4 has sold 105.94 million units, while the Nintendo DS sold 140.68 million units during the same timeframe.

The 74th month on sale for the PlayStation 4 is December 2019, while for the Nintendo DS it is December 2010.

The Nintendo DS ended up selling 154.02 million units lifetime. The PlayStation 4 needs to sell another 48.08 million units to outsell the Nintendo DS.


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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13 Comments
javi741 (on 15 January 2020)

It's insane how popular the DS was. As fast and as popular the PS4 is selling 106Million in 6 years, the DS is STILL killing it by 34M units selling 140M in 6 years. The DS was selling 30M plus per year which is unheard of.

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HylianSwordsman (on 15 January 2020)

If the PS4 doesn't start to shrink this gap, it won't be on track to beat the Game Boy for much longer. Man, I wish we had Game Boy hardware numbers...

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Barkley HylianSwordsman (on 15 January 2020)

120m is basically the minimum for the PS4. It would have to perform worse than the PS3 launch aligned from now on to not hit 120m and beat the gameboy.

PS3 sold 14.89m from 2013 onwards. So if PS4 just matched that 14.89m for 2020 onwards it would finish at 120.8m.

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HylianSwordsman HylianSwordsman (on 15 January 2020)

Then expect the gap to start to closing instead of widening then, and probably soon. I didn't say PS4 wouldn't beat Game Boy, I just made an observation about the chart, and wished that we could have had a PS4 vs. Game Boy chart because I think it would have been interesting to watch.

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Barkley HylianSwordsman (on 15 January 2020)

@Yo33331 No, you're overestimating PS4 sales this year. It sold 14.1m in 2019 and finished with 106m, it's obviously going to sell less in 2020 then 2019 so it doesn't have a chance of hitting 120m. I think it will end the year at about 116m sold.

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xMetroid HylianSwordsman (on 15 January 2020)

Thing is, PS3 and 360 became popular later on in its life cycle so you can't compare really. PS4 is already sub 200k WW without an official visual announcement

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Barkley HylianSwordsman (on 15 January 2020)

PS3 was also sub-200k at this point. In the equivalent week (12th Jan 2013) it sold 180k to PS4's 192k. Next week the PS3 sold 153k.

PS3 sold 8.25m in 2013, PS4 is going to sell more.

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Coolback (on 15 January 2020)

Switch vs PS4.

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