PS4 vs DS – VGChartz Gap Charts – April 2020 - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 July 2020 / 3,091 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 aligned worldwide sales of the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo DS.
PlayStation 4 Vs. DS Global:
Gap change in latest month: 881,903 – PS4
Gap change over last 12 months: 4,105,781 – DS
Total Lead: 34,204,410 - DS
PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 109,957,067
DS Total Sales: 144,161,477
April 2020 is the 78th month that the PlayStation 4 has been available for. During the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 4 when compared with the Nintendo DS during the same timeframe by 881,903. However, the Nintendo DS has grown its lead over the PlayStation 4 in the last 12 months by 4.11 million units. The Nintendo DS currently leads by 34.20 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. Therefore, the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.
The 78th month on sale for the PlayStation 4 is April 2020, while for the Nintendo DS it is April 2011. The PlayStation 4 has sold 109.96 million units, while the Nintendo DS sold 144.16 million units during the same timeframe.
The Nintendo DS ended up selling 154.02 million units lifetime. The PlayStation 4 is currently 44.06 million units behind the lifetime sales of 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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Comparing any piece of hardware's sales to the DS or the PS2 is always going to end up looking bad, even for successes such as the PS4.
I've said it before, but it bears repeating. No hardware will touch the lifetime sales of the PS2 and DS. They were lightning in a bottle. And as is clear in this article, the DS has a massive lead.
good news for ps4: NDS just sold roughly 15 million in its last like 3 years. bad new for ps4: the 6 years before NDS sold like 140 million. I think the gap will keep on shrinking from now on, but DS is so far ahead. However, both sold/sell pretty awesome. hope switch will in the end come close to them.
I think the PS4 curve will begin flattening by around month 96. PS4 may see 130m.
Well, it looks like the PS4 can make some inroad on the last round. But as PS5 soon releases it will also decline and therefore only slowly close the gap to the DS. Maybe with some luck it can bring it down to 25M-30M. Which means 120M-125M for the PS4.
This year for sure? Last year PS4 made barely 10M from May to December. Januar to March is down YOY in 2020, but April is up for some reason. But with PS5 coming I don't expect the PS4 making the 10M to 120M this year. And long run, as I said, it will probably happen. I added with some luck, because crazy shit can always happen.
All limited edition the last of us part II PS4 pro bundles are sold out everywhere globally.
TLOU part II alongside GOT will move plenty of consoles and if Sony do a permanent price cut it could do 10 million units from now to the end of the year.
I doubt it, but we'll see. PS2 had two major advantages for the long tail: the PS3 had a slow start and looked unappealing in the beginning and in many overseaes markets the PS2 launched late and was relatively fresh still. For PS3 people also expected such a long tail (I had for a long time bets in my signatures with guys that had the bet PS3 will outsell Wii in the long run), but it never materialized. PS4 was from launch well accepted and Sony was already present in more markets, so PS3 sales did plummet fast. We don't know yet how well received the PS5 will be, but I am pretty sure it will be available in many markets worldwide from launch and replace the PS4.
Well, you say PS5 will be well received, but expensive. But that is kind of a contradiction. If it is that well received, that people are swallowing the price tag a cheaper PS4 won't matter. If the price tag is prohibitive though, that mean less PS5 will sell and therefore by definition it isn't well received. If sales are split evenly than both console will do kind of badly. And I would remind you, that the price tag was the main reason PS3 had a weak launch.
