PS4 sales drop. Outsold by PS Vita in Japan.
Not only did the PS Vita outsell the PS4, it almost doubled units sold vs. the PS4. What’s going on?
I’m going to start off by saying that there is nothing necessarily wrong with the PS Vita outselling the PS4. It could mean that all of the people who are buying Vitas, are getting them so they can remote play with their already owned PS4s. It’s just a surprise to me that this situation would occur.
DualShockers put together the numbers from Media Create’s weekly sales charts, and got the following:
Vita – 25,017
3DS LL – 22,947
PS4 – 13,401
PS3 – 10,871
3DS – 9,091
Wii U -7,962
PSP – 2,892
Vita TV – 1,371
Xbox 360 – 276
I’m going to take this time to express some of my thoughts on this. Wow, PS4 got out sold by a 3DS (bothing against Nintendo). Ha, Vita TV beat up Xbox 360, and so did the good ole PSP. PS3 is still thriving pretty well. Ok, done with my thoughts for now.
The Vita is a full two years older than the PS4. Wouldn’t it make more sense if the PS4 had more sales. Especially considering: 1. More people want to buy it, and 2. It is way younger.
Then the question, could this be to blame on PS4 stock shortages? It could fully well be, and I assume it will be at least another month until Sony catches up with demand.
Essentialy, these sale figures could mean nothing. But they might. In terms of money, the PS4 and Xbox One a pretty much on par with each other. In terms of units sold, the PS4 has a slight lead. We’ll have to wait until the 17th to no how it is now. But as always, the console wars rage on.
That’s all for now from me, The Jay Doctor. Why do you think the Vita is outselling the PS4? Let me know in the comments, or on Twitter where I can be contacted/followed @The_Jay_Doctor, using the handy links below.
Source: Gaming Blend
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PS4 selling less than PSVita… Is it possible to sell less than 0?
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-play crickets-
#lol
See people like to play on the go. now if we the USA could just get some better games maybe this would be the trend here?
“The ps4 has a slight lead”
Um, pardon.
So over 50% ahead is just a slight lead?
4.2 million versus 6.9 million.
(60.8% lead is the exact number for anyone who cares)
Numbers are from http://www.vgchartz.com by the way
it is a slight lead if even a lead at all since ps4 is available in over 30 markets while X1 is in only 9 and yet ps4 is only in the lead by like 2 million so its hardly a lead
I see people saying ps4 is crushing the X1 makes me laugh both consoles are selling very well and im surprised the X1 is keeping up so close despite being available in way less territories
Plus, XBOX ONE is selling with Kinect (which no one wants).
So, I guess it’s kind of amazing that it’s even close to PS4 at this moment.
Will buy xb1 when price drop or drop kinect or both lol 😀
The thing is, USA and UK are X-Box’s biggest markets. Most people outside of US don’t give a flying toss about NFL and other silliness attached to X-Box so Microsoft might not gain so much sales as you expect.
And as was pointed by CycloneFox Sony’s consoles have decent sales even later in the generation while X-Box’s are petering out. Most of X-Bone “exclusives” are/will be available for PC anyway.
That might be true, but the big problem about the Xboxes in general is, that they only sell well at the beginning of a generation and as soon as Microsoft stops delivering games (what is the nature of things, as Microsoft doesn’t have as much first party studios to begin with and mostly publishes third party stuff), people stop buying Xboxes and switch to PlayStation, which by then stops the support for the last gen and concentrates on the current gen and gets a heck lot of games.
It was mostly due to the high prices of PS2 and PS3 that they were struggling so much, each at the beginning of their generation and pretty amazing that the Xbox One is even getting as “near”, this time, as it is.
If you pay attention, you might notice, that Microsoft stops support of a console pretty soon before the next gen comes out to have a decent next-gen lineup at all, while Sony still brings out a lot of current/last gen stuff. You needn’t be a fan of Sony, but they are the only multi-media company who are big enough and concentrate on games enough to support three gaming platforms simultaneously.
i’d like to think it was because of the eCFW 😛
No not really
Check out JP Vita games collection
It’s thousand time better than EU one
And i would definitely buy JP vita games………
…………..Only if i can read JP
I agree, I’ve, so far, bought 8 games from the PSN. my remaining 12 have been imports.. So many good games that no one in the across seas market wants to buy because all they want is frickin’ Battle Field and FIFA -_-
Japanese aren’t buying PS4 because there’s even less reason to buy a PS4 in Japan then in western countries.
If you eliminate any games that are cross platform ps3/ps4/vita, of the 34 games there (which includes two versions of FFXIV) you’re left with I believe four f2p MMOs, the western launch trio of Resogun/Contrast/Knack, what looks to be a mahjong dating sim, and a sudoku game… though that actually turns out to be a port from the vita version by the look of things. >.<
It's possible sales will pick up this week now that FF XIV was launched yesterday, but who knows really. 😕
Obviously it’s selling less… there are no new games out for it that people over there are interested in yet -_- come on don’t make this sound surprising.
Only real AAA exclusives are KZ, inFAMOUS and knack…
Still waiting on DriveClub (and I guess order 1886)
Sad.
Don’t handhelds sell more than consoles in Japan? so i assume it is just normal.
Please this is the reason for why sony needs to release
the software unlock for the other gaming systems like Ps ps2 ps3 and the ps vita. Things need to be clear about the psn store as well. For example all the games can play on the ps4 with ease.Sony has marketing schemes almost all the time and the abuse the *** out of it. I hope people all over the world wake up one day and grow a pair and stand up against being controlled because fact is were in control.
I think the best would be for game makers to look back at those snes era, where the games were full of quality..nowadays, the rpg is a total let down…
Make the right games, and dont rush it just to make the market deadline….
We need more japanese like games…..that will eventually sell most of the consoles….look at 3ds…it has the japanese element in it…hence the success of the console…believe me!
Gosh Vita out selling PS4 in Japan !?!
– Cheaper by 20,000yen (~$200)
– Launched redesign with attractive colours and lower price
– Vita getting hot Japanese games now
– 2 years older means 2 yrs worth of games
– Japanese like portables
– The most attractive games on vita are coop hunting games = multiple sales.
Why the surprise?
Slow news day I guess 😐
PSVITA has only outsold PS4 due to recent release of FFX/X2…..who wouldnt want to play it on the go??? 😀
@seifer69er
FFX-FFX/2 have nothing to do with the current standing of Vita today. FFX/FFX-2 released way back Dec of 2013.
Well thats the norm when a new console was released in Japan, like what Vita was done last time it was released in Japan, couple of months after its release it vita sales go down
Maybe borderlands 2 hype and soul sacrifice delta, freedom wars, legend of heroes, tales of hearts r are coming
Meh, I’ll continue playing my PS2 / PSP — they still work fine.
You’re really missing something with the ps vita
ps4 is very expensive still
Whoever wrote this either needs to take an English class or learn how to proofread before posting.
the power of otome-game and Otomate releasing all of their new game to vita :v :v
There’s no games for the PS4 in Japan that mean anything toentice people to buy it. Anyone who plays FFXIV in Japan probably wont jump to PS4 until the price goes down or a new game comes out that they can then do a free upgrade for. if prices on the PS3 are dropping, and the amount of games still to be released there rises, then of course it will sell…. PSV is in a similar state where there are a LOT of games coming out that appeal to the JAP audience… wait for FFXV and KH to release in the next year or two and we’ll see what that does for console sales over there.
“bothing against Nintendo”
…What?
“Ha, Vita TV beat up Xbox 360”
Vita TV is doing about as well as it has been for months, and 360 is doing about as well as it has been for years. Neither of these numbers are a surprise.
The PS4 numbers have dropped sharply, but I was confused why people were saying the PS4 was doing so well in Japan with 300k sales the first week. When (supposedly) all of the worldwide production of the PS4 was (supposedly) being used on Japanese PS4s. If this is true, then it’s not a matter of there not being enough stock in Japan, it’s a matter of not enough games that Japanese gamers want. There are (supposedly) millions of PS4s just sitting in warehouses in Japan.
This is nol, handhelds alwways ells ore than consoles.
Plus this week vita got some great games these lt weeks (J-stars victory, super robot taisen, project diva) it is normal it made wel thhis week.
And this trend will continue because handhelds need to sell more. for example: both me and my sister have a 3ds and vita while we ly have one wii u and one ps4
You’re lucky, you’re rich.
My sister live with cause she’s still a student but I work, this is not my parent’s money.
Yes I may be rich but it is my money
And a vita can be bought for les than 100€ if you search a little
Great job sony, wanna make any games for vita now or nah?
There are lots of games. They may or may not be what you want to play but saying “there are no games” is getting ridiculous at this point. They have been and will continue to make games for the PS Vita. sigh