2013 Yearly Sales Chart: PS4 with 1 million gap over Xbox One, GTAV with nearly 16 million sales

Hardware Sales:

Last-Gen:

3DS: 41,542,115
PS3: 81,928,772
X360: 80,776,834
PSP: 80,593,907
PSV: 6,984,636
Wii: 100,659,348
DS: 153,798,414

Current-Gen:
1. WiiU: 5,028,932
2. PS4: 3,475,835 (At this time about 3.9 million)
3. XOne: 2,588,333 (At this time 2.9 million)

[PS3PWNSALL]

VGChartz...it only matters when Playstation is leading.

[GTgamer]

I don't need the VGA charts to know the PS4 is outselling X1 just saying.

[mikeslemonade]

It's 3 million with the retailers buying them and storing them on the shelves. This is probably the last week where they sell this much.

[abzdine]

and it has started... shortage everywhere and 1 million lead in a month.. it's over!

[quaneylfc]

A whole million! That must mean one of them is worse (!) 😴

[AndrewLB]

Of course the PS4 is outselling Xbone. It had over a week's head start. Try dividing total sold by the number weeks available and you'll see Sony isn't doing nearly as good as I had hoped.

[xHeavYx]

@Andrew
Whatever helps you sleep at night, the but gap keeps getting bigger, not smaller

[Army_of_Darkness]

Back then, a year head start to xbox fanboys didn't matter but apparently now, 1 week makes a massive difference. Lmao!

[nukeitall]

@GTgamer:

"I don't need the VGA charts to know the PS4 is outselling X1 just saying."

That pretty much represents the sentiment here! Especially that "hopefull" part on if the rumor is true.

Reality is that MS already said 3 million sold through to consumers in 2013 and Sony hasn't said a peep. My guess, Sony is just about the same, because production capacity is similar for both!

[MorePowerOfGreen]

I think VGC is going off of internet hype. Had under tracked XB1 by almost a million and are most likely over tracking PS4 by that much.

[Jamaicangmr]

@ Andrew

That's the funniest sh¡t i read on these internetz in a while.

[SilentNegotiator]

Their 2013 numbers are probably fairly reliable now. Once it's been a week after the time they're talking about, they've already stolen someone else's numbers.

[Kidmyst]

@AndrewLB A week isn't going to make a difference, according to this the PS3 outsold the 360 and the 360 was out a whole Year early. But if it helps you feel better. In 3 Targets by me and Toys R US I can see XBONEs sitting in the locked cases to buy, but no PS4's anywhere.

[razrye]

@andrew not here in uk and Europe. Xbox had a one week head start.

[Unspoken]

Not only that, but the Xbox is $100 more and with a slightly less powerful GPU. PlayStation fans have been dying to get into a new system, especially one more powerful than the Xbox. I would say this was expected at launch until new game engines can take advantage of the Xbox architecture and people begin to realize the potential Xbox has with Kinect, Live, and to a smaller extent, audio processing and reduced controller latency.

Exclusives will drive sales and neither console is going away any time soon.

[Death]

@Heavy,
Are you sure the gap is getting bigger? If the PS4 released a week before the Xbox One and sold 1 million consoles in 24 hours, how has the gap increased if there is a 1 million difference today?

They are both selling very well. These are VGC numbers which are not real. Microsoft announced over 3 million sold and Sony has yet to release any updated numbers. I would think the PS4 has more than a 1 million lead at this time. Wait for Sony's announcement.

[senis_kenis]

@nukeitall @Death ps4 sold 4.2 mil in 2013, thats from sony ces conference.

[GTgamer]

@nueketail PS4 is at 4.2 million how you feeling right now I remember a bunch of comments saying oh the X1 is gonna outsell the PS4 because its still available lol the PS4 keeps getting sold out for a reason.

[Chevalier]

For my store we haven't had any PS4 shipments since late November and we still have preorders to fill. We have been getting 6-18 Xbox Ones every week and a half and even then for Xbox One to equal my PS4 sales we would need to sell 150 Xbox Ones through January and receive ZERO PS4 stock then they'd be equal.

[indyman7777]

http://www.gameinformer.com...

[dantesparda]

Wll Sony announced that its sold 4.2 million as of Dec 28, 13 while MS announced 3 million of Jan 6th. And for all th stupid nonsns of th PS4 having a wk haed start, wll th X1 had a week head start in UK. So yes, the gap is getting wider and thats with supply constrains, while X1's sit on sotre shelves

[thorstein]

SONY sold 4.2 PS4s in 2013.

http://www.joystiq.com/2014...

[Pogmathoin]

Yeah, I could not sleep at night till I saw these numbers... Had cold sweats.... But then realised I bought PS4 and X1, therefore helping neither. I guess then I am the worst kind of fanboy, not just a regular 'cool' fanboy who buys just one and makes fun of the other.... I am trying my best to be sad, but cannot reach the level of you hipsters....jeez.... Pathetic.... Hey Xheavy... I know you have looked at my comment history.... Really? You call me that xbox fanboy..... Jeez.... Fanboys like you are put on pedastels.... Sad....

[RAGE91]

I agree and I own an Xbone haha

[insomnium2]

@death

FFS PS4 has been out of stock. What part of that don't you understand? Bone has NOT been out of stock at all.

[jessupj]

VGChartz...it only matters when Xbone is leading.

There's fanboys on both sides, so please drop the victim act, it's getting very old with you MS fans.

We'll just have to wait for official numbers, but until then this is all we have. I see most people, regardless of which console the numbers favor, always being overly cautious about vgcharts, and rightly so.

Considering how many more markets the PS4 has been released in though, I would expect this kind of lead.

[n4rc]

Imagine how we feel about you Sony fans ;)

And vgcharts gets blasted constantly for made up data.. Until it favors someone's stance, then its a proven fact

Ms already announced they sold 3m before years end.. Sony hasn't said a thing..

Info from any other source is made up.. Forcasts and sampling is not factual evidence

[mikeslemonade]

lol frankly these news items use to be over 100 comments. Looks like a certain group has went into hiding.

PS4 Domination commences! Get use to it!

[Bennibop]

@ n4rc

You have to wonder if Microsoft are counting replacement consoles again like they did with the 360 to reach their 3 million figure they quoted.

[Triella]

@Bennibop

No they're probably counting manufactured consoles as sold and to coroborate their 3m figure they will tout Xbox One accounts (which are not relevant) as they did with the meaningless zombie stats. In reality they just mafucatured around 3m consoles so I don't see how they could have sold them through already, especially when its not constrained anywhere.

My guess is, since they constantly had to react to counter Sony's figures : first the 1m in 24h in the US, they countered with a 1m figure (in a few days) worldwide, then the announcement of December 3rd, where Sony stated 2.1 million sold in 15 days since launch in the US, they countered with an announcement of 2m XBO sold in 18 days (still worldwide), this time I think they wanted to pull the carpet from under Sony's feet (CES Keynote) where Kaz Hirai probably has to announce a 3.5m figure sell-through for PS4.

Said announcement would then loose any relevance it might have had in the "console war".

But Sony can still do the same and proclaim a 4.2m console sold since it's what they have manufactured to this day and constriction means the consoles manufactured barely meet the demand.

[Cuzzo63]

Jus like last gen when MS from the start was talking about how much better they are selling versus their competition........ but failed to say U.S. only. With a year head start. This gen we will now see how long it takes for the ps4 to sell 5 million more than xb1

[Fz6soldier]

Just imagine what the numbers will look like when PS4 releases in Japan

[Death]

Mike,
That's one of the big differences between Playstation fans and Xbox fans. Playstation fans have to "dominate" in order to justify their purchase. Xbox fans justify their purchase playing games that PS fans claim don't exist.

[kenshiro100]

Death, I'm pretty sure there's XBox fans floating around here trying to discredit claims that the PS4 is selling faster than the XB1 instead of playing games.

[Jazz4108]

Ps4 released in 14 more countries then xbox one and came out earlier in most areas. I would not see this as a major win. If xbox one had been released in the same amount of counties I would safely bet they would be alot closer. Make of this what you will but the truth is the comparison can't be fairly shown until they sold in the same amount of territories.

[thereapersson]

@ Mikeslemonade

Yeah, I remember those days; it's funny how everyone else chooses to forget. The selective memory of fanboys on N4G is quite something, really.

[ToyboxDX]

@jazz,PS4 only launch in US 1wk before xbone, all other countries it launched 1 to 3 weeks AFTER xbone.

Plus xbone already launched in the countries that would buy it, adding another 50 countries may only increase the figure by a single percentage point or so.

[Derekvinyard13]

This headline is wrong, gta has nearly 30 mil sold

[Prime157]

I agree with you, 1bill in the first weekend if I remember correctly. If I click through, though, I interpret their data (not arguing true or false) that ps3 has almost 16million copies (sales of units) sold? Maybe? I would like clarification too.

Just think it was mislabeled, that's all.

[adorie]

16mil on PS3? letmeseethereceipts.gif

[rambi80]

30 million without counting digital sales. It's a monster

[SilentNegotiator]

16 million on a single platform. The poster that invented this title failed to mention that part.

[hakis86]

Sony just announced at the CES KAz Keynote (Andrew House) that they had sold 4.2million PS4´s as of December 28th, did they not? So VGChartz has way too low numbers.

[insomnium2]

VGC is crap and I'm a Sony guy. VGC used to be right up there with Metacritic with you xbox clowns as one of the holy circlejerking heavens for YEARS. A MS fan acting as a victim in all this after that is pure comedy.

[jackanderson1985]

metacritic is kinda fact though it's a accumulation of the reviewers scores giving an overall average... Vgchartz is made up data using a relatively small sample size and market trends (they've said pretty much so themselves) and it's been proven that they retroactively change data when actuals get released and use it to say "oh look we got it near enough"

that being said if anyone tries to justify their purchase based of either Vgchartz or Metacritic has no mind of their own really and that's a concern. A critics opinion is one thing but for it to be the defining reason not to get a game is something else... and sales mean little to gamers themselves (beyond fanboys) but rather for devs, publishers and console makers as it determines whether it proceeds or stops

[Eyeco]

Yes but Metacritic is highly flawed in how it applies it's criteria, there are no equal measures in the number of reviews accounted for each game, so you're never really given an accurate overall score a game with 17 reviews can have a score 70 a game with 50 reviews will have a score of 80, the latter will contain positive reviews from a certain website, whilst the former will be missing a positive review from that same website that might have bumped up the score.

Also they seem to count reviews from sometimes un-credible sites that either no-one has heard of, or from sites that just came out of nowhere. In RottenTomatoes a critic has to be active for a few years before their reviews are eligible to appear on the website in other words they need some credibility, I'm sorry but a 6 month old website like Polygon shouldn't be accounted on Metacritic, they were virtually unknown up until TLOU review, and already they're on Metacritic wtf.

[CBaoth]

Metacritic is an accumulation all right. An accumulation of opinions. Nothing more. Usually from a bunch of pretentious twenty year olds who are too young to know the difference between Pac-man and Karnov and too stupid to look it up. It only takes a few duffel bags, helmets, and other goodies to bloat the score.

[frostypants]

Yep. All signs are that the PS4 is outselling the One, but VGChartz is freaking dumb.

[k3rn3ll]

Yea they do continually update there charts which is why the charts aren't really factual till about six months after the fact. Kinda a drag but it is what it is

[shinrock]

So true. But dont mention it.they luv it on here when VG says ps is in the so called lead.we all know VG is only corrrect when sony is in the lead according to N4g.

[Crazyglues]

Ok ...wait did anyone notice GTA V's Numbers..

Now nevermind that these are never the true numbers because it's not accurate so it's most likely more, but wow...

29 million copies sold, OMG! (probably more like 33 to 35 million) but wow, what an achievement for Rockstar* those are amazing numbers for a video game..

Unreal...

Rockstar* - Please bring this game to nex gen, and don't just do a graphics bump, give us that PC experience on nex gen consoles but with new content and new graphics..-and new story..

-and I will gladly buy the game again. It was one of my fav. games of 2013 -would love to see it on PS4 and X1... would be amazing.

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[Jamaicangmr]

So basically GTA VI then?

[frostypants]

I want my money back for GTA V. It's boring as hell.

[Magicite]

the thing is, there is no other site with this kind of information. even if not very precise.

[Death]

There is a reason there is no other site, the only way to be fairly accurate would be to repost NPD, Mediacrate, and Charttracks numbers and then update when the manufacturers release their numbers. The problem with that is the tracking companies pay for their data and then resell it. If you use it without their permission you may find yourself with some legal issues. This is why VGC updated their Xbox One numbers to 2.9 million when Microsoft announced over 3 million.

[noctis_lumia]

u mad ?
go back to ryse lol

[Donnyskillz]

Only if you go bac to knack lmao.....too funny

[Ol_G]

It's also funny to see the other 2 have higher numbers at this time but Wii u apparently didn't sell anything last week

[dantesparda]

@PS3PWNSALL

Take your fanboys goggles off their buddy, cuz both sides do the same exact thing. But both are just as guilty of doing it as the other. So get out of here with that crap!

@ narc, shinrock

same goes to both you, MS fanboys do the same exact thing. So why are you only hating on it when the Sony fanboys do it and not when the MS fanboys do it?

So basically every MS fanboys is upset by these numbers and instead is just resorting to insulting the other side.

[truefan1]

Lol this site is so blatantly biased, numbers data is only shown when PS4 is shown in a positive light. What no one refuses to acknowledge is that Sony was desperate to beat 360 so they sold that GTA V bundle to ride the coat tails of Rockstar. PS3 sold about 2.8 million more consoles than 360 last year and GTA V was the highest selling game, do you notice the correlation. Also what noone refuses to acknowledge is that PS4 should outsell XB1, why is that reason to celebrate, it's the cheaper console and has had a seamless launch. With all the negative press XB1 should have been buried, but the game is still on. There are 2 system sellers coming to XB1, Titanfall and Halo. PS4 not so much. Not to mention a full week difference in release date is a big deal with hundreds of thousand were being sold daily. It seems some Sony fans hate apples to apples comparisons.

[skoorydook]

So that means the PS3 was much more of a success in accordance with sales than the 360 ?

I mean the 360 was the cheaper console and had an entire years lead, remember you have just claimed the PS4 being cheaper and having a single weeks lead is a big deal.

I like how you are now trying to spin the poor X1 press as a positive.

Thought the PS4 had a terrible launch ?

According to MS fanboys all the games sucked and a large percentage of consoles were bricks, now the launch was seamless.

[BlackTar187]

lol you MS fans need to pick a stance and stay there. Im so sick of this Poor me victim card nonsense to the constant back and forth you guys do on drawing lines in the sand. It's stupid and in regards to the victim crap you guys pull every article its downright pathetic.

[gobluesamg]

"No one refuses to acknowledge." WTF does that even mean man!? You realize Xbone had that magical one week start in Europe right? 4.2 million sold in 2013 of the superior console. Go cry in your pillow you victim.

[nosferatuzodd]

Ha ha ha ha ha how pathetic can the xbone are fans something I tell ya! I'm reading through the comments laughing my ass off .. first thing you say Sony ride rockstar coat and out sold 360 , so what about Microsoft grabbing every dlc they can find to force ppl to by 360 you guys are like cry babies waaaaaa poor me sorry for me I'm s Xbox fan they hate me please

Talking about one week advantage the one launch a week before ps4 in Europe that didn't help them now does it you hear any ps4 fan using that excuse

And to you're Titan fall and halo comment
Xbox has 2 system seller ps4 not so much lol
So you've played Titan fall already? how do you know that game will
Be any good lol I know halo will sell but how do you know Titan fall will ok I see you have some kind of time machine sorry I didn't know ..

You guys was saying the same thing ryse is going outsell everything on ps4 lol look what happen but if all that illusion makes you sleep better big up to you bro

[ricochetmg]

Did you make the arguement for a week.......xbox ones are at every store I have been to.it is not supply it is demand face it.

[Unspoken]

1.45 billion vs 1.56 billion. Xbox will be around for awhile.

[SpitFireAce85]

On Sonys Facebook page it says its at 4.2 Mill
So those are official numbers... Good day to
you sir..:)

[kenshiro100]

That is so true Army about the Xbox fans. Now a year head start matters. xD

And its really hilarious how the Xbox fans are screaming 'victim' now.

[360ICE]

It's actually pretty off this time. Guess the prognosis is based on old numbers. Sony announced that they had sold 4.2 PS4's by December the 28th at CES.

Anyway, VGchartz doesn't operate based on these announcements (though it may be that they adjust the numbers after that, not sure). Their numbers are based on extrapolating the data they gather, so yeah, it's not always perfect, but it's an indication.

[Anon1974]

No. VGChartz never matters, no matter who it says is leading. There's a reason that British kid, Ioi, was banned from Neogaf for spamming with his BS numbers, and why VGChartz is banned from a good chunk of gaming forums. Now he's got a site that no one in the industry takes seriously. All his made up data does is stoke the fire of flame wars and he's now profiting by it through advertising to those drawn like moths to the flame.

No one should take this site seriously. It only exists because people don't know any better. The only numbers that matter are the official numbers from each company. They're the only ones who accurately know what's leaving the warehouse anyway.

http://www.gamasutra.com/ph...

[TBONEJF]

VGCHARTZ is BAISED, over rated and inaccurate with sales. I only listen to sales to the companies them selves because no blog site doesn't have the right number, plus SONY had a two week head start.

[PSVita]

Playstations at 4.2 mil

[Ch1d0r1]

I remember Michael Pachter saying something like..."VG Charts is more accurate 1 year later".

[3-4-5]

* 3DS is already 12th highest selling console of all time, and only 7 million behind the Super Nintendo.

* Vita is only 1 million behind the Dreamcast, meaning it isn't as bad as the Dreamcast situation.

* Wii U, because it's spread out across the globe, isn't actually selling too bad

* PS4 & XB1 are pretty even in NA, but PS4 sales are doubled in Europe.

* 3DS looks to probably be in the end, about the 5th or 6th highest selling gaming console/device of all time.

[N4OGs]

Well im still trying to get a ps4 since they are sold out everywhere on the other hand the crappy xbox one is everywhere i go lol. Its ps4 this gen baby. thats what you need to get if you want the best and biggest online community as well as games to play in this new gen. xbox is myspace. ps4 is facebook. you do the calcualtions on what happend to the last of the myspace supporters? Its over ps4 is the only way to go if you want to go up!

[Kavorklestein]

PS4 may be a slightly better console, but Sony definitely does not have 300,000 azure servers.
Biggest? Best? Okay. Best incentives, sure (PS+ game rentals) but not the best online.... LoL,
NOOOOO Sir.

[lastofgen]

vgchartz is a nice indicator of the general trend of sales, but it comes nowhere near of exact and accurate numbers.
the website always makes large adjustments everytime official numbers are released.
You could tell when the website just adjusted their xbox one numbers all the way to 2.9 million from <2.5 right after ms released their 3 million xbox one units sold statement.

[n4rc]

Doesn't that just tell you how ridiculous vgc is?

Ms announces "over 3m" so they update their data lower then what they were just told.. Lol

Its a waste of time to even acknowledge their made up sales figures..

[torchic]

yea just go home n4rc we all know you're upset.

fyi you better get used to PS4 vastly outselling Xbox One otherwise the next 5/6 years will be very rough I'm afraid..

[jessupj]

I know it's from MS's own mouth, but 3 million just seems very suspicious to me.

They spewed out so much BS I just can't trust them any more.

[n4rc]

Like what?

I'll be out of bubbles but I'm curious..

But if they come right out and say "we sold over 3m units to customers by the end of 2013" then that's pretty black and white to me..

I know some didn't like The fastest selling console stat.. But it was still true even if the data can be interpreted differently

Torchic.. You living in your own fantasy world doesn't make me upset at all, good try tho Lol..

I've never campaigned that x1 will outsell anything or any such thing.. Yet when empirical evidence shows peoples bs to be false, some of you are still holding on strong and that's hilarious to me..

[LeCreuset]

@n4rc

You just supplied the rope to hang your own argument.

"I know some didn't like The fastest selling console stat.. But it was still true even if the data can be interpreted differently "

Not only is it misleading, because it is an argument that asks you to consider that Xbox wasn't available the week of the Sony launch while ignoring PS4 unavailability due to being sold out, but it is also a lie. The average number of consoles sold per week tells us nothing about the speed at which consoles sell.

Product A is released Week 1 and sells out with 100,000 units sold within 12 hours on Day 1. Another shipment of 100,000 units comes in Day 3 and they sell through those within 12 hours as well, for a total of 200,000 units sold in Week 1. The next shipment, of 100,000 units, doesn't come until the first day of Week 3. Once again they sell through 100,000 units within 12 hours. They do not restock for Week 4. From launch (Week 1) through the end of Week 4, Product A has sold 300,000 units.

Product B is released Week 2 and sells out on Day 3 of Week 2 with 100,000 units sold within 72 hours. Their second shipment, of 100,000 units, comes in on Day 4 of Week 2, and they sell through this shipment within 72 hours, by the end of Day 7, for a total of 200,000 units sold in their launch week, which is Week 2. On Day 1 of Week 3 they ship another 100,000 units to retailers. 50,000 are sold by the end of week three. They do not restock for Week 4, but still have 50,000 units left which sell out by the end of Week 4. From launch (Week 2) through the end of Week 4, Product B has sold 300,000 units.

Which product is faster selling? Product B says they are on average because they sold through 300,000 units in Weeks 2 through 4 for an average of 100,000 units sold per week, whereas Product A sold through 300,000 in Weeks 1 through 4 for an average of 75,000 per week. Common sense tells us this is nonsense. Average sells over a selected period have nothing to do with the speed of sells. Product A is clearly selling faster. Product A sells through 100,000 units within 12 hours each time it is in stock, whereas at its peak it takes Product B 72 hours to sell the same number of units.

[LeCreuset]

Well, Sony just announced over 4.2 million PS4's sold.

[MasterCornholio]

Sony just announced that they sold 4.2 million PS4s.

I hate to tell you this but according to numbers from both firms the PS4 us ahead by 1.2 million units which is up from 200k the Last time that both confirmed figures.

[iamnsuperman]

Exactly it is pure guess work. It is good over the long run where the prediction is easier to make with more officially numbers backing it up. It is the short run numbers where they get it horrible wrong

[Underworld]

No, they did not. I check the site every day. The 2.5 number they had was only up to the 21st. The 2.9 number is up to the 28th. And they had the 2.9 up before Microsoft announced the 3 million. Add the extra 3 days and it would be over 3 million. They got it pretty spot on.

[MannGamer]

@Lastofgen please VGC had the 2.5 Millions Xbox One to December 21st and then 2.9 Millions to december 28th. So yeah VGC has been pretty accurate with the Xbox One so far. And they had the 2.9 Millions to December 28th before MS released their 3 Millions Xbox One units sold statement.
They do make adjustment from time to time but this time they didn't. No need to make up lie.

[whoyouwit04]

So says Vgchartz, I,ll wait for a more reliable source. with that said a $100 cheaper and being available in 48 countries PS4 better have some kind of gap.

[Sarcasm]

Cry more

[MRMagoo123]

Considering PS4 has been sold out pretty much world wide and some places still arent getting a new shipment till next month i am more shocked the Xbone isnt ahead really, how is a console (ps4)that isnt available beating a console (Xbone) thats readily available and easily found in any store you enter that sells consoles.

I think considering MS cant even hold the US right now tells a lot, Sony pretty much now owns all countries gamers minds except the US which it is getting at least 50% share of.

[Ausbo]

remember. ps4 had a week headstart in the US. While you might think a week doesn't matter much, it does when its this early.

where the ps4 is really destroying the xbox, is in europe right now

[zerog]

I think the x1 is readily available because while they are selling steadily they're not selling that fast. I was in walmart Saturday and there was no ps4 and 3 x1s, came back Monday and there was 1 ps4 and 6 x1s the 3 that was there Saturday + 3 more that came in Sunday night with the 4 ps4s.

[ToyboxDX]

@ausbo, and the PS4 only started selling in Europe 1 wk AFTER xbone, plus selling in Asia only from 15 to 19 Dec onwards.

[iamnsuperman]

The amount of countries does not matter since demand is high for both (They have manufactured roughly the same number). The approaches are different. Microsoft is content with flooding "key market" and over stocking units (which is why you see more of them in stores). While Sony supply is distributed over a larger area but it can't keep up with the supply in all the region's it has launched in. Microsoft looses out by not meeting demand in the countries it doesn't launch in (sorry guys) but they offer this by exceeding demand in the countries they do launch in and getting those on the fence guys who get what's available (it's competitior can't match the supply because it's launched in more regions)

The best indicator for future sales is the market share change. Microsoft lost some serious ground in the US and UK (two huge regions for them. It's about 50:50 in the UK which it wasn't last generation). Now since, for now, they haven't launched in many European regions they will loose market share there (which was a Sony stronghold). But I don't blame them. The PS4 price forced their hand and made it necessary to over supply their regions

[DEEBO]

a milli,a milli,a milli,a milli,a milli,a milli,
ps4 new theme song but jokes aside,good job for both company's.
i'm having fun with all three system's.
plus the ps3&vita
too many games not enough time.
to all the xbox one owners see if you can beat me in the xbox fitness app's or are you lazy to complete?
gamertag killacliff

[Crossbones]

Good Job Sony

[AKR]

How on earth are PS-Vita and 3DS lumped as "last-gen"; when they began the 8th-generation?

[Concertoine]

I think handhelds exist in their own generations...

[KwietStorm_BLM]

I never knew they "began the 8th generation," but they're not consoles anyway. Handhelds never get defined as such.

[AKR]

I said that because by definition they are 8th-generation systems and they were released before the Wii U, PS4 and XBOX One.

[KiLLUMiNATi_89]

Wow I don't know how reliable theses #'s are but dang the 3ds is obliterating the Vita.

[Benjaminkno]

What Sony fan would say that the Vita pulled a GameCube?

Doesn't look good. I can only imagine what happens with Nintendo's release of their new handheld next year.

[WeAreLegion]

The GameCube sold 22 million units. The Vita will NOT pull a GameCube.

[Benjaminkno]

Yeah, because Nintendo actually made money off the GameCube which makes it more successful than the Vita... so...

[mrbojingles]

I don't get it, didn't Rockstar already say back in October or November that they sold 29 million globally? Or was that shipped? If it was actual sold to consumers then VGChartz is crazy wrong

[Gamer666]

VGC software numbers are crap...

They are often way out...

I remember there was one game where they said something like 300k sold to consumers... Then, a day later the publisher came out and announced 2 million sold to consumers... I haven't trusted their software numbers since.

[neogeo]

Wow WiiU is almost caught. I'm a long time Nintendo fan but they have been pissing me off. They need to get there asses kicked every now and then so they wake up and do some work. I'm not happy with the state they are in.

[LOL_WUT]

It's only going to get worse ;)

[DoctorJones]

What, your trolling?

[maniacmayhem]

Is it going to be another of those "This is the year of the Xbox One" that we got so many of through out the history of PS3 VGChartz articles.

It's good to see the WiiU on top, love that system!

[UncleGermrod]

It can never hurt to know, but this source is never dead on. Obviously the PS4 would be leading though. I will say this, going by what we do know, and considering that the xbone dropped in less regions, the gap is not so bad.

While it would be hard to argue that PS4 will loose this lead, it will be interesting to see what happens during 2014. At least for now, MS has more major releases for that year. But Sony has a ton of huge exclusives we will see overtime.

This why they say it is a marathon, not a sprint. Either way, glad to see both consoles selling strong. Xbone has been great for me so far and I am looking forward to getting PS4 sometimes in the first half of this year.

[gamer2013]

A ton of huge exclusives? Hyperbole much?

[UncleGermrod]

well to be fair, they barley talked about uncharted, they still have last of us, god of war, infamous etc. I mean i guess there is not as many as some fanboys would have you believe, but I am just saying that to be fair. I mean the xbox brand, at least in my opinion, has a stronger announced 2014 lineup. But we will see what happens beyond that. I just wanted to be clear that I havent forgotten that Sony has a considerable library of IP

[jimbobbeers]

VGChartz credible? Since when?

[Agent_hitman]

Ah the PS2 is outselling the X1 by 1 million.. Err I mean PS4 is leading

[Loadedklip]

uh ... Vita and 3DS should be listed under current gen, not last gen.

[CAB1802]

Uhh, didn'tVgchartz realise that Wiii U also hit 5.2 million units

[Concertoine]

excited to get a ps vita later this year :) i always preferred the psp to the ds, but with all the good 3ds games released last year alone it will be a close match between those too.

[corvusmd]

Wow even according to VGChartz the gap is closer than most would expect it to be right now...but honestly we won't get a good sense till both consoles are on shelves and not selling out....right now it doesn't matter because it's basically about how fast they can make them.

[MRMagoo123]

You are talking about the PS4 right ? cos the Xbone can be found anywhere right now, it takes 10 seconds on google to find a shop with then right now. So basically Xbone is getting its arse kicked by a console that cant be found anywhere lol.

[B-radical]

Not 3 to 1 though thats for sure MS have surprised alot of people on here my predictions for end of this gen

1.PS4
2.X1
3.Wiiu
4.steam box

[frostypants]

Steam Box isn't a console.

[Whiskeyjacked87]

If it bothers you to see PS4 in the lead then don't even click the articles. Quit whining already. PS4 is leading with or without vgchartz.com suck it up and get over it.

[DoctorJones]

'2. PS4: 3,475,835 (At this time about 3.9 million)
3. XOne: 2,588,333 (At this time 2.9 million) '

Why is he adding his own made up numbers to the numbers that are actually in Vg charts?

EDIT:I'm not disputing the numbers from vg charts either, although plenty of people do obviously. Just think it must be against the submitting rules surely?

[mhunterjr]

Ps4 fanboys have a very flexible definition of 'total domination'. I've been saying all along that Sony will probably outsell the xb1 at a rate of 4:3, which is consistent with it being 25% cheaper than the xb1.

I was called an apologist or fanboy for that prediction because clearly MS was going to be dominated 2:1 or worse. Now, 4:3 is considered "domination" even though it would mean an approximate 42-35-23 marketsplit by 2016, which is a pretty healthy competition.

[MannGamer]

You do realise PS4 hasn't launch in Japan yet right and that the 4:3 is while people can't find PS4 and Xbox One are easily available right??? lol

[mhunterjr]

You do realize that the Xbox one has only been released in 13 countries... Compared to 48... Not surprising that the are more readily available in stores... when MS has shipped about 3.5 million consoles to 13 countries. Sony shipped 4million consoles to 48countries. Simple math would tell you which would would be more easy to find in a supported region. MS average- 270,000 consoles shipped per supported country. Sony average 83,000 consoles shipped per supported country.

Lose the fanboyism. Use logic.

PS, Sony has always dominated japan, always will. In the long run it won't make a huge difference in the overall standings. It's not a huge console market.

[scott182]

double post

[MannGamer]

@ Mhunterjr, since I only have on comment left I will try to teach you something. (Numbers were taken from VGC and you know their old numbers are accurate since they always fix them after getting official numbers)
1)PS4 is ahead of the Xbox 360 in countries that were Xbox 360 land: UK and US.
2) North America (US+Canada+Mexico) represents 57% of Xbox 360 sold
3) UK represents 11% of Xbox 360 sold
4) If you add UK and North America together they represent 68% of Xbox 360. Now this clearly takes care of your 13 countries vs 48 countries arguments.
5) Now let us add two more countries in the mix: German and France which represents about another 8%.Now if I add this to 4) that makes it 75% of Xbox 360 total sale were made in US+Canada+Mexico+UK+Germany+Fr ance... Oooohhhh no, it's only 6 countries
6) Now let me help you now since I know you are going to say that VGC data has errors and I will already admit that you right and there is a 10% error in those data. So 10% out of 75% is 7.5% and minus 75% that gives us 6 countries representing 67.5% of Xbox 360 sold in 6 countries.
7) Now I still haven't put the data of the 7 countries left where and it's already 75% if VGC is correct and 67.5% in the worst case scenario VGC would be wrong.
8) Now the 13 countries MS had released the Xbox One are his strongest 13 countries. I had just proved to you that 6 out of those 13 countries represents 75% of Xbox 360 sold or 67.5% with a 10% error of Margin.

Since I will assume you are not a fan boy and you can use logic. Let me know you conclusion...

[Hicken]

So when the XB1 DOES finally release in all these markets where there's pretty much no demand for it, anyway, what's that gonna change?

By the way, the current rate of 1.3:1 is pretty much only because Sony can't keep up with demand. When places like Australia have months of backorders, what do you think will happen to that gap once Sony's supply catches up to that demand?

Look at it another way: At the end of last year, the PS4 saw a 1 million unit lead. This year, add another million on to that. And another million for next year. And so on. If this generation lasts as long as the last one(roughly 8 years), that's an 8 million unit lead. And that's assuming the difference in sales doesn't increase, which I believe it will(since most of the XB1's features are TV-based and don't work outside the US, while there are entire markets the PS4 will own that the XB1 won't be a factor in).

Now, all last generation, Xbox fanboys touted that few million lead the 360 had over the PS3, even going as far as to say that it didn't matter when the PS3 surpassed it, because next-gen was coming the same year. If they could spend years bragging about a one year lead that resulted in an advantage of about ten million units off the bat, why can't Sony fans talk up a one week lead that's given the PS4 a one million unit head start?

Edit: Oh, as for the average of systems per market: Microsoft focused on their biggest markets, going as far as to call others "Tier 2" markets. Sony, meanwhile, released in large and small markets alike. If you're imploring people to use logic, then you should do the same: obviously a tiny market isn't going to move as many units as a larger market, thereby bringing the average down.

And as for Japan not mattering, the sales of the PS3 there per week versus the 360 pretty much negated the advantage the 360 had in the US per week, particularly near the end of the generation. Don't know how you'd say that doesn't make a big difference. Besides, that was last gen; interest this generation seems to be up quite a bit.

Stop making excuses.

[mhunterjr]

Smh. There's no need to make excuses. The ps4 is doing amazingly well. The xb1 is performing well, just not as well as the ps4. That doesn't mean the PS4 is 'dominating'

Dominating is what the ps2 did to the competition, with 80% of the marketshare.

It seems you have an issue with relativity. If the ps4 is continues to sell at a rate of 4:3, then I would actually expect the game to increase by more than 1milllion a year. By 2016, they would have an almost 10million console lead. I fully expect that to happen, if the price gap remains the same, but I still wouldn't call that domination, because the overall marketshare will still be within 10 percentage points. About 43 to 33 percent. That's not enough to convince a 3rd party developers to ignore a platform, like what happened to the original xbox.

As for average units per country, I was speaking to the notion that Sony is sold out and ms isn't. If MS shipped their 3.5 million consoles to 48 countries, the .5 mil currently sitting on shelves would undoubtedly be sold out too. That argument holds no weight.

As far as japan is concerned, I'm not out to discredit its importance, but the fact remains, MS achieve a 30% marketshare without out them once before, and I doubt they plan to do any better their with the xb1.

As far as Xbox fanboys last gen, they were just as stupid for touting a few million consoles then, as the Sony fanboys touting domination now... It just doesn't make any sense.

[scott182]

@Mhunterjr

"I've been saying all along that Sony will probably outsell the xb1 at a rate of 4:3, which is consistent with it being 25% cheaper than the xb1."

So the 360 was $200 dollars cheaper than the ps3 last gen and got outsold every month. How do your consistencies play out with that?
Also the ps4 has better hardware, besides being cheaper. The PS4 has extremely limited stock in major markets because they spread themselves thin.

Look at amazon numbers, the same number of units compared and the ps4's sell out in hours and the x1 takes many days. It's ok to acknowledge the ps4 is in much higher demand and when the dust settles it is going to keep flying off the shelves.

[mhunterjr]

I don't dispute the ps4 is in higher demand. I dispute that it will be 'dominant' like the ps2 was.

[gunboss201]

VITA is now 6 million, stay strong young one :D

[GdaTyler]

You mean over 7 million, right?

[Gamer666]

Vita is being obliterated by 3DS...

People say that PS4 is obliterating X1 and it is 4.2 to 3.0 million as of the end of 2013-ish...

What does that say about 41.5 million to 7 million? That should be the definition of obliteration.

[lonewolfjedi]

the gap will only widen

[from the beach]

Why has this even been posted when we know the numbers are wrong, as per Microsoft's announcement yesterday that Xbox One has sold over three million? If there's a story it would be that 'vgchartz' is challenging official Microsoft figures, but obviously they're not.

[tommygunzII]

Me and a lot of others I know haven't even gotten our PS4 yet. Still so much life in the PS3.

[SoulSercher620]

PlayStation domination. It's undeniable.

[Gamer666]

Yep, Playstation is totally dominating the 3DS...

LOL...

If PlayStation is dominating then why is 3DS outselling Vita almost 6:1...

What is your definition of domination when PS4 is only outselling X1 3:2? That's not domination... That is a healthy lead... And given that X1 started so horribly, that actually doesn't bode well long term for PS4.

[SoulSercher620]

Only because Sony cannot keep up with demand. That is the ONLY reason the X1 is catching up. The X1 has yet to sell out in stores and a steady flow is always coming in, while for the PS4 they sell out the moment they hit stores.

And as for the 3DS you're right it does outsell the Vita while the Wii U is being outsold weekly by not only next gen consoles but PS3 and 360 as well.

Looks like we hit a stalemate.

[Joe913]

I wish they stop publishing the sale numbers its like ppl do not know how to act I understand rooting for your console of choice but to put someone else down or having a elitist attitude is just crazy. Good for both systems we should be all glad that they are even selling at all remember before the console launch when ppl thought there were not going to be anymore consoles because mobile games were taking off.

[lifeordeath617]

I play my 3DS nonstop. Even tho the 3DS is doing great! im glad to see that people are still buying vitas. i still havent got rid of mine. Cannot wait until final fantasy X/X-2HD hit shelves.

[S2Killinit]

Good job Sony

[shysun]

Its funny how Xbox fan boys cry about the one week head start now but said the one YEAR head start the 360 had didn't matter! Fanboy logic! Lol

[Killzoner99]

The reason why people don't trust VGC with Xbox is because Microsoft gives fake BS numbers and units shipped. Sony is far more accurate with their reporting on units sold. Anyway cheers to Sony for dominating once again.

[lex-1020]

The reason people don't trust VGC is because their numbers and charts are skewed. Companies will report units shipped, not sold. They also don't count things like repurchases (Example: Someone who bought a 360 but had to by another one because they RROD). Also the graphics are terrible. Look at the "Chart" it makes no sense. Sure it tells you what sales number is for the year, but what is the percentile? Is that what percent of the number was sold that year? And why is the chart measuring sales by that percentile instead of by raw numbers for the year? That's why people don't trust VGC.

[beereal360]

You know this how stfu

[Simco876]

I never realized that WiiU sold 5 mil, but I guess it has been out for awhile now.

Third place for Microsoft..I wonder what GeneralMLD is saying now?

[LeCreuset]

Do you see the direction MS went in with its motion controlled Kinect? That came about because of the sells success of the Wii. Sales influence the path the industry goes down.

[conzilla760]

why does anyone care which out sells which? what difference will it actually make in any of your lives? serious question

[LKHGFDSA]

more consoles sold=more support for the console, on both the end user (communities and hype) and for the backend (devs making more games, more reason for devs to show interest in the console)
there are other reasons aswell.

[LeCreuset]

PS4 just announced selling more than 4.2 million.

[ricochetmg]

u beat me.

[ricochetmg]

CORRECTION 4.2 million sold ps4.

[MasterCornholio]

Sony just confirmed that they sold 4.2 million PS4s which means that they outsold the Xbox One by 1.2 million units.

[listenkids]

Both figures wrong, people still follow?

[beereal360]

What fanboys dont understand is that Sony cant win because they already lost . They have given away 75 percent of their market share from two generations ago when they where a superpower with the ps2 now they are just trying to compete. I dont know what type of education most people on this sight have but that is nothing to brag about just ask Sony who gaming divison is losing money year over year.

[Seraphemz]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/...

[dc1]

That/err your logic would work if the population was a stagnant number.
In short that Wii, PS3 and Xbox360 are all within a throw of the PS2's total sell through numbers.

Where did the extra 200 million purchasers come from?

In short, its called market growth and Sony is ahead (from a PS3 perspective) of where they were with PS2. This does not consider the ground breaking sells associated with the PS4.

If you're a poster worth your salt you would acknowledge this as well as ROI and pull back your statement.

Console sells are thriving 360/Wii/PS3/PS4/XOne and WII-U.

[Ace_Man_6]

Wii U is current gen? Haha, good one VGChartz.

[ceballos77mx]

Every store in my town is sold out on ps4 thats 3 gamestops, 3 walmarts a bestbuy and a target, spent a whole day looking for one and everywhere was sold out, but the x1 was on every store.

[jrocks_4ever]

Sony just announced they sold 4.2 million as of Dec. 28 2013. FYI

[AnotherGamer117]

Microsoft has sold over 3 million in 2013

Source: http://www.dailytech.com/Mi...

Sony has stated 4.2 million sold-through (i.e. to customer) by December 28, 2013.

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014...

[cell989]

technically The Vita is a NEXT GEN DEVICE, not an old gen

[vid33nyc1]

Ps4 is currently at 4.2 million sold.Was just announced at CES today.

[Condemnedman]

Sony fan boys are just so bitter. it's about time you guys grew up.

but but but Xbox fan boys took the micky and we have won the console war already!

you guys make me laugh at your childish posts :-D

[russo121]

But if we grow up you'll stop laughing. IMO you'll be laughing for long years to come...
BTW good job Microsoft, better job Sony!

[Condemnedman]

True

[T2]

Four. Point. Two. Million.

how many?

Fooooourrrr pooiiinnttt twooo milliooonnnnnnn.

lol - playstation twitter.

[BabyTownFrolics]

Holy Sh#t you people are the worst. Both consoles have great launch numbers, which means years of attention paid to both by devs, which means years of MS and Sony competing to outdo each other to improve aspects of the consoles and their services, which means gamers win at every angle.

You know what I see, the war is over, and we the gamers won. Your like those poor Japanese soldiers who hid in the jungle for decades thinking WW2 was still going on.

Gamers are gaming as you continue on about this silly sh&t.

[MrKingofVideoGames]

The PSP sold 80 million units? Holey Moley!

[parentsbasement]

Am I missing something ? The $100.00 cheaper , at least 2x as powerful , award winning design , best value online network console is only a million ahead ?.....shouldn't it be like 100 to 1 ? or more ? I mean why is the more expensive, less powerful, VCR like mandatory Kinect machine sell , well , ANY ?...... That dosent sound like AFSF to me (AFSF is acceptable fanboy sales figures) to me that looks far worse on Sony (who REALLY needs this ) than MS ( who could care less if they have to use a red pen or a black one at the end of this "war" )

[LKHGFDSA]

the f***ed up with the amount of consoles they made, that's why it's not 100 to 1.
every ps4 in the world got sold and gamers bought x1s for christmas instead.

[Dmagic]

dont be stupid they cant produce consoles that fast it looks close because of it. if sony were to get 10 million consoles right now it would sell all of them xbox would strugle the sales you see are from the hardcore at the end of the year you're going to be shocked at the gap between ps4 and one.

[SmilingAdvocate]

Yep it's official
4.2 million ps4's sold!

Amazing

[NewAgeisHere]

Also don't forget that PS4 hasn't released in many countries yet..........in Europe alone there are around 20 countries still waiting for PS4 release which is coming on January 29th.

[zare26]

which countrys in europe are waiting????

[NewAgeisHere]

Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine,Greece, Albania, Macedonia, ..............list goes on.Many gamers still waiting for launch or ps4 availability:)

[zare26]

pretty funny....all i see is a BigN domination in 2013, but everybody is talking about the gap between xbone and ps4.
the ps4 release in japan will boost the ps4, so the ps4 will lead the new gen, but the xbone won't get this boost in japan so the 3rd place is for MS...Sony and BigN will lead the new gen and the 3ds will constantly sell as hell this year.

[SpinalRemains138]

Sounds about right......for VG Chartz. They always understate Sony sales by about a million per year. Ps4 is currently at 4.2 mil, which we know.

[k2d]

Developers want this. Sure - gamers benefit from consoles having competition in the fact that console features are a higher priority. Sadly, I think the games suffer from divided userbases.

Bring on another PS2 age!

[N4OGs]

Ps4 is the console you should buy deal with it fanboys!