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What gap will be larger (by 8th gen end)

PS4 vs. Wii U 66 45.52%
 
3DS vs Vita 79 54.48%
 
Total:145

So which gap will be larger? The one between the Wii U and PS4 or the 3DS and Vita. Here are my honest predictions

PS4-90M

Wii U-40M

gap: 50M

3DS-85M

Vita-15M

gap:70M

so yes, I believe at the end of the 8th generation the 3DS and the Vita will have a much larger gap than the PS4 and Wii U. Here are a few reasons.

 

A. Console market shrinking

Ok I know that the handheld market is shriniking too (probably faster) but I think if new3DS really does well and Nintendo supports the 2 long enough we'll see 3DS reach 85M lifetime. PSVita will be lucky to reach 15M since Sony has already pretty much ditched the poor handheld. I know the PS4 and selling circles around everything, but with the Wii U having a tons of games coming out next year and some killer titles this year (Mario Kart already, Smash soon) the momentum should be enough to get at the least 30M, but I think it will get to 40M due to the fact it's a great secondary console. The PS4 will sell well, but probably will die down like the Wii, possibly sooner though. So I easily see it reaching 80M, but I predict 90M lifetime. (if Sony is even around that long)

B. Nintendo handhelds have legs

Yeah, I think the 3DS will never sell like it's older brother, but probably will support decent sales until at least 2018. Also due to the fact it released 2011, it's already built up a lot of recognition and I'm pretty sure mostly everyone respects it. (or at least knows it's not a DS). Wii U will eventually catch on and people will realize it's something else than a Wii, which should help improve sales drastically, as that still effects the struggling system today. PS4 has already caught the hype of the world and will end up well but I guarantee like the Wii, after 2 years the product will slowly sink in sales. I have no comments for Vita here

So what do you think will have a bigger gap? Tell me below



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3Ds will be luck if it sells more than 60M, let alone 85M....



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PS4: 90 million
Wii U: 23 million
Gap: 67 million

3DS: 80 million
Vita: 15 million
Gap: 65 million

PS4/ Wii U gap > 3DS/vita gap



3DS - 70m
Vita - 15m

PS4 - 100m
WiiU - 20m

So yeah, PS4-WiiU, easily.



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Just looking at the front page: You will see that the gap (this year) is as follows:

PS4 vs Wii U: 7.9 - 2.0 = 5.9 million gap
3DS vs Vita: 5.1 - 1.6 = 3.5 million

Therefore logic would dictate that if this trend continues:
The gap between PS4 and Wii U will be more than 1.5x the 3DS and Vita gap.



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I am 99% sure the PS4-Wii U gap will be larger.

Actually, I would say the PS4-Wii U gap will be larger than total 3DS sales. Not like the difference between total 3DS sales and the 3DS-Vita gap is gonna big anyway...



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padib said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
I am 99% sure the PS4-Wii U gap will be larger.

Actually, I would say the PS4-Wii U gap will be larger than total 3DS LTD. Not like the difference between total 3DS sales and the 3DS-Vita gap is gonna big anyway...

The 3DS will do much better over the course of its lifetime in the US. What are people buying nowadays anyways instead of Wii+DS like they did in gen 7?

The PS4 doesn't account for all the Wii+DS type sales last gen. And let's not say that DS sold only to casuals, it had tons of 3DS-types games in its library which sold well.

They're buying smartphones and tablets. I thought everyone had already accepted that the DS audience is gone. 



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well... if bullshit like making a single number for 3DS + New3DS + "Ultimate 3DS plus" + etc ... then yes, the gap #DS vs Vita will be huge, larger than WiiU vs Ps4, and "insert name" 3DS will have +10 years life cycle.

But if we are talking about something fair ( no "new hardware" that continues to add to the old hardware sales) ... than Ps4 vs WiiU will have a much larger gap, something in the region of 70-80 + Millions in the next 5 years.



wii u -ps4 gap will be bigger no way wii u will do 40m i think it will do a bit less then half of that numbers and no way ps4 doing less then 100m

My prediction
3ds:85m
psv:15m
gap:70m

ps4:120m
wii u:25m
gap:95m



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

padib said:
Fusioncode said:

They're buying smartphones and tablets. I thought everyone had already accepted that the DS audience is gone. 

Nintendo doesn't make games on smartphones, and people buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games.

When my nephews come over, they don't ask for my mon's smartphone. They ask forMario.

Every time.

best selling handheld after ds is gba with 120m so there is at least 30 millions persons lost because they goes to smartphone or simply didn buy a new handheld after that



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m