PS Vita only down 7% but not available at major retailers.

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cpg716 said:

 

 

USA Hardware by Platform

 

Platform	Weekly (change)	Total
PS4	40,801	(+7%)	3,564,575
XOne	40,104	(-8%)	3,011,403
3DS	30,874	(-0%)	12,565,852
WiiU	19,052	(-6%)	2,594,786
X360	17,747	(-1%)	43,438,168
PS3	7,495	(-11%)	26,188,070
PSV	3,336	(-7%)	1,810,273
Wii	2,386	(-11%)	41,543,847
PSP	506	(-7%)	19,807,366
Total	162,301	(-2%)

Somehow VGChartz has the PS Vita down only 7% from prior week even though the PS Vita has been OUT OF STOCK at all major retailers (GameStop, Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, Target) since at least June 15th. Normally we all say that VGChartz undertracks the PS Vita as with the last NPD was off by 30k or so. But how can it only be down 7% when it wasn't even available for the most part???

 

 

VGC isn't tracking the PS Vita slim model. The PS Vita is avaiable in 2 ways in the US: Slim model bundled with Borderlands 2 and old OLED model. The shipments for the OLED model stopped some months ago. So, VGC isn't tracking the Vita at all now. So there is no point in discussing anything about VGC numbers because they are pathetically off for Vita right now in the US. I wouldn't recommend believing on them for PS4, X1 or Wii U too and would take 3DS numbers with a grain of salt. Last gen numbers are being reasonably decent.