While it would be great if it's found a much better baseline in 2015 (and better still that VGC figures are massively under tracked), The firesale of PSTV stock clearly had a notable impact this month. So while I agree that on a normal month, Europe would probably be higher than the US, this is a month where the PSTV firesale has skewed the data somewhat.
I do agree however that it looks more and more likely with each set of data we get that VGC has undertracked Vita globally by a fair margin.
Someone said Europe is PlayStation land, but not specifically Vita land. I'd argue that PSP held on a lot better in Europe than the US, so there is historical precedent for this. I also get the feeling Europes Vita sales tracking is even more out than the US tracking due to the nature of the territory. There have also been appearances of Vita games in top 10s in places like Spain (while PS4/XB1 were absent) this last December suggesting it's got a better presence in some markets. Even in the UK, Vita games seemed to chart more frequently in 2014 than previous years.
I think the real answer to the puzzle probably lies in the Middle East and Asia though. Have you seen the Vita sections in stores in Dubai? Absolutely monstrous compared with what I see in the US and UK. There's also a lot more frequency in physical releases in Asia (outside Japan) than in Europe/US. Sword Art Online, Orishika etc. suggesting a greater consumption. But we get no data for these countries at all really.
RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.
