VGChartz Gap Charts December 2020 Discussion Thread

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Last December Gap Chart as last week of January hardware should be posted tomorrow.

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Switch vs PS3 Sales Comparison in Europe - Switch Lead Grows in December 2020

This monthly series compares the aligned European sales of the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 3.

Switch Vs. PS3 Europe:

Gap change in latest month: 68,540 - Switch

Gap change over last 12 months: 2,038,632 - Switch

Total Lead: 2,119,173 - Switch

Switch Total Sales: 20,297,061

PS3 Total Sales: 18,177,888

December 2020 is the 46th month that the Nintendo Switch has been available for in Europe. During the latest month, the Switch grew its lead by 68,540 units when you align the launches of it with the PlayStation 3. In the last 12 months, the Switch has outsold the PlayStation 3 by 2.04 million units. The Switch is currently ahead of the PlayStation 3 by 2.12 million units.

The PlayStation 3 launched in Europe in March 2007, while the Nintendo Switch launched in March 2017. Therefore, the holiday periods for the two consoles do lineup.

The 46th month for the Nintendo Switch in Europe is December 2020 and for the PlayStation 3 it is December 2010. The Switch has sold 20.30 million units, while the PlayStation 3 has sold 18.18 million units during the same timeframe. The PlayStation 3 did not reach current Switch sales until month 52.

The PlayStation 3 sold 34.99 million units in Europe during its lifetime. The Switch needs to sell another 14.69 million units to catch up to the lifetime sales of the PlayStation 3.

This looks like a real good matchup.  Both systems launched in March and were basically neck-in-neck until COVID hit.  It will be interesting to see what happens to sales in this matchup once COVID is over, especially since the PS3 still has pretty good legs from this point on.  I personally think Switch is going to outleg the PS3, but we won't really have a good idea for sure until about a year from now (i.e. COVID is over + another holiday period).