Sorry, I meant how much did the 3DS cost?

Point is, a $400 device shouldn't even be selling as much as a $250 device. And 60 weeks into the 3DS life you could get it for less than $250. The PS4 is still the same price today as it was when launched. So that its even pulling the kinda numbers that the 3DS was pulling is an accomplishment. However, if you really want to make a fair comparison, try comparing the PS4 to other game consoles selling at $350-$400. At least that way your comparisons are being made from similar platforms and can be historically backed. 

$250 for a dedicated handheld gaming system is very, very expensive. $400 for a high-end home console isn't. Besides, it's all about perceived value, in any case. $500-$800 phones sell better than PS4, according to your logic that shouldn't happen.

Apples to orange, Your point makes sense. However under 10% of people pay the RRP of $600+ most will get them with terms for under $150, so the phone costs even less than the 3ds in Immediate cost to the person. I understand your point still tho, Cost is diffrent based on the area the thing is based in.

Man if vgchartz is right npd is gonna be close for January

RoW sales don't magically not count just because those countries are less important. Unless Wii U is undertracked and/or PS3 is overtracked, Wii U is most definitely lower.

Isn't this the week XBO price dropped? Why are its NA sales still below PS4?

Dang PS3 is still competing with Wii U and it ain't going down without a fight

You talk perceived value then wonder why cell phones sell better than consoles? A smartphone is pretty much bought by everyone. Everyone. Most people even buy them as fashion accessories. A console is going to only be bought by people that want to play games. For that specific reason. 

A 3DS is a console, albeit a portable one. And at $250 its not expensive for a handheld. Or for a gaming device for that matter. Cause its well under the impulse buy price point. Much easier for a kid to convince his parents to spend $250 for a games console than to spend $400 for a console. That's why the majority of the early adopters for home consoles are teens and adults while the majority of handheld console owners are pre-teens. 

And my "logic" specifically points out that comparisons should be made against similar platforms/devices. So we shouldn't even be comparing home consoles to mobile consoles (two completely different application scenarios) much less comparing a home console to a phone. So of you want to compare anything to anything, compare the PS4 to the XB1 or WiiU all in relation to their prices and with reference to how similarly priced home consoles performed in the past in relation to the different price points. 

But back on the 3DS front, its doing poorly now cause smart phones are beginning to directly compete with it, 5yrs ago you ask a 10 year old what they want for Christmas and they will say a 3DS, today they will ask for an iPhone. 

Yes, I know price matters, but that's not everything. Many times the cheapest console don't win the generation. Price wasn't a problem for PS2 nearly doubling the GBA sales, for example.

You also have to consider that people plan to spend more on home consoles always, since they hold more value overall.

The PS3 still has a few good years left in it! Not surprised it's above Wii U.

Where's the 17th of Jan chart ?