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Media Create Sales: Week 23, 2012 (Jun 04 - Jun 10)
- Thread starter donny2112
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There is an HD rebroadcast of the show in conjunction with its 10th Anniversary. The original release of SEED was very, very popular.
Sammy Samusu
Member
That game came out a month after the 3DS launch, and is probably less relevant than Gundam Seed.
EDIT: Disregards the launch period, just checked the archive and both install bases were pretty much at the same level.
Megadragon15
Member
That's a huge increase for Vita.
Gundam 3D was released right after launch of 3DS. You know, the launch that had a whole lot of nothing. The userbase excuse is apt, but only paints a worse picture for the 3DS iteration. The Vita version will outsell it despite being on a much smaller userbase.
chickdigger802
Banned
Or pre-owned possibly.
Quadrangulum
Banned
Very nice. It seems Vita is turning the corner. Happy days are here again!
GhostTrick
Banned
grimshawish
Banned
Kid just about ready to drop out there 
But hello Nintendogs! lol
Nice Vita bump. And nice 3DS sales.
But hello Nintendogs! lol
Nice Vita bump. And nice 3DS sales.
InsaneZero
Member
Ten years and Space Jesus is still Space Jesus. All you need to do is accept him, and he will take over the main character role of your life.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
So great to see Tokyo Jungle do over 100k!
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Huh, I thought the scores for this game were mediocre? That's basing it on 4gamer's source.
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.
test_account
XP-39C²
After seeing the Tokyo Jungle sales, i wonder if this will result in a retail version in the west as well. Another example is that Gravity Rush was suppose to be a PSN-only release in the west, but it got a retail version.
How do you mean?
InsaneZero
Member
Explains why Gundam SEED is still strong after a decade.
electroplankton
Banned
Well, launch line-up in Japan was pretty nice and in fact it kept selling quite well in the first weeks; Layton, Nintendogs, Street Fighters, Samurai Warriors, Winning Eleven and Ridge Racer in particular. The problem came a month and a half after the launch, with all delays (One Piece, Tales of, Dead or Alive, Pilotwings). Btw, I see Gundam on Vita having much higher production values than The 3D Battle, and imo both are to be considered bombs (guessing that Gundam Seed will disappear from the chart in two-three weeks).
Huh?
For a userbase comparison:
3DS: 792.954
PSP: 1,849,954
(via Media Create)
Gundam Battle series debuts slightly higher on Vita than it did on PSP despite the latter having more than a million on the former. Looks like they're starting from square one with the series.
It nearly doubled last week sales, and it should double again this week. It'll keep doubling and doubling and at this rate it'll pass the 3DS LTD in three months, when it'll sell 4 million in one week.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Resident Evil is a recognized IP that sells well even if they are spinoffs, meaning there are people who will buy it blindly. Tokyo Jungle is new IP all together so this means that people will purchase it if it looks interesting to them.
The numbers may show a failure given the context of its budget (though, the game really doesn't look that expensive, it looks like the average Gundam game with AA applied) and its shipment, but within the context of the platform it's on, and the past performance of similar releases in the series (it was in decline on PSP) it didn't fair too poorly. It's not a spectacular debut by any means, just entertaining for me to see how the cards landed.
electroplankton
Banned
As for Gundam, we're discussing about a game that in the general situation did nothing for Vita and did nothing for itself in establishing a brand on the platform. Period.
Yeah, I think 60-70k would be enough to break-even. But in the overall situation it's still nothing.
I expect a Gundam vs Gundam doing something on bringing some users on Vita.
Yeah, I think 60-70k would be enough to break-even. But in the overall situation it's still nothing.
I expect a Gundam vs Gundam doing something on bringing some users on Vita.
Doubling hardware sales did nothing?
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Yay, Vita not dead! Miku saved!
jimmypython
Member
Yeah!!! This week is P4G, go Vita go!!
But not without beam spamming our hearts.
Cosmonaut X
Member
If a high-profile 360 release came out and doubled its sales it would be notable but ultimately irrelevant. Vita is almost certain to plunge back down to sub-10k levels next week so the fact it jumped from "bloody abysmal" to "pretty crap" for a week isn't worth getting the bunting out for.
Persona will ensure that doesn't happen.
Within the next 2-3 weeks though, yeah, that seems likely.
twentytwo22
Member
lol, check the chart next week, enjoy those "sub-10k levels".
Cosmonaut X
Member
God, I forgot the timing :-D
slaughterking
Member
I'm pretty sure we are just making fun of it.
electroplankton
Banned
In the overall situation... Yes. I'm doubtful Gundam and Person can keep Vita higher than 10k for more than a month to be generous. Also, 3DS, which the direct competitor, does on average 50k per week, and PSP still puts respectable numbers. It's not that Vita went from 7k to 35-40k for a month.
InsaneZero
Member
We don't really expect a heartbeat or a pulse. All we're doing is poking at the body and wondering when rigor mortis is gonna set in.
A new Gundam Battle wasn't ever going to bring Vita from 7k to 40k. It gave it a bump, which is all that can be expected from it. If the game wasn't released Vita probably would've still sold within that 7k range, so its release did effect hardware sales. It will be a very short effect for sure, but an effect none the less.
Metal Gear HD hits June 28, so Vita may go through June above 10k. July's looking very barren though.
BishopLamont
Banned
That launch still consists of games thats sold more than any Vita games. Vita owners are starved for games.
800k vs 730k is a much smaller userbase now? lol
InsaneZero
Member
Bumps needs to be maintained with a steady supply of other desirable games, or otherwise it just becomes a momentary detour from the overall trend.
The streams have crossed! I will never forget this day, just like I will never forget the day the PS3 finally vanquished the mighty GBA!
The momentum begins.
As I said before, Gundam's debut isn't amazing by any means, and Vita's sales are still very poor (and even if Persona somehow knocks it to 25k next week, that's still not good) but it doesn't hurt to point out the obvious sometimes.
Really, I'm just curious as to what happens when games on smaller install bases outsell similar ones on a larger install base. For the shooter genre on 360 vs. PS3 it's the fact that the genre built up an audience on 360 years prior. For Gundam maybe it is the series' longstanding ties to Sony hardware.
Really, I'm just curious as to what happens when games on smaller install bases outsell similar ones on a larger install base. For the shooter genre on 360 vs. PS3 it's the fact that the genre built up an audience on 360 years prior. For Gundam maybe it is the series' longstanding ties to Sony hardware.