Baconsammy
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England and I have similar tastes. I should ask her out.
<3k for a AAA release in the UK is pretty much the death knell for current gen gaming in the UK. It's launch week is about 10x worse than Sniper Elite.
The UK games retail market was down a third in a tough April for the trade. Retailers made £45.8m from software sales last month, a 34.1 per cent drop over the same period last year.
Just over 2m games were sold at UK retail, a year-on-year decline of 33.2 per cent. However, there were significantly more games released in April 2011, including hit titles Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat.
Last months highest charting new release was Microsofts Kinect Star Wars, which reached No.2. Activisions Prototype 2 managed No.5, despite only being on sale for two days when this data was collected.
EA was the No.1 publisher once again, with FIFA Street established as the months biggest selling game. EA had five titles in the Top Ten. Xbox 360 was the leading platform. Nintendo enjoyed its own success as Wii, 3DS and DS grew in market share. All data is courtesy of UKIE/GfK Chart-Track.
PS Vita hardware sales less than a third of the PSP after 10 weeks
Official Chart-Track data paints stark picture for Sony
PS Vita hardware sales are less than a third of where the PSP was at the same stage in its life cycle, official Gfk Chart-Track data has revealed.
Based on UK sales for the first 10 weeks, Sony's PS Vita handheld has, according to a well-placed industry source, shifted just over 100,000 units since its launch on February 22nd 2012.
Although Chart-Track declined to reveal the precise sell-through figure, the company's business group director Dorian Bloch confirmed the PSP had sold 3.5 times as many units as PS Vita achieved after 10 weeks on sale.
Bloch urged caution on making direct comparisons between the two systems.
"[PS Vita] was launched at a traditionally quiet time, and [PSP] was launched in the build-up to Q4," he told PocketGamer.
Bloch also noted that PS Vita costs an average of £54 more than the PSP, at £232 versus £178.
PSP was tough act to follow
By way of comparison, the Chart-Track stat guru pointed out that the PSP holds the UK record for the fastest-selling console in week one, as well as the record for the least number of weeks to achieve a one million user-base in the UK, at just 24 weeks.
Assuming the PS Vita takes 3.5 times longer to reach the magic one million mark, it will be late next year before Sony can expect to celebrate that milestone.
So....the power of flight has just about run out for Pit in Europe?
I've heard that Palutina will drop the Euro and go back to heart currencySo....the power of flight has just about run out for Pit in Europe?
Damn. 100,000 in 10 weeks is just abysmal.
Only 10K a week including launch, that is just terrible. It must be selling tiny amounts week to week right now.
Didn't expect better.
What were the launch week numbers in the end? About 50k I seem to remember
Yeah I think it was around 45k...so it's been selling around 5k a week.
Thanks, though taking into account sales probably curved downwards we are probably looking at 2 or 3k a week now
Just think, for the foreseeable future that will actually get worse.
How low can they go?
Thanks, though taking into account sales probably curved downwards we are probably looking at 2 or 3k a week now
Which frankly is pretty scary for the vitas future. Sub 10K a week in Japan, possibly sub 20K a week in the US (and rapidly dropping) and maybe as low as 2-3K a week in the UK. Sony need to make a big move and fast if they don't want the vita not to flop big time.
Unless sony have some massive announcements coming up at E3 i have no idea how they plan on moving 10 million vitas in a year.
Free oral with every vita sold. It could be done by price slash and a good future lineup.Which frankly is pretty scary for the vitas future. Sub 10K a week in Japan, possibly sub 20K a week in the US (and rapidly dropping) and maybe as low as 2-3K a week in the UK. Sony need to make a big move and fast if they don't want the vita not to flop big time.
Unless sony have some massive announcements coming up at E3 i have no idea how they plan on moving 10 million vitas in a year.
Free oral with every vita sold.
It could be done by price slash and a good future lineup.
Free oral with every vita sold. It could be done by price slash and a good future lineup.
SmokyDave seal of approval.
UK SW TW LW LY YTD LYTD YoY%
Units 385,183 465,100 629,701 10,672,548 15,542,229 -31%
Revenue £8.5m £10.7m £15.2m £247.15m £356.8m -31%
So they've removed the PDFs? How much is a sub?*******************************
UK:
Code:UK SW TW LW LY YTD LYTD YoY% Units 385,183 465,100 629,701 10,672,548 15,542,229 -31% Revenue £8.5m £10.7m £15.2m £247.15m £356.8m -31%
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Lowest week for well over a decade, or two console generations, and we're not even at the lowest point in the year yet! MCV no longer free, but I took out a subscription.
Is that German Diablo III number the aggregation of all copies sold at stores that broke street date? Because otherwise that would be very, very low.
So they've removed the PDFs? How much is a sub?
Argh. Where is the subscription info? I'm not seeing it on their site, but I'm an idiot.
Edit: Found it.
http://free.yudu.com/item/details/524751/MCV-Subscription-Group
Does this get me a PDF? I like having local copies.
Edit 2: No idea what the offline version does. If it's a Windows/MacOS app, I can't do that.
Using the Offline Version of your edition. (PC)
Open the edition;
Select Options on the toolbar;
Download offline version;
Save File > Desktop/Documents;
Locate the downloaded Zip folder, double click to access and select Extract Files from toolbar;
Check the box show extracted files when complete and hit Next;
Upon completion of extraction a new folder window will appear, enter the folder within and double click the XXXXXX.exe file to run the offline version. (where XXXXX is the name of the edition)
When prompted with the Open File Security Warning box, select Run;
Please note: If the edition you are viewing in the offline reader requires a username and password to access it, you must still have an internet connection to authenticate these details.
Offline Version is a term used to describe the edition viewable outside of a web browser, and not independent of an internet connection.
For further information and help using your offline version, please use the options button on the toolbar > Help.
(MAC)
Open the edition;
Select Options on the toolbar;
Download offline version;
File will download to your default downloads folder
Locate the downloaded Zip folder and move to desktop/documents folder;
Enter the folder and locate the Application file with the YUDU logo associated with it (this should not be an .exe file)
Double click the Application file to reveal the security prompt Select open and select open a second time to launch reader.
Please note: If the edition you are viewing in the offline reader requires a username and password to access it, you must still have an internet connection to authenticate these details.
Offline Version is a term used to describe the edition viewable outside of a web browser, and not independent of an internet connection.
For further information and help using your offline version, please use the options button on the toolbar > Help.
Hahaha. Yeah. Thanks, Yudu.“Offline Version” is a term used to describe the edition viewable outside of a web browser, and not independent of an internet connection.
That's a ridiculous amount of effort. Guh.It's pointlessly annoying DRM, already made a PDF out of it thanks to portrait orientation, some free software which autosaves print screen, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Shouldn't this be full of PC games?Fixed.
But still, UK is right now the territory where 3DS does worst, at least on the software front. The difference with other European countries is particular.
source: http://www.iknowyourgame.de/news/ps-vita-start-zahlen-doch-nicht-so-rosig/March 2012:
3DS: 41.276
PSV: 21.276
01.03. - 13.05.2012:
3DS: 124.111
PSV: 52.889
Germany (GfK/Media-Control)
original source: http://www.mediabiz.de/games/news/3...ps-vita-woche-fuer-woche/319288?printScreen=1 (needs account)
Jede PR ist gute PR, wird sich Uwe Bassendowski, Geschäftsführer Sony Computer Entertainment Deutschland, gedacht haben, als er unlängst von "www.finanzen.net" mit den jener Redaktion vorliegenden Media Control-Zahlen konfrontiert und um ein Statement gebeten wurde. Angesichts der von "finanzen.net" kolportierten 80.000 verkauften PS Vitas in Deutschland allein im Monat März zeigte sich Bassendowski jedenfalls "mit dem Start hochzufrieden". Das hätte er auch durchaus sein können, würde diese Zahl zutreffen. Schön wär's. Tatsächlich weisen die Media Control-Daten im besagten Monatspanel März in den Rohdaten gerade einmal 13.987 verkaufte PS Vita-Einheiten aus; selbst hochgerechnet landet das neue Sony-Handheld gerade einmal bei 21.276 durchverkauften Units. Ein kleiner, aber feiner Unterschied - jedenfalls nach Adam Riese.
Doch damit nicht genug. Vergleicht man nämlich die Performance von Sonys PS Vita direkt mit der von Nintendos 3DS auf Basis des Monatspanels März zwischen beiden Konsoleros heraus, deklassiert der 3DS den mobilen Wettbewerber geradezu: Während die PS Vita, wie gesagt, im März laut Media Control hochgerechnet bei 21.276 Units landete, konnte Nintendo 3DS (ebenfalls hochgerechnet) 41.276 verkaufte Units auf seinem Konto verbuchen. Die Dominanz der 3DS-Verkäufe konnte selbst im Launch-Monat der Vita nicht im Ansatz erschüttert werden, obgleich die Launch-Phase jeder neuen Plattform unter besonderen Vorzeichen steht. Und um die PS Vita-Werte vollends zu erden, hat sich GamesMarkt noch einmal den Vergleichszeitraum beider Handhelds seit dem deutschen Verkaufsstart angeschaut. Das Ergebnis spricht für sich: Seit Launch konnte PS Vita hochgerechnet 52.889 Stück an den Mann bzw. die Frau bringen, während der 3DS im selben Zeitraum (ebenfalls hochgerechnet) 124.111 KäuferInnen von sich überzeugen konnte.
Den Braten richtig fett machen allerdings die Verkaufszahlen des 3DS seit Launch: Mit Ende letzte Woche kommt Nintendos Handheld auf 796.167 Stück. Ein Volumen, von dem Sony noch lange träumen wird, wenn der Verkauf weiterhin so schleppend verläuft. Nach all den durchaus beeindrucken Zahlen fragt sich nun, welcher Datenquelle sich "finanzen.net" bediente? Die Media Control-Zahlen können es nicht gewesen sein. Doch wie gesagt: Jede PR ist gute PR.
Fixed.
But still, UK is right now the territory where 3DS does worst, at least on the software front. The difference with other European countries is particular.
Nice, thx.3DS doppelt so stark wie PS Vita - Woche für Woche
I love how Diablo charted before its release.
Shouldn't this be full of PC games?