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Canis lupus · Jan 31, 2014

Fergal Gara, the MD of Sony UK & Ireland, told IGN, There was a 163% uplift in PS Vita sales post PS4 launch.

A significant number of PS Vita purchasers in the UK indicated that Remote Play was their reason for purchase, and we are subsequently seeing lots of these new PS Vita users connecting to PS4 with this feature.

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/01/31/ps-vita-sales-increase-by-163-in-uk-following-launch-of-ps4

Gestault · Jan 31, 2014

PS Vita sales jump 163% in UK after PS4 launch

...to 14 systems sold in a month.

Principate · Jan 31, 2014

Isn't this old, or is he referring to new years sales as well with that statement.

Sendou · Jan 31, 2014

Well that's nice. How much was it selling before that 163% jump?

DBT85 · Jan 31, 2014

I look forward to the terrible maths that is now going to follow.

catmincer · Jan 31, 2014

Gestault said:
...to 8 systems sold in a month.

LOL.

In all seriousness, what were sales like before? Dire I am assuming.

suedester · Jan 31, 2014

That's because remote play is awesome. I'm able to game far more regularly as a result.

DUFFMCWALIN · Jan 31, 2014

DBT85 said:
I look forward to the terrible maths that is now going to follow.

Gestault said:
PS Vita sales jump 163% in UK after PS4 launch

...to 14 systems sold in a month.

Too late.

Principate · Jan 31, 2014

The Vita was down 40% year on year last year in the UK so take of that what you will.

Mihael Mello Keehl · Jan 31, 2014

Nice, even though it may not be substantial compared to how it was selling before

Dragonborn · Jan 31, 2014

The Vita is such a great system, and remote play can definitely help but that price is really holding it back.

Randolph Freelander · Jan 31, 2014

1 GBP says that he is not comparing YOY sales but MOM, which would be because of holidays.

In these here United States of America, we already know Vita was terrrrrrible in December, we know that PS4 was not a driver, and I don't think UK will be any different. Remote play will not be a significant draw.

kadotsu · Jan 31, 2014

I think people getting a PS4 and buying into the now more required PS+ makes them more likely to see value in a VITA. Sales could go up to merely bad.

RamzaIsCool · Jan 31, 2014

Is the holiday-period something new for Sony? I am confused.

Graphics Horse · Jan 31, 2014

It must have felt like Christmas to the Vita department.

Sandfox · Jan 31, 2014

Aka the holidays. Sony is bragging about some weird things this week.

I-hate-u · Jan 31, 2014

163% of zero is...?

I kid.

Heysoos · Jan 31, 2014

Such a shame the memory cards are so god damn expensive. If you have PS+ a large memory card is almost required unless you want to be constantly deleting. Enjoyed my time with it, but I doubt I'll ever buy it again. Which sucks because the PSP was my favorite handheld.

TangoAlphaLima · Jan 31, 2014

kadotsu said:
I think people getting a PS4 and buying into the now more required PS+ makes them more likely to see value in a VITA. Sales could go up to merely bad.

Yup, worked for me. It almost felt stupid to have a PS+ subscription with a bunch of great Vita games and not own a Vita.

Sylver · Jan 31, 2014

C'mon Sony is not too late to maintain the OLED version.

KennyLinder · Jan 31, 2014

Feel sad for the Paul Walker gif

Finalizer · Jan 31, 2014

163% of 0, etc.

FiggyCal · Jan 31, 2014

I've lost hope on the Vita. Sony doesn't do well with reasonable prices -- I'm shocked they got the price of the PS4 right.

SwiftDeath · Jan 31, 2014

Gestault said:
PS Vita sales jump 163% in UK after PS4 launch

...to 14 systems sold in a month.

And only 12 were bought by Smokeydave. Progress!

kidding kidding love smokey

Immaculate · Jan 31, 2014

this means nothing without solid hw sales numbers

Nags · Jan 31, 2014

Vita means life.

I know, I know... Should have been first post.

BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO · Jan 31, 2014

FiggyCal said:
I've lost hope on the Vita. Sony doesn't do well with reasonable prices -- I'm shocked they got the price of the PS4 right.

Yup, it's hard to believe that PS4 is made by the same company.

famousmortimer · Jan 31, 2014

That sucks that sales are up. I hope this doesn't hurt candy crush saga.

Arrogant Bastard · Jan 31, 2014

DUFFMCWALIN said:
Too late.

Why?

anexanhume · Jan 31, 2014

PS Vita sales jump %163 in a holiday month where sales jump anyway. I love the vita, but it wasn't just because of the PS4 launch.

Vashetti · Jan 31, 2014

Has Sony killed off the PSP yet?

I know there's no big releases for it anymore but have Sony officially discontinued making the hardware and retail games?

If not, I think it's time to kill it off and hope some of those stubborn users update to a Vita. Nintendo weren't afraid to kill the DS to bump up 3DS sales.

massoluk · Jan 31, 2014

Come on guys.

Don't be like that with 163% of 0 jokes, and come on... 14?

It's 164 PS Vita sold, get it right.

Impeccable · Jan 31, 2014

Shahid needs a raise the man is doing work.

Sony please, it was the holidays too.

USDF · Jan 31, 2014

Happy to have bitten the bullet, Vita is godly but yeah dat price!

Pennywise · Jan 31, 2014

All that SmokyDave sponsored units.

Cornbread78 · Jan 31, 2014

I can't wait to use the remote play option instead of watching all those trash TV shows my wife hugs the TV with...

Sammy Samusu · Jan 31, 2014

oh shut up

Where's Type 0?

-Horizon- · Jan 31, 2014

Like does Sony or any one else actually give these sales numbers? I know theres that one thing that tells you who was #1 to #20 for the UK or whatever but it doesn't give numbers I think.

Pennywise said:
All that SmokyDave sponsored units.

lol

AHA-Lambda · Jan 31, 2014

But that means it's about 2.5x more than usual. Given how little it was selling anyway, that' not much.

blazeuk · Jan 31, 2014

While any jump in sales is good news, it's very rarely great news when you get percentages rather than actual figures of units sold.

Aeriscloud · Jan 31, 2014

All to smokeydave.

Edit : Beaten

Oersted · Jan 31, 2014

Principate said:
Isn't this old, or is he referring to new years sales as well with that statement.

Old news, new interview.

Principate said:
The Vita was down 40% year on year last year in the UK so take of that what you will.

And yeah, also this.

Frankfurter · Jan 31, 2014

What time period is he comparing? A 163% increase sounds impressive, but what if he's referring to a week over week comparison where every hardware saw such increases (due to Christmas etc.)?

Gentleman Jack · Jan 31, 2014

Pennywise said:
All that SmokyDave sponsored units.

damn

hodayathink · Jan 31, 2014

If we compare November to December in the US, by the way, the Vita was only up about 25-30% (75K in November to 95K in December, if I remember correctly). So this is better than in the US at least.

PanicFreak · Jan 31, 2014

So from small to less small?

Draper · Jan 31, 2014

God. Why did they price the new model the way they did? They could've revived the damn thing.

S¡mon · Jan 31, 2014

NeoCTN said:
God. Why did they price the new model the way they did? They could've revived the damn thing.

The Recommend Retail Price is actually 20 pounds cheaper. It's just that retailers have been cutting the price themselves too, so now it appears as a price increase - but that's not the case.

Frillen · Jan 31, 2014

Wow, SmokyDave has lost it.

Edit: Isn't this old news though? I'm pretty sure the fact that it was the black friday week also helped.

Aquamarine · Jan 31, 2014

Why does it seem like 3/4ths of the posts in this thread are about SmokeyDave?

You've achieved newfound popularity, man. Embrace it with your vault of Vitas!

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