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zeromcd73 · Jul 2, 2014

After 133 weeks PS Vita and Vita TV combined have finally suprassed 3,000,000 units sold in Japan according to the media create tracker.

Here is a comparison to that of other hardware in Japan:

1st Course said:
Race to 3m (Media Create)

Wii 33 weeks
NDS 39 weeks
3DS 42 weeks
PSP 63 weeks
PS3 127 weeks
Vita 133 weeks

We don't have pre-2003 Media Create figures, but on Famitsu

GBA 25 weeks
PS2 42 weeks
Gamecube 121 weeks

yGray · Jul 2, 2014

Does this mean the handheld is finally out of its coma?

..while still being bedridden of course.

urfe · Jul 2, 2014

Amazing how close it is to the PS3, which ended quite healthy.

Man God · Jul 2, 2014

How many more weeks until Vita does it without Vita TV?

2? 4?

Busaiku · Jul 2, 2014

Man God said:
How many more weeks until Vita does it without Vita TV?

2? 4?

Probably like 2 or 3 months.

zeromcd73 · Jul 2, 2014

Freedom Wars also had the second biggest opening week of any Vita software in Japan. Here are the top 5 according to Famitsu:

1. God Eater 2 - 258,826
2. Freedom Wars - 187,890
3. Hatsune Miku Project Diva f - 158,009
4. Persona 4 The Golden - 152,499
5. Sword Art Online Hollow Fragment - 136,736

Man God · Jul 2, 2014

Busaiku said:
Probably like 2 or 3 months.

It's a joke, the lifetime sales of the Vita TV is about 120k. So it'd take about two months.

MSMrRound · Jul 2, 2014

Still waiting on them to unleash Kancolle Vita and the Love Live: School Idol Project games (hopefully Love Live's graphics have been updated since the last time we saw them) for a further boost for the Vita.

chickdigger802 · Jul 2, 2014

Japan residents, is vita common on the streetz? How about 3ds? Or is everyone is mobile phoneing?

SephiZack · Jul 2, 2014

Up until now it sold very slowly, but PSVita will be a late bloomer. EVERYONE wants a Vita, some people just don't know it yet.

Nightengale · Jul 2, 2014

MSMrRound said:
Still waiting on them to unleash Kancolle Vita and the Love Live: School Idol Project games (hopefully Love Live's graphics have been updated since the last time we saw them) for a further boost for the Vita.

I was looking at Love Live S2 sales for the first BD recently.... WTF! It was close to 100k.

I never realised Love Live had become so monstrous in so little time. Kancolle Vita and Love Live Vita should be quite a boost to Vita.

mangasus90 · Jul 2, 2014

MSMrRound said:
Still waiting on them to unleash Kancolle Vita and the Love Live: School Idol Project games (hopefully Love Live's graphics have been updated since the last time we saw them) for a further boost for the Vita.

Bullet Girl would be a great boost as well. We've seen how Senran helped Vita *w*.

tim.mbp · Jul 2, 2014

Does 3 million mean anything or just some arbitrary number?

Oersted · Jul 2, 2014

urfe said:
Amazing how close it is to the PS3, which ended quite healthy.

PS3 numbers are used as indicator that home consoles are shrinking in Japan. So eeh.

Psycho_Mantis · Jul 2, 2014

Kancolle is pretty massive in Japan.

Vita will probably end up with an LTD near 5 million.

Triggerhappytel · Jul 2, 2014

Isn't the Vita at over 7.5 million worldwide? Surprised that almost two thirds of its total sales are outside Japan.

cws · Jul 2, 2014

tim.mbp said:
Does 3 million mean anything or just some arbitrary number?

Last to 3 million wins.

Opus Angelorum · Jul 2, 2014

urfe said:
Amazing how close it is to the PS3, which ended quite healthy.

The PS4 will do very well to match the same ending.

Wyndstryker · Jul 2, 2014

Triggerhappytel said:
Isn't the Vita at over 7.5 million worldwide? Surprised that almost two thirds of its total sales are outside Japan.

Given how dead the japanese console/handheld market it, it really shouldn't be surprising at the moment.

RMI · Jul 2, 2014

zeromcd73 said:
Freedom Wars also had the second biggest opening week of any Vita software in Japan. Here are the top 5 according to Famitsu:

1. God Eater 2 - 258,826
2. Freedom Wars - 187,890
3. Hatsune Miku Project Diva f - 158,009
4. Persona 4 The Golden - 152,499
5. Sword Art Online Hollow Fragment - 136,736

Imagine what this could be if it were a real Monster Hunter game and not a clone.

Kudos to Sony though, I love the Vita and want to see continued support. Now please implement multiple accounts per hardware so I can setup a JP account without doing a bunch of memory card gymnastics!

$h@d0w · Jul 2, 2014

Vita means life.

Some Nobody · Jul 2, 2014

Opus Angelorum said:
The PS4 will do very well to match the same ending.

They'd do very well to hit 2 million right now.

Foshy · Jul 2, 2014

As an aside, the PS3 hit 10 million in this exact week too.

RMI said:
Imagine what this could be if it were a real Monster Hunter game and not a clone.

Freedom Wars is kind of a TPS x MH hybrid, it's certainly less of a clone than the other ones. But yeah I know what you mean.

sixteen-bit · Jul 2, 2014

cw_sasuke said:
Last to 3 million wins.

tortoise and the hare allegory

Triggerhappytel · Jul 2, 2014

RMI said:
Imagine what this could be if it were a real Monster Hunter game and not a clone.

Kudos to Sony though, I love the Vita and want to see continued support. Now please implement multiple accounts per hardware so I can setup a JP account without doing a bunch of memory card gymnastics!

I really hope Gravity Rush 2 is not the end of first party Vita support. God damnit; can it really be that hard to get small teams in Japan Studio working on Dark Cloud 3, The Adventures of Alundra 2, Wild Arms (reboot), Parappa the Rapper, The Legend of Dragoon, etc. They make so much sense being smaller projects on the Vita, and I think they would really appeal to the global market, and specifically Japan.

NolbertoS · Jul 2, 2014

Good for the Vita in Japan, but how is it compared to the US numbers?? US still doesn't get some PS Vita exclusives from Japan.

Cheebo · Jul 2, 2014

NolbertoS said:
Good for the Vita in Japan, but how is it compared to the US numbers?? US still doesn't get some PS Vita exclusives from Japan.

Sales are pretty much non-existent for the Vita in US.

Man God · Jul 2, 2014

Triggerhappytel said:
I really hope Gravity Rush 2 is not the end of first party Vita support. God damnit; can it really be that hard to get small teams in Japan Studio working on Dark Cloud 3, The Adventures of Alundra 2, Wild Arms (reboot), Parappa the Rapper, The Legend of Dragoon, etc. They make so much sense being smaller projects on the Vita, and I think they would really appeal to the global market, and specifically Japan.

None of those games would be small projects at all, nor would any of them likely sell well in Japan.

zeromcd73 · Jul 2, 2014

NolbertoS said:
Good for the Vita in Japan, but how is it compared to the US numbers?? US still doesn't get some PS Vita exclusives from Japan.

I believe Aqua or somebody else with access to NPD data said that Vita hadn't sold close to 2million in the US earlier this year.

stump sock · Jul 2, 2014

that's actually not bad at all in Japan figures. it's a cool system, I wish it got a little more love in the west.

-Horizon- · Jul 2, 2014

Props to Vita for finally reaching that milestone.

birthbysleep · Jul 2, 2014

chickdigger802 said:
Japan residents, is vita common on the streetz? How about 3ds? Or is everyone is mobile phoneing?

I see at least one when I'm out every week. 3DS and even the PSP is still more popular from my experience. But cell phone games still reign supreme.

zeromcd73 · Jul 2, 2014

chickdigger802 said:
Japan residents, is vita common on the streetz? How about 3ds? Or is everyone is mobile phoneing?

I'm not a resident but all of my Japanese friends play on smartphones, 3DS, or PSP when they are out.

Draft · Jul 2, 2014

I wonder if Japanese gamers know they can get many vita games on steam? Probably not.

MikeE21286 · Jul 2, 2014

So it's basically the slowest selling system in Japan of all that were posted by OP...

Nightengale · Jul 2, 2014

Draft said:
I wonder if Japanese gamers know they can get many vita games on steam? Probably not.

As if they want those games available on Steam in the first place.

Dr. Buni · Jul 2, 2014

RMI said:
Imagine what this could be if it were a real Monster Hunter game and not a clone.

Imagine what this could be if it were real good games, regardless of being Monster Hunter clones. I am still waiting for a game that is as good as Monster Hunter in this genre.

DrROBschiz · Jul 2, 2014

Draft said:
I wonder if Japanese gamers know they can get many vita games on steam? Probably not.

I hear this alot

Think about the path to the games if you have neither?

As great as PC is there is a level of convenience, connected community, and obviously portability.

Not to mention the intimate and comfortable nature of the Vita.

There are merits to both platforms when playing said games and it would be nice if those merits were represented accurately on both sides

zeromcd73 · Jul 2, 2014

MikeE21286 said:
So it's basically the slowest selling system in Japan of all that were posted by OP...

Wii U will probably beat it but PS4 might do worse. PS4 is currently the only console besides Dreamcast and 360 that is trailing behind Vita (that we have data for).

DrROBschiz · Jul 2, 2014

Reila said:
Imagine what this could be if it were real good games, regardless of being Monster Hunter clones. I am still waiting for a game that is as good as Monster Hunter in this genre.

I would say Soul Sacrifice Delta comes the closest in quality

Freedom Wars also looks VERY promising.

MikeE21286 · Jul 2, 2014

zeromcd73 said:
Wii U will probably beat it but PS4 might do worse. PS4 is currently the only console besides Dreamcast and 360 that is trailing behind Vita (that we have data for).

Yeah, most recent weeks look bleak for PS4.

Punkster_NY · Jul 2, 2014

Tenki · Jul 2, 2014

tim.mbp said:
Does 3 million mean anything or just some arbitrary number?

No, but since a round number like 5 million is so far away, the thread needs to be created now.

1st Course · Jul 2, 2014

SephiZack said:
Up until now it sold very slowly, but PSVita will be a late bloomer. EVERYONE wants a Vita, some people just don't know it yet.

holiday 2012 Vita sales was one of the worst for any system

Vita 2012

{12/3/2012 - 12/9/2012} 10.348/1.026.491
{12/10/2012 - 12/16/2012} 13.590/1.040.081
{12/17/2012 - 12/23/2012} 19.056/1.059.137
{12/24/2012 - 12/30/2012} 18.022/1.077.159

Xbox 360 2006

{12/4/2006 - 12/10/2006} 38.096/233.372
{12/11/2006 - 12/17/2006} 19.211/252.583
{12/18/2006 - 12/24/2006} 18.942/271.525
{12/25/2006 - 12/31/2006} 18.942/290.467

Unbelievable how bad it used to sell in 2012.

Talon · Jul 2, 2014

SephiZack said:
Up until now it sold very slowly, but PSVita will be a late bloomer. EVERYONE wants a Vita, some people just don't know it yet.

erpg · Jul 2, 2014

Draft said:
I wonder if Japanese gamers know they can get many vita games on steam? Probably not.

Those indie games probably aren't on their storefront, or even available in their language.

Dr. Kitty Muffins · Jul 2, 2014

This is why I think it would be better for software developers to re-release their Vita games as PSN titles on PS3/PS4. Just kill it and move on.

Deleted member 125677 · Jul 2, 2014

A slow burner. I bet it'll take ps4 much longer. A half decent user base for this platform in jpn now, hopefully it'll lead to lots and lots of japanese niche goodness

Triggerhappytel · Jul 2, 2014

Triggerhappytel said:
I really hope Gravity Rush 2 is not the end of first party Vita support. God damnit; can it really be that hard to get small teams in Japan Studio working on Dark Cloud 3, The Adventures of Alundra 2, Wild Arms (reboot), Parappa the Rapper, The Legend of Dragoon, etc. They make so much sense being smaller projects on the Vita, and I think they would really appeal to the global market, and specifically Japan.

Man God said:
None of those games would be small projects at all, nor would any of them likely sell well in Japan.

A) I mean smaller specifically compared to a PS4 or PS3 project, and B) I'm not talking about making all of them huge 3D affairs. Alundra and Parappa should retain the 2D visuals of their predecessors (or stylised 3D, in the case of Parappa), Wild Arms should probably stay 2D as well outside of the battles, and I think Japan would still appreciate a proper JRPG like the original TLoD. Dark Cloud would probably be the most expensive there, but they can't cheap out too much as the entries on PS2 were quite luxuriant. Sprite work is so good these days that they don't need to be huge 3D blockbusters on the Vita, like Uncharted or Freedom Wars.

jroc74 · Jul 2, 2014

Vita doubled in sales from last week per the Media Create thread. Hope this is a good sign.

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