If PSP's game was Over My Dead Body Portable, than I Don't Have Many Friends Portable perfectly describes Vita.
Good.
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Media Create Sales: Week 8, 2012 (Feb 20 - Feb 26)
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If PSP's game was Over My Dead Body Portable, than I Don't Have Many Friends Portable perfectly describes Vita.
Good.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
I'm going to have to guess that Rune Factory 4 is to Twin Cities as Rune Factory 5 will be to The Land's Origin.
Hmm. What're you thinkin, about 150k total in the end?
test_account
XP-39C²
What would be the false successor?
ThatObviousUser
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What would be the false successor?
Neo Geo Fakeo
Man if the Miku fans on the board are mad at the spinoff being on a region locked console I wonder how steamed they will be when the main series moves over after this spinoff does really well!
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Probably 130k total, looking at the numbers it did this week.
Sounds like Konami really dun goofed by allowing so many bugs into the shipped product. If they haven't done permanent damage to the franchise, I guess we'll be waiting for New Love Plus+.
test_account
XP-39C²
Ah, i want that system too =)
Miku games are going to be everywhere. There's at least nine things in production. Those things could be concerts, games, or other things. They've also hinted about newer games with teasers well beyond anything 3DS could do.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
The MMT trailer looked beyond Vita as well going by the resolution. I bet it's Project Diva 3 for PlayStation 3.
electroplankton
Banned
Pretty Much.
Perhaps, so many bugs have ruined the reputation of the brand.
Btw, I can see Konami releasing a new game of the series with new girls.
I think I found another example of game with big shipment problems, but which obtained to sell despite them
Week between 7/23 to 7/29 in 2007
03./00. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco) - 93,909 / NEW, with many places going sold out, and next shipment at the end of August 2007
The week after
22./03. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
Then, not even in top 50.
And in the following weeks, it continues to sell something like 6-5k per week, with a good explosion at the end of the year.
In the end?
[NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai Namco) - 89.158 / 641.229 / 13,90% 26/07/07
It's also a pretty good example, since it's a rhythm game as Theatrhythm is.
Week between 7/23 to 7/29 in 2007
03./00. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco) - 93,909 / NEW, with many places going sold out, and next shipment at the end of August 2007
The week after
22./03. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
Then, not even in top 50.
And in the following weeks, it continues to sell something like 6-5k per week, with a good explosion at the end of the year.
In the end?
[NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai Namco) - 89.158 / 641.229 / 13,90% 26/07/07
It's also a pretty good example, since it's a rhythm game as Theatrhythm is.
The farming system in Rune Factory games is shit. No fun.
OrangeGrayBlue
Member
I have a fun game: For how long will Monster Hunter 3G outsell the Vita each week?
Souldriver
Member
All fun and games aside, I really do hope Sony manages to fix the Vita situation, cause if the handheld doesn't rebounce in the near future, things are looking bleak. :-/
pieatorium
Member
near future as in the next few months is not something that can or will be fixed, and is not make or break for the system. Depends on how near you clas near though i suppose. Sony needs something announced in the next couple of months to fill the gap from after june.
I think the PS3 in the US was doing similarly to what the Vita is doing now in Japan for its early life. Previous console selling comparably/more (this is where playstation family stuff came from correct?) no big exclusives released, most expensive of all the alternatives.
The difference being that PS3 had at least some promise of big exclusives (at the time) on the way fith FF, MGS DMC etc whereas there is really nothing on the way for Vita outside of some bigish ports like persona and FFX(which we have no idea on when it will come).
I think the PS3 in the US was doing similarly to what the Vita is doing now in Japan for its early life. Previous console selling comparably/more (this is where playstation family stuff came from correct?) no big exclusives released, most expensive of all the alternatives.
The difference being that PS3 had at least some promise of big exclusives (at the time) on the way fith FF, MGS DMC etc whereas there is really nothing on the way for Vita outside of some bigish ports like persona and FFX(which we have no idea on when it will come).
Vita's situation is much more analogous to a 2nd/3rd placed console in the PS1 or PS2 generations, because you have an established frontrunner which is capable of garnering a wide swathe of third-party support.
That doesn't mean it's going to be discontinued in a few years or whatever, but it'd mean its hardware sales aren't going to wildly fluctuate outside of the occasional tentpole releases. It'll just potter along until the end of the generation.
That doesn't mean it's going to be discontinued in a few years or whatever, but it'd mean its hardware sales aren't going to wildly fluctuate outside of the occasional tentpole releases. It'll just potter along until the end of the generation.
test_account
XP-39C²
Very hard to say. The same was said about the PSP as well if i'm not mistaken.
AceBandage
Banned
And it would have been true, had it not been for Capcom and MH.
Sony need to moneyhat* third party PS3/PS360 Vita ports just so that it has at least some support. It would be difficult to persuade third parties to make original games for Vita with the current hardware sales.
*Help with porting, reduce fees for Vita version if sold as a bundle with PS3 version etc.
*Help with porting, reduce fees for Vita version if sold as a bundle with PS3 version etc.
pieatorium
Member
Not really no, even if you exclude Japan psp still sold well, better than the second/third placers of those generations did worldwide.
AceBandage
Banned
test_account
XP-39C²
Exactly, so it is very hard to say
At least at this very early stage.AceBandage
Banned
Exactly, so it is very hard to say
Anything is certainly possible.
Though it becomes less probable as time goes on.
PSP also had better third-party support than the Vita has shown currently, and part of that is because it was technically capable of games that weren't possible on the DS.
Not even getting into Monster Hunter, the DS never got mid-tier Gundam action games, or even a single Dynasty Warriors game, mainly due to technical limitations. Which is why I compare this generation of handhelds more to the PS1 and PS2, because the 3DS can get a much stronger concentration of third-party support due to improved hardware capabilities.
AceBandage
Banned
test_account
XP-39C²
Indeed. I think it is way too early to say much about the long term stuff (nothing wrong with prediciting though).
pieatorium
Member
Well you were responding to somone who responded to my comment about Vita's hardware sales situation. Software is a big part of that though.
Is there *anywhere* you could attach something to the Vita that doesn't obstruct *something* important?
Oh yeah.
Also funny to note that KOEI's best-selling DS game was a Nobunaga's Ambition title... at 53,771. In fact KOEI's efforts on the DS were almost non-existant.
If you're playing PSP games, it's not like you're going to need the backtouch anyways.
Cool Escalator
Banned
Nice to see Sony dominating the Top 5 again in Japan!
It'll last a week. Dare I say it's too late for Vita? Price drop won't mean much seeing the 3DS got in first and everyone is buying that and there's no games that Japan wants out on the Vita.
test_account
XP-39C²
Nope. Well, even if it does cover the back touchpanel, it isnt always used, so it might not be a big problem. Then there is always the solution with having an external UMD drive that lies next to the Vita and is just connected with a cable. Such a solution will 99.9% never be made, but at least it should be techincally possible.
AceBandage
Banned
Price drop or no, it NEEDS compelling software.
Games sell gaming systems.
It's simple as that.
Yep, pretty much this. The 3DS price drop did very little by itself. It wasn't until Mario Kart hit that sales started to take off.
The PSP Go and Virtual Boy experienced the same aggressive price cuts as the 3DS and yet we know how those 2 systems turned out.
Price cuts will definitely help but only if the system gets it's killer apps to drive demand first place.
bigtroyjon
Member
That's not true at all.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
A new challenger appears:
Dang.
Metallix87
Member
A new challenger appears:
Sega's great revenge?
I agree with your idea that a price cut alone won't keep things going, but jeeze you posted some incredibly stupid things in there.
MasterSheen
Member
Oh my. That's pretty bad.A new challenger appears:
ThatObviousUser
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Sold more than Vita's international launch week. :O
After reading this, I went to look for import prices... And damn.
Guess I'll be stuck waiting for an EU release.