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Media Create Sales: Week 12, 2014 (Mar 17 - Mar 23)
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Sir_Crocodile
Member
So all the MGS demo managed to do is help the PS4 tread water. This is not great news for console gaming in Japan.
At this point I'm wondering if the PS4's even going to sell more then the WIi U this year. :/
At this point I'm wondering if the PS4's even going to sell more then the WIi U this year. :/
Capcom: "What's a Vita?" [laughs]
Seriously though, Square have at least ported FFX/X-2 HD to Vita, and since its doing pretty well comparatively to the PS3 version, we could expect they do the same with FFXII HD if they ever gonna do one. It's Capcom that still neglect the platform with no future support in sight unlike Square.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
What I really mean is where did the decent bumps come from for Vita, Wii U and 3DS.
Infernal Monkey
Member
SE, maybe. But I get the impression Capcom doesn't want anything to do with the Vita ever again. Even that Monster Hunter Frontier port they announced last year - and have since released on everything else multiple times over - is completely MIA.
1) PS4 versions aleady closing in on PS3 versions. That's good news. What's not good news is lots of people buying a $30 demo.
2) Smokydave F5ing the front page waiting to get the first reply thinking the Vita is first, then it isn't. Lol! That one had to burn.
3) Hopefully the PS4 can clinge onto 20k+ as a baseline. The japanese can at least buy the only console that matters there.
2) Smokydave F5ing the front page waiting to get the first reply thinking the Vita is first, then it isn't. Lol! That one had to burn.
3) Hopefully the PS4 can clinge onto 20k+ as a baseline. The japanese can at least buy the only console that matters there.
ArchedThunder
Banned
It's already confirmed to be an early 2015 release.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Five new releases for Vita this week? That's hot!
Metallix87
Member
"Migrating" is an odd choice of words for this situation.
Well, it's the interest I think, not the user.
This transgression will not be forgotten. I'm starting a petition to change the 'official' tracker.
I'm surprised you overlooked my last post in the Week 11 thread whilst you were printing stuff out for your obsessive scrapbook. I knew it was 2nd before this thread went up
Still, I can wait one more week. Consider this week 'foreplay'.
Prince Vultan
Banned
Well, yeah, I was more answering to people that think Nintendo should be SCARED by this. Not that they shouldn't care at all. That's why I've also said that they should do something on the matter, like cutting the price of both 3DS and 3DS XL, or a new model, in order to re-ignite hardware sales. My reference to the possibility of 3DS successor being launched next year was a way to take care of the situation as well. Certainly, they can't launch it completely ignoring recent trends. Still, I think they should take a good consideration of the recent Japanese decline, but without exaggerating, since, as already said, it's natural, and it happened on DS as well. Different numbers for sure, but % wise, it's around the same, and software sales are still going strong.
Still, I was more talking about the handheld business, not the overall picture: of course, the overall picture shows bigger signs of concerns, since next handheld could be their only viable product. At least, going with Iwata's recent words and actions, we're going to see a much bigger interaction between home and handheld lines, and Nintendo Network is the real platform, a-la-iOS/Android, across all devices, which would actually "solve" the home platform problem, because it'd become the extension of the handheld one...but we have to see how they execute it obviously. The plan is sound (and what I wanted to hear, more or less), so I can see it going well, but they could always screw up, so I'm optimistic on that, but not so much to say that it'll surely go well. And the QoL is a gigantic question mark now for sure, so much that I don't know what to say about it, we know way too low infos on it.
Metallix87
Member
The interest isn't shifting, though. 3DS isn't dropping, Vita is just rising as new content is released.
1st Course
Member
test_account
XP-39C²
Its actually cheaper than $30 in Japan. Maybe not directly coverted currency, but it sells for about 2500 yen on Amazon. Metal Gear Solid 4 was around 8000 yen. A $30 would be about 50% of a normal game in the US, while in Japan, it would go for about 30% or so instead.
Vita is first by the way, in Famitsu:
| PSV # | 37.904 | 28.761 | 37.883 | 356.055 | 289.047 | 2.631.194 |
| 3DS # | 34.828 | 29.248 | 76.043 | 633.696 | 1.263.943 | 15.327.707 |
My scrapbook is spot on thoughThis transgression will not be forgotten. I'm starting a petition to change the 'official' tracker.
I'm surprised you overlooked my last post in the Week 11 thread whilst you were printing stuff out for your obsessive scrapbook. I knew it was 2nd before this thread went up
Still, I can wait one more week. Consider this week 'foreplay'.
. At least I'm not obsessive of just one company, but all three.There's going to be somebody who is going to buy all three New Love Plus limited 3DS bundles. I'm hoping its a person on gaf.
Um, it's nearly 50% down on last year. It's dropping.
One device, not one company. I like my PS4 but if it disappeared tomorrow, I'd just play my PC instead.My scrapbook is spot on though
shark sandwich
tenuously links anime, pedophile and incels
IMO the 3DS situation is even more worrisome than Wii U. We all knew Wii U was a flop but at least we thought 3DS would carry Nintendo through. But it appears that 3DS sales peaked in 2012 despite a 2013 filled with megaton releases (Pokemon, MH4, Zelda, Animal Crossing, etc.)
W-why do you think such person exist on gaf? D:
Graphics Horse
Member
Surprised Vita has stayed ahead of last year's numbers with the pricecut. It looks like it should keep ahead too. Last years numbers drop down to 14k in 3 weeks time.
Nightengale
Member
I was thinking there's a chance for a 5k bump for PS4 hardware sales, but I guess it's tough for the Japanese market for a cross-plat release.
Still, a good thing to see sales so close between both versions. I was afraid we'd see a 70:30 split.
Still, a good thing to see sales so close between both versions. I was afraid we'd see a 70:30 split.
Freak incident called "Monster Hunter Portable" wouldn't happen twice.
Metallix87
Member
That's YoY. I'm talking weekly, as sales move to Vita.
We'll never know what will happen.
MH was never big until MHP (that is released like few month before MH2 was coming out).
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
PS4 has already achieved like half of WiiU's 2014 LTD lol.
WiiU sells 10k a week. For it to close the 300k disparity, PS4 will have to sell like 2k-3k a week for the rest of the year.
Nintendo should be scared. Their home console is effectively dead and their handheld has experienced a 50% decline in its 4th year. Whats more is that if it is due to saturation then you only have to look at the DS's LTD compared to the 3DS's when it saw a similar decline to see ho much their market has disappeared.
On the upside 3DS software sales remain very good.
The Horror the horror
Banned
I want to get a Vita soon, but I'm not sure if I should get the LCD or OLED version. I heard the former was gimped and the latter had screen issues after a while. I'm confused.
Is Vita slim even out at western market?
Or was it already out on EU?
If you've never owned OLED version then I'd recommend newer version.
dragonbane
Member
Man, the Nintendo Brand is finally over! Maybe next decade...
Yeah, the Wii was a freak incident as well (though sadly it's not long lasting like MH). The next big thing most of the time is unpredictable, but hoping one for a platform recovery will be better suited for a daydream.
SW4 did terrible overall but that Vita figure is really low for a mainline game. For all the Musou that Tecmo Koei's been showering Vita with it really doesn't seem to have made enough impact with transitioning the fanbase. The over-investment in Vita isn't paying off like it should.
LOLOLOL
Sir_Crocodile
Member
The Wii U is also going to have software released this year with the abiity to possibly cause hardware spikes - at the very least, Mario Kart and Hyrule Warriors should do this.
How many titles does the PS4 have releasing this year likely to do that?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Oh really and what massive hardware peaks will those titles induce. Just lol at Hyrule Warriors
Lets be real. PS4 will have holiday bumps and will at least sell on par of the WiiU 10k a week till the holiday season. WiiU is not going to make up the 300k deficit exactly when?
It's also announced in NA. We just don't have any release date though.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Oh really and what massive hardware peaks will those titles induce. Just lol at Hyrule Warriors
Lets be real. PS4 will have holiday bumps and will at least sell on par of the WiiU 10k a week till the holiday season. WiiU is not going to make up the 300k deficit exactly when?
Musou games sell. PS4 holiday bumps will not be large unless there are big games on the horizon. Are there? I've yet to see one with a firm 2014 release date.
It's a Level-5 game aimed at kids. It'll never be released on Vita.