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[jeremy1456]

You honestly think the Vita will be seeing "healthy" sales like next week throughout the year?

Apparently a remake in a series where the last remake sold less than 60k, a year old port of a game that is free to play (which actually costs money on the Vita), one original game, and a price drop is somehow supposed to save the system?

Don't get me wrong, the Vita will do better, but without a steady stream of releases it will be back down to its old baseline in two months.

Price drops without steady popular releases in popular franchises have never saved a platform.

 

[Sage00]

stop peeing on each other, the level of fanboy accusations across the site has been far too high the last few weeks.

It's unbearable and the reason I've stopped reading these threads in particular. Amazingly continued on this page beyond your post.

 

[metalslimer]

I'd bank on summer as its pickup.

What's coming out in the summer to pick it up. Unless Iwata goes with the massive price drop things won;t look much better. It's in the same situation as Vita right now that even if they dropped the price it would be short lived. They need the bigger software and unless Nintendo pulls a rabbit out of a hat that's not coming this summer.

It's unbearable and the reason I've stopped reading these threads in particular. Amazingly continued on this page beyond your post.

It has become particularly bad lately. I mean there are definitely some people who are just staunch console warriors looking to start a fight over anything, but there's no need to do that to regulars who are just expressing their opinion.

 

[Laguna]

If somehow not this week then it'll be next.

Better question to ask is when does the Wii U YTD overtake the Vita YTD after this happens. if it ever does!

It depends what Nintendos release schedule actually looks like. Sony right now is going full-in with the pricedrop and release of games people talked about for quite some time now. Their problem right now is that after this period (March-June/July) PSVs lineup of upcoming games looks as barren as the last 6months.

 

[jeremy1456]

It depends what Nintendos release schedule actually looks like. Sony right now is going full-in with the pricedrop and release of games people talked about for quite some time now. Their problem right now is that after this period (March-June/July) PSVs lineup of upcoming games looks as barren as the last 6months.

I don't live in Japan so I can't comment on how much everyone has been talking about the three games up for release, but is there really a lot of hype for Tales of Hearts R or Phantasy Star Online 2 outside of GAF?

 

[BlackJace]

Apparently a remake in a series where the last remake sold less than 60k, a year old port of a game that is free to play (which actually costs money on the Vita), one original game, and a price drop is somehow supposed to save the system?

Don't get me wrong, the Vita will do better, but without a steady stream of releases it will be back down to its old baseline in two months.

Price drops without steady popular releases in popular franchises have never saved a platform.

I don't disagree with anything you've said?

 

[Father_Brain]

it's easy : fanboys can't accept that another handheld is becoming popular and they don't know what to say after every week pumping up the "Vita is doomed" discussion

Disregarding the fanboyism accusations, there won't actually be much cause for crow-eating unless the bump turns into a sustained, significant increase in the weekly baseline.

 

[metalslimer]

I don't live in Japan so I can't comment on how much everyone has been talking about the three games up for release, but is there really a lot of hype for Tales of Hearts R or Phantasy Star Online 2 outside of GAF?

Both should do decently for what they are and being on Vita, but people seem to think these are going to be breakout hits along with Soul Sacrifice and sell over 250k a piece. At least people seem to think so because they are expecting a baseline increase from these games when nothing on Vita so far has caused that increase.

's easy : fanboys can't accept that another handheld is becoming popular and they don't know what to say after every week pumping up the "Vita is doomed" discussion

Oh give me a break.

 

[BlackJace]

What's coming out in the summer to pick it up. Unless Iwata goes with the massive price drop things won;t look much better. It's in the same situation as Vita right now that even if they dropped the price it would be short lived. They need the bigger software and unless Nintendo pulls a rabbit out of a hat that's not coming this summer.



It has become particularly bad lately. I mean there are definitely some people who are just staunch console warriors looking to start a fight over anything, but there's no need to do that to regulars who are just expressing their opinion.

Isn't 101 and Pikmin 3 slated for summer? C'mon man, I'm trying to pull together SOME ray of light.

 

[Takao]

Apparently a remake in a series where the last remake sold less than 60k, a year old port of a game that is free to play (which actually costs money on the Vita), one original game, and a price drop is somehow supposed to save the system?

Don't get me wrong, the Vita will do better, but without a steady stream of releases it will be back down to its old baseline in two months.

Price drops without steady popular releases in popular franchises have never saved a platform.

That's not really true. PSO2 is a free download on PSN. SEGA released a physical version with goods you'd have to pay for in the Free To Play PSN release. I wouldn't expect big numbers from the physical version because of that, but who knows.

 

[metalslimer]

Isn't 101 and Pikmin 3 slated for summer? C'mon man, I'm trying to pull together SOME ray of light.

Pikmin 3 should do fine, but are we expecting anything more than 200k considering the Wii U's current install base. That's the same as expecting these Vita games to do something significant for Vita. And we should get a good idea of where the Wii ___ series stands when Wii Fit U releases.

 

[schuelma]

Pikmin 3 should do fine, but are we expecting anything more than 200k considering the Wii U's current install base. That's the same as expecting these Vita games to do something significant for Vita.

I would be very surprised if Pikmin 3 only manages 200K. The first 2 sold around 500K on the Game Cube, and the Wiimakes sold 150k-175k.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Isn't 101 and Pikmin 3 slated for summer? C'mon man, I'm trying to pull together SOME ray of light.

Both of them, plus Wii Fit, are spring~summer releases on their site.

EDIT: Wii Party U was slated for summer, though. ANd Lego has to fit in Japan somewhere.

 

[electroplankton]

That's not really true. PSO2 is a free download on PSN. SEGA released a physical version with goods you'd have to pay for in the Free To Play PSN release. I wouldn't expect big numbers from the physical version because of that, but who knows.

Well, we know Japanese people are reluctant on digital releases, we always said that.

 

[metalslimer]

I would be very surprised if Pikmin 3 only manages 200K. The first 2 sold around 500K on the Game Cube, and the Wiimakes sold 150k-175k.

I did say on the current install base. I'm sure it will sell more when the Wii U picks up which I'm not expecting from Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101 which the latter will probably sell less than something like Senran Kagura.

 

[jeremy1456]

Pikmin 3 should do fine, but are we expecting anything more than 200k considering the Wii U's current install base. That's the same as expecting these Vita games to do something significant for Vita. And we should get a good idea of where the Wii ___ series stands when Wii Fit U releases.

Pikmin 3 is arguable because even near launch on Gamecube the original sold somewhere in the ballpark of 500k, and I think Pikmin 2 did similarly. I could be wrong on that.

I could see the argument going the other way as people have probably long forgotten about the series.

 

[Spiegel]

Well, we know Japanese people are reluctant on digital releases, we always said that.

They are not reluctant on downloading free stuff, as many demo dl numbers have proved.

 

[Laguna]

I don't live in Japan so I can't comment on how much everyone has been talking about the three games up for release, but is there really a lot of hype for Tales of Hearts R or Phantasy Star Online 2 outside of GAF?

While PSO2 is quite different to PSP the latter has been very popular on PSP, but also the former seems to be popular on PC, so I really think it is among the most interesting games on PSV especially if we consider that there just aren´t many games on PSV, easily among the best looking Japanese PSV games and it´s also free2play.

Also I think ToHr is really beeing underestimated on GAF, this is a remake of a more popular entry, it actually differs a lot visually (while ToIr didn´t) and I think that it will also benefit from the PSV pricedrop, marketing boost and the fact that the original on DS wasn´t played by many Tales of fans.

 

[donny2112]

Pikmin 3 should do fine, but are we expecting anything more than 200k considering the Wii U's current install base.

Pikmin 1 sold 150K in the first four weeks, which were before the holiday season really picked up. It went up more in weekly numbers after that, but that was most likely the holiday effect. 200K for Pikmin 3 doesn't seem like a high bar to pass, even considering the userbase.

 

[Takao]

Well, we know Japanese people are reluctant on digital releases, we always said that.

Is this a poor attempt at sarcasm? Recent trends would suggest digital purchases are gaining traction in Japan amongst the traditional platforms. Given the choice between waiting for a physical copy of a game to restock, or buying a digital version, it appears many will buy the digital version. I suspect the case will be similar if it's a choice between 5,229 yen and free ...

 

[Maedhros]

I'm guessing numbers between 60 ~ 80k for Vita this week.

For next week, SS between 120 and 150k.

 

[Moor-Angol]

Wait. You think this will be more than a temporary boost before going back to basically the previous numbers after some time (weeks/months)?

If so, what's the reasoning?

actually i noticed a growing interest around Vita, i saw many people checking Vita games in stores, yesterday i was in Yodobashi Akiba and only 2 models out of 8 were available for buyers.
In many stores shelves are filled by Vita games, and not only the ones released last thursday, so it will be interesting to see this week and next week if price cut also moved old games sales.

Seems like the price cut really could help sales, it's like the same it happened with 3DS, people don't want to buy an handheld priced more than 20,000yen

Of course if games are not released in the incoming months, this momentum will slowly fade away...

Soul Sacrifice is highly promoted, there are commercials on tv, on Yamanote (maybe some other lines too, but i just used Yamanote and Tokyu Toyoko actually), the only thing i blame Sony is the lack of a playable demo on demo units into stores, everywhere there are just rolling demo on tv, while you can play old games (Uncharted, Gravity Rush, Minna6, Dokuro and so on)

 

[Road]

Congratulations to Dr. Feel Good for winning both by units and percentage!

BY UNITS                             BY PERCENTAGE

  1    27,714  Dr. Feel Good            1    7.5%  Dr. Feel Good
  2    97,714  MasterSheen              2   17.8%  9thwonder
  3   102,714  9thwonder                3   23.7%  L Thammy
  4   127,714  Nekki                    4   26.6%  MasterSheen
  5   136,603  Road                     5   31.6%  Tratorn
  6   137,714  XDDX                     6   32.4%  XDDX
  7   153,868  Bruno MB                 7   32.8%  Bruno MB
  8   168,868  DrWong                   8   33.0%  serplux
  9   177,714  L Thammy                 9   34.4%  Gianni Merryman
 10   178,868  electroplankton         10   35.6%  Nekki
 11   182,138  saichi                  11   35.8%  donny2112
 12   197,714  donny2112               12   35.9%  Road
 13   222,714  serplux                 13   38.2%  saichi
 14   247,714  Tratorn                 14   42.4%  DrWong
 15   247,714  lunchwithyuzo           15   43.6%  lunchwithyuzo
 16   247,714  Chris1964               16   43.6%  Chris1964
 17   248,714  ohlawd                  17   44.0%  ohlawd
 18   278,868  strangedopamine         18   45.0%  Yeshua
 19   295,132  Gianni Merryman         19   45.4%  electroplankton
 20   297,714  Yeshua                  20   45.7%  metalslimer
 21   334,714  metalslimer             21   49.5%  strangedopamine
 22   391,132  Kenka                   22   52.3%  Kenka
 23   547,714  Kandinsky               23   57.7%  Kandinsky
 24   777,714  michaelius              24   74.7%  michaelius

                                Famitsu    Bruno MB  Gianni M saichi   MasterSh ohlawd   Tratorn  serplux  stranged donny211 XDDX     DrWong   9thwonde Yeshua   Nekki    lunchwit Dr. Feel Kandinsk michaeli metalsli L Thammy Chris196 Kenka    Road     electroplankton
[PS3] Metal Gear Rising           335,791     245000   371000   231629   250000   233000   293000   275000   220000   250000   240000   205000   295000   250000   220000   234567   311777   300000   320000   263000   300000   234567   415000   222222   195000
[3DS] Dragon Quest VII          1,088,077    1025000  1348000  1010101  1100000  1234000  1293000  1250000   925000  1200000  1130000  1050000  1150000  1300000  1100000  1234567  1091777  1600000  1850000  1350000  1230000  1234567  1400000  1111111  1050000

UNIT DIFF                               0     153868   295132   182138    97714   248714   247714   222714   278868   197714   137714   168868   102714   297714   127714   247714    27714   547714   777714   334714   177714   247714   391132   136603   178868

STATISTICS
                                 Famitsu GAF AVERAGE   MIN       MAX     OVER     UNDER    CLOSEST    BY
[PS3] Metal Gear Rising           335,791    265,615  195,000   415,000       8%      92%   320,000 michaelius
[3DS] Dragon Quest VII          1,088,077  1,219,463  925,000 1,850,000      79%      21% 1,091,777 Dr. Feel Good

 

[electroplankton]

They are not reluctant on downloading free stuff, as many demo dl numbers have proved.

As probably PSO2 numbers will show in a few days, they still prefer to throw more than 4000 yen in the physical release, even if there exist a basically free version on the same platform.

Is this a poor attempt at sarcasm? Recent trends would suggest digital purchases are gaining traction in Japan amongst the traditional platforms. Given the choice between waiting for a physical copy of a game to restock, or buying a digital version, it appears many will buy the digital version. I suspect the case will be similar if it's a choice between 5,229 yen and free ...

How many people downloaded and actually played PSO2 on Vita? Because if the game went to sell, let's say, 150k units retail, and just 100k people are regularly playing from the digital version, well, I'd call that reluctancy.

Soul Sacrifice is highly promoted, there are commercials on tv, on Yamanote (maybe some other lines too, but i just used Yamanote and Tokyu Toyoko actually), the only thing i blame Sony is the lack of a playable demo on demo units into stores, everywhere there are just rolling demo on tv, while you can play old games (Uncharted, Gravity Rush, Minna6, Dokuro and so on)

So it's heavily promoted. It should do good then.

 

[Moor-Angol]

Is this a poor attempt at sarcasm? Recent trends would suggest digital purchases are gaining traction in Japan amongst the traditional platforms. Given the choice between waiting for a physical copy of a game to restock, or buying a digital version, it appears many will buy the digital version. I suspect the case will be similar if it's a choice between 5,229 yen and free ...

digital version is not popular here as in the West, believe me

many people go to used shop for selling their games or buying at cheaper price.
consider yesterday i sold Mario Kart 7 and New Super Mario Bros for 5,200yen... 2,400yen for a 6 years old game

digital distribution is not supported so much, prices are always higher than retail version, consider every shops at least make a 10-15% off, which comes into 20% off for online shops
furthermore if you bring back a game within 7 days they pay you around 80% of the original price; just for example, Dragon Quest 7 is priced 6,090yen
on D1 you could find it at 5,200-5,300yen (a shop was selling at 4,900yen...), the day after used shops were giving you 4,000yen for selling it to them.
supposing you buy the game and you really don't like it, you can sell it and loose 1,200yen, if you buy the digital version you loose 6,090yen........

used games are really popular here (and not only games), so i really think it will be hard for digital distribution to grow up in Japan, actually.

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

Congratulations to Dr. Feel Good for winning both by units and percentage!

Wasn't expecting that. Have we already predicted for March?

 

[Road]

Wasn't expecting that. Have we already predicted for March?

Rule of thumb: It is the 4th of March, so, yeah, we have already predicted for March. =P

I could make a prediction thread just to post the new predictions, in case anyone wishes to subscribe and be notified (similar to what donny2112 has for the NPD, even though he hasn't posted the February one yet...)?

 

[pieatorium]

Rule of thumb: It is the 4th of March, so, yeah, we have already predicted for March. =P

I could make a prediction thread just to post the new predictions, in case anyone wishes to subscribe and be notified (similar to what donny2112 has for the NPD, even though he hasn't posted the February one yet...)?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=518313&highlight=

Feb NPD prediction thread

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

Rule of thumb: It is the 4th of March, so, yeah, we have already predicted for March. =P

I could make a prediction thread just to post the new predictions, in case anyone wishes to subscribe and be notified (similar to what donny2112 has for the NPD, even though he hasn't posted the February one yet...)?

Well shit. I try to read every page of every Media Create thread but when get as big as they have been getting these past few weeks I sometimes I miss some stuff, must have slipped past. Will try to join in next month then.

 

[Call Me Maybe]

You know what? Time to make a wild prediction! I'm going to predict the hardware sales for this week!

PS Vita: 85,500
3DS: 72,000
PS3: 16,000
PSP: 12,000
WII U: 8,000
WII: 1,200
X360: 300

Also, while I am at it, I predict at least 160,000 units for Soul Sacrifice (although these might be split across digital and physical; I'm hoping the physical sales will dwarf the digital ones to such an extent that the number will be as close to 160,000 as possible).

 

[BlackJace]

You know what? Time to make a wild prediction! I'm going to predict the hardware sales for this week!

PS Vita: 85,500
3DS: 72,000
PS3: 16,000
PSP: 12,000
WII U: 8,000
WII: 1,200
X360: 300

Also, while I am at it, I predict at least 160,000 units for Soul Sacrifice (although these might be split across digital and physical; I'm hoping the physical sales will dwarf the digital ones to such an extent that the number will be as close to 160,000 as possible).

Woah there.

 

[Nekki]

It's time for wild predictions I guess??

Wii U will rise to 12k.

 

[AranhaHunter]

Soul Sacrifice is highly promoted, there are commercials on tv, on Yamanote (maybe some other lines too, but i just used Yamanote and Tokyu Toyoko actually), the only thing i blame Sony is the lack of a playable demo on demo units into stores, everywhere there are just rolling demo on tv, while you can play old games (Uncharted, Gravity Rush, Minna6, Dokuro and so on)

Interesting. Wondering why people keep saying pre orders are so low then. Did people not like the demo in general there?

digital version is not popular here as in the West, believe me

many people go to used shop for selling their games or buying at cheaper price.
consider yesterday i sold Mario Kart 7 and New Super Mario Bros for 5,200yen... 2,400yen for a 6 years old game

digital distribution is not supported so much, prices are always higher than retail version, consider every shops at least make a 10-15% off, which comes into 20% off for online shops
furthermore if you bring back a game within 7 days they pay you around 80% of the original price; just for example, Dragon Quest 7 is priced 6,090yen
on D1 you could find it at 5,200-5,300yen (a shop was selling at 4,900yen...), the day after used shops were giving you 4,000yen for selling it to them.
supposing you buy the game and you really don't like it, you can sell it and loose 1,200yen, if you buy the digital version you loose 6,090yen........

used games are really popular here (and not only games), so i really think it will be hard for digital distribution to grow up in Japan, actually.

So do you think the PS4 will bomba there if the rumor about you having to pay a $10 (would be Y1000) activation code in order to play a used game is true? The 720 will bomba regardless, so not even gonna ask about that lol

 

[Skyzard]

Of course it's about tech. It doesn't help when I often read about fps drops on 3DS ports of games, my biggest peeve. I only just recently gave nintendo gold to make mario capture everyone again.

Interesting. Wondering why people keep saying pre orders are so low then. Did people not like the demo in general there?



So do you think the PS4 will bomba there if the rumor about you having to pay a $10 (would be Y1000) activation code in order to play a used game is true? The 720 will bomba regardless, so not even gonna ask about that lol

You already have to do that with certain games like PSASBR (which causes a whole load of issues when connecting Vita to PS3 and missing dlc - since you need two accounts to do the invite :/)

Is the rumour that it is system wide? Ohhh not even for the online mode? I was referring to online passes. That's ridiculous...surely not true since they say your PS4 can stay disconnected...? Maybe lots of exceptions we haven't found out about yet.

 

[Call Me Maybe]

Of course it's about tech. It doesn't help when I often read about fps drops on 3DS ports of games, my biggest peeve. I only just recently gave nintendo gold to make mario capture everyone again.



You already have to do that with certain games like PSASBR (which causes a whole load of issues when connecting Vita to PS3 and missing dlc - since you need two accounts to do the invite :/)

Is the rumour that it is system wide? Ohhh not even for the online mode? I was referring to online passes. That's ridiculous...surely not true since they say your PS4 can stay disconnected...? Maybe lots of exceptions we haven't found out about yet.

The idea is that if you buy a used copy of a game on the PS4, you need to purchase a $10 code from PSN or something to be able to play it on your console.

However, I would not buy into the veracity of this rumor just yet; it seems unlikely Sony would do such a thing (unless, of course, Microsoft did it too, in which case they would be forced to follow their lead to maintain the same level of third party interest). We'll see either way.

 

[saichi]

Interesting. Wondering why people keep saying pre orders are so low then. Did people not like the demo in general there?

heavyly promoted doesn't automatically mean high presale/sale number though.

 

[Ratrat]

digital version is not popular here as in the West, believe me

many people go to used shop for selling their games or buying at cheaper price.
consider yesterday i sold Mario Kart 7 and New Super Mario Bros for 5,200yen... 2,400yen for a 6 years old game

digital distribution is not supported so much, prices are always higher than retail version, consider every shops at least make a 10-15% off, which comes into 20% off for online shops
furthermore if you bring back a game within 7 days they pay you around 80% of the original price; just for example, Dragon Quest 7 is priced 6,090yen
on D1 you could find it at 5,200-5,300yen (a shop was selling at 4,900yen...), the day after used shops were giving you 4,000yen for selling it to them.
supposing you buy the game and you really don't like it, you can sell it and loose 1,200yen, if you buy the digital version you loose 6,090yen........

used games are really popular here (and not only games), so i really think it will be hard for digital distribution to grow up in Japan, actually.

He's right though. Recent trends show that more people are going digital. You can buy download codes and online currency in convenient stores!
Of course a Nintendo game is going to have great resale value. Now try something else. I got a whopping 200 for NMH vs 3500 for Smash.

 

[DiscoJer]

How many people downloaded and actually played PSO2 on Vita? Because if the game went to sell, let's say, 150k units retail, and just 100k people are regularly playing from the digital version, well, I'd call that reluctancy.

Well, I think what many people are missing is that it's an online MMORPG, not like the previous PSortables which were local co-op games (albeit also with online multiplayer).

Presumably a lot of the advantage of playing a game like that on a portable is negated, when you have to go through servers to play with someone else you are right next to, instead of just using ad-hoc.

But who knows? I think this is somewhat uncharted territory. There have been MMORPGs on consoles, but I don't think there have been on portables.

 

[Father_Brain]

I'm guessing numbers between 60 ~ 80k for Vita this week.

For next week, SS between 120 and 150k.

My guess for Vita hardware as well. I'd put SS at closer to 100K, but could well be more.

 

[Maedhros]

My guess for Vita hardware as well. I'd put SS at closer to 100K, but could well be more.

My guess for SS is retail + digital (I'm hoping Sony releases the info).

 

[metalslimer]

*sigh* Dragon Quest 7 killed me. I'm still somewhat disappointed in the pace it's going considering it's the first time it's been remade, but in the end I guess the whole dragon quest base hasn't shifted to the platform yet.

I think people are making the mistake in thinking that by pure sheer advertising Sony will be able to make SS a hit.

 

[Father_Brain]

My guess for SS is retail + digital (I'm hoping Sony releases the info).

Ah, I was predicting retail only.

 

[serplux]

*sigh* Dragon Quest 7 killed me. I'm still somewhat disappointed in the pace it's going considering it's the first time it's been remade, but in the end I guess the whole dragon quest base hasn't shifted to the platform yet.

I think people are making the mistake in thinking that by pure sheer advertising Sony will be able to make SS a hit.

It's already gotten Terry's Wonderland and Rocket Slime 3, along with now Dragon Quest VII. Wonderland almost hit a million, and VII easily did, so I'd say that the DQ fans know where the next main game will be. They're preparing the system in order to release XI sometime next year, probably.

 

[pharmboy044]

It's time for wild predictions I guess??

Wii U will rise to 12k.

Woah, don't overestimate there.

My guess for SS is retail + digital (I'm hoping Sony releases the info).

Does Sony ever release those numbers like Nintendo does?

 

[Maedhros]

Woah, don't overestimate there.


Does Sony ever release those numbers like Nintendo does?

Yeah, sometimes (when the game sells well, basically).

 

[Afrit]

Well, I think what many people are missing is that it's an online MMORPG, not like the previous PSortables which were local co-op games (albeit also with online multiplayer).

Presumably a lot of the advantage of playing a game like that on a portable is negated, when you have to go through servers to play with someone else you are right next to, instead of just using ad-hoc.

But who knows? I think this is somewhat uncharted territory. There have been MMORPGs on consoles, but I don't think there have been on portables.

I agree with you. since it's an online MMORPG, it should have some legs even if not evident on retailers sales.

Based on some impressions from some GAFers, it works well on vita even on 3G network.

 

[donny2112]

(similar to what donny2112 has for the NPD, even though he hasn't posted the February one yet...)?

D'oh! Yeah, the prediction thread is up, but forgot to update the Archive post. One sec!

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Congratulations to Dr. Feel Good for winning both by units and percentage!

BY UNITS                             BY PERCENTAGE

  1    27,714  Dr. Feel Good            1    7.5%  Dr. Feel Good
  2    97,714  MasterSheen              2   17.8%  9thwonder
  3   102,714  9thwonder                3   23.7%  L Thammy
  4   127,714  Nekki                    4   26.6%  MasterSheen
  5   136,603  Road                     5   31.6%  Tratorn
  6   137,714  XDDX                     6   32.4%  XDDX
  7   153,868  Bruno MB                 7   32.8%  Bruno MB
  8   168,868  DrWong                   8   33.0%  serplux
  9   177,714  L Thammy                 9   34.4%  Gianni Merryman
 10   178,868  electroplankton         10   35.6%  Nekki
 11   182,138  saichi                  11   35.8%  donny2112
 12   197,714  donny2112               12   35.9%  Road
 13   222,714  serplux                 13   38.2%  saichi
 14   247,714  Tratorn                 14   42.4%  DrWong
 15   247,714  lunchwithyuzo           15   43.6%  lunchwithyuzo
 16   247,714  Chris1964               16   43.6%  Chris1964
 17   248,714  ohlawd                  17   44.0%  ohlawd
 18   278,868  strangedopamine         18   45.0%  Yeshua
 19   295,132  Gianni Merryman         19   45.4%  electroplankton
 20   297,714  Yeshua                  20   45.7%  metalslimer
 21   334,714  metalslimer             21   49.5%  strangedopamine
 22   391,132  Kenka                   22   52.3%  Kenka
 23   547,714  Kandinsky               23   57.7%  Kandinsky
 24   777,714  michaelius              24   74.7%  michaelius

                                Famitsu    Bruno MB  Gianni M saichi   MasterSh ohlawd   Tratorn  serplux  stranged donny211 XDDX     DrWong   9thwonde Yeshua   Nekki    lunchwit Dr. Feel Kandinsk michaeli metalsli L Thammy Chris196 Kenka    Road     electroplankton
[PS3] Metal Gear Rising           335,791     245000   371000   231629   250000   233000   293000   275000   220000   250000   240000   205000   295000   250000   220000   234567   311777   300000   320000   263000   300000   234567   415000   222222   195000
[3DS] Dragon Quest VII          1,088,077    1025000  1348000  1010101  1100000  1234000  1293000  1250000   925000  1200000  1130000  1050000  1150000  1300000  1100000  1234567  1091777  1600000  1850000  1350000  1230000  1234567  1400000  1111111  1050000

UNIT DIFF                               0     153868   295132   182138    97714   248714   247714   222714   278868   197714   137714   168868   102714   297714   127714   247714    27714   547714   777714   334714   177714   247714   391132   136603   178868

STATISTICS
                                 Famitsu GAF AVERAGE   MIN       MAX     OVER     UNDER    CLOSEST    BY
[PS3] Metal Gear Rising           335,791    265,615  195,000   415,000       8%      92%   320,000 michaelius
[3DS] Dragon Quest VII          1,088,077  1,219,463  925,000 1,850,000      79%      21% 1,091,777 Dr. Feel Good

Chris1964 is my soulmate.

 

[Oersted]

Looks like Vita had a decent week. Fanboys will celebrated it as turnaround, fanboys from "the other shore" will doubt it will last. I know, lame prediction. But I´m bored from the quality of the discussion, so...

Well, I think what many people are missing is that it's an online MMORPG, not like the previous PSortables which were local co-op games (albeit also with online multiplayer).

Presumably a lot of the advantage of playing a game like that on a portable is negated, when you have to go through servers to play with someone else you are right next to, instead of just using ad-hoc.

But who knows? I think this is somewhat uncharted territory. There have been MMORPGs on consoles, but I don't think there have been on portables.

Problem is, you can get the title for free on PCs and smartphones. Never got why this particular title is somehow celebrated as Vita saviour.

You can also get it free on Vita

Sure that. But what is more likely? People owning smartphones/PC or Vita?

 

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You can also get it free on Vita