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How many vita games do you have in your library?

0-10 184 31.51%
 
11-20 109 18.66%
 
21-30 69 11.82%
 
30+ 215 36.82%
 
Total:577
Kresnik said:
badgenome said:

Considering how much difficulty they have tracking hardware I don't have any faith in VGC's software numbers. When a game doesn't sell many copies to begin with it's very easy to wind up overtracking it by an order of magnitude if you just assume that it moves a few hundred or thousand copies per week as VGC is wont to do. It drives me up the wall to see people arguing that such and such a game (lately Bayonetta 2 and, of all things, Wonderful 101) didn't flop by pointing to VGC numbers, but aside from the fact that shitting on the numbers too much has been discouraged by mods, it feels weird to even try to argue the point since, well, we're posting on VGC.


I'm of the same mindset.  When it gets to long-term sales of games, VGC starts getting hopelessly lost assuming titles keep selling rather consistently over time.  It's bizarre.

Games do sell consistently over time. It just is dependent on stock to be reshipped. W101 likely hasn't had a new copy printed in 12 months. It should be double digits to selling nothing very soon.



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outlawauron said:

Games do sell consistently over time. It just is dependent on stock to be reshipped. W101 likely hasn't had a new copy printed in 12 months. It should be double digits to selling nothing very soon.

Yes, they probably do, but except for huge hits it stops at some point, like once retailers do a clearance sale and stop stocking the game or when all the copies are gone and the publisher decides not to print another run. But VGChartz assumes about 100 new copies sold per week in the US for any old game, including those that have gone out of print years ago like Afrika or Cross Edge. And since both of those games go for ~$200 sealed nowadays, I really doubt they're actually seeing copies of those moved anywhere. So when they do see a game shift a copy or two, it seems like they say, "Oh, it must have sold 500 that week, then." I don't know how to otherwise explain how out of whack some of these games' sales get over time.



It's official, we have our 4th million seller game:

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70952/littlebigplanet-ps-vita/

:D



Veknoid_Outcast said:

Anyone have any experience with Tales of Hearts R? It's on sale at GameStop and I'm strongly considering snatching it up. How does it play?

D: you missed my banter with Badgenome.  I actually really like the game.  If you like anime, and if you like JRPGs, then you'll like it.  It plays pretty much like a button masher.  If I'm remembering Grandia 2 well enough, it plays similar to that. 



darkknightkryta said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

Anyone have any experience with Tales of Hearts R? It's on sale at GameStop and I'm strongly considering snatching it up. How does it play?

D: you missed my banter with Badgenome.  I actually really like the game.  If you like anime, and if you like JRPGs, then you'll like it.  It plays pretty much like a button masher.  If I'm remembering Grandia 2 well enough, it plays similar to that. 

Thanks!

It should arrive in a few days. I'll report back on my first impressions.



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outlawauron said:
FiveOVER said:
Whoa, I can't believe I did it. I chipped off my remaining 400000 sentence in freedom wars in a single night. I had to abuse the appearance of the propa and did retributions continuously.

Please do explain this.

 

Also, just picked up Hearts R for $30. Quite happy.

Hey, we're twins :)



outlawauron said:
FiveOVER said:
Whoa, I can't believe I did it. I chipped off my remaining 400000 sentence in freedom wars in a single night. I had to abuse the appearance of the propa and did retributions continuously.

Please do explain this.

 

When you enter the online lobby, a propa thingy will appear right beside the zakka clerk. You can purchase a ticket for 2000 EP each which will grant you a random special operation. This includes retribution missions. Getting retributions through this way is a lot faster and I was able to reduce my sentence really quickly. I also equipped augmentations contribution booster, and contribution + to nearly double the sentence reduction.

It just appeared yesterday and I'm not sure if it's permanent. 



My sig =D



ktay95 said:
My sig =D


Nanako-chan is so cute!! 

Oh and nice job for P4G!! I believe when Atlus announced the game had shipped 700k VGC had it at ~500k at retail. So there's a good chance that it has shipped 1 million with digital!



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Veknoid_Outcast said:
outlawauron said:
FiveOVER said:
Whoa, I can't believe I did it. I chipped off my remaining 400000 sentence in freedom wars in a single night. I had to abuse the appearance of the propa and did retributions continuously.

Please do explain this.

 

Also, just picked up Hearts R for $30. Quite happy.

Hey, we're twins :)

and



"We'll toss the dice however they fall,
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
Then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
To dance with Jak o' the Shadows."

Check out MyAnimeList and my Game Collection. Owner of the 5 millionth post.