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First reaction to Vita sales?

Yikes! 87 20.91%
 
Terrible! 28 6.73%
 
Awful! 23 5.53%
 
Dead! 113 27.16%
 
Poor Vita... 79 18.99%
 
Nice sales! 72 17.31%
 
Other 14 3.37%
 
Total:416
amp316 on 14 November 2012
sales2099 said:
Conegamer said:
sales2099 said:
Somehow I doubt ACL and COD are gonna help this holiday.......

The initial sales reaction to ACL was not great (biggest increase %wise but not sales-wise), and the early reviews for COD Vita seems to present a dim picture.

Perhaps Persona 4:Golden has a chance? But I doubt it somehow...

I knew that, it was veiled sarcasm on my part

This entire thread is not-so-veiled sarcasm.



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Conegamer on 14 November 2012
sales2099 said:
Conegamer said:
sales2099 said:
Somehow I doubt ACL and COD are gonna help this holiday.......

The initial sales reaction to ACL was not great (biggest increase %wise but not sales-wise), and the early reviews for COD Vita seems to present a dim picture.

Perhaps Persona 4:Golden has a chance? But I doubt it somehow...

I knew that, it was veiled sarcasm on my part

Yeah, but the purpose of the thread was to present a relatively sarcastic response to the sales.

EDIT**

Damn, beaten again! I should really just focus on one comment at a time...



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

naruball on 14 November 2012
Kynes said:
The problem Sony has is that with those sales, no mentally sane developer would invest on a Vita AAA exclusive game. This time they don't have a twin console that could make it viable in the long term.

Yeah, not really. A couple of months ago a Japanese game sold best on Vita (beat psp and 3DS). Persona 4 Golden did amazing as well. I have no doubt that a monster hunter game on the vita would sell extremely well, even better than on the 3ds.



Kynes on 14 November 2012
naruball said:
Kynes said:
The problem Sony has is that with those sales, no mentally sane developer would invest on a Vita AAA exclusive game. This time they don't have a twin console that could make it viable in the long term.

Yeah, not really. A couple of months ago a Japanese game sold best on Vita (beat psp and 3DS). Persona 4 Golden did amazing as well. I have no doubt that a monster hunter game on the vita would sell extremely well, even better than on the 3ds.


Why would you do it, when you could sell more and at the same time, it would be cheaper to develop for the 3DS? I keep hearing that mythical monster hunter game for the Vita. At least for now it's 2 MH games for 3DS, 0 for Vita. It seems Capcom think they will make more money on the 3DS.



Conegamer on 14 November 2012
naruball said:
Kynes said:
The problem Sony has is that with those sales, no mentally sane developer would invest on a Vita AAA exclusive game. This time they don't have a twin console that could make it viable in the long term.

Yeah, not really. A couple of months ago a Japanese game sold best on Vita (beat psp and 3DS). Persona 4 Golden did amazing as well. I have no doubt that a monster hunter game on the vita would sell extremely well, even better than on the 3ds.

The issue is; if you don't have this title in development, or if it is in the early stages of development, then why risk releasing the title on the PSV as opposed to the 3DS when there's such a large sales gap?

They'll always be anomolies, yes. But you'd have to be pretty gutsy to take the plunge on the Vita and the Vita alone with no backup plan. And if they do create a backup plan in the 3DS, then you've sort of defeated the whole concept in the first place.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

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naruball on 14 November 2012
Conegamer said:
naruball said:
Yes, this definitely deserved a thread.

I don't know about you, but 2 rivalling devices with one being outsold ~45:1 is certainly not a good sign, and is certainly something that should be highlighted. I can't recall a time in the past where such a thing has happened.


Should we have had a thread for every week the ps3 beat the wii or the 360? It's well known that both the 360 and the wii are doing terrible in Japan. Pointing that out is stating the obvious. Same with vita and 3ds. If it was actually close, then yes, maybe there would be something to talk about. As it is now, it's just bragging.



Conegamer on 14 November 2012
naruball said:
Conegamer said:
naruball said:
Yes, this definitely deserved a thread.

I don't know about you, but 2 rivalling devices with one being outsold ~45:1 is certainly not a good sign, and is certainly something that should be highlighted. I can't recall a time in the past where such a thing has happened.


Should we have had a thread for every week the ps3 beat the wii or the 360? It's well known that both the 360 and the wii are doing terrible in Japan. Pointing that out is stating the obvious. Same with vita and 3ds. If it was actually close, then yes, maybe there would be something to talk about. As it is now, it's just bragging.

No, if it was close there would be something to talk about because it exists outside of what we have (assumed to be) the norm. This sales gap is also not the norm.

It's not 'bragging', it's just pointing out something which is unusual; and just how bad a state the Vita is in for people who didn't know. 



 

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Kynes on 14 November 2012
spurgeonryan said:
So this is basically what is being discussed in the sales thread? O_o

The only reason this has happened is because of Animal Crossing. Next week it will not be as much.


It will be back to only 10-20 : 1



naruball on 14 November 2012
Kynes said:
naruball said:
Kynes said:
The problem Sony has is that with those sales, no mentally sane developer would invest on a Vita AAA exclusive game. This time they don't have a twin console that could make it viable in the long term.

Yeah, not really. A couple of months ago a Japanese game sold best on Vita (beat psp and 3DS). Persona 4 Golden did amazing as well. I have no doubt that a monster hunter game on the vita would sell extremely well, even better than on the 3ds.


Why would you do it, when you could sell more and at the same time, it would be cheaper to develop for the 3DS? I keep hearing that mythical monster hunter game for the Vita. At least for now it's 2 MH games for 3DS, 0 for Vita. It seems Capcom think they will make more money on the 3DS.


How can you be certain that it would sell more on 3ds? Like I said, that Japanese game was released on vita, psp and 3ds and despite the vita's tiny install base, it outsold the 3ds and psp versions. Though I do agree with your argument that it would be cheaper to develop for the 3ds.



Conegamer on 14 November 2012
spurgeonryan said:
So this is basically what is being discussed in the sales thread? O_o

The only reason this has happened is because of Animal Crossing. Next week it will not be as much.

I created the thread so the Japan Up thread wouldn't just be swamped with people commenting on the sales gap yet again. 

And it will go down, yes. But it'll likely still be around 15:1-25:1, depending on how well the new colours do.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.