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But exactly HOW bad? Lets say in comparison to the GCN, is it selling even worse than that?



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Max King of the Wild said:
Vita is meeting expectation? Not a flop confirmed!

He said its not meeting expecations. He's not dancing around the subject, he pretty much admitted isn't not selling well. 
Give him credit for that. 



Otakumegane said:
I have a question, see I'm quite new here but are the Vita sales actually THAT bad? I do admit that I had no idea of what a Vita even was until I started lurking this site though.

The Vita looks like a great system and I do have a couple of friends that have one, but I don't see how it can be classified as a "flop" so early on.

You just contradicted youself. You say you didn't know what a Vita was, but that your friends have one?

It's not at "flop" levels just yet. It is however at very poor sales. You can't call something a flop until you get is lifetime sales. Or at the very least wait 2-3 more years and see where its at. I would have thought people would have learned by now not to count something out based on how PS3 turned things around and how its now the best selling console.



aikohualda said:
WAIT... what????
They are expecting vita to sell this much??????? low end of expectation... i wonder what is their bracket of expectation then...
wow if they really expect their product to sell 3.5m for the whole year they need to replace some heads here...

They probably are smart and had a range of sales. 4-8m or something.



VGKing said:
Otakumegane said:
I have a question, see I'm quite new here but are the Vita sales actually THAT bad? I do admit that I had no idea of what a Vita even was until I started lurking this site though.

The Vita looks like a great system and I do have a couple of friends that have one, but I don't see how it can be classified as a "flop" so early on.

You just contradicted youself. You say you didn't know what a Vita was, but that your friends have one?

It's not at "flop" levels just yet. It is however at very poor sales. You can't call something a flop until you get is lifetime sales. Or at the very least wait 2-3 more years and see where its at. I would have thought people would have learned by now not to count something out based on how PS3 turned things around and how its now the best selling console.


Well NOW they have one, just not a couple months back when I 1st heard about on this site (Think it was like August or something). The 1st time my friends got one was on Black Friday.



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No but seriously, In all honesty how bad is it actually doing? I know there's hope for future growth but compared to other consoles in their 1st year?



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Otakumegane said:
VGKing said:
Otakumegane said:
I have a question, see I'm quite new here but are the Vita sales actually THAT bad? I do admit that I had no idea of what a Vita even was until I started lurking this site though.

The Vita looks like a great system and I do have a couple of friends that have one, but I don't see how it can be classified as a "flop" so early on.

You just contradicted youself. You say you didn't know what a Vita was, but that your friends have one?

It's not at "flop" levels just yet. It is however at very poor sales. You can't call something a flop until you get is lifetime sales. Or at the very least wait 2-3 more years and see where its at. I would have thought people would have learned by now not to count something out based on how PS3 turned things around and how its now the best selling console.


Well NOW they have one, just not a couple months back when I 1st heard about on this site (Think it was like August or something). The 1st time my friends got one was on Black Friday.

Well then you must be new to gaming in general to not have heard about Vita since it was announced way back in January 2011.



Otakumegane said:
No but seriously, In all honesty how bad is it actually doing? I know there's hope for future growth but compared to other consoles in their 1st year?

It'll be fine. That's all you have to worry about. Don't let poor sales prevent you from buying it. 



I think Kaz Hirai is what the company needs as a CEO, He will admit when theres a problem then act on it. He will turn Sony around.



 

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Otakumegane said:
No but seriously, In all honesty how bad is it actually doing? I know there's hope for future growth but compared to other consoles in their 1st year?

It's doing worse than the dreamcast. No matter how you put it, it's a travesty for Sony :(