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PS Vita will outsell Wii U lifetime

Yes. 148 20.19%
 
Maybe. 56 7.64%
 
I don't know. 22 3.00%
 
No. 467 63.71%
 
It will be a draw. 13 1.77%
 
I want to see the results. 26 3.55%
 
Total:732
riderz13371 on 02 February 2013
Flanneryaug said:

I doubt it. Sony doesnt seem to care about saving the Vita anymore. They will probably focus on the PS4, and slowly let the Vita die.

LOL of course they care. Stop spewing bullshit. They're not just going to give up on it. 



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curl-6 on 02 February 2013
Soriku said:
curl-6 said:

Can you really see Capcom, the guys who ported RE4 to every system under the sun, MH3 Portable to the PS3, and MH3G to Wii U, passing up the chance to grab ome extra sales with a cheap and easy port of MH4 to Vita?


Not to worry, MH4 will get a port to Wii U. The RE4 example isn't relevant. Hell, speaking of RE they don't even want to port RE: Revelations to Vita. MHP3 PSP --> PS3 and MH3G 3DS --> Wii U are on the same line of systems (ie. Sony for MHP and Nintendo for MH3G). There's a portable version and a console "HD" version. They haven't done handheld --> handheld MH ports and I don't see the benefit to porting it to the Vita. People who want a handheld MH are going to buy it on the 3DS. A Wii U verson would be much more beneficial and appeal to those who would rather play it on a console.

Surely there are some PSP owners who passed on the 3DS and went straight to the Vita as it was the direct successor to their console, and Capcom would know this.



tbone51 on 02 February 2013
curl-6 said:
Conegamer said:
curl-6 said:
Conegamer said:
curl-6 said:
If the rumored MH4 port comes to Vita, and I think there's a good chance it will, the Vita very well might outsell Wii U lifetime. Look what MH did for the PSP.

Difference is it won't have that exclusivity. Will you go out and spend $300 for the PSVita version, or just $50 for the 3DS version? 


Didn't some notable multiplat between the two last year sell significantly more on Vita despite the lower install base?

I don't recall, bar maybe Rayman Origins (though this isn't a fair comparison as the 3DS version was awful and it was already on most systems). 

I'm not saying it won't sell well; I'm just saying the effect of a MH4 wouldn't have anywhere near the same effect as it did for the PSP, and it certainly wouldn't save the Vita in Japan when it's up against the 3DS.

Nah, it was some Japanese game I'm not familiar with, I remember it being held up  proof that the Vita could compete in third party sales.

 

tbone51 said:

your correct on the fact vita will get one also (mh4) but you have to see that since its not a simultaneous release, it'll hurt it later on! Lets say MH4 will have 4mil Sales if it came out for both handhelds. 3DS would have 2.8mil of it and vita have 1.2mil by years end, since its only coming to 3DS instead of 2.8mil now it'll get lots of wat vita would have so lets say 3.5mil! Nw Vita gets theres in spring 2014. They wont have that potential 1.5-2mil sales but instead 750k-1mil cuz of time exclusive

 


And if it IS a simultaneous release?

 

 

 

MonstaMack said:

If Vita outsells Wii U I think the world would implode. Imagine two falcon punches colliding. 

 

That made my day, thanks! XD

 



if it were a simultaneous release Vita would do alot better, MH4 is gonna be big no doubt and Vita can take away sales from 3DS and will kick hardware sales nicely in japan. If it was Vita only i say Vita units would be pretty f***ing good for months. I dont kno why Sony never clung to its pokemon counter-part, but now 3DS with an amazing year plus Sony most $$$ portable maker, it doesn't look good imo



tbone51 on 02 February 2013
riderz13371 said:
Flanneryaug said:

I doubt it. Sony doesnt seem to care about saving the Vita anymore. They will probably focus on the PS4, and slowly let the Vita die.

LOL of course they care. Stop spewing bullshit. They're not just going to give up on it. 



All thy need is GTA and games such as GoW, Uncharted,etc thats strictly exclusive meaning NO PS3 CROSS! Whats killing them is why buy a vita game if you can buy it on ps3! Thats wat people have in their heads! Also make new ips like gravity rush that scream Vita only!



Flanneryaug on 02 February 2013
riderz13371 said:
Flanneryaug said:

I doubt it. Sony doesnt seem to care about saving the Vita anymore. They will probably focus on the PS4, and slowly let the Vita die.

LOL of course they care. Stop spewing bullshit. They're not just going to give up on it. 

If they care why have they not cut the price of it after a year of poor sales. Why did they allow some of their biggest games to be made by a terrible developer. Why are they not releasing any major first party games until 8 months from now?



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gatito on 02 February 2013

This has to be a joke. An offensive one; PSV was lucky to outsell N-Gage.



Sensei on 02 February 2013
Flanneryaug said:
riderz13371 said:
Flanneryaug said:

I doubt it. Sony doesnt seem to care about saving the Vita anymore. They will probably focus on the PS4, and slowly let the Vita die.

LOL of course they care. Stop spewing bullshit. They're not just going to give up on it. 

If they care why have they not cut the price of it after a year of poor sales. Why did they allow some of their biggest games to be made by a terrible developer. Why are they not releasing any major first party games until 8 months from now?

On price cut: probably can't afford to take loss on hardware. Better sell less and profit, than sell lots and lose money. They're probably waiting to actually afford a price cut and sell hardware at a profit still.

On allowing studios to do Vita games of big IPs: Sony can't guess it. They have to try; and make sure Vita development does not hurt PS3 and PS4 games. It's the logical thing to do: keep main teams on consoles, branch off handheld versions to other studios and hope they are good.

As for the games, I know they are coming I just don't have a schedule around...

But Sony is in NO WAY letting the Vita die. They just won't. If PlayStation Plus is a sign, look at how much Vita content they are putting on PS Plus.



aikohualda on 02 February 2013
Maver said:
Trying to justify a purchase are you.

omg that is FUNNY



 

curl-6 on 02 February 2013
tbone51 said:
curl-6 said:

And if it IS a simultaneous release?

 



if it were a simultaneous release Vita would do alot better, MH4 is gonna be big no doubt and Vita can take away sales from 3DS and will kick hardware sales nicely in japan. If it was Vita only i say Vita units would be pretty f***ing good for months. I dont kno why Sony never clung to its pokemon counter-part, but now 3DS with an amazing year plus Sony most $$$ portable maker, it doesn't look good imo

Is a simultaneous release really impossible though? There's still time for a late announcement.

 

Soriku said:
curl-6 said:

Surely there are some PSP owners who passed on the 3DS and went straight to the Vita as it was the direct successor to their console, and Capcom would know this.


Probably very few. Many people have still stuck with their PSP and Vita only has around 1.2 mil sold. Each week there are very few Vita games that chart on Media Create/Famitsu so it's not like Vita owners buy that much SW in Japan anyway. On the other hand there are over 10 million 3DSs in Japan sold. Anyone who wants it is going to buy it on 3DS. There's no reason to wait for a Vita version.

Capcom have a habit of porting even when there's not a huge market; MH Frontier on 360 comes to mind. Some sales are better than none. I guess the 7th gen taught me to never assume a third party game will stay exclusive as long as there's another platform with viable hardware.



Chevinator123 on 02 February 2013

Maybe, it all depends on the PS4/720. We need to wait and see on what they do to the Wii-U