So.....I noticed Vita numbers are not that good this week. Can we talk about it now? (update because of Media Create numbers)

[thekitchensink]

cyberninja45 said:

thekitchensink said:
I have three thoughts here:

1. Having Monster Hunter 3G release the same week as the Vita was a devious, DEVIOUS move by Nintendo and Capcom. That game is likely to have made a fair few people choose a 3DS that week when they may have chosen a Vita, which obviously impacts Vita's software sales.

2. Digital download games are going to be a gigantic part of Vita--every single retail game is also going to be downloadable. They are heavily pushing this functionality, and so I wouldn't be surprised if 30% to 50% of sales for the average game were from downloadable sales.

3. Unlike the 3DS launch software sales, this is not due to an absence of good games. Hot Shots Golf and Uncharted, just to name two, are hugely popular series' that do well in both sides of the ocean. Something else is going on here.

If that percentage start climbing too high retailers will start to get pissed.

I agree, though as long as retailers sell a reasonable amount of software I don't see them refusing to sell the Vita.  Actually, that's probably why Sony hasn't gone down to cut-throat prices on downloadable games--if you could get Uncharted for $20 downloadable instead of $50 at a store, it would kill retail sales to the point whre NONE of them would sell the system.