thekitchensink said:
MontanaHatchet 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. |
I disagree. The 3DS launched with Layton and Nintendogs, which I would argue are much bigger in Japan than HSG and Uncharted (respectively). Hot Shots Golf is a popular series in Japan, but it's hardly a system seller. And Uncharted is a shooter. Combine that with (as you mentioned) the launch of Monster Hunter on the 3DS on the same week, and it just wasn't a fair battle.
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Fair point, as usual sir! It's worth noting, though, that even though shooters aren't big over there, Uncharted is still one of the more popular ones. Those were just two examples, you could also count stuff like Marvel vs Capcom and a few others. You're right, though, I forgot the 3DS had somewhat better launch titles in Japan than over here. I'm still waiting for my Layton goodness :( .
Also another point to take into consideration: The Vita has launched with more games than most other systems do. Assuming the average person buys just one game with their system, initial sales would have been spread out more evenly among them and thus lowered the possible sales for any individual game.
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That's a bad sign. A western game was the 2nd best-selling game for Vita on launch! Its not like the sales numbers were high either.
What is Sony thinking? If you want to Vita to succeed you need some AAA Japanese games.
