spurgeonryan said:
Why do people expect so much from systems just out of the gate?
It basically says that Vita is doing alright. Not great, but not bad either.
Unless, I missed something. |
Vita might do well in the long run, in fact i think it will. But in the first three months (which is what he was talking about) i can't see it.
The Japanese numbers are horrible right now. People can try and look at it how they choose but in it's 2nd week, the busiest time of the year if demand was high they would be sold out. They had only sold 50% of the first shipment in the first week.
Vita will sell loads in the US. Because it is a lot cheaper then everywhere else. To offset this the console is higher in price everywhere else. For example in the UK it is 40% more expensive then in the US. People in the UK are not stupid, they are not fanboys to any console. They don't care which country makes it. But what they do care about is price. At £230+ £40 for the memory card i can't see that flying off the shelves at all.
So IF everything stays as it is then it will do well in US but bomb everywhere else. The question is then will the US sales be enough to beat 3ds worldwide sales? Unlikely.
