Zim said:
Kresnik said:
I'm worried about the Vita. But the PS3 launched late & expensive into a market where the 360 had already taken a huge chunk of the market. And it took a couple of years, but the PS3 certainly found its footing. I'm hopeful the Vita will do exactly the same. |
I see a lot of people saying how the PS3 found it's footing (In regard to Japan) after a while. However honestly that wouldn't be enough for the Vita.
People forget that this generation in Japan all the consoles underperformed. The PS3 eventually found it's footing and managed 8 million units. It is still 4million behind the wii. Not only this but even the Wii didn't do very well compared to last gen. Compare them to the PS2 at 23.5m versus 12.5m and 8.3m respectively for wii and PS3. Even compared to the original playstation at 19.4m both underperformed.
If the vita got a similar boost as the PS3 did and say ended up around 7 million it would be a disaster for a major handheld. It doesn't need to get a PS3 style boost. It needs a much bigger boost.
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My comment wasn't directed towards Japan, unfortunately. My understanding (probably wrong) of how Japanese culture is at the minute is that they enjoy their gaming on handhelds, so I'm not surprised that the PS3 under-sold there. It found its footing elsewhere in the world (particularly Europe) is what I was going for, as well as finding its footing in the sense of 'it recovered from a horrible, horrible launch'.
I have no idea if the Vita will do okay in Japan, because all I know that could help it sell is Monster Hunter and we're not seeing that any time soon.
