Global UP! 7th July- 3DS 143k, PS3 123k, 360 88k, Vita 48k, Wii 43k

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happydolphin said:

spurgeonryan said:

small44 said:

call of dutty will make vita big for this year.

This conversation was in last weeks Global thread. I am one who says that this will not help much. But others say it will. So I guess we will just have to wait and see. According to history though, FPS sales have not been great on Handhelds. There have been some good sellers though.

Short and sweet, and reasonable. I like this post.

Small, when predicting, it's helpful to look at past performances to project. FPS' have been moderately strong on the PSP, but nothing phenomenal. For them to achieve console-like sales would be quite a feat, and definitely unexpected. The safe prediction is to say they will sell well but not be gamechangers, as was the case for the PSP. But as for any prediction, there is always room for surprise.

That's the best way to work something like this out ;)

To help, here are some FPS sales on the PSP in the past (top 15):

The big difference with the vita is the dual analogs. This may not seem like a big deal, but for an FPS it is absolutely essential (unless you connect a mouse and keyboard to the vita) and gives FPS's on the vita some... potential. Still extremely skeptical over whether CoD will do anything spectacular for Vita though, but the 2nd analog and PS3-ish quality visuals give it a decent chance! I think!