3DS vs PSV 2012 Edition: 3DS 30m or PSV 5m? (Oct 6th: Vita > 3m!)

[Conegamer]

JayWood2010 said:
This is sad. We are predicting 3DS to sell 10.8 Million before the PSV a brand new product can sell 2.8 million. Sadly it's true that they may happen. What happened to all the die hard sony fans saying how the Vita was going to be way better then the 3DS. Once again Sony is just showing that they can't make handheld games where Nintendo makes great handheld games. Having the best hardware isn't going to do much in the the handheld market because games like Golden Abyss, CoD, and Assassin's Creed can all be replicated on consoles but better. Nintendo on the other hand has games like Mario, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Professor Layton, etc that all fit great on handhelds.

Now let's look at the what each game will probably sell like.

Vita has games coming like Playstation allstars, Cod, Assassin's Creed, and Little Big Planet. I for one know that I'm not buying a Vita for any of those games as I can already get them on Ps360. The only one that in my opinion fits on a handheld is Little Big Planet. Oh and maybe Tearaway.

Now for the 3DS. Holiday lineup would be Luigi's Mansion, Animal Crossing, Professor Layton, Monster Hunters 4, Pokemon B/W 2, and it just released New Super Mario Bros 2. It also has a good library already and as we all know these games will all have strong legs like Mario Kart 7. Mario 3D Land, Kid Icarus, Kingdom Heart: Dream Drop Distance, Nintendogs + Cats, Zelda: Oracle of Time. When you look at all these games you can see why parents will buy the 3DS during the holidays.

Do not think I hate the Vita, but I do personally find it funny how there was so much trash talked rior of the Vita's release and now we are predicting the 3DS to sell 30 million before the vita can even reach 5.

Very nice, and reasonable, response. It is a very sad situation, and this thread merely highlights the issue the Vita faces.

However, as with most here, the Vita has only shipped 2.2mil, therefore, sold systems are likely closer to 2mil. If you say that, you could predict that the Vita will be selling as low as 20-25k at some point this year. And if you look at the holiday sales for Japan during the LAUNCH of the PSV, you'd have to say it'd be lucky to hit current 3DS sales (I'd expect 300k a week for Vita, max, WW). So...around 4.4mil for Vita, and 29.4mil for 3DS, come year's end.

Obviously the 3DS will hit its target in the thread first.