Well, we've heard about how the only games that sell on Nintendo systems are Nintendo games and how the only games that sell on Sony systems are Sony games. Let's do a comparison to see how well 3rd party games have actually fared on each platform.
Data is as of November 17th.
3DS: 54.26 million software sales from 198 titles, of which 30.64 million are Nintendo software, from 27 titles. Total 3rd party sales: 23.62 million spread over 171 titles, for about 0.14 million sales per game.
Vita: 6.88 million software sales from 68 titles, of which 2.43 million are Sony software, from 13 titles. Total 3rd party sales: 4.45 million spread over 55 titles, for an average of about 0.08 million sales per game.
3rd Party 3DS Games with > 0.25 million sales (Millions)
1. Monster Hunter 3G - 1.60
2. Kingdom Hearts 3D - 0.95
3. Dragon Quest Monsters 3D - 0.91
4. Super Street FIghter 4 3D Edition - 0.86
5. Lego Star Wars 3 - 0.65
6. Resident Evil: Revelations - 0.63
7. Sonic Generations - 0.59
8. Rayman 3D - 0.52
9. Inazuma Eleven Go! - 0.47
10. Ridge Racer 3D - 0.43
11. Super Monkey Ball 3D - 0.40
12. Tales of the Abyss - 0.39
13. Skylanders - 0.37
14. Lego Pirates of the Carribean - 0.36
15. Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D - 0.35
16. Samurai Warriors Chronicles - 0.34
17. Asphalt 3D - 0.31
18. Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D - 0.31
19. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy - 0.31
20. The Sims 3 - 0.30
21. Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D - 0.30
22. Cooking Mama 4 - 0.30
23. One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP - 0.29
24. Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars - 0.28
25. Raving Rabbids Travel in Time 3D - 0.27
26. Fifa Soccer 12 - 0.27
27. Taiko no Tatsujin - 0.26
28. Bravely Default - 0.26
3rd Party Vita Games with > 0.25 million sales (Millions)
1. Fifa Soccer - 0.37
Any thoughts?
