| Vinniegambini said: True but Animal Crossing ensures that January will be Nintendo's, February will be Nintendo's with the release of Dragon Quest VII, and maybe March with Luigi's Mansion. It is not about quantity but quality ;) Sadly, the Vita will not pick up based on the established franchises of the above. Only Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy can save it from its grave. |
Yes and no. The way I see it, there are 6 'massive' franchises on handhelds in Japan:
2D Mario; Mario Kart; Pokemon; Animal Crossing; Dragon Quest & Monster Hunter.
4 of those can't leave Nintendo. The other two probably won't leave Nintendo at this point.
Does that mean that Vita can't pick up sales from where it's at now? Of course not. Like the guy above me said, I'm not talking about Vita blowing 3DS out of the water in sales. I think we're past that stage for now.
What it can do, however, is start doing better than where it is now, by picking up remnants of the Otaku fanbase who still buy the PSP. Which I think their Q1 lineup is a start towards. Like I said in my other post, I don't see Vita going up crazy amounts based upon this lineup. At least until it has a price cut (which I think will come in April), but the games should at least spike the sales up for a few weeks.
