Train wreck said:
Vinniegambini said:
Kresnik said:
kowenicki said:
viscious circle.
No buyers, no content
no content, no buyers.
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Vita has more retail titles announced for Q1 in Japan (19) than 3DS has (5). So if the vicious circle is happening, it hasn't started quite yet.
It helps, however, that the 3DS' lineup includes 3 huge Japanese franchises (Dragon Quest; Dragon Ball; Super Robot Wars), with the big daddy on the horizon (Monster Hunter).
Vita sales will pick up in Japan. Particular from the week starting February 28th to the end of March, imo. How high they'll get is another story. If Persona 4 can spike it up to 35k and Miku can spike it up to 55k then I'm sure we'll be seeing some higher weeks.
Nothing will be sustained until a price cut though. The sooner the better, particularly for Japan.
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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.
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Hopefully the vita does not get final fantasy or kingdom hearts, two series that are front loaded and on declines. And Animal Crossing and Dragon Quest VII does not prevent the Vita from having 100k weeks, which is the center point of the conservation (not Nintendo winning months). The main issues with vita have been content and price, if Sony can address those (its trying to address one now and promises action on its price from last year) then 100k average weeks should not be hard to do.
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We are saying the exact same thing. The Vita saddly does not have the array of titles needed to move hardware. Software (content) sells the hardware - Nintendo has the content. Even if Sony indeed slashes the price point of the Vita, it will not be suficient and in my opinion, even if they do, it will not move 100k without that 'AAA' title and the only strong foothold franchises left for Japanese audiences are Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, regardless of your stance.
