Vita selling out in Japan

[Train wreck]

pezus said:

Train wreck said:

The week before the 3DS price cut, sales hit an all time low of 3900 on a userbase of 1.3m. Sales jumped to 206k the next week for a 5100% increase (which is a factor of 51).

The vita ended its week prior at 11k on a userbase of 1.2m and if the same 51 factor was applied it would be 550k units. Of course it wont be that high but the factor of about 500% (50k units) that people are using seems low, but we'll find out soon enough!

The 3DS price cut was much bigger though (>30% vs. 20% for Vita) and some stores apparently already dropped the price last week. I would say a 500% increase would be pretty great, considering these factors, and that Vita is at a point where it's been undesirable for a long time, with a stronger and much more popular competitor (while 3DS had none).

True.  Maybe im looking at this from a volume standpoint. You have two different models with three different colors plus a new silver color on sale the same day all one unified price.  the 3G model will have inherent value since the price drop for that is very significant (-50%) and is most likely the one that is in greater supply.  Unless stock for all models and all colors was very very low, jumping over a 500% gain should not be difficult.  Hopefully i'm right but the Japanese market can be tricky to predict sometimes.