Poor Vita. It doesn't really deserve this. I mean, SCEA deserve it for their absolutely abysmal handling of the device, but I wish it'd do a little better than this just because it's an awesome machine.
But then again, I do kind of understand it. A Sony handheld is never going to sell as much as a Nintendo handheld. If 3DS + 2DS for $99 + recently released Pokemon + Zelda does 770k, even if SCEA threw every franchise they had at it at once I doubt they'd get even half those numbers. So probably isn't worth the investment.
Tearaway is the biggest tragedy though. A beautiful, creative masterpiece going completely ignored. Oh well.
And to bring even more doom into my post: I'm glad those Wii-U numbers aren't as bad as Patcher was predicting, but they're ~ 16k better than Vita's first NPD, and look where that is now. While I'm sure Wii-U won't reach these lows next year, if not only because of Smash Bros., it's becoming increasingly apparent that the machine is going to be irrelevant without something drastic - and I'm not sure it can even be saved by something miraculous now.
Existing User Log In
New User Registration
Register for a free account to gain full access to the VGChartz Network and join our thriving community.
