Vita to be the best-selling handheld in Japan in 2014 ?

[Aielyn]

SnowPrince said:

Aielyn said:

I do think Vita will do better in 2014 than 2013. But I see nothing releasing for the system that would come even close to driving sales of the system as high as 4 million units. And the 3DS isn't anywhere near saturation - the Gameboy and the DS each sold around 33 million in Japan, and the PSP sold about 20 million. If 3DS sales are down YOY, it's because, of the top seven 3DS titles in Japan, five were released in 2011 or 2012, and 15 out of the top 20 were released in 2011 or 2012. Meanwhile, we don't know all that much about the 3DS's 2014 lineup, so predicting its performance is difficult... but I don't see it dropping below about 3.5 million, a number that I can't see PSV achieving, given the aforementioned comments on its known lineup.

So unless there's some major unannounced PSV titles that will sell hugely in Japan, I just don't see it being the best-selling handheld for 2014.

I wasn't following Console sales before, but how did PSP manage to sell those 20M ? and why can't vita do samen when 3DS is going on the same pace as DS ?

In its strongest year, the PSP sold 3.8 million units in Japan. It has been able to sell nearly 20 million because it's been out for 10 years - It's easy to see that the average is less than 2 million a year. And the PSP sold a lot better in its first three years than the PS Vita has - by the end of 2006, the PSP had sold 4.5 million units in Japan. You're suggesting that the PS Vita will sell as well in 2014 as the PSP was able to sell in its first three years combined, more than the PSP was able to sell in any one year in Japan, and almost twice as many units as the system was able to sell worldwide this year, based on a set of franchises that haven't really sold very well and Monster Hunter... which would be a great system-seller, if it wasn't a game already out on four other platforms while the new mainline MH titles are on 3DS.