Japan Sales - Media Create, Famitsu & Dengeki Week 52

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Kongfucius said:

archbrix said:

small44 said:

archbrix said:
So, in the land of the handhelds, Final Fantasy X HD debuts on the Vita and yet WiiU hardware sales edge out Vita hardware sales this week despite a healthy Vita sales bump?

What is this madness?

Because of this this games

06./03. [WIU] Wii Party U # (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) - 87.262 / 518.766 <60-80%> (-32%)
07./04. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U # (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥5.985) - 75.131 / 965.794 <80-100%> (-34%)
08./07. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) - 71.159 / 410.041 <60-80%> (-23%)

Of course, but it's not like any of those games debuted that week whereas the Vita, in a market where handhelds dominate, had a pretty popular game debut - even if it was just a remake.  

The point was not that the Vita did badly at all (in fact, quite the contrary) but that WiiU, a console that had 5k weekly sales earlier in the year, had comparable sales with a handheld that received a boost.

I think this is mainly timing imho, WiiU was still riding its pre-new year boost whereas Sony platforms tend to be bought by people for themsleves after new year rather than as gifts beforehand, so it is possible that WiiU will drop faster than Vita and be outsold when we get the figures tomorrow. Who knows though, may depend if the FFX boost wears off quickly, but given that it's supposed to be more or less sold out, that might suggest that Vita will keep doing OK for at least 1 more week

Psv could have bad sale in  January because psv don't have any game in the two first week  but February it should do ok they are many games but they are small ,march is the biggest month for PSV