ktay95 on 15 January 2014
| Kresnik said: Vita had some horrible weeks in early Q1 last year. Think on Demon Gaze/Monster Monpiece week it was like 9k and it was hovering around that throughout January & February. As long as it finds a better baseline than that, things will be good. It'll obviously get much less of a March boost than last year because basically everything the system is getting is a sequel or a port (Phantasy Star Online 2 Episode 2; Hatsune Miku 2; Soul Sacrifice Delta; Samurai Warriors 4; Hyperdimension Neptunia 2 etc.) But if it's got a better baseline, that should make up for it. Also, Sword Art Online is a bit of a wild card in April, so it might even things out. It's the latter part of the year Sony need to nail. Good Phantasy Star Nova release date with LE bundle & price cut if needed. Should keep the system up YoY. Hopefully some other game announcements to go with it and a decent advertising push for Freedom Wars. |
Baseline should definitely be a lot better now, much stronger schedule but as you said theres a lot of sequels. Sony need to push Freedom Wars as much as they can, it can definitely move units and become a franchise. It even has the potential for a future manga/anime spin off further pushing the series popularity. As for SAO that really depends on the series popularity when it launches. SAO on PSP launched when it was popular I believe but was terrible game so it had 0 legs. SAO on Vita will probs launch at a weaker time in the series (Thanks Attack on Titan) but if they make a good game Im sure it can sell quite well.
