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[outlawauron]

noname2200 said:

outlawauron said:

noname2200 said:

Nem said:

The 3DS has decent 3rd party support in Japan, but the Vita, like the PSP before it sees better sales on 3rd party software ( i believe this is because Sony isnt as strong as Nintendo as a first party).

I would like to see some suport for this statement.

There's not a ton since there are few 3DS/Vita games, but every 3DS/Vita game I know of has sold better on Vita (Conception II and Exerstra). Also, from reports from publishers saying that Vita games exceeded their expectations + all of the new game announcements (of which is heavily in Vita's favor).

Another reason for this perception is that the Vita version of PS3/Vita games sell very well and generally on par with the console version (see FFX HD, Dragon's Crown)

While not without value, limiting the analysis strictly to the small handful of games which appear on both platforms strikes me as an incomplete way to view the issue at best. I mean, per this site, the best selling Vita game, first or third party, is under 400k in Japan. No other game has sold more than 270k, and the tenth-best selling title (which is first party) sits at a meager 130k. There are 73 3DS games that have sold more than the #10 Vita seller. I find it extremely difficult to look at this data and conclude that "the Vita, like the PSP before it sees better sales on 3rd party software."

How else would you compare? Monster Hunter tips the scale heavily for 3DS, but that's is more of an outlier as a main MH sells well on all platforms. The biggest selling games on 3DS all come from huge franchises that the Vita does not have (Dragon Quest, Puzzles and Dragons, and MH). It's the cream of the crop so to speak. Once you get past that, the two systems are pretty equaliavent on 3rd party Japanese sales.

This stigma exists because the number of announcements + the fact that there are several small/mid level games that have done very well on Vita. The fact that the Vita userbase is 1/7th of the 3DS makes people more surpised at God Eater, Miku, and Senran Kagura.