| Justagamer said: 9 of the top 20 are 3ds, and 12 of the top 30 are 3ds, 2 of the top 20 are vita, 4 of the top 30 are vita, the 3ds is still, at it worst, outselling the vita by almost 2-1, vita at it best. People here saying the 3ds is tanking, and vita is doing very well... Vita sells more 3rd party games, how? It's still being blown away by 3ds, the 3ds has almost 50% of the top 20 and 30, while the vita stumbles in with 2-3 here and there? What are some of you people on, seriously?! That's like trying to say the wiiu is doing great in America, because it's selling 20,000 a week! C'mon, let's keep it real, for real! |
It's simply a matter of perception. If you look at the market this time last year, 3DS was selling 9x what Vita was selling. Fast forward to now, and 3DS is selling 1.7x what Vita is selling.
3DS has undoubtedly been the dominant force in Japanese gaming since the end of 2011. It's a handheld in the land of handhelds. It has had pretty much every single Nintendo franchise which moves hardware. It has the two biggest third-party IP's in Japan locked down in Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest. Objectively, it has so much going for it in this region.
Comparatively, Vita has never been a force to be reckoned with in Japan. Aside from being a handheld in the land of handhelds, it has had a small number of relatively-niche first party games (since Sony doesn't own any IP's which do well in Japan aside from Gran Turismo). The biggest games on the console have been God Eater (a multi-plat with PSP); Persona 4 (a remake of a PS2 game); Toukiden (a multi-plat with PSP); Final Fantasy X HD (a remake of a PS2 game) & Hatsune Miku (a multi-plat with PS3).
Vita isn't doing well, and 3DS isn't doing poorly. But to see Vita be so "relatively" close to 3DS in sales, especially if you were watching Media Create this time last year, is a sight to behold. Things could be so much better for it, but considering you couldn't escape the "Vita is dead" posts last year, it's not quite the trainwreck it was anymore and looks like it will be able to maintain a healthy level of sales for the foreseeable future.
