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Justagamer on 07 February 2014
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pezus said:
Justagamer said:
pezus said:

You seem to be missing the point. Nobody is saying Vita is doing amazingly well and 3DS horribly. What the percentages do tell us is that Vita is improving and 3DS is falling fast. Usually when a console starts falling that fast there is no turning back so expect 3DS to be down YOY every year from now on. Vita on the other hand will very likely be up YOY this year, which is a positive sign for its longevity and game support in Japan.

Bold: Yeah, I'll remember that when Vita starts outselling 3DS on a regular basis in Japan. I give it a year or two. Vita and WiiU are barely comparable in Japan, because Vita's baseline is almost 200% higher. One has pretty damn good game support from Japanese devs while the other has practically none.

You're only looking at the now, while I (along with others) am looking at the trend and the future based on that trend.

You remember that, so will I. The vita will not outsell the 3ds in two years. After that? What's it matter? That's like bragging about running ten miles, in an hour, but saying you've got some kind of victory because you ran  three miles in 4 hours.... Oh you were able to run longer? So what, the race ended hours ago.... After 5-6 years of the 3ds being #1, and it's replacement coming, who cares if the vita is still running in a race it lost years ago? You'll still be talking about  percentages, when the only one that matters is, the vita lost 100%. By the time the next Nintendo portable comes out, maybe the vita will still be out, but, at that point who cares? The psp is still out too, it didn't win anything either.... Keep grasping those straws..... And this is just an observation but, here goes. Unless you live in Japan and are going to be enjoying those Japan only games, what's the benefit for you? Besides it  helping an argument for those most would describe a fanboy( not you specifically)?  I would love to see some awesome games come to the vita, I own one, but the reality is, it's DEAD. Here, there, everywhere. Being a hyperbolic fan is never going to change that. And as far as games go between the wiiu and vita, yeah bud, neither one has any, but the wiiu has two big ones coming that are bigger than all the Indy and second rate games coming to the vita combined, worldwide. No need to be so defensive over Sony tho, they have the #1 console, so just stick to bragging about that! The vita just makes you seem desperate.....  Celebrate the actual victories, pezus, don't try to fabricate them....

How about responding to my arguments for once instead of going on an almost off-topic rant? 

I'll respond to your only point here: "The vita will not outsell the 3ds in two years." - How about supporting that with something other than going off on a rant about how Vita is dead, when it's obviously NOT, as evident by its sales increasing. Call it a zombie if you want, but dead it is not. I'll tell you why it matters if Vita will last longer than 3DS: It would get more game support for longer, just like PSP vs. DS. 

I'll also tell you why it matters to me: 1) Because Japanese games actually release quite often in the West. I know, that's a shocker. 2) Because we're in a Japan sales thread. I wonder why you're here since you only care about the console at the top and all below that top spot are supposedly dead.


Yeah the psp was dominating, with mediocre sales, over a system that was replaced. The vita, was also being outsold by the psp, I'm sure Sony loved that. And unless you live in Japan, you're not getting hardly any games, just like were not here in the us. Hell, it's not getting hardly anuthing in Japan either, except b titles and ports and Indi titles. That's why in every top 20-30 there's 2-5 vita games vs 9-15 or more 3ds games.

So, my point is, just incase you still don't get it, is the vita will not outsell the 3ds until it gets replaced by its successor. So, while nintendos next handheld will be kicking the ass of Sonys vita and it's successor(if there is one),you will be clinging to straws, bragging about how the vita is winning a race already lost, to a handheld replaced.

And you say the vita is on the rise in japan? Sure it's up a bit, but has also been consistently dropping to the low 20,000's... Not up. You talk about its legs? It'll need em just to sell 20 million. If the wiiu is dead selling around 10,000 a week, in the land of handhelds, how in the hell is 20,000 some resounding come back? It's not. That's just hyperbolic talk by you. Japan is all about handhelds, and the vita is barely selling more than the old ps3, and also dead wiiu.

i responded to all of your points, you choose to not read them. Off topic rant? Lol, sure, when everything I said was about the vita and it's sales in Japan.... Ok, if you say so. I'm sorry if you didn't like it. You always seem to be more than happy to rub it in x1 fans faces about the ps4 doing much better than the x1, why can't you handle it when I simply make an argument about the 3ds's dominance? This is a sales site, and it goes both ways. Good day, sir.