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UncleScrooge on 16 December 2011

That doesn't sound too far off actually.

It's holiday time and the next 3 weeks will be massive. Let's say they sell those 700k units in two "weeks" of sales data, like 400k / 300k they'd still need a higher shipment a week later because demand peeks the week after christmas in Japan.

Something like 400k / 300k / 350k (depending on the size of the shipment of course) sounds somewhat realistic and would amount to a massive december for japanese standards.



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Untamoi on 16 December 2011

Console launches are becoming more and more frontloaded so I wouldn't be surprised if PS Vita would sell over 600k FW and then sell less than 200k next week even with no shortages. So, biggest FW ever doesn't mean automatically mean PS Vita is a success and would beat 3DS. Heck, PSP had huge launch in Japan (200k HW sold first day) and DS had very slow start and it didn't much in the long run.



Munkeh111 on 16 December 2011
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
if Vita does more than 600k first week in Japan, I'll be really, really surprised

and the reason is, apart from 3DS strong competition, it doesn't really have any megaton game yet that is going to attract Japanese, now if it makes these numbers without a big game, imagine with FF for example what it can do


I was thinking that too, you would have thought Sony would have got Squeenix to make SOMETHING to keep the buyers happy, though I suppose FF X HD has been announced for Vita, as well as one or two other ones, though not with the FF name



Tridrakious on 17 December 2011
Munkeh111 said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
if Vita does more than 600k first week in Japan, I'll be really, really surprised

and the reason is, apart from 3DS strong competition, it doesn't really have any megaton game yet that is going to attract Japanese, now if it makes these numbers without a big game, imagine with FF for example what it can do


I was thinking that too, you would have thought Sony would have got Squeenix to make SOMETHING to keep the buyers happy, though I suppose FF X HD has been announced for Vita, as well as one or two other ones, though not with the FF name


Lord of the Apocalypse is a launch title, but it is also on the PSP. So eh. But there are over 20 games launching during the launch week. I feel Square-Enix will support the Vita much quicker than they did with the PSP however, so there will be much more in the way of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts titles for the system.

I wonder ifthe 3DS' Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be brought to the Vita?



Munkeh111 on 17 December 2011
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
if Vita does more than 600k first week in Japan, I'll be really, really surprised

and the reason is, apart from 3DS strong competition, it doesn't really have any megaton game yet that is going to attract Japanese, now if it makes these numbers without a big game, imagine with FF for example what it can do


I was thinking that too, you would have thought Sony would have got Squeenix to make SOMETHING to keep the buyers happy, though I suppose FF X HD has been announced for Vita, as well as one or two other ones, though not with the FF name


Lord of the Apocalypse is a launch title, but it is also on the PSP. So eh. But there are over 20 games launching during the launch week. I feel Square-Enix will support the Vita much quicker than they did with the PSP however, so there will be much more in the way of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts titles for the system.

I wonder ifthe 3DS' Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be brought to the Vita?

That would be good, though I would expect that FF Type 1 will come to Vita once they are done with the Western launch, or something like Crisis Core (one of the best games on PSP imo)



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MontanaHatchet on 17 December 2011

It won't be a good sign if Sony isn't able to sell a lot of software with the Vita early on. Their main problem in the 7th generation (with both the PSP and the PS3's first couple years) was the inability to move games. While the 3DS struggled at first, it had some big launch games (such as Layton) and certainly hasn't struggled to push its biggest titles. Hopefully a title likes Hot Shots Golf has consistent sales and can keep a presence on the Japanese charts going into 2012.



 

 

Tridrakious on 17 December 2011
Munkeh111 said:
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
if Vita does more than 600k first week in Japan, I'll be really, really surprised

and the reason is, apart from 3DS strong competition, it doesn't really have any megaton game yet that is going to attract Japanese, now if it makes these numbers without a big game, imagine with FF for example what it can do


I was thinking that too, you would have thought Sony would have got Squeenix to make SOMETHING to keep the buyers happy, though I suppose FF X HD has been announced for Vita, as well as one or two other ones, though not with the FF name


Lord of the Apocalypse is a launch title, but it is also on the PSP. So eh. But there are over 20 games launching during the launch week. I feel Square-Enix will support the Vita much quicker than they did with the PSP however, so there will be much more in the way of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts titles for the system.

I wonder ifthe 3DS' Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be brought to the Vita?

That would be good, though I would expect that FF Type 1 will come to Vita once they are done with the Western launch, or something like Crisis Core (one of the best games on PSP imo)

Yes, Square-Enix needs to bring more content to the Vita much sooner than they did with the PSP. I believe Crisis Core was their first game on PSP and it was two or three years into the life of the system.



Munkeh111 on 17 December 2011
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
if Vita does more than 600k first week in Japan, I'll be really, really surprised

and the reason is, apart from 3DS strong competition, it doesn't really have any megaton game yet that is going to attract Japanese, now if it makes these numbers without a big game, imagine with FF for example what it can do


I was thinking that too, you would have thought Sony would have got Squeenix to make SOMETHING to keep the buyers happy, though I suppose FF X HD has been announced for Vita, as well as one or two other ones, though not with the FF name


Lord of the Apocalypse is a launch title, but it is also on the PSP. So eh. But there are over 20 games launching during the launch week. I feel Square-Enix will support the Vita much quicker than they did with the PSP however, so there will be much more in the way of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts titles for the system.

I wonder ifthe 3DS' Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be brought to the Vita?

That would be good, though I would expect that FF Type 1 will come to Vita once they are done with the Western launch, or something like Crisis Core (one of the best games on PSP imo)

Yes, Square-Enix needs to bring more content to the Vita much sooner than they did with the PSP. I believe Crisis Core was their first game on PSP and it was two or three years into the life of the system.

But since then, Squeenix have done a great job supporting the system



Tridrakious on 17 December 2011
Munkeh111 said:
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
if Vita does more than 600k first week in Japan, I'll be really, really surprised

and the reason is, apart from 3DS strong competition, it doesn't really have any megaton game yet that is going to attract Japanese, now if it makes these numbers without a big game, imagine with FF for example what it can do


I was thinking that too, you would have thought Sony would have got Squeenix to make SOMETHING to keep the buyers happy, though I suppose FF X HD has been announced for Vita, as well as one or two other ones, though not with the FF name


Lord of the Apocalypse is a launch title, but it is also on the PSP. So eh. But there are over 20 games launching during the launch week. I feel Square-Enix will support the Vita much quicker than they did with the PSP however, so there will be much more in the way of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts titles for the system.

I wonder ifthe 3DS' Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be brought to the Vita?

That would be good, though I would expect that FF Type 1 will come to Vita once they are done with the Western launch, or something like Crisis Core (one of the best games on PSP imo)

Yes, Square-Enix needs to bring more content to the Vita much sooner than they did with the PSP. I believe Crisis Core was their first game on PSP and it was two or three years into the life of the system.

But since then, Squeenix have done a great job supporting the system

True, but the system was dead outside of Japan by the time they jumped on. The Vita has to push software to keep the major developers and publishers on board the entire way through its lifecycle.



Munkeh111 on 17 December 2011
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
Tridrakious said:
Munkeh111 said:
dark_gh0st_b0y said:
if Vita does more than 600k first week in Japan, I'll be really, really surprised

and the reason is, apart from 3DS strong competition, it doesn't really have any megaton game yet that is going to attract Japanese, now if it makes these numbers without a big game, imagine with FF for example what it can do


I was thinking that too, you would have thought Sony would have got Squeenix to make SOMETHING to keep the buyers happy, though I suppose FF X HD has been announced for Vita, as well as one or two other ones, though not with the FF name


Lord of the Apocalypse is a launch title, but it is also on the PSP. So eh. But there are over 20 games launching during the launch week. I feel Square-Enix will support the Vita much quicker than they did with the PSP however, so there will be much more in the way of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts titles for the system.

I wonder ifthe 3DS' Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will be brought to the Vita?

That would be good, though I would expect that FF Type 1 will come to Vita once they are done with the Western launch, or something like Crisis Core (one of the best games on PSP imo)

Yes, Square-Enix needs to bring more content to the Vita much sooner than they did with the PSP. I believe Crisis Core was their first game on PSP and it was two or three years into the life of the system.

But since then, Squeenix have done a great job supporting the system

True, but the system was dead outside of Japan by the time they jumped on. The Vita has to push software to keep the major developers and publishers on board the entire way through its lifecycle.

Yeah, and as such, Squeenix were the only the publisher to properly support the hardware

Vita really does need to expand this, but make sure it doesn't leave behind Japan, as that is still an important market