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Acevil on 21 December 2011
man-bear-pig said:
My prediction was 331k, but im going to wait until vgchartz numbers before i say i was wrong ;)


You weren't wrong, taking into account 10% chance of error, you are dead on. 



 

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M.U.G.E.N on 21 December 2011
kowenicki said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
miz1q2w3e said:
So the 500k sellouts + 200k extra was a lie?


sony never said it..nor did a reputable news source..just a rumor by one retailer who heard someone else say it..you get the drill


correct, sony only went so far... no mention of numbers.  The selling out of pre-orders means nothing, becasue pre-orders are always limited.

Sony Corp. (6758), the world’s second- largest video-game console maker, said it sold out the new PlayStation Vita portable player in pre-ordering in Japan.

“There were lines to make reservations for the machine at retailers,” Andrew House, chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, told reporters in Tokyo today. He declined to provide the number of orders.

 

what that has to do with our conversation? or is it a little rant on the side just for the heck of it or is there some sort of point you are trying bring across?



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BanTiger on 21 December 2011

its not first week its first 2 days ppl .........read properly



yo_john117 on 21 December 2011
BanTiger said:
its not first week its first 2 days ppl .........read properly

It may be first 2 days of sale but it also equals first week.



M.U.G.E.N on 21 December 2011
kowenicki said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
kowenicki said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
miz1q2w3e said:
So the 500k sellouts + 200k extra was a lie?


sony never said it..nor did a reputable news source..just a rumor by one retailer who heard someone else say it..you get the drill


correct, sony only went so far... no mention of numbers.  The selling out of pre-orders means nothing, becasue pre-orders are always limited.

Sony Corp. (6758), the world’s second- largest video-game console maker, said it sold out the new PlayStation Vita portable player in pre-ordering in Japan.

“There were lines to make reservations for the machine at retailers,” Andrew House, chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, told reporters in Tokyo today. He declined to provide the number of orders.

 

what that has to do with our conversation? or is it a little rant on the side just for the heck of it or is there some sort of point you are trying bring across?

wtf are you talking about... I was backing you up!

jesus christ.


I'm not trying to get on your case or anything, just trying to clarify. guess it was a misunderstanding on my behalf then, my apologies



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theprof00 on 21 December 2011

I'm going to venture a guess and say initial shipment was 300k, and they shipped another 200k to equal 500k.
I'm also going to venture that 300k of these were 3g versions, and 200k were wifi, and the wifi was what was all sold out at launch.



megaman79 on 21 December 2011
Seece said:
Tridrakious said:
What is this site going to do about tracking digital sales. Vita is the first system to launch with a store that sells all retail releases in digital form and have an infinite number of PSN exclusive titles.

With Sony making a bigger effort to bring all of the retail PS3 games to the PSN and the 360 having its catalog of 360 retail releases on their Marketplace, how will this site keep up.

The only ones who will have the numbers will be Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. We'd only have reports at the quarter briefings.

Nothing? We don't track digital sales of other games, even ones we can track. But unless Sony ect reveal those digital figures I don't know what you expect.

It will be a hard thing to track. Even if NPD follow through on their promise, its ultimately going to be relying on the disclosure of the console manufacturers (who frankly have every self interest to not disclose every detail).



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VXIII on 21 December 2011
BasilZero said:
Cant see much of the usage for the 3G model other than non-gaming purposes o.o.

Is there a specific option or type of game style for certain games on the Vita? Or is it just for multimedia purposes?

Playing multiplayer on the go, some reports mentioned that the 3G works very well for online  gaming , too lazy to look for them :p



Acevil on 21 December 2011
VXIII said:
BasilZero said:
Cant see much of the usage for the 3G model other than non-gaming purposes o.o.

Is there a specific option or type of game style for certain games on the Vita? Or is it just for multimedia purposes?

Playing multiplayer on the go, some reports mentioned that the 3G works very well for online  gaming , too lazy to look for them :p


It really depends on the 3G network. However I think in the long run 3G model most likely isn't the best investment, and it would be better to either wait for the awesome 4G model (It most likely will come out) or get the Wifi Model. 



 

arcane_chaos on 21 December 2011

yay! PSV is DOMED!!! let the bandwagon commence!!!

relax people, many people thought the 3DS was gonna have a rough time and look at the year it's had, besides the PSV is only out in japan, we still have to see how it will do the NA and EU to really see if Sony is in a dire situation.

as for the 3DS beating PSV's launch week, though it is a little unexpected, the 3DS has three killer titles out right now; MK7, super mario 3d land, and MH, these games are HUGE in japan and was probably a deal breaker for people deciding what to get.(along with the 3DS being the cheaper of the two)