So Vita just launched

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NintendoPie on 22 February 2012

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I heard it BOMBED so hard that the United States Department of Homeland Security filled it as a high-level terrorist threat.

LOL! Perfect Jay. XD

OT: I heard no fuss or any talk about it at school. That isn't a very good sign.

According to your profile you're 13 years old. So, middle school?
Not exactly the demographic Sony is targeting with the Vita.

Well then Sony is doing bad marketing. That is one of the largest gaming age sectors out there.

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Chark on 22 February 2012

I got my Vita at Walmart due to a 10% discount I get thanks to someone I know. They only had 4 launch bundles in the case...and no one else showed up to buy one but me. I'm not sure if my area cares too much, or if Walmart is really where people would want to go for it. I'm assuming most people pre ordered, but I didn't want to pay for shipping. Despite that I spent some time close by on near and it looks like there are quite of few people in the area.

Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

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Metrium on 22 February 2012

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Just why do people excpect this do do 500k+ numbers? We are in THE LOWEST SELLING point of year (january-april) which is right after hoiday season. The bigest (and IMO probably the only) mistake that Sony made with Vita is launchig it RIGHT AFTER holiday season. Its the worst possible tim to release new hardware

I read somewhere that Sony wanted the western launch to be at the same time as the japanese launch but because of the big tsunami in japan they were set back.

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Vita is expected to bomb hard in Australia, so hopefully we get our first decent bundle come this weekend. Not a single retailer had a bundle worth giving a f*** about and you were better off importing. Went to several stores throughout these last few days to check out deals and barely anyone preordered the thing, unsurprisingly when it's selling at $350AUD. Our retailers really need to wake up.

Actually Vita sold out in AUS.

The Wi-fi model sold out at GAME because they were offering Ridge Racer for free. I don't know which Australia you're living in where it sold out but DSE, Harvey Norman Norman and EB Games still have it very much so in stock. And a lot of it.

Even if it did sell out everywhere, you're forgetting that many stores are not even stocking Vita's, and furthermore the 3G model was withdrawn from sale at JB.

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When will VGC put their sales preview on the website ?

Did anyone went to midnight openings?

Are you really in college? Because you grammar ain't very good.

maybe because im not English -.-

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Icyedge on 23 February 2012

Maybe they didnt have a lot to begin with but its sold out pretty much everywhere here in Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. I was out to pick up Tales of the Abyss, which was sold out at my usual localy own store, where Vita was sold out too. Then I go to Ebgames where I was able to pick up Tales of the abyss, and the guy told me that out of the 3 ebgames shop in my town, there was only 1 Vita left. He told me that future shop was sold out too, but he didnt knew about Wal-mart. He also told me that we was unable to restock for now. That being said, we also need to keep in perspective that QC, Canada, is more Sony friendly then Microsoft friendly.

Edit: 300K population here

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NotStan on 23 February 2012

No one I actually know got one, or even heard of it. Mentioned in passing a few times, I dropped a comment like "Oh hey guys, Vita launched yesterday" all I got was "it's that PSP2 isn't it?", didn't really go further than that in conversations.

But then again, most of the time personal experience =/= actual happenings, it may have sold out or not, haven't been game shop in a while.

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