There will be 2 games worth noting, I think, in the following 2 months... Little Busters and Ciel no Surge, and I don't know if any of those could raise Vita more than 3k, to be honest. 5k max, imo. But there's a good chance something huge is announced in Captivate next month that would really help sales (you-know-what)

It's Negative Nancy Time!

Something most of those 3DS games have in common? Either they sold less than expected (Hatsune Miku and MGS3), or they have double digit percentage drops. The 3DS still only seems to have the same three big sellers. It's doing fine for now, but I wonder what will happen when we go for a few weeks with no big hits.

Fighting Games are a dying breed in Japan. That much is obvious. The only fighters that did very well these past few years were crossover things like Jump Super Stars and Smash Bros.

Girl's RPG kind of bombed.

Honestly, only two platforms are not embarassing themselves at this point. You have to give the PSP a break, since it's been replaced, and at least the Wii is getting a successor this year. The Vita? Poor thing was named ironically. Even if it's reach stability, 10,000 a week is nothing to write home about.

I wonder if the 8th generation in Japan will only have one notable console and handheld each. The market doesn't seem big enough for much more than that. If anything, Nintendo has the upper hand. The 3DS is currently in the lead of course. If the Wii U is only somewhat more powerful than the current gen systems, then development costs won't rise too much, giving Japanese-oriented games a chance to still make profits.

Last year the 3DS got One Piece, Resident Evil, Zelda, tales and other games that opened at 40-50k+ with some different colors. During July it shot up to around 35-45k/ week average which is actually a decent number. But these games were appearing on COMG preorder site. Problem is appearing for the PSV, and even if something does, I don't think there will be a 100k seller for weeks... 3rd party party developers are holding back, and I think like the 3DS, it's in desperate need for a pricecut

http://www.amazon.co.jp/The-Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-%E3%80%90CERO%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%80%8CZ%E3%80%8D%E3%80%91/product-reviews/B005OOY2TW/ref=sr_1_2_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

I mean....

Surprised Hatsune Miku didn't pass 100k, it looked like a guaranty.

Everything else looks about as expected, wonder if One Piece will be able to leg past 1M in Japan.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/The-Elder-Scrolls-Skyrim-%E3%80%90CERO%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%80%8CZ%E3%80%8D%E3%80%91/dp/B005OHHNG8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1331802326&sr=8-4

so what ?

PS3 scores are so low because of the save game file size issue and not because it's a western game.

3DS almost 7x Vita

But my theory is that PS2s bought are because they are now marketed as "PS3 backwards compatibility accessory" since PS3 cant directly play PS2 games :P

Front page has been updated and shows Vita under 10k....who's right?

Numbers in front page are from last week. Still, difference is not that big. MC had PSV with 10.023 units last week.

I agree that the difference is not that large on paper. But people seem to put a lot of weight into that "10,000 or less" threshold.