Kinda. First they said there wouldn't be a sequel because of the high development costs of the game.

Then they rectified (claiming misunderstading/mistranslation) saying that they expected the game to be Vita's best selling game of the year. Before this week's numbers I really thought it would still be! But the drop was immense. Checking the series history, that's normal... so maybe the devs expected that before most did.

For comparison, the DS NSMB was past 4 million after its first holiday (7 - 8 months of sales), and NSMB Wii did 3m in ONLY 7 weeks (It was a holiday launch though). I hope NSMBU turns out really good because while I'm having a blast with this game (Coin Rush is addicting XD), I think that 2D Mario really needs to change and evolve to attract more consumers especially with much stronger competition than the past.

Gothcha, That unfortunate for them hopefully they at least made profit on the game. But yeah the drop in both Vita hardware and Hatsune software was immense.I can see why they won't make a sequel

Don't get me wrong. I expected it to fall a lot. But just like Persona bent the JRPG legs (or lack of legs) rule, I expected the same here.

I called Persona Vita's little Mario Kart... the must buy game for the system, for the lack of others. And it fullfilled that title - I think this will be the first top 50 it won't show up since its release.

Hatsune Miku apparently won't be elevated to that place, and now it'll most likely fall quickly.

Oh my, that is a big Vita drop!

I don't see Turkish or others this time, how odd ;)

Still, everything is pretty bad.

The developers never said that.

First he said this: http://kotaku.com/5940917/hatsune-miku-boosts-vita-sales-but-she-may-not-be-back-for-an-encore

Naka no Hito also stated: “The sales numbers are out… At this rate, the chances of [Project Diva] f2 are looking tight, ’cause we spent too much on the development costs of f…”

Then he complemented with this

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/05/a-closer-look-at-hatsune-miku-project-diva-f-sales/

 He later added: “Mm, it seems like some people have gotten the wrong idea, but
we’re still doing our best to sell our product! Our target is to be the best-selling game on the Vita in 2012.”

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It's not going to be the best selling Vita game in 2012. Well... probably

Unless we get some new holiday release dates soon, Persona 4.

Persona left the top 30 with 194k. But since then had awesome legs in the top 50 (where sales are not published). It'still there actually

We'll see how they will clash at the end of the year annual sales charts. But I highly doubt Hatsune Miku will beat persona.

Can you think of anything? There are still a few weeks before the TGS and a possible release date or two, but nothing with a release date stands out at the moment.