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VicViper said:

Wii : 6 weeks
3DS : 13 weeks
DS : 4 weeks
GBA : 3 weeks
PS2 : 5 weeks
PSP : 14 weeks [edit]
GCN : 17 weeks
X360: 176 weeks

PSV : 43 weeks

That's really something... especially considering Vita launched on the holidays. Really terrible numbers, with no end in sight... only thing in sight right now is even more terrible numbers. Soul Sacrifice NEEDED to come out this holiday. Now they probably gimped the games sales and definitely gimped (or crippled) Vita's end of the year sales.

At least it beat the XBox360.

And O.O at GBA, 3 weeks? How did this system sell 'only' 82m?



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S.Peelman said:

At least it beat the XBox360.

And O.O at GBA, 3 weeks? How did this system sell 'only' 82m?


PSP and DS cut its life short. It launched in 2001, DS and PSP in 2004.



To all you negative Vita haters,

The system may have not sold well to this point, but you are all acting like, the holiday season is not the sales boost for all hardware, like it really is. The next 2/3 months are massive (bigger than the rest of the year combined) for the gaming industry, the vita is receiving games and will sell better because of it. But don't just dismiss it so easily, as i've said before, come to these "vita is dying" conclusions AFTER christmas, then you can say whatever you like about the vita



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the2real4mafol said:
To all you negative Vita haters,

The system may have not sold well to this point, but you are all acting like, the holiday season is not the sales boost for all hardware, like it really is. The next 2/3 months are massive (bigger than the rest of the year combined) for the gaming industry, the vita is receiving games and will sell better because of it. But don't just dismiss it so easily, as i've said before, come to these "vita is dying" conclusions AFTER christmas, then you can say whatever you like about the vita


This is a Vita in japan sales thread. I agree that Vita is receiving great support in the west (if it will bring sales, that's another question), but what you're saying does not apply to japan. Vita has probably one of the worst holiday japanese line-up ever, especially for a system that young and in need of a big game in the most "massive" period of the year.



the2real4mafol said:
To all you negative Vita haters,

The system may have not sold well to this point, but you are all acting like, the holiday season is not the sales boost for all hardware, like it really is. The next 2/3 months are massive (bigger than the rest of the year combined) for the gaming industry, the vita is receiving games and will sell better because of it. But don't just dismiss it so easily, as i've said before, come to these "vita is dying" conclusions AFTER christmas, then you can say whatever you like about the vita

You have seen Vita's holiday line-up in Japan, right?



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VicViper said:
the2real4mafol said:
To all you negative Vita haters,

The system may have not sold well to this point, but you are all acting like, the holiday season is not the sales boost for all hardware, like it really is. The next 2/3 months are massive (bigger than the rest of the year combined) for the gaming industry, the vita is receiving games and will sell better because of it. But don't just dismiss it so easily, as i've said before, come to these "vita is dying" conclusions AFTER christmas, then you can say whatever you like about the vita


This is a Vita in japan sales thread. I agree that Vita is receiving great support in the west (if it will bring sales, that's another question), but what you're saying does not apply to japan. Vita has probably one of the worst holiday japanese line-up ever, especially for a system that young and in need of a big game in the most "massive" period of the year.

It just seems like nearly every vita thread is negative or hating on it in some way. I'm sure sony has got something for vita in japan though, but it's probably not ready to show off yet. I don't get why sony didn't get monster hunter for vita though, after how well, they sold on PSP. That game or a final fantasy is all vita needs in Japan



Xbox Series, PS5 and Switch (+ Many Retro Consoles)

'When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the people's stick'- Mikhail Bakunin

Prediction: Switch 2 will outsell the PS5 by 2030

Pokemonbrawlvg said:
the2real4mafol said:
To all you negative Vita haters,

The system may have not sold well to this point, but you are all acting like, the holiday season is not the sales boost for all hardware, like it really is. The next 2/3 months are massive (bigger than the rest of the year combined) for the gaming industry, the vita is receiving games and will sell better because of it. But don't just dismiss it so easily, as i've said before, come to these "vita is dying" conclusions AFTER christmas, then you can say whatever you like about the vita

You have seen Vita's holiday line-up in Japan, right?

No, but my post is about Vita in general, not just Japan



Xbox Series, PS5 and Switch (+ Many Retro Consoles)

'When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the people's stick'- Mikhail Bakunin

Prediction: Switch 2 will outsell the PS5 by 2030

@ Rol & Vic

Ah, yes, sometimes I forget I didn't get the DS until it's third year. GBA's life was cut short. One has to wonder, with a system that sold so well in the beginning, where it could've end up.



VicViper said:

Vita, there's

Hope

That's like saying there is going to be rain in the coming months...



Congratz Vita you reached your first milestone.