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Forums - Sales Discussion - Japan sales: Famitsu & Media create - Week 9 ( Feb 25 - Mar 3 )

MDMAlliance on 06 March 2013
Soriku said:
Deyon said:
morenoingrato said:

Vita did really well this week. Why do you want to destroy that success by saying such nonsense?

It's only considered nonsense by those who fear it might happen.

The Vita can outsell the 3DS this month. Soul Sacrifice can be a mega hit in Japan and the Vita will outsell it if that happens.


Vita couldn't even outsell 3DS this week, you expect one new IP to help it not only maintain sales, but actually increase it week by week (ie. 70k+ each week) to consistently outsell 3DS?


I facepalmed at Deyon's comment because I saw the same thing happening.  Also, this month is NOT a dry month for the 3DS, much like how February mostly just had DQ7 in Japan, which nearly doubled sales.  However, I try to avoid commenting to and/or about Deyon because I actually got a warning for one of them.



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ethomaz on 06 March 2013

Heavenly_King said:

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan president Hiroshi Kawano has said during a One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 presentation in Japan today that PlayStation Vita sales in the country have increased about four times the amount of units the platform was moving two weeks prior—before the system’s February 28 price drop. 

source: http://gematsu.com/2013/03/sony-japan-president-ps-vita-sales-have-increased-four-fold

lol that is no near what the Kawana said in Japanese... this transalation seems ambiguous.

Are you really using sentences in non-native language to show tho me what the guy said? lol lol lol... please get a dic and transalate what it said first... I think even you can make a better translation.

Here the source of your link: http://remoon.blog15.fc2.com/blog-entry-24611.html

And the source of the source: http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20130304_590334.html?ref=twitter

If you didn't believe in me... maybe the gaf.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=49075224&postcount=1901

2週間と比較するとPS Vita本体の売上が4倍程度になったことをSCEJ河野プレジデントが明かしました。

The SCEJ President, Mr. Kano stated that the Vita's sales were about four times higher than the previous two week period, prior to the price cut.

If it was just the sales two weeks ago, not for the previous two week period, I would expect 2週間前 instead of just 2週間 there. However, I could very well be over thinking it. He says 'compared to the two week period prior to the cut' quite clearly.

Undertood the difference now?



NintendoPie on 06 March 2013
Deyon said:

It's only considered nonsense by those who fear it might happen.

The Vita can outsell the 3DS this month. Soul Sacrifice can be a mega hit in Japan and the Vita will outsell it if that happens.

One game will not completely save the Vita in Japan. (Or anywhere, for that matter.)



Deyon on 06 March 2013
NintendoPie said:
Deyon said:

It's only considered nonsense by those who fear it might happen.

The Vita can outsell the 3DS this month. Soul Sacrifice can be a mega hit in Japan and the Vita will outsell it if that happens.

One game will not completely save the Vita in Japan. (Or anywhere, for that matter.)

Nope. This week one small game called Marvelous AQL saved the Vita and made it sell 60k, Imagine if Soul Sacrifice does MH numbers. it will indeed save it.

The Price cut will help it a lot.



Heavenly_King on 06 March 2013
ethomaz said:

Heavenly_King said:

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan president Hiroshi Kawano has said during a One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 presentation in Japan today that PlayStation Vita sales in the country have increased about four times the amount of units the platform was moving two weeks prior—before the system’s February 28 price drop. 

source: http://gematsu.com/2013/03/sony-japan-president-ps-vita-sales-have-increased-four-fold

lol that is no near what the Kawana said in Japanese... this transalation seems ambiguous.

Are you really using sentences in non-native language to show tho me what the guy said? lol lol lol... please get a dic and transalate what it said first... I think even you can make a better translation.

Here the source of your link: http://remoon.blog15.fc2.com/blog-entry-24611.html

And the source of the source: http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20130304_590334.html?ref=twitter

If you didn't believe in me... maybe the gaf.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=49075224&postcount=1901

2週間と比較するとPS Vita本体の売上が4倍程度になったことをSCEJ河野プレジデントが明かしました。

The SCEJ President, Mr. Kano stated that the Vita's sales were about four times higher than the previous two week period, prior to the price cut.

If it was just the sales two weeks ago, not for the previous two week period, I would expect 2週間前 instead of just 2週間 there. However, I could very well be over thinking it. He says 'compared to the two week period prior to the cut' quite clearly.

Undertood the difference now?

Well, I dont understand japanese.  So, by default, I guess you are right.



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the_dengle on 06 March 2013
BasilZero said:
the_dengle said:
People who think the Vita is going to be back down to 10-15k within weeks are kidding themselves.

Not singling anybody out, because people who think it's going to stay above 50k are kidding themselves as well. 20-40k is a comfortable range to expect.


It would be funny and sad if those people were right though.

It wouldn't be as funny for me because then I'd feel like a right fool for saying that.

But it would be pretty sad alright.



NintendoPie on 06 March 2013
Deyon said:


Nope. This week one small game called Marvelous AQL saved the Vita and made it sell 60k, Imagine if Soul Sacrifice does MH numbers. it will indeed save it.

The Price cut will help it a lot.

Didn't the price-cut already happen? Isn't that what's propelling these sales?



Deyon on 06 March 2013
NintendoPie said:

Didn't the price-cut already happen? Isn't that what's propelling these sales?

Ok.....I know. the price cut will help the vita all year not just this week.



NintendoPie on 06 March 2013
Deyon said:
NintendoPie said:

Didn't the price-cut already happen? Isn't that what's propelling these sales?

Ok.....I know. the price cut will help the vita all year not just this week.

Why did you say that Marvelous AQL made the Vita sell like this?

It was obviously the price-cut.



Deyon on 06 March 2013
NintendoPie said:
Deyon said:

Ok.....I know. the price cut will help the vita all year not just this week.

Why did you say that Marvelous AQL made the Vita sell like this?

It was obviously the price-cut.

Marvelous AQL helped a lot and so did the price cut. Without the game the Vita would've sold less than that.