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007BondAgent on 15 May 2013
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Sony’s financial forecasts did not paint a very promising future for the PlayStation Vita last week. The company predicted that it would sell 5 million portable platforms over the next twelve months, more or less indicating that it’s given up hope on its latest handheld. But fresh from teasing the imminent announcement of an “amazingly big title”, SCEE’s senior business development manager Shahid Kamal Ahmad has hinted that the console’s outlook may not be as dire as it seems.
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As such, Ahmad explained that the estimate may simply be a worst case scenario should none of Sony’s initiatives go to plan. “Looking back at the performance of different consoles over the course of history, sometimes you've had slow starts which have been suddenly sprung into life by a number of activities,” he said. “What you don't say ahead of time is, 'Oh this will and that will happen, and suddenly we'll have a massive spike in sales.' It's not the sort of thing that companies do."
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krafty89 on 15 May 2013

As such, Ahmad explained that the estimate may simply be a worst case scenario should none of Sony’s initiatives go to plan. “Looking back at the performance of different consoles over the course of history, sometimes you've had slow starts which have been suddenly sprung into life by a number of activities,” he said. “What you don't say ahead of time is, 'Oh this will and that will happen, and suddenly we'll have a massive spike in sales.' It's not the sort of thing that companies do."

This guy seems to seems to like the vita so at least we'll get some indie/small games coming our way, hope that "BIG" Vita game is as big as he said. Minecraft would be fine, as long as its far superior to the pocket edition.  



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Flanneryaug on 15 May 2013
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Wasn't it including PSP as well? Is 5 million really that bad between now and the end of the year?

Not just between now and he end of the year. It includes January, February and March 2014 too.



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sales2099 on 15 May 2013

Makes sense. If it does better Sony has the luxury of saying "it has surpassed our forecasts".



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badgenome on 15 May 2013

There's a "the Vita is already a worst case scenario" joke here, but I am not unimaginative enough to make it.



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Nem on 15 May 2013

That guy likes to hype the Vita and Vita owners, but i just hope he delivers. There better be some good announcements coming.



Flanneryaug on 15 May 2013
spurgeonryan said:
Flanneryaug said:
spurgeonryan said:
Wasn't it including PSP as well? Is 5 million really that bad between now and the end of the year?

Not just between now and he end of the year. It includes January, February and March 2014 too.


Well that is a little worse then. But still not too bad. What did it do last christmas? A couple million right?

I remember it selling around 200k per week last christmas, so probably around 1.5 million.



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Flanneryaug on 15 May 2013
kowenicki said:
Flanneryaug said:
spurgeonryan said:
Flanneryaug said:
spurgeonryan said:
Wasn't it including PSP as well? Is 5 million really that bad between now and the end of the year?

Not just between now and he end of the year. It includes January, February and March 2014 too.


Well that is a little worse then. But still not too bad. What did it do last christmas? A couple million right?

I remember it selling around 200k per week last christmas, so probably around 1.5 million.

???

PSV sold less than 700k from 1st Dec to end of 1st week in Jan didnt it?

I included November, since November and December are usually the holiday shopping periods.



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orniletter on 15 May 2013

I really hope that Vita ownsers keep their expectations in check for the unannounced, hyped game. Expect an announcement on the level of Rayman Legends/AssCreed: Liberation 2 and not "Th3 Phantom PAiN Is a V!Ta GAem becAuZ the GRaphics aRe w0rse than GroUnD Z3ros... B-E-L-I-E-V-E "



TruckOSaurus on 15 May 2013
krafty89 said:

As such, Ahmad explained that the estimate may simply be a worst case scenario should none of Sony’s initiatives go to plan. “Looking back at the performance of different consoles over the course of history, sometimes you've had slow starts which have been suddenly sprung into life by a number of activities,” he said. “What you don't say ahead of time is, 'Oh this will and that will happen, and suddenly we'll have a massive spike in sales.' It's not the sort of thing that companies do."

This guy seems to seems to like the vita so at least we'll get some indie/small games coming our way, hope that "BIG" Vita game is as big as he said. Minecraft would be fine, as long as its far superior to the pocket edition.  

Minecraft is a "nice-to-have" game for actual Vita owners but it's certainly not a system seller since it's available on so many platforms already.



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