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Will 3DS have the only million sellers in japan?

Yes 30 69.77%
 
No 13 30.23%
 
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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 28 September 2013
the_dengle said:
enditall727 said:
FF14 PS4 and Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4

Now you all understand what Nintendo did to Sony when they took its only pillar away from Vita(Monster Hunter). Nintendo has left the Vita crippled and floundering helplessly

In Japan, of course.

I know this thread is about Japan, but I have to ask... what can (or theoretically should have) propel the Vita to success in the West? Because it has Uncharted, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, LittleBigPlanet, FIFA, Need for Speed -- all very popular series in the West, most of them brand new titles and not just ports -- and it recently received a price cut. Yet still it is consistently selling less on a weekly basis in America and Europe than the 3DS sold even before its price cut, when its most noteworthy title was a remake of Ocarina of Time.

So maybe what I'm asking is, if taking Monster Hunter crippled the Vita in Japan, what move did Nintendo (or Sony) make that crippled the Vita elsewhere? Why has it failed to recapture the PSP audience in North America and Europe?

Those types of games never really sold the PSP



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Lawlight on 28 September 2013

You so weird Japan.



Player2 on 28 September 2013
the_dengle said:
enditall727 said:
FF14 PS4 and Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4

Now you all understand what Nintendo did to Sony when they took its only pillar away from Vita(Monster Hunter). Nintendo has left the Vita crippled and floundering helplessly

In Japan, of course.

I know this thread is about Japan, but I have to ask... what can (or theoretically should have) propel the Vita to success in the West? Because it has Uncharted, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, LittleBigPlanet, FIFA, Need for Speed -- all very popular series in the West, most of them brand new titles and not just ports -- and it recently received a price cut. Yet still it is consistently selling less on a weekly basis in America and Europe than the 3DS sold even before its price cut, when its most noteworthy title was a remake of Ocarina of Time.

So maybe what I'm asking is, if taking Monster Hunter crippled the Vita in Japan, what move did Nintendo (or Sony) make that crippled the Vita elsewhere? Why has it failed to recapture the PSP audience in North America and Europe?

No GTA, PSP games ported to home consoles (some PSP owners didn't like that they bought a system to play a game that ended being ported to a home console they already own), some of its games are inferior versions of their home console counterparts, brand damage (Playstation isn't what it used to be in 2005), third parties prefer mobiles, Sony not willing to put their best teams to make PSV games, PSP piracy and its consequences...



lilianjie on 28 September 2013

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the_dengle on 28 September 2013
Dr.EisDrachenJaeger said:
the_dengle said:
enditall727 said:
FF14 PS4 and Kingdom Hearts 3 PS4

Now you all understand what Nintendo did to Sony when they took its only pillar away from Vita(Monster Hunter). Nintendo has left the Vita crippled and floundering helplessly

In Japan, of course.

I know this thread is about Japan, but I have to ask... what can (or theoretically should have) propel the Vita to success in the West? Because it has Uncharted, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, LittleBigPlanet, FIFA, Need for Speed -- all very popular series in the West, most of them brand new titles and not just ports -- and it recently received a price cut. Yet still it is consistently selling less on a weekly basis in America and Europe than the 3DS sold even before its price cut, when its most noteworthy title was a remake of Ocarina of Time.

So maybe what I'm asking is, if taking Monster Hunter crippled the Vita in Japan, what move did Nintendo (or Sony) make that crippled the Vita elsewhere? Why has it failed to recapture the PSP audience in North America and Europe?

Those types of games never really sold the PSP

Well what games did? At a glance, it looks like the system's bestselling games in North America were GTA, Daxter, and some racing games, including NFS. The Vita has a NFS and Jak & Daxter collection, so all it's missing there is GTA. It has Ratchet & Clank as well, and God of War is coming (1 & 2 collection), other top-selling representatives on PSP. Will GOW do it? I have a hard time believing GTA is the one and only game that could propel the Vita to PSP numbers, since the three GTA games on PSP sold a combined ~9.5 million units between NA and Europe compared to the ~45 million hardware sales in those regions. Liberty City Stories was really the only one with impressive sales.

Is GTA really the make-or-break franchise for Sony's handhelds in the West? And Monster Hunter in Japan? If the Vita got GTA: Los Santos Stories, would that do the trick?



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ryuzaki57 on 28 September 2013

Very likely. Lightning Returns, Monster Hunter FG and God Eater 2 may be big but the million seems quite out of reach.



 

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tbone51 on 28 September 2013

ryuzaki57 said:
Very likely. Lightning Returns, Monster Hunter FG and God Eater 2 may be big but the million seems quite out of reach.



lighting returns maybe, GE2 has a good chance if it were exclusive, no way MHFG will make it. Its the worse MH, nobody excited for it, and besides its a 2014 release (vita)



Kresnik on 28 September 2013

lilianjie said:
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ryuzaki57 on 28 September 2013
tbone51 said:

lighting returns maybe, GE2 has a good chance if it were exclusive, no way MHFG will make it. Its the worse MH, nobody excited for it, and besides its a 2014 release (vita)

No, Lightning Returns definitely appeal to a narrower audience than other FFs. Even matching FFXIII-2 will be difficult. GE2 is only 500-600kish across PSP and Vita.

For MHFG I was talking about the PS3 version (releases 11/20). MH3rd HD topped 300k back then and let's not forget that Playstation players are hungry for MH since Nintendo had kept it for themselves for 2 years. 300-400k is certainly not out of the question, with 200-300k more next year on Vita.

But again I do expect 3DS to be the only system with million-sellers this year in Japan.



 

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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 28 September 2013

Its a subscription service.

Shit if Dragon Quest cant get it how the fuck is MH gonna do it? Please, enlighten me. Lol