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Good one, Spurge. Home consoles aren't doing too well in Japan this generation, while the 3DS is going to outsell the Vita with ease!



                
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Meret said:
No, No and NO. lol With Yokai Watch 2, Monster Hunter, Pokemon, Smash, etc coming there's no way Sony will dominate.

Freedom Wars gonna drop hard next week aftrer release. Yokai Watch 2 will destroy in the beginnig of july.


Yes Meret, Freedom Wars is the only Vita title that is in development. And Japan is not the best example of system fatigue. We all seen it with the PSP, the same will be with the Vita. After the 3DS stumbles the Vita will take its place as the developers favorite system

 

OT: it could happen. That is if the WiiU is not discontinued by then and we reach generation "9".



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KLXVER said:
3DS is not struggeling...

It's not "struggling" but its sales have dropped pretty hard this year in Japan (and WW). It's down from 1.79m in 2013 to 0.77m in 2014. It could still turn itself around, but at present things are a bit grim for the 3DS. To be honest things are a bit grim for everyone in Japan :p



Possibly, but they need more titles catering to the Japanese :)



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spurgeonryan said:
mii-gamer said:
Doubt it! It will be very difficult for the ps4 or the vita to usurp the 3DS for one week let alone for an extended period. The only time the ps4 will regularly outsell the 3ds, is when the latter is on its death bed.


That is not fair for the vita. It has already won a week this year right? 3DS is struggling world wide. Not even sure if Smash can give it the boost it needs. Vita is even getting healthier in America. Not sure about sales, but I am seeing it more. Noticing it more.

PSP showed us that we cannot count Sony out. Same with the PS3.


the 3DS is not struggling... If you consider the 3DS struggling then ALL the consoles are stuggling as well which would mean they are all strruggling together with the 3DS still on top.



Everyone with à bit of Common sensé would Say yes, a lot of Times with all the big jap années games on ps4 and possibly other Fèw Times with vita since 3ds Life wilĺ be shorter, wake up, we are talking about all the génération , not Only 2014



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m

 

spurge remember yokia watch 2
remember it because it will be the biggest booster for 3ds this year(depending on mh and pokemon)



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Aerys said:
Everyone with à bit of Common sensé would Say yes, a lot of Times with all the big jap années games on ps4 and possibly other Fèw Times with vita since 3ds Life wilĺ be shorter, wake up, we are talking about all the génération , not Only 2014


Thats not dominating though, 3DS can stop now and it still dominates the Vita. Ex: An Assassins Creed game sells 10x more than Mario game first week and is ahead by alot (lifetime), but Mario does more than it WW weekly. Though its impressive that mario game legs are beyond better AC still beat it by alot lifetime.

Course that was an example but 3DS is already closing in on 16mil, Vita is nowhere near 25% of that.

Sony has the best legs in HW but just cuz it does doesn't help it out in all areas. Nintendo has the best legs in Software, but just cuz a game outsells something else weekly doesn't mean it dominates.

Vita can sell 50k a week and 3ds 5k a week. Ironically i dont understand how Vita doesn't sell more. If 3ds had Vita's japanese support, Vita would of been long forgotten already unfortunately. Sony is very lucky imo. 

 

Edit: Also Nintendo's Next HH should be coming out in 2-3 years so tht would also cannibalize 3ds sales. Just cuz something outsells another thing weekly doesn't mean much if it outsells it lifetime by a huge margin. Cuz if we use that logic Kirby>>>>>> Dragon Quest :P



tbone51 said:
Aerys said:
Everyone with à bit of Common sensé would Say yes, a lot of Times with all the big jap années games on ps4 and possibly other Fèw Times with vita since 3ds Life wilĺ be shorter, wake up, we are talking about all the génération , not Only 2014


Thats not dominating though, 3DS can stop now and it still dominates the Vita. Ex: An Assassins Creed game sells 10x more than Mario game first week and is ahead by alot (lifetime), but Mario does more than it WW weekly. Though its impressive that mario game legs are beyond better AC still beat it by alot lifetime.

Course that was an example but 3DS is already closing in on 16mil, Vita is nowhere near 25% of that.

Sony has the best legs in HW but just cuz it does doesn't help it out in all areas. Nintendo has the best legs in Software, but just cuz a game outsells something else weekly doesn't mean it dominates.

Vita can sell 50k a week and 3ds 5k a week. Ironically i dont understand how Vita doesn't sell more. If 3ds had Vita's japanese support, Vita would of been long forgotten already unfortunately. Sony is very lucky imo. 

 

Edit: Also Nintendo's Next HH should be coming out in 2-3 years so tht would also cannibalize 3ds sales. Just cuz something outsells another thing weekly doesn't mean much if it outsells it lifetime by a huge margin. Cuz if we use that logic Kirby>>>>>> Dragon Quest :P

I dont disagree with you, obviously.


But the thread is about dominating the chart on a period, not being the most sold because obviously, 3DS will be first whatever even if Vita dominate the chart for 2 years, like the fact the Wii U is dominating now in Japan doesnt change the inevitable situation when PS4 will outsell it LFT



Predictions for end of 2014 HW sales:

 PS4: 17m   XB1: 10m    WiiU: 10m   Vita: 10m