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What happened to the Vita? No new games?



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Replicant said:
Lawlight said:

It is a thing - they just don’t do much for the Japanese audience.

I'd say that SIE Japan Studio has improved as they haven't released anything but good games since the Vita came out (see below) but I still hope for a new Ape Escape and The Legend of Dragoon.

 

Bloodborne (collaboration)
Everybody's Golf (2017)
Freedom Wars
Gravity Rush (+ Remastered)
Gravity Rush 2
Knack
Knack II
Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines (collaboration)
Puppeteer
Rain (collaboration)
Shadow of the Colossus Remake (collaboration)
Soul Sacrifice (collaboration)
Soul Sacrifice Delta (collaboration)
The Last Guardian
The Playroom (+ VR)
The Tomorrow Children (collaboration)
Tokyo Jungle (collaboration)

Thank you for the list - I’m well aware of it. 2 things:

1. Take out the games made for handhelds as we know that Sony isn’t in that market anymore. It’s useless to say “look they made an anime game in Freedom Wars” when it was made for a handheld that they haven’t supported in years.

2. Just because a game is made by Japan Studio doesn’t mean they’re made with the Japan audience in mind. Like Bloodborne - it’s a souls game that rose into prominence in the west. But it’s western oriented given that they revealed TLG and SotC Remake it at E3.

Knack is obviously a western-style game. The second one even released 3 weeks later in Japan.

The studio is even headed by a non-Japanese guy.



Kerotan said: 
Miyamotoo said:

I dont think that Japan is too releveant or very importan for Sony, PS4 sales evrewhere outside Japan are amazing and Sony know that Switch will own Japan in any case, so I think they are not wory at all. 

When people talk about sales numbers they usually saying around 50k, 100k, 150k, 200k...sales not around 185k, and 167k is closer to 150k than to 200k in any case and thats why I said around 150k. Dont pretend that you dont know that.

Again, I don't ignoring those facts, but you ignoring fact that last few weeks PS4 sales are identical and we are closer and closer to Holiday season in Japan.

Even PS3/PS4 start getting higher numbers when we are closer to holiday season in Japan, second half of November and December.

You relly need to know what fact means, you are using it too often and on wrong way. ;)

Japan sales are relevant and are important. 

You'd not dare say ps4 sales in the UK are not very good or not relevant. Well guess what? In Japan ps4 has sold a million more then the UK. Check mate. The only country that has sold more ps4's then Japan is the US. And remember Japan even got the console later. Yet it's still #2. That right there kills your silly little argument.

The number is 167k. You know it so stop hiding from that fact. It's also 230k on famitsu.  Looks like according to at least 1 tracker I'll be right but I expect it to be on both. 

And finally , once again you ignore the facts. Keep avoiding the ps4 pro, slim, price cut and FFXV Q4 issue. You know It, I know it. You're just too embarrassed to even address this point. 

Like I wrote, I dont think that Japan is too releveant or very importan for Sony, PS4 sales evrewhere outside Japan are amazing and Sony know that Switch will own Japan in any case, so I think they are not wory at all. 

You dont make any sense. Of Course I can't say that UK sales are not very good because they are great, and comparing UK market and Japan market doesnt make any sense, because Japan is single strongest gaming market after US (if we dont count hole Europe), Japan has population of 130m while UK has twice lower population, and PS4 sold only 1m more in Japan compared to UK but if you compare PS3 sales you will see that PS3 sold more than 4m in Japan compared to UK.

You relly have some serious problem, I never didnt said that didnt said 167k, I said around 150k and that's of course true, because 167k in sales fells in around 150k sales compared to around 200k sales.

You definitely have some serious problem, again, I don't ignoring those facts, like I wrote last few weeks PS4 sales are identical and we are closer and closer to Holiday season in Japan.

Last edited by Miyamotoo - on 30 November 2017

Alkibiádēs said:

We already know that the majority of Switch owners are males between 20-34 years old.

Stop the bullshit excuses.

You should calm down mate, I'm not attacking you personally, unless you're a Nintendo shareholder. I do have interest in knowing the demography of Switch owners, so if you have a source post it here.

And it would be an excuse to what? Poor PS4 sales? Are you kidding me?



The way some have reacted to Switch numbers this week I can only imagine the heart attacks they will have when Pokemon arrives.



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sethnintendo said:
What happened to the Vita? No new games?

Ask Kerotan or Lawlight. Asking sony will just be a waste of time. 



Pocky Lover Boy! 

Wyrdness said:
The way some have reacted to Switch numbers this week I can only imagine the heart attacks they will have when Pokemon arrives.

If Animal Crossing comes first...... I dont know if they're still alive for Pokemon. 



Pocky Lover Boy! 

torok said:
Alkibiádēs said:

We already know that the majority of Switch owners are males between 20-34 years old.

Stop the bullshit excuses.

You should calm down mate, I'm not attacking you personally, unless you're a Nintendo shareholder. I do have interest in knowing the demography of Switch owners, so if you have a source post it here.

And it would be an excuse to what? Poor PS4 sales? Are you kidding me?

Wheres your sources? 



Pocky Lover Boy! 

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Why are the numbers so different for Pokemon between Media Create and Famitsu