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3DS software ranked in the first 3 places when it launched. If it also sold less hardware units, why is no one calling the Vita a failure?
I really like the way Sony is going with the cheaper downloadable versions of games. Here's hoping they'll have major success all over the world with the Vita.
I just saw this elswhere, and wanted to tak about it. What a coincedence.
seeing as how many people bought the big mem cards, there were probably quite a few downloads.
Even so, it is kind of low for how many games were at launch.
seeing as how many people bought the big mem cards, there were probably quite a few downloads.
Even so, it is kind of low for how many games were at launch.
@woopman
There wasn't much else around the 3ds launch,(that I can remember) and it didn't have a direct competitor with big name games stealing its limelight.(Monster hunter, MK7, and SM3dL are all up high on the list.)
There wasn't much else around the 3ds launch,(that I can remember) and it didn't have a direct competitor with big name games stealing its limelight.(Monster hunter, MK7, and SM3dL are all up high on the list.)
@woopman Because 325K system sales, 300k+ Game sales, 325K Memory card sales is not a failure. Plus its nintendo, they are always going to dominate the handheld market. The 360 leads the ps3 by a couple million units in sales, but is the ps3 a failure? Both systems trail a dead nintendo wii, are they failures?
Not by a long shot
Not by a long shot
@kyomagi
I think he was making reference to the 3ds launch, which many at the time liked to proclaim a "failure".
I think he was making reference to the 3ds launch, which many at the time liked to proclaim a "failure".
I can't wait for the 22nd. There will be a 4 or 5 game attach rate for me personally. Now that I think about it, I will have more launch vita games than my 3ds library. :P
They can add 1 more console, 1 more memory card and 4 or 5 more games for me to that total on 22nd Feb!
I ordered the early release bundle from amazon, but it forces u into getting the 3g model... I read somewhere that canada is getting an er bundle with the wif only for $300 vs the 3g bundle at $350.. WTF? Why doesn't sony makethat option available to the US?
Well between the sequel-port-fest that is the 3ds and the egregious cost of the vita's accesories, I'd deem this handheld gen a bit of a failure.
"There wasn't much else around the 3ds launch,(that I can remember)"
The 3DS had Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle, so that pretty much trumps everything on the Vita's launch line-up right there. I would love to know where this far superior Vita launch line-up is Jim, because other then Uncharted what was so superior?
The shitty Ridge Racer game, that was a $45 demo? No, how about yet another Hot Shots game, where up to 6 now. No, how about yet another Katamari game? No, so having 20 games that sells less than the 3DS launch line-up, which only had 8 games, than who really was superior in the end? Quality, over quantity!
The 3DS had Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle, so that pretty much trumps everything on the Vita's launch line-up right there. I would love to know where this far superior Vita launch line-up is Jim, because other then Uncharted what was so superior?
The shitty Ridge Racer game, that was a $45 demo? No, how about yet another Hot Shots game, where up to 6 now. No, how about yet another Katamari game? No, so having 20 games that sells less than the 3DS launch line-up, which only had 8 games, than who really was superior in the end? Quality, over quantity!
keep in mind that final fantasy XIII-2 and a new MH game was just released too, that makes number 7 for a psv game that is only 2 days out pretty awesome!
Lmfao at peicanadas view on quality. Almost as fucked as using two games out of all the launch games to support his argument.
@PEIcanada7
you could say the same about professor Layton, we're up to 4 main games(not counting the iOS spin-off, ofcourse) in the franchise and the first one was released in 2007 whereas hot shots golf's first game was in 1997.
you could say the same about professor Layton, we're up to 4 main games(not counting the iOS spin-off, ofcourse) in the franchise and the first one was released in 2007 whereas hot shots golf's first game was in 1997.
300,000 is actually quite impressive.
If you consider the fact that the larger memory cards sold out.
That means a shit ton of people are also buying digital versions. That's exactly what I'm going to do.
Every single one of the launch titles look incredible. I'd buy every one of them if I could.
I can't wait until the Vita releases in the US.
If you consider the fact that the larger memory cards sold out.
That means a shit ton of people are also buying digital versions. That's exactly what I'm going to do.
Every single one of the launch titles look incredible. I'd buy every one of them if I could.
I can't wait until the Vita releases in the US.
@Woopman
Because we don't know the real numbers. In fact, .92 at retail sounds pretty damn good, considering that downloadable versions are cheaper. In that regard, we can can assume that the attachment rate should be higher than the 3DS. It's almost a certainty.
I mean, seriously, how many digital copies did the 3DS sell at launch?
Because we don't know the real numbers. In fact, .92 at retail sounds pretty damn good, considering that downloadable versions are cheaper. In that regard, we can can assume that the attachment rate should be higher than the 3DS. It's almost a certainty.
I mean, seriously, how many digital copies did the 3DS sell at launch?
I personally wish it well, but I find the fanboys on this site and elsewhere very amusing. It did about 50k less then the 3DS which had no games and was released after the earthquake and in a February.
@PEICanada
Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru is a great visual novel from what I hear. Since the developers also made 999, I wouldn't be surprised. And I heard plenty of compliments for Lord of Apocalypse and Army Corps. Both being more fun than people expected. So, yeah, I'd call it better than the 3DS's launch but not by much.
Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru is a great visual novel from what I hear. Since the developers also made 999, I wouldn't be surprised. And I heard plenty of compliments for Lord of Apocalypse and Army Corps. Both being more fun than people expected. So, yeah, I'd call it better than the 3DS's launch but not by much.
Really, the only reason I'm getting a 3DS over a Vita is 'cause I don't have the money, but I still like both. Can't we just agree that both are good consoles and get alon-....
I doubt Sony will release the digital sales but, the Playstation Store is the PS Vita what Steam is to PC.
All PS Vita games will be available digitally on the same day as retail, DD copies will be cheaper than retail and, there will be DLC and other things tied to the game in Playstation Store.
All PS Vita games will be available digitally on the same day as retail, DD copies will be cheaper than retail and, there will be DLC and other things tied to the game in Playstation Store.
MCBattery:
Most PS Vita video walkthroughs on currently YT show users buying or downloading some form of paid or free content (i.e. demo's, full games, apps, etc) from the Playstation Store onto their PS Vita.
The trend of downloading content is likely much higher for those that have purchased the larger (sold out) 16GB and 32GB PS Vita memory cards because of all the memory space, ease of access, and low game prices.
Most PS Vita video walkthroughs on currently YT show users buying or downloading some form of paid or free content (i.e. demo's, full games, apps, etc) from the Playstation Store onto their PS Vita.
The trend of downloading content is likely much higher for those that have purchased the larger (sold out) 16GB and 32GB PS Vita memory cards because of all the memory space, ease of access, and low game prices.
Ahhh can't wait for feb 22nd! Going with 29.99 Wipeout and MvC 3. Also stoked to play Tactics Ogre and Valkyrie Chronicles 2 from psn. Vita is so sexy.
@pie
When I said there wasn't much else, I meant the 3ds and it's lineup were the only things worth noting the week the 3ds launched.
@technicolor
The vita has more ports and remakes than the 3ds.
When I said there wasn't much else, I meant the 3ds and it's lineup were the only things worth noting the week the 3ds launched.
@technicolor
The vita has more ports and remakes than the 3ds.
"Games and peripherals are selling extremely well. Sales of the download versions of titles are exceeding expectations." -SCE Japan CEO Hiroshi Kawano
http://andriasang.com/comzh4/kawano_on_vita_sales/
http://andriasang.com/comzh4/kawano_on_vita_sales/
I bet if everyone on this site donated just 1 dollar to me, I would be able to get a Vita this coming February. Think of it as all of your Christmas gifts to me. Now get crackin!
Bomb. 3DS outsold it in its launch and its software sales were junk. It doesn't have Mario, or Monster Hunter so it has nothing to push hardware and Sony won't drop the price to save it like nintendo did with 3DS. It bombed.
AAAHHH IT SOLD LESS THAN THE 3DS!!! TOTAL FAILURE! TOTAL FAILURE! SONY SHOULD JUST BURN ALL THEIR REMAINING STOCK AND EXECUTE ALL STAFF INVOLVED IN ITS CREATION! RIGHT!!??
oh wait, this is embarrassing... why is no one else freaking out about this? why were people like jim sterling smearing their own feces on their faces in blind fear/rage over the lesser sales of the 3DS, yet no one is batting an eye at the vita's relative failure? i should just be happy that half-witted yellow journalism isn't being implemented, but it still strikes me as odd.
oh wait, this is embarrassing... why is no one else freaking out about this? why were people like jim sterling smearing their own feces on their faces in blind fear/rage over the lesser sales of the 3DS, yet no one is batting an eye at the vita's relative failure? i should just be happy that half-witted yellow journalism isn't being implemented, but it still strikes me as odd.
Yes, I just sarcastically implied you have the intelligence of children because you bashed the PS Vita.
You know what, it is true! I would not waste anyone's time writing falsehoods.
More over, how is doubling the PSP sales a bad thing for the PS Vita? When was the last time a handheld contended and posed such a threat to Nintendo? Nintendo's stock fell right before the PS Vita launched! What other handheld in the history of gaming has ever done that?
You know what, it is true! I would not waste anyone's time writing falsehoods.
More over, how is doubling the PSP sales a bad thing for the PS Vita? When was the last time a handheld contended and posed such a threat to Nintendo? Nintendo's stock fell right before the PS Vita launched! What other handheld in the history of gaming has ever done that?
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