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Media Create Sales: Week 1, 2013 (Dec 31 - Jan 06)
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michaelius
Banned
Someone mentioned in last week thread that they stopped tracking them
I thought so too but PS2 listed as 207 sold.
Apperantly the Vita is a success now, selling a staggering 33k during the second biggest selling week of the year.
Hydrogen Bluebird
Member
PSP is still selling a lot. Sony should just discontinue it so that software support and sales for the Vita would increase.
test_account
XP-39C²
Thanks
for you guys
But it is missing the 2 latest week of data for WiiU.Kids getting New Year money, right?
metalslimer
Member
I thought most of that was sarcasm.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
If Sony had discontinued the PSP, it would've most likely increased 3DS sales more than Vita sales.
Maybe the last time that they tracked their numbers? Or maybe these are just the numbers for Dec 31 and they stopped tracking on January 1st :lol
No idea
AdventureRacing
Member
What makes you think that software support and sales wouldn't just go to the 3DS?
Yeah but when is FFX HD going to release
.This is pretty much the same argument used with the vita (but the PS3 turned things around!) and just like in that case the situations aren't comparable.
bigtroyjon
Member
for you guys
Wii U is only 3 weeks on there.
BishopLamont
Banned
Sony systems in general are selling weirdly this holiday season, they're not following the usual trends of yester-years. Still, its a surprising number for the Vita but so much if you take into account the used games market, which would be very attractive for niche systems like the Vita.
Sammy Samusu
Member
famitsu.com/news/201301/09027047.html
Famitsu deleted their charts.
Famitsu deleted their charts.
It's Japan. You don't need a plural there.
metalslimer
Member
Not a very valid comparison to make considering the circumstances right now in Japan.
test_account
XP-39C²
We already knew about the 3DS breaking 10 million since yesterday:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=507305
Most people probably already saw it and commented there, and since we already knew about it, there is no surprise. I guess that is the reason. The Vita selling 33k is the real surprise in this thread.
They probably still tracked, Media Create and Famitsu aren't just publishing their numbers for it anymore, only for paying subscribers I imagine.
RFM has shipped 400k, unless I missed a newer announcement.
Price slash and ambassador program incoming?
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I sent my buddy in Japan a 32GB Vita card last week as a gift. Vita sales rise.
Coincidence?
Coincidence?
clay_ghost
Member
vita only for kidz confirmed.
Majmun
Member
And interesting software not released outside of Japan?
Surely the experts expected a bump with kids getting their New Year money, didn't they?
Thanks
yeah, sorry guys, didn't notice it... seems like garaph has not been updated yet.
i could do a famitsu graph, but we don't have this week data yet
BishopLamont
Banned
Maybe the person that said Nintendo is following the 3DS strategy with the Wii U is right, after all they do have a whole year on the market to themselves, a price drop when if/when a next-gen console release coupled with its own "trinity" lineup for the year end would wonders.
It'll certainly have a poor first quarter...
....on the flipside it sold more in 5 weeks than Vita managed in 21.
thehypocrite
Member
Wii U continues it's steady pace and Vita shows a faint pulse.
Can the Wii U take on the PS3 and rise to supremacy before the PS4 is announced, thus increasing the numbers of console competitors for the consumers cash? This will be interesting to see going forward in 2013.
Can the Wii U take on the PS3 and rise to supremacy before the PS4 is announced, thus increasing the numbers of console competitors for the consumers cash? This will be interesting to see going forward in 2013.
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Fact: The Japanese no longer know what home consoles are.
10 Gamecube titles for every ambassador, let's do this
Vita - 33,309
*bow*
Given how long after its natural end that the PS2 was tracked, it strikes me as a little early to stop tracking the DS. Not that it's particularly problematic, or wrong, just annoyingly inconsistent!
grimshawish
Banned
They do. They just like em' portable.
smbu2000
Member
Haha, that Vita gif was great!
Anyway, I'm not sure about the rise, but I did see some places having new years sales on it.
For example, all of the Yamada Denki advertisements, on one day they had a 3G Vita with　Hot Shots Golf 6, 4GB memory card and a screen protector sheet for 20,000 yen.
Limited quantities of course, Vita sales aren't that high, so any boost is likely to have quite an effect.
Anyway, I'm not sure about the rise, but I did see some places having new years sales on it.
For example, all of the Yamada Denki advertisements, on one day they had a 3G Vita with　Hot Shots Golf 6, 4GB memory card and a screen protector sheet for 20,000 yen.
Limited quantities of course, Vita sales aren't that high, so any boost is likely to have quite an effect.
thehypocrite
Member
Fixed.
The 3DS strategy to sell less than anticipated, lose money and then sell less than anticipated again? Genius!
Diddy Kong
Banned
Iwata: (Laughs)
metalslimer
Member
6 weeks.
Well releasing early helped them make Vita irrelevant in the biggest territory that mattered. Unfortunately, the year headstart probably won't work out nearly as well here.
Pretty sure he meant in the stretch while it was at 250.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
They won't care about PS4 either.
It strikes me... isn't that a game that lends itself to, well, asymmetric gameplay? Nintendo, start convincing... whoever it is who needs convincing.
You think Nintendo isnt satisfied with the 3DS performance in Japan ?
I assume they are. How 3DS performed in its first year? No friggin' way.
Kacho
Gold Member
Give it 5-10 years before determining if it was a success or not.