Oh stop man.
When the Wii U gets that bump to 50k later this year, we'll be partying like its 1985
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Media Create Sales: Week 10, 2013 (Mar 04 - Mar 10)
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Oh stop man.
When the Wii U gets that bump to 50k later this year, we'll be partying like its 1985
weekly sales threads are my soaps.
I don't want to see any of you guys trying to ruin this for me!
Glorified G
Member
Some here are so emotionally invested it makes this thread so great. I'm loving the spin/damage control/tears.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
How is it spin if it's true? This would be an entirely different story if the Vita was able to maintain 60,000 units per week following the price drop, but precedent suggests otherwise. I expect the numbers to drop significantly within a few weeks.
The difference between the Wii U and the Vita is that Nintendo hasn't released their heavy hitters yet. Yes, the Wii U is failing miserably right now, but what do you expect when Nintendo won't even announce a damn release date for Pikmin 3? There is literally nothing new to buy.
This is the week where Vita walked into Angie's Den and greeted Sharon with "Ello Princess".
It also shows how bad it was selling prior to price cut.
It's all about perception.
KillerMan91
Member
Good sales for Vita. 20k weekly pace would already be huge win for it. Still considering release schedule I am not holding my breath. Hopefully at leats 15k. Yes those would be still pretty sad numbers but would keep it somewhat revelant. PS3 also seriously needs price cut and well Wii U: lol.
Cool to see Vita wiiiiiise fwom da gwave. Better late than never, huh. I mean, that price cut. Wonder what could have been had they matched Nintendo back then.
I remain baffled that a company as big and as seasoned as Nintendo can bungle up the software situation on their hardware like this.
Sidenote: I love how the 360 randomly fluctuates. Plus fifty percent without even doing anything! Put that in your pipe and smoke it, motherfuckers.
I remain baffled that a company as big and as seasoned as Nintendo can bungle up the software situation on their hardware like this.
Sidenote: I love how the 360 randomly fluctuates. Plus fifty percent without even doing anything! Put that in your pipe and smoke it, motherfuckers.
Percentages are fun. 
frankie_baby
Member
so in a year or so time vita will be dead and burried under the queen vic
distantmantra
Member
They've been doing it for years now, shouldn't surprise anyone.
So 20k will be a huge win while 15k will be sad? That's a pretty big difference for 5k.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
This is straight up delusion.
Can't hear you over the sound of Kool & the Gang's 'Celebration'.
I'm just glad someone got the reference
Exterminieren
Banned
The next few months and weeks will be Vita slipping in to the same old tedium of EastEnders, back to normal.
It'll be killed by Chrissie in a year or two.
Byakuya769
Member
You're ignoring one model of the 3ds and rounding up the price of another. Also, 3DS was competing against the psp at the time of its cut. The vita is competing against a popular, and lower priced, 3DS. Not analogous situations.
KillerMan91
Member
Vita sales have been so bad that it makes 5k difference feel like huge gap lol. Maybe I phrased that badly. Still with 20k weekly pace it would sell pretty much like PS3 did most of its life. Bad compared to PSP but would keep it alive.
michaelius
Banned
Yep like pc gaming this generation.
Doubling it's previous weekly average sales would not be a huge win for the Vita? Sometimes you have to scale your expectations, but that doesn't mean it's still not positive. He never said "OMG 3DS doomed!" or anything...
Yeah, but the 3DS wasn't selling <10k constantly prior to the price cut. It sold much more. Plus the Vita doesn't have anything remotely close to what the 3DS recieved a few months after the price cut (SM3DL, MK7 and MH3G).
frankie_baby
Member
the 3ds has had a constant flow of big exclusives since its price drop, the vita has NO big exclusives on the horizon
Well, 3DS also had 3 million selling games that came out within 3 months of the price drop.
If this isn't sarcasm (which I think it is), the 3DS had a bigger price drop earlier in it's life cycle followed by a bunch of big games and a good line up after that. The Vita had a smaller price drop after selling pathetically for more than a year, and got 2 decent sellers with a pretty empty line up beyond that. Completely different scenarios.
These are good sales for the Vita but without any big games on the horizon it's only going to go back to similar sales as before.
electroplankton
Banned
I agree that it's stupid to question people being happy about Vita's current sales. People can celebrate as they want.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
The PS4 is also on the horizon. A comeback is not going to be so easy.
Father_Brain
Banned
EDIT: NM, misinterpreted this post. My mistake.
I'm guessing self-awareness isn't your strong suit.
Exterminieren
Banned
All I'll say is that it's nice for Vita to get a moment, and leave it at that. I see no need to pour cold water on the results this week.
Any possible spike in sales should be seen as good.
It's just not exactly reassuring when that spike could have been potentially better considering the circumstances. The big hyped up Vita game of the year is out, was said to sell out everywhere and received a good amount of word of mouth. Yet the console has only stabilized sales since last week. This begs the question, where will the sales go from here?
This week's sales are pretty good, and that it sold similarly last week is better. But considering the circumstances it could have been more. I think next week ought to be telling, personally I'm worried it's going to go down pretty fast again. But I really hope I'll eat crow. I'd love for the Vita to get well.
It's just not exactly reassuring when that spike could have been potentially better considering the circumstances. The big hyped up Vita game of the year is out, was said to sell out everywhere and received a good amount of word of mouth. Yet the console has only stabilized sales since last week. This begs the question, where will the sales go from here?
This week's sales are pretty good, and that it sold similarly last week is better. But considering the circumstances it could have been more. I think next week ought to be telling, personally I'm worried it's going to go down pretty fast again. But I really hope I'll eat crow. I'd love for the Vita to get well.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
What could Sony launch with that could possibly hope to compete against something like Mario Kart, or even Smash Bros.?
Exclusive new Gran Turismo? Do you really expect that to meet launch?
Ahh I had forgotten (or didn't realize) that the AC bundles were $199 at one point. And thanks for clarifying.
I'm still of the opinion that AC:3 Liberation was a good step and a good result for the Vita. Maybe the expectations were low to begin with but it seems as if they sold all they made of that bundle. I also think it's where Sony needs to be focusing on with the Vita for the remainder of this year along with a permanent price drop in the rest of the world. Price drops for the hardware and the memory cards need to happen sooner rather than later and that would certainly speed adoption rates.
Yes, I agree that PS4 possibly won´t even sell as much as PS3 in Japan.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Yeah, I forgot how Gamecube stomped the PS2 years ago.
EDIT: Well, that didn't work. Is there no way to post a table in GAF?
Soul Sacrifice's first week is less than half as much as either God Eater's, close to half of the latest Phantasy Star, and just a bit higher than Lords of Arcana.
It also performed similar to first-gen Monster Hunters.
Week1 LTD
PSV Soul Sacrifice 105.863 -
PSP God Eater 276,104 617,828
PSP GOD EATER BURST 267,178 436,158
PSP Phantasy Star Portable 329,455 633,954
PSP Phantasy Star Portable 2 284,883 590,527
PSP Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity 219,477 373,309
PSP Toriko: Gourmet Survival 60,528 138,838
PSP Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 43,790 108,672
PSP Lord of Arcana 90,707 142,388
PSP Lord of Apocalypse 17,910 17,910
PSV Lord of Apocalypse 29,111 29,111
DS Monster Busters 15,658 61,009
DS Monster Busters Powered 15,329 47,648
PSP Valhalla Knights 14,089 64,506
PSP Valhalla Knights 2 34,562 89,004
PSP Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance 13,588 33,271
Wii Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga 4,677 11,613
3DS E.X. Troopers 16,084 22,159
PS3 E.X. Troopers 11,359 11,359
DS Element Hunter 4,205 11,635
PS2 Monster Hunter 120,640 288,559
PS2 Monster Hunter G 128,051 232,239
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 118,317 668,964
PS2 Monster Hunter 2 368,057 570,651
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2nd 746,313 1,720,397
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G 823,265 2,452,111
Wii Monster Hunter 3 582,548 1,070,743
PSP Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village 280,521 548,968
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 3rd 2,146,467 4,502,446
PS3 Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. 282,960 404,501
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best) 15,113 299,008
3DS Monster Hunter 3G 471,055 1,585,493
WiiU Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 110,149 195,213
Soul Sacrifice's first week is less than half as much as either God Eater's, close to half of the latest Phantasy Star, and just a bit higher than Lords of Arcana.
It also performed similar to first-gen Monster Hunters.
Week1 LTD
PSV Soul Sacrifice 105.863 -
PSP God Eater 276,104 617,828
PSP GOD EATER BURST 267,178 436,158
PSP Phantasy Star Portable 329,455 633,954
PSP Phantasy Star Portable 2 284,883 590,527
PSP Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity 219,477 373,309
PSP Toriko: Gourmet Survival 60,528 138,838
PSP Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 43,790 108,672
PSP Lord of Arcana 90,707 142,388
PSP Lord of Apocalypse 17,910 17,910
PSV Lord of Apocalypse 29,111 29,111
DS Monster Busters 15,658 61,009
DS Monster Busters Powered 15,329 47,648
PSP Valhalla Knights 14,089 64,506
PSP Valhalla Knights 2 34,562 89,004
PSP Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance 13,588 33,271
Wii Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga 4,677 11,613
3DS E.X. Troopers 16,084 22,159
PS3 E.X. Troopers 11,359 11,359
DS Element Hunter 4,205 11,635
PS2 Monster Hunter 120,640 288,559
PS2 Monster Hunter G 128,051 232,239
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 118,317 668,964
PS2 Monster Hunter 2 368,057 570,651
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2nd 746,313 1,720,397
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G 823,265 2,452,111
Wii Monster Hunter 3 582,548 1,070,743
PSP Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village 280,521 548,968
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 3rd 2,146,467 4,502,446
PS3 Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. 282,960 404,501
PSP Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best) 15,113 299,008
3DS Monster Hunter 3G 471,055 1,585,493
WiiU Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 110,149 195,213
Mario 2D, Monster Hunter and Nintendo Land are not heavy hitters now?
Yep, no spin here lol
You hope psvita selling like ps3, but ps3 needs a price cut O_O it's a quite weird point of view. I think ps3 still sell enough well for its age & relative price, sony probably gains a lot of money, there is no reason to cut for sony.
I'm just talking about a Vita exclusive game.
Anyway I think Namco has a hold on the Souls series for now, plus the upcoming game from the old director. I'm not really sure what could be accomplished with a Demon's Souls 2 that can't in Dark Souls 2, 3, etc. The only benefit is...it'd be Sony exclusive?
Yeah but PS4 is coming out a year after WiiU, not the other way around. If Nintendo were to release Smash Bros. at the same time as PS4, it could theoretically take some of the wind out of their sales.
No, it can't drop into its grave because Wii U is in the hole.
Nintendo, it's apalling how you are handling Wii U.
pharmboy044
Member
I guess you haven't come across our more "creative" gaffers who can turn every positive into a negative?
Fixed!
Let's not compare how strong sony was back then to how weak they are now.
frankie_baby
Member
mario 2d yeah is a heavy hitter but nintendoland is a new unproven game though worth mentioning it has noticably outsold every single game released on vita, monhun is just a hd upresing
test_account
XP-39C²
Not going to say much about this specific case, but about spin in general, they are often based on true things. A recent example with Sim City, it was said that there were server problems because people wouldnt log off the servers because they were enjoying the game. This is also true, the reason for the server problems were that there were too many people online. Still it is being seen as a spin, because another reason for the server problems was that they didnt have enough servers up and running at launch to be able to take care of all the users.