I think it is going to seriously underperform the first one.
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Media Create Sales: Week 10, 2013 (Mar 04 - Mar 10)
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I think it is going to seriously underperform the first one.
I still think the Tales series should be on the 3DS. The Tales of Abyss port sold 121,815 when it had a comparable userbase to the Vita.
Divide these numbers by 3 and we're close, I guess.
One Piece Musou 2
Gundam Breaker in a few months
Project J later
All these games are PS3/PSV
RE : Tales of Symphonia 3DS confirmed, believe!
first one sold almost 700k first week, can happen
doesn't sound too hot :|
The "double pack" is sold as one unit. It counts as one unit of sales.
Gradual drop I guess.
They put everything they had into this week, price-drop plus their best game. I'm not so sure I should be impressed that it hit a typical 3DS week-to-week number. Without more to sustain it it's going to fall again. Maybe they'll get really lucky and Soul Sacrifice is all they need but even that can only last for so long.
metalslimer
Member
How come? The OP brand is pretty strong and this one looks better than the first I think
DR2K
Banned
Technically the Tales games on Vita can already be played on the 3DS.
test_account
XP-39C²
Bravely Default had like 5 different demos, in-store promotion, and i think it was also adverticed on TV. A lot of people knew about the game, otherwise it wouldnt sold as much as it did in the first week.
To make even more people happy, it sold great for a new IP
Yeah, not having to switch cards can be quite nice indeed.
Generally speaking, some people focus more on the negative stuff when there are some positive news.
it would be interesting to see if SS has legs
And it turned out to be pretty bad. I expect a FFXIII --> XIII-2 drop for One Piece.
I don't think One Piece Musou 2 will have a huge decline from the first game in the launch week. It's the weeks which follow which might create a bigger gap. I definitely expect >500k for the first week, but maybe not quite 600k.
Nah, I don't think the fanbase considers the game bad at all. People are pretty excited for the sequel.
Nah, I don't think the fanbase considers the game bad at all. People are pretty excited for the sequel.
By what? That I was correct with my prediction? Sorry to disappoint you but I´m just beeing honest.
Hero of Legend
Member
Prefer that on Wii U, but they should get Alfa System to make an original 3DS Tales. What are they even doing nowadays? They were behind the PSP Tales games and the Phantasy Star Portable series, now nada. They weren't behind Innocence R IIRC.
An original Tales on 3DS could do great numbers, I'm positive.
pharmboy044
Member
Do we have any idea how SS did digitally?
Comgnet corner, as of March 13th, 2013
[PS3] One Piece: Kaizoku Musou - 543pt
[PS3] One Piece: Kaizoku Musou 2 - between 209tp and 216pt
[3DS] Super Mario 3D Land - 150pt
[3DS] Kid Icarus Uprising - 65pt
[3DS] Luigi's Mansion 2 - 148pt
[3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - 232pt
[PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix - 146pt
[NDS] Super Robot Taisen W - 229pt
[NDS] Super Robot Taisen K - 182pt
[NDS] Super Robot Taisen L - 173pt
[3DS] SD Gundam G Generation 3D - 58pt
[3DS] Super Robot Taisen UX - 128pt
[PS3] Disgaea 4 - 148pt
[PS3] Disgaea D2 - 79pt
[PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 - 30pt
[PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 - 36pt
[PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 - 27pt
[PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 - 27pt
[PS3] One Piece: Kaizoku Musou - 543pt
[PS3] One Piece: Kaizoku Musou 2 - between 209tp and 216pt
[3DS] Super Mario 3D Land - 150pt
[3DS] Kid Icarus Uprising - 65pt
[3DS] Luigi's Mansion 2 - 148pt
[3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - 232pt
[PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix - 146pt
[NDS] Super Robot Taisen W - 229pt
[NDS] Super Robot Taisen K - 182pt
[NDS] Super Robot Taisen L - 173pt
[3DS] SD Gundam G Generation 3D - 58pt
[3DS] Super Robot Taisen UX - 128pt
[PS3] Disgaea 4 - 148pt
[PS3] Disgaea D2 - 79pt
[PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 - 30pt
[PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 - 36pt
[PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 - 27pt
[PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 - 27pt
GTP_Daverytimes
Member
They can, the PS3 has to be testament that any platform can be Resurrected if some effort is put behind it.
Famitsu is also on:
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201303/13030184.html
In it, SS managed to break the 100k barrier.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201303/13030184.html
In it, SS managed to break the 100k barrier.
clay_ghost
Member
Good vita sales , let hope this continue .
metalslimer
Member
and 4.5 billion dollars
Download cards?
frankie_baby
Member
I'd guess more like 250k week one
RyougaSaotome
Member
Maybe, but the buzz around here is pretty high for it. Lots of folks seem really excited for it.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
$900 hardware.
Vita still has a small install base in a mostly down market. Third parties are a tough sell on anything other than a port or quick spin off. It's the same catch 22 that it's always been for the Vita. You need games to grow the install base but because the install base is so small no one wants to make major games.
And thus you have the Vita's situation. It gets ports, spin offs and hand me downs for the most part because they are easy and cheap to develop. Sony's actually done a decent job in the Vita's first 15 months on the market at bringing some high quality games to the platform (Uncharted, Gravity Rush, Little Big Planet and now Soul Sacrifice) but has yet to have tremendous success with any of them in Japan. We'll see how well Soul Sacrifice stands up since it appears to be a good entry in the "hunting action" category.
AranhaHunter
Banned
Sony doesn't really have a lot of IPs that cater to the Japanese audience and SCEJ's output is rather slim and niche. New game announcements from them would be something like a Revival/Reboot/Remake/Sequel of some old RPGS (LoD, DC, RG, etc), a new game or remake in a loved franchise (Hot Shots Tennis/Golf, Demon's Souls 2, SOTC with the multi that was supposed to come with the original), a new IP that gets pushed like Soul Sacrifice, or GT5SpecIII for PS3/PSV this Fall.
SCEJ is overly reliant on 3rd parties, there's not much they can do besides what I stated above and maybe getting PS2 classics playable on PSV. They could get NB to announce a date for GE2 and Jump fighting game and FFX date from SE as well as announcing the rumored FFX-2. Maybe get a new big game or two from a 3rd party, possibly exclusive? MGS PP and/or some RPG from SE?
I do agree that we need some announcements within the next 30 days to keep the hype and good word of mouth going. Vita Heaven 3 incoming? 3rd time is a charm (for actual announcements and not crap like the first 2)?
Don't be a Negative Nancy yo, we should all be happy that the Vita gets a spot at the top for once.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Pretty good Vita sales. SS are between decent to good I think but it depends on the double-pack. If sales were like 136k+ I think that's good.
Like others said, the real test starts now. I think the price cut may increase the Vita baseline a bit, but by how much depends on its future lineup. The Vita has a couple good releases...the only problem is that they're multiplat with PSP or PS3, and they're going to sell the bulk on PSP and PS3 as well. A few exclusives games it has like the Atelier Meruru upgrade and Valhalla Knights 3 are too niche to do anything.
Also ToHR really did bad, and I wonder if it'd have done better on 3DS. I imagine not too much better since it's just a remake. But I think a good new Tales for 3DS could work out well.
Still small-time compared to SS marketing. BD also had REALLY good legs for a JRPG.
Like others said, the real test starts now. I think the price cut may increase the Vita baseline a bit, but by how much depends on its future lineup. The Vita has a couple good releases...the only problem is that they're multiplat with PSP or PS3, and they're going to sell the bulk on PSP and PS3 as well. A few exclusives games it has like the Atelier Meruru upgrade and Valhalla Knights 3 are too niche to do anything.
Also ToHR really did bad, and I wonder if it'd have done better on 3DS. I imagine not too much better since it's just a remake. But I think a good new Tales for 3DS could work out well.
Still small-time compared to SS marketing. BD also had REALLY good legs for a JRPG.
I just don't understand why Sony didn't work theirs arses' off and get some of the multiplatform games available for the Vita only. Games like God Eater 2 or FFX HD shouldn't be found anywhere else. That might have helped a lot.
I don't know.
If they could get japanese publishers to support the hardware as Bamco is doing that would be a first.
I'm not saying it will be on par with PSP LTD, just that it could be a plateform healthier than the latest if they manage to deal with it decently (and protect it against piracy), dropping the price in America and PAL with a bit marketing , publishing more japanese titles worldwide, make a good use of the Gaikai's technology, make a bundle with PS4, improve the tools that help porting a PS3 game for Vita and attract more western AAA games like AC Liberations.
It's not impossible, very hard would be more accurate, it's just up to them if they want the hardware to sell 20M or closer to 60M in its lifespan.
test_account
XP-39C²
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