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Media Create Sales: Week 12, 2013 (Mar 18 - Mar 24)
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Nice joke !
chickdigger802
Banned
how many games are there that have cheaper retail price than nintendo games on 3ds?
360 owners have to buy something ya know.
Look at who it is and ignore it. :lol
Some of the cross Vita-PS3 releases announced are.. well, pretty big for a handled at least. The only problem is that they are also on PS3, but japan likes its portability. If the Vita had a significant park, those Bandai games would probably sell more on Vita than PS3.
What i mean is, by that way of thinking, the one piece game is a pretty big release for japan, and not on 3ds. Those are not Monster Hunter or DQ for sure but still enough to make a console exist healthy i guess.
Napalm_Frank
Member
360 owners have way less choise when it comes to software in Japan and I'd imagine the dudebro audience being more concentrated over there so it isn't that surprising.
I think it was a mistake to put Tales Of Hearts R with Soul Sacrifice the same day.SS got all the attention etc.
Vita will see at least one more remake of Tales probably Tempest R.It was hinted in Innocence R along with Hearts R.
No, really! Talking about first week of course.
11./00. [360] Gears of War: Judgment # <ACT> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2013.03.21} (¥7.140) - 22.425 / NEW
07./00. [PS3] God of War: Ascension # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.14} (¥5.980) - 19.844 / NEW
You could be right, but I still think Vita needs some more big time exclusives to really permanently alter the landscape. I don't think PS3 and PSP ports will really expand the username.
Exterminieren
Banned
It crawled over the million, IIRC.
Next week will be interesting to see if Luigi has platform Mario legs. Might drag itself over the million if it does.
The Mana Legend
Banned
That's a different situation altogether. The Tales series usually has first week sales of at the very least 100k, while all of the handheld Castlevanias of the last decade opened between 10k and 20k. MoF pretty much falls in line with that. Castlevania mainly sells in the west.
However, it's unlikely that there's going to be a sequel to it. 1) Mercurysteam already said that they don't want to make new Castlevania games and 2) it's unlikely that MoF is selling as good as the DS games in the US and Europe.
That's a point that can't be proven either way.
grimshawish
Banned
Unless NSMB2 has a blue shell, its lost.
Aquamarine
Member
41K for this particular week is not necessarily indicative of a healthy system.
around 930K-950K
it completely depends on the release schedule I reckon
The Mana Legend
Banned
The next couple of months don't look good for stabilization, and none of the Vita games have held very well on the charts, so it's not looking good.
The Vita and Wii U are basically fucked for a good long while.
No. I don't see any system in Japan outside the 3DS being able to maintain that.
Just commenting on the fact that events have turned out to be more interesting than previously recorded sales trends would have indicated.
Hence the term, interesting turn of events. No deeper meaning needed.
I dont understand this attitude.Did he/she said something wrong?Obviously Vita is selling good after the price cut and Sony seems to putting a little effort there.Nintendo from the other hand does everything it is possible to make WiiU a new Gamecube and untill now the plan is going more than great.
GreenMakoEyes
Member
surprised by the solid PS3/Vita ratio of OPM, I expected it lower 
StreetsAhead
Member
Yes.
Doubtful. It's a good week but Vita's rise seems rather circumstantial at this point. One Piece was the only big game for it this week but it didn't sell that great compared to Soul Sacrifice's launch or other big Vita launches.
I wouldn't pin Vita's rise on holiday exclusively, that'd be silly. But it's a bit of an anomaly.
DragonSworne
Banned
It's called smart business strategy and something Nintendo should follow.
Why isn't Luigi's Mansion 2 not on Wii U also? Seems like a stupid business strategy not make your own games multiplatform across your own systems.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Dat Vita.
It's smart because it fills up a lineup with barely any games.
Napalm_Frank
Member
There you are
.Well at least I can expect some more kawaii uguu games on my Vita in the future >_>
Yeah. It would be pretty stupid for Nintendo not to do the same if they had a lineup with barely any games but luckily this isn't the case.
Vita doing well to stick at those numbers. I wonder if it will still be over 10k a month from now, but still, it's good to see it putting up a fight for several weeks on the trot. Games get released. People buy the console. Who knew? Maybe Nintendo could take notes for the WiiU strategy meeting!
Luigi's mansion sold a bit less than I thought it would, but still a solid release- good word of mouth might drag it over a million eventually. And what on earth happened to Castlevania? How many days of sales was that?
Luigi's mansion sold a bit less than I thought it would, but still a solid release- good word of mouth might drag it over a million eventually. And what on earth happened to Castlevania? How many days of sales was that?
the androgyne
Member
You know people, kids don't get money gifts for every damn day off in Japan! Vita rose cause it had software releases. Next week will be telling of where it's going without them for a while, but there's no way it's going back to 10k.
The price is still dropped,and the library much improved over the last month. The resulting general perception will be much better overall than a month ago for prospective buyers.
The price is still dropped,and the library much improved over the last month. The resulting general perception will be much better overall than a month ago for prospective buyers.
pieatorium
Member
Yeah about 1/5th of ps3 numbers for both vita versions of the multiplats this week seems decent enough.
He is jumping the gun. I was also referring to his previous statements in previous threads. Said some funny stuff.
Also, how is Sony putting little effort there? They just had a price-cut along with a bunch of releases. This is pretty much Sony's re-launch of the Vita. But the bigger question is...how is Nintendo even putting ANY effort towards the Wii U? 3DS is where their efforts are going.
Wut.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Well that didn't take long did it? What would have been healthy then? Outsell the 3DS, on the week Luigi's Mansion 2 launches? The fact the Vita rose to 41k despite that and new colors for the 3DS is by all means the definition of healthy for this particular week.
I know you guys have to spin any positive Vita news as negative, but come on already. It is okay for another platform to enjoy some success. In fact if you love the 3DS so much you should want the Vita to succeed. Competition can only mean good things.
OK, you got me.
If MK7 doesn't make it to the 2M bar next week, the race will end with a tie. A testimony to how equally liked the two franchises are.
What Holiday this week? Can you explain?
Aquamarine
Member
Dat American ex-pat community.
She didn't say it wasn't good for this week.
She is saying:
1 week good sales =/= a healthy system.