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Media Create Sales: Week 41, 2013 (Oct 07 - Oct 13)
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Or more importantly, will 3D Mario save the Wii U?
With that awful momentum, there is reason to be pessimist.
Those Vita sales are pretty good, way better than I would have thought. Kind of bumps up my expectation for what the Wii U bundles can do in a couple weeks, until then though the sales numbers are going to be pretty tragic.
Foreshadowing for tomorrow?
Foreshadowing for tomorrow?
FreedomFighter
Member
Wii U bundles on the way, so expect it to drop even lower next week.
Pokemon number in MC seems rather low. 3DS number sort of low too. I guess there are some supply issues?
Vita did much better than I thought it would.
Pokemon number in MC seems rather low. 3DS number sort of low too. I guess there are some supply issues?
Vita did much better than I thought it would.
I think Sony already announced a LE Vita for God Eater, Gundam and FFX so you'd at least get decent bumps late Oct, mid Nov and late Dec.
Magicpaint
Member
There's a bundle. There's also one for Gundam Breaker at the end of October. All in all, there's some sizable momentum being built for the Vita starting from now. Shouldn't have terrible numbers for the rest of the year at least.
michaelius
Banned
Same price but new one doesn't force you to buy memory card so you save few thousands Yens.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I'm now curious with Vita TV and WiiU bundles after Vita got a big bump of being exactly the same price of OG Vita with just different colors. If those two don't do well on their first week, I guess Japan is truly a handheld country.
Yeah, my bad
Yeah, my bad
Jeeze.
That1BlackGuy
Member
gigantor21
Member
Hydrargyrus
Member
Damn!
WiiU is sinking more every week.
This doesn't seem to have a solution...
WiiU is sinking more every week.
This doesn't seem to have a solution...
Canis lupus
Member
Both Vita TV and God Eater 2 come out on november 14th, its gonna be Vita's biggest week this year. I predict above 100K.
213k
is that a Wii U the 3DS guy is tackling..?
feint_ruled
Member
I'm just relieved that this means that the last few weeks of dreadful Vita sales have been artificially low in expectation of the new model, as opposed to a general flat lining of interest.
Hope Wii U can turn it around somehow then we can all be a happy family!
Hope Wii U can turn it around somehow then we can all be a happy family!
Every previous instance I expected Vita not to get a bump from a game release (and it always served me crow), so I raised my bar significantly here. Had a feeling the new model would do better than most people were predicting, but looks like it exceeded my predictions as well. It's a platform which has found its niche, that's for sure.
shinra-bansho
Member
They presumably value it being lighter and having slightly better battery time. It's not that they hate OLED, they just don't seem to give a shit about it one way or the other.
I don't think he has those numbers yet? Unless he gets an advanced report.
Wind Waker was out a few weeks ago in japan, it caused a spike in sales but nothing "groundbreaking".
However from reading around there are some bundles coming that i guess the buying public will know about so it will always cause a dip in sales in the proceeding weeks, as its does for every console, including the Vita a few times.
Dunno why i'm bothering to answer someone whose ranting about a overpriced HD port however when the majority of people who have it (including myself) see it as one of the better HD remakes out there due to not just uprezzing the gfx and calling it a day like most others, but hey , thats just me
Opus Angelorum
Member
Oh boy.
Colours. It can all be explained by colours, (and not the ones on the screen).
ringwaldhaze
Neo Member
A variety of colours is always a big thing coupled with a slimmer form factor and marginally improved battery. I was thinking it could reach 40k and I thought I was optimistic.
Aquamarine
Member
It depends on where he works.
If he works for someone like Nintendo, it's very probable that Creamsugar would already know what USA Wii U September sales were.
Colorful systems is appealing. It's lighter, better sound, better battery, 1 gig internal memory, and a less prone to problems LCD screen. Personally the design isn't as good as the original, and I'm loving the OLED. LCD will be fine, and design is nothing more than personal preference. So for some it can be a super upgrade.
Moral Panic
Member
SmokyDave said 10K so I was thinking nah, maybe 15-18K but 60? No way did I imagine it, not when Pokemon and MH4 are taking so much attention.
That1BlackGuy
Member
Well I didn't know about the other bundles so yeah I'd wager at least 25k+ bumps on the low end? I can't really get behind a concrete number for a potential new baseline.
RyougaSaotome
Member
I think people are sort of overselling the importance of the OLED.
The LCD screen is by no means bad, and more importantly the form factor is a significant improvement over the previous model. It's lighter, the battery is better, comes with built in memory, and of course the colors.
The LCD screen is by no means bad, and more importantly the form factor is a significant improvement over the previous model. It's lighter, the battery is better, comes with built in memory, and of course the colors.
And maybe most importantly, not being forced to buy an overpriced memory card just to use the damn thing.
I said it from the day I bought a Vita a couple months after its launch -- they are going to drop the OLED because it's pointlessly expensive, doesn't affect compatibility (unlike the equally superfluous rear touch pad), and no one outside of Internet forums would give a flying fuck about it.
Are you combining Vita TV and Vita sells for that 100K?
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Sony must be making a healthy profit over the Vita 2000 which is at the same price as the original.
All it takes is one example and thousands of others cease to count.
Haha, this is great.213k
michaelius
Banned
God Eater 2 bundle has been in top of amazon japan ever since it was annouced. It should do some good numbers.
Also as mentioned we will also have Vita TV, Gundam bundle and FF bundle till end of year.
Plus a few games with 100k+ potential - compraed to last year Christmas with AKB as only game.
Prince Vultan
Banned
Senzu bean for Vita... even if it was thanks to the new Vitard model
Maybe I'm being unfair... screen aside that new Vita does look really nice.
Japan also continuing to embrace Wii U as it's main home console I see. Can't possibly sink any lower than that, can it?
Maybe I'm being unfair... screen aside that new Vita does look really nice.
Japan also continuing to embrace Wii U as it's main home console I see. Can't possibly sink any lower than that, can it?
3.2k
Lol why is it looking so smug? This is all just a big game for Wii U, huh?
Pokémon and 3DS destroy everything, no surprise here. Great numbers for PSVita in the storm of GTA and Pokemon.
And man, WiiU. If 3D world doesn't make the console step up a lot the thing is completely fucked. And I don't see that happening since 2D Mario is much more popular and it did nothing. The console it's just a money burner for Nintendo and it allways be. Curious about NPD tomorrow, but I don't think there is any real hope for this console, at least on Japan.
And man, WiiU. If 3D world doesn't make the console step up a lot the thing is completely fucked. And I don't see that happening since 2D Mario is much more popular and it did nothing. The console it's just a money burner for Nintendo and it allways be. Curious about NPD tomorrow, but I don't think there is any real hope for this console, at least on Japan.
FreedomFighter
Member
213k
What is the suplexee in this GIF? The Wii U? It goes by so fast, I can't tell!
Sakura
Member
Should be 2 days I believe.