Naaaah. 3DS dead in 2014 seems a very big claim to do. Especially since there's no sign of piracy incoming.
Media Create Sales: Week 49, 2012 (Dec 03 - Dec 09)
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Naaaah. 3DS dead in 2014 seems a very big claim to do. Especially since there's no sign of piracy incoming.
slaughterking
Member
Vita's one year anniversary is in five days. Hmm.
Moor-Angol
Banned
10./05. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Magnagate and the Infinite Dungeon <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2012.11.23} (¥4.800) - 34.598 / 202.940 (-18%)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team 3rd week : 39,701 / 234,618
it will turn out like the last entry, no more and no less
Lord_Byron28
Member
For comparisons sake, Wii Sports sold 176K launch week compared to NSMBU's 170K.
3DS is definitely struggling in the west but it is not close to the level of being dead. Not too mention I'm sure animal crossing and the next pokemon will be out before MH4 which will help things. Also, other than the poor decision to not localize animal crossing I think Nintendo's 3DS support has been good this year. A lot of the localization issues are coming from 3rd parties taking forever.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Just an exaggeration...
And when was it confirmed for Western release in 2014?
And yeah 3rd parties are at "fault" for not localizing too but on their end it makes sense, they want software sales and don't care to support the hardware itself which is what Nintendo should do, so Nintendo should work with more of them to bring their games here and cultivate the platform in a way they too will want to support more in the future. Not just for big titles like DQ.
Diddy Kong
Banned
3DS is on fire!
Because it's a Nintendo system in December.
07./10. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) - 52.501 / 1.494.351 (+76%)
14./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) # <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) - 14.787 / 65.970 (+23%)
15./14. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) - 14.591 / 267.723 (+46%)
17./19. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.09.27} (¥4.800) - 11.215 / 189.351 (+78%)
18./18. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) - 9.638 / 290.608 (+53%)
20./25. [3DS] Aikatsu! Cinderella Lesson <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.15} (¥5.040) - 8.518 / 28.225 (+67%)
21./28. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) - 8.253 / 1.848.466 (+70%)
22./26. [3DS] Kobito Zukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) - 7.951 / 150.906 (+58%)
23./30. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) - 7.154 / 1.733.833 (+66%)
Dat power of the Holidays.
14./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) # <ACT> (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) - 14.787 / 65.970 (+23%)
15./14. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.040) - 14.591 / 267.723 (+46%)
17./19. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.09.27} (¥4.800) - 11.215 / 189.351 (+78%)
18./18. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) - 9.638 / 290.608 (+53%)
20./25. [3DS] Aikatsu! Cinderella Lesson <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.15} (¥5.040) - 8.518 / 28.225 (+67%)
21./28. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) - 8.253 / 1.848.466 (+70%)
22./26. [3DS] Kobito Zukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) - 7.951 / 150.906 (+58%)
23./30. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) - 7.154 / 1.733.833 (+66%)
Dat power of the Holidays.
Lord_Byron28
Member
It isn't but it's not unlikely given it took Nintendo a year and a half to localize mh tri G. There's always been a substantial delay between Japanese and western MH releases.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Ok, too bad, I thought at least one (if the smaller one) of my fears could be put to rest.
Hasn't that been the bobbing it's been doing from statistical noise for a while? It's hardly a huge rise.
DAMN. Holiday power in action.
Given the Vita troubles what would be a realistic target HW sales weekly during the holiday season. I mean is it fair to say they should be hitting at least 30k a week?
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
I wonder if Wii can creep up beat out Vita any weeks this holiday?
HARDWARE
What about the theory that 3DS would top last year's holiday sales?
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|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
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| 3DS # | 211.499 | 167.408 | 350.321 | 4.517.235 | 3.234.299 | 8.799.378 |
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Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Sure about that? GCN was also doing horribly but as far as I remember it always was relatively strong at year's end. Maybe Vita will end the year on a strong note, too.
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201212/12025863.html
I lost the count for the number of hw bundles enterbrain adds into software sales.
I lost the count for the number of hw bundles enterbrain adds into software sales.
Last year have Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter 3G in december, so it's not easy to beat.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Even if it did the sales count would fall into statistical noise.
Vita holding steady at 11k units!
11k in this week doesn't indicate that.
11k in Week 49 are almost 360-like numbers for the same week in 2007-2008, from what I've seen.
Lord_Byron28
Member
3DS chart run in this graph as it shoots straight out of the flop list. That gap between dreamcast and vita is widening.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
What did GCN do in an equivalent week?
First time after a long time I am in front of PC in time, there is complete match for sw titles, I guess correctly they'd use "Wii U" and not "WiiU" and don't run out of RAM. I think I post the thread without mistake in less than a minute, leave and when I come back 5 minutes later I see something is wrong with 3DS hw.
slaughterking
Member
Inazuma Eleven and Fantasy Life. But who knows what Level 5 will do to them.
frankie_baby
Member
IE go 2, its out tomorrow
Lord_Byron28
Member
Is it true animal crossing won't have another shipment until new years? If so that's pretty grim for AC's numbers for the rest of the holiday season.
StreetsAhead
Member
Fantasy Life? But it comes out the 27th.
frankie_baby
Member
amazon were saying the 21st the other day
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Maybe AC shortages will help FL? (lol)
Hero of Legend
Member
I hope Brownie Brown will now be free to make more 3DS games. I want to see Magical Vacation 3, or even another Blue Dragon from them, but solo (feelplus helped with BD Plus).
Or better yet, a brand-new RPG with Grezzo, both teams were behind the Mana series at SE.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Mother 3(D make)?
Augemitbutter
Member
Layton vs AA is such a bomba. repeat.
good for Yakuza 5.
good for Yakuza 5.
Father_Brain
Banned
Japan doesn't "hate" Vita. Its problem is that it sorely lacks exclusive content that appeals to the Japanese market.
On a related note, I'm genuinely curious as to why Bandai Namco and Koei Tecmo are still so bullish on Vita. Well, not that bullish - nearly all their upcoming titles are late ports or multiplatform with one of the other Sony platforms - but certainly relative to other Japanese third parties.
frankie_baby
Member
how about finishing off the n64 version for 3ds
frankie_baby
Member
its pretty likely anything being announced now was green lit a long time ago, probably when they still thought it had a chance to make a comeback
test_account
XP-39C²
Wasnt there talk that many Vita games were canceled when they saw the hardware sales?
frankie_baby
Member
its probable many have been but we'll never know
Father_Brain
Banned
Perhaps. But it's worth noting that Capcom, Konami, and Square Enix have (AFAIK) announced literally nothing for Vita this year, and I don't think even Sega has announced anything for it in over six months, since JSR.
test_account
XP-39C²
It is possible. They would however had plenty of time to cancel these games as well if they wanted it since we have seen the poor Vita hardware sales for a long time. I dont think they are coming just because it was greenlit a while ago. I think it has more to do with being a port (probably not too expencive in developement cost) and some deal with Sony. Maybe hardware bundles and help with marketing the games.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Almost certain some did, or rather like Bioshock, never entered development. 3DS was publically stated to have that as a potential problem and that was doing far better than the Vita was at a similar timespan.
test_account
XP-39C²
There is also that Sega game, that was moved to iOS.