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[Brazil]

Bye bye, Tales. It was nice knowing ya.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Meanwhile over at Capcom:

 

[Fantastical]

Now I can see Tecmo asking Nintendo to let them borrow Samus as a hidden character for WiiU version.

I don't know if you're joking, but there is no way Nintendo would allow that.

 

[Puppet Shadow]

Skype? Really? That's what it's come to, Sony? You're hyping up Skype coming to Vita? That's some, ah, impressive PR. It may not be impressive sales like you claim, but it's impressive PR.

Didn't Microsoft buy Skype?

 

[Celine]

Not sure that would give a solid number for PSV or PS3.

Iwata's investor presentation generally has NPD graphs. (As well as ChartTrack for major Euro countries)

Ah right!
Was thinking about Sony IR but that will come out in May so I was a bit lost.

 

[Megadragon15]

Can the Vita outsell the Sega Saturn?

Fixed.

 

[MasterShotgun]

The industry is struggling isn't it?

Is it because of social media?
Free online games from Zynga?
99 cent games on iPad, iPhone, Android?
A new console generation is needed?
The games suck?
The economy sucks?

It's a combination of a lot of factors, but I think the number one reason is that the current console cycle has gone on for too long. Almost everyone who wants a 360/PS3/Wii already has one.

 

[Speevy]

Can the Vita outsell the Super Scope 6?

 

[Petrae]

Petrae will say all of the above

Guilty as charged. You're good.

 

[Infamous Chris]

dat Skype!

 

[DECK'ARD]

That Sony PR is masterful.

I expected him to be credited as a wizard at the bottom.

 

[jett]

More "info":

DAT VITA MOMENTUM

sad.

 

[Gadfly]

Where did that come from?

Here:

I'd put chances of Sony giving us Vita hardware data at around 3%, especially given the weak data out of Japan recently. No more fear is needed.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

Can the Vita outsell the Super Scope 6?

The answer is no.

It might MIGHT outsell the Virtual Boy.

 

[speculawyer]

Funny seeing MLB2K12 bomb while being released on like 7 more platforms. Take Two should have never grabbed the MLB license with a clause allowing first party to make a competing product!

This is probably the last MLB 2Kn game you'll see. The contract is done and it is unlikely TTWO will sign up for another unless the contract is cheaper and easier to fulfill (does not require so many different SKUs). TTWO lost a lot of money making that game.

 

[shinra-bansho]

"All of the above" is a reasonable answer here.

And, yes, the industry is struggling. Without question.

Are you able to confirm whether the 42% figure given by MS is a unit share...

(I.e. is PS3 + Wii = 512K)

...or dollar share? In which case it tells us nothing concrete about the other two.

 

[Fantastical]

Who cares. We'll get the numbers in 2 weeks the latest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRTkCHE1sS4

 

[Four_Chamber]

From the Playstation ecosystem to PS ecosystem? LOL Sony

MS continuing to just bring in cash money. No reason for them to drop 360 price anytime soon. They own the US market.

Also, love to see MLB 2K12 bombing- that game is horrific and thank goodness their license is gone. While I love NBA 2K12 (those legs!), the baseball series blows. Competition is good however so I hope they continue making baseball games.

 

[Carl]

To be fair, Sony's lack of saying anything useful doesn't mean Vita did shit. Sony never reveals...anything. Even when their systems do well.

 

[SykoTech]

Meanwhile over at Capcom:

Lol.

I have Capcom money this month for SFxT. My younger brother's beating the crap outta Balrog with Kuma right now actually.

No regrets!

 

[nincompoop]

So with Raccoon City selling shitloads of copies to the "hardcore" crowd despite holding a 53 metacritic rating, will publishers start to realize that reviews don't mean shit? Somehow I doubt it.

 

[Patapwn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJrEBtmM1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJrEBtmM1Q&t=1m35s

They even got a psvita in there

 

[Shiggy]

Saw an ad today, saying "Viva la Vita".

 

[RurouniZel]

So Resident Evil: Revelaitons, the good one, sells poorly.

Then Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, the shit one, sells great.

...

...

I fucking hate American gamer's aversion to handhelds. >_>;

 

[djplaeskool]

Sony does poorly: PR doesn't say anything.
Sony does well: PR doesn't say anything.

Sony PR: It only says NOTHING.

 

[test_account]

Didn't Microsoft buy Skype?

Yep, but they wont use it for their own products only. It is the same with Sony, they have stuff (like Music Unlimited and Crackle) on other platforms as well.

 

[Petrae]

Are you able to confirm whether the 42% figure given by MS is a unit share...

I cannot confirm this as I am no longer privy to monthly snapshot data. The analysis project I was working on folded. I'm now as in the dark as just about everyone.

 

[DECK'ARD]

To be fair, Sony's lack of saying anything useful doesn't mean Vita did shit. Sony reveals...anything. Even when their systems do well.

 

[Celine]

Fixed.

That isn't hard at all.
Saturn sold in total only 80K the first 4 months in the US.

 

[bigtroyjon]

Are you able to confirm whether the 42% figure given by MS is a unit share...

(I.e. is PS3 + Wii = 512K)

...or dollar share? In which case it tells us nothing concrete about the other two.

It's unit share, dollar share will be over 50% since they said it's higher than Wii+PS3

 

[Mpl90]

The only way to correlate 3% Petrae's quote with the possible Vita's performance is that Vita did 1/3 of first month...but probably it's just a bad guess.

 

[Busaiku]

So I'm guessing that's over 100k for Kid Icarus Uprising, but probably under 150k.
Hope it has legs.

 

[AleeN634]

Wow really surprised about the Operation Raccoon City sales. Didn't think it'd chart that highly.

 

[Petrae]

The only way to correlate 3% Petrae's quote with the possible Vita's performance is that Vita did 1/3 of first month...but probably it's just a bad guess.

Nope. Just an (apparently awful) attempt at humor. I didn't think Sony would share data as I believe that sales were tepid at best. I arbitrarily picked 3% as a slim-to-none figure.

 

[liger05]

That shitty RE game sold over 500,000. Thats crazy!!

 

[Infinite Justice]

That was in the glory days. Ever since NPD stopped broadcasting the hardware sales they haven't said shit since (Pacther helped out at first until the heat got to him)

The only way to correlate 3% Petrae's quote with the possible Vita's performance is that Vita did 1/3 of first month...but probably it's just a bad guess.

I cannot confirm this as I am no longer privy to monthly snapshot data. The analysis project I was working on folded. I'm now as in the dark as just about everyone.

.

 

[eternaLightness]

Oh man, Kaz was chubby.

 

[test_account]

From the Playstation ecosystem to PS ecosystem? LOL Sony

Whats the difference?

 

[Gadfly]

The only way to correlate 3% Petrae's quote with the possible Vita's performance is that Vita did 1/3 of first month...but probably it's just a bad guess.

Well, he just said he is not privy to data any more.

 

[EvilMario]

Rest in peace classic Resident Evil.

We pay a tremendous price for the greatness of Resident Evil 4.

 

[boiled goose]

Dat momentum.

.

exactly my thoughts haha

 

[Skiesofwonder]

I just want know if Vita is over/under 180k because anything above would be decent and show signs of life IMO.

 

[RukusProvider]

creamsugar is our only hope

 

[Mpl90]

Well, he just said he is not privy to data any more.

Yes, I saw it just after I posted my message, lol XD
It seems Nintendo won't give us goods this time...

 

[shinra-bansho]

It's unit share, dollar share will be over 50% since they said it's higher than Wii+PS3

I see. Last two months they've been using dollar share I believe. EDIT: Oh, maybe only January.

At least that gives something to work with.

 

[Satchel]

Microsoft must be making a fuckload of on all these 360s being sold around the world given the prices globally.

Even down here the 4GB vanilla is at $240AU RRP.

Can only imagine the boost a price drop would give.

 

[SapientWolf]

Wow really surprised about the Operation Raccoon City sales. Didn't think it'd chart that highly.

Resi 5 sold more than 5 mil. But I don't think that ORC is going to sell quite as much.

 

[DR2K]

SFXTK is the lowest debut for a Capcom fighter yet.

 

[Gadfly]

Any information on Vita's ecosystem and momentum would be appreciated.

thx

 

[frankie_baby]

Whats the difference?

The guys at sony that type "lay" and "ation" are part of the 10000 that got fired