1k is still awful even for a couple days
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NPD October 2012 Sales Results [Up3: NBA, MoH, NSMB2 + History, Pokemon, RE6]
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1k is still awful even for a couple days
TheGreatDivide
Banned
Haha what an idiot.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Why would the better game make the next one in the cycle sell less?
GhostTrick
Banned
1k for broken release date seems fair. But 1k for 2 days would be wrong. Do we know when the game has been tracked ?
So that price cut prior to Vita release was just Nintendo being generous?
Neuromancer
Member
I know but as a person who appreciates these kinds of games on console, and wishes to see more games like this appear on console, its very disappointing.
outunderthestars
Banned
As one who greatly dislikes the 3ds as well, I can understand salty's frustration. The Vita was the best chance at getting western styled games on a portable machine. In my opinion the 3ds is crippled by a single analog stick, low res screens, and a 3d gimmick in place of hardware power.
Haha, touche
Oh ho ho ho ho ...
it's been said it's not even half a day. It was released one day after the MC sales data
Layton was also released in the middle of Hurricane Sandy. I don't know about anyone else, but none of the stores near me had their copies in on Monday, and I obviously didn't get to the store to buy one until much later in the week. (New Yorker here.)
Wait, you do? But you've been so subtle, I hardly noticed.
Wait, you do? But you've been so subtle, I hardly noticed.
It looks like the bad reviews stopped a lot of people from buying RE6 and it doesn't seem likely that Capcom will meet their goal.
Erethian is saying that the 1k is coming from copies that were sold before release and if he's right the number isn't too bad.
Erethian is saying that the 1k is coming from copies that were sold before release and if he's right the number isn't too bad.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Dynopia said:
Especially given the elephant-in-the-room that is Wii's greater success in NA.
I think though it also paints the picture of PS3's performance in a somewhat more flattering light than we're used to. If you consider looking at the figures in that article that one year into the gen the PS2 had barely surpassed where 360 is now, leaving PS3 to compete against not only 360, and Wii, but its older sibling which was going to continue to sell decently for another couple of years.
Looked at in that context, the PS3's slow start seems somewhat more understandable, and that the PS2, while globally dominant, never faced such extreme competition and still never was such a huge success in the NA market.
I think a lot of it has to do with the Vita being Sony's second real take at trying to redefine what's "acceptable" for a handheld. Bigger, better screen than the competition! One more analog than the direct competitor! Etc, etc. The 3DS winds up being a generation 'behind' the Vita (the 6DS will probably end up producing graphics comparable to Vita), but the Vita winds up being technically a generation 'ahead' of what's appropriate for a dedicated handheld, and Sony and friends fail to provide compelling evidence to convince everyone it's worth skipping to the next gen and the general masses remain cool with Nintendo's definition of current-generation handhelds.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
Yeah, you're right, Nintendo should have encouraged more retailers to break the street date so it would sell more than 1K!!!!!
(On a more serious note, my local ebgames was selling the game on the 23rd for a few hours before getting an e-mail to take it off the shelf until sunday)
ie Game Gear/Lynx redux.
outunderthestars
Banned
fixed.
Ya, Sandy also stalled Vita sales. Would have hit 60K ...
alfredofroylan
Member
It was released for a few hours before the NPD date. Relax.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
OUCH!
That must hurt, are they sure they wanna keep those 6 millions of units as objective? lol
Awful reviews and I'm sure ORC must have hurt the brand too.
People keep saying the Liberation bundle is supposed to finally move units.
If it's this bad next month...
creamsugar
Member
PSP < 10k < PSV < Wii < 50K < 100k < DS < 150k < PS3 < 200K < 3DS < 250K < 360
There never was a chance. Handhelds occupy this uncomfortable middle-ground between consoles and phones/tablets, with benefits that don't align with western publisher culture/economic incentives.
AdventureRacing
Member
It was a response to the 3DS selling like absolute shit. I'm not saying the vita wasn't competition for the 3DS, especially if it was successful. I'm saying that for both the 3DS and vita smartphones and tablets are a much bigger threat.
PSV < Wii continues
alfredofroylan
Member
I'm surprised how the DS is still in the middle. Still making money for Nintendo.
Vita selling as much as the Wii woulda been a hypermegaton two years ago
MiamiWesker
Member
Well that sucks.
SlipperySlope
Banned
Interesting. Has this ever happened before?
Those bundles aren't counted for in NPD, no? NA had a few bundles, Madden and ACL.
I know that a new Pokemon game came out, but there is no excuse for the DS having 2x-10x the Vita's sales.
outunderthestars
Banned
I am more shocked that a multinational corporation can so badly misjudge the market demand for a product.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I wonder how much 3DS sales would increase when Nintendo finally gets rid of the DS. (hopefully soon)
fizzelopeguss
Banned
The console market has completely collapsed, time for new hardware.
I'm more shocked Sony don't seem to care or be worried, I wonder what they're like behind closed doors.
chertipros
Member
:/ capcom
Jesus,
I seriously think Vita will be taken off shelves half-way through next year. All of Sony's "dedicated PSV developers" will just go straight to PSN/PS4.
Count Dookkake
Member
Wow. That's like half of what RE5 did in a month too. I wonder if they overshipped the game now. Didn't they ship like 5 million copies?
Reviews have an effect on sales or this is the effect of brand fatigue ( Operation Raccoon city + Revelations in the same year!).
Second time in a row actually if you count the misfire with the PSPGo. It baffles the mind what Sony is thinking these days.
With the way the console market has been this year. I'd say that's pretty much in line with what I expected. Even though the last one sold gangbusters, when I think about how most Japanese franchises (FFXIII, NG3, SC5, Tekken, etc) are seeing declines, it doesn't seem so so bad.