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[Biker19]

Well, here is the biggest news this month, Vita is back to life, FPS bundle 56k.

Also big news.

 

[Dead Prince]

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!!

Wii U FPS bundle incoming.

Splatoon bundle plz

 

[RE_Player]

I bought my brother a Vita Borderlands 2 bundle and he's been loving it. While I don't expect this to save the Vita I hope it gets a nice little kickstart from here until the holidays.

 

[Anth0ny]

Well, here is the biggest news this month, Vita is back to life, FPS bundle 56k.

holy shit


too bad it won't last

 

[Ty4on]

What was the VIta bundled with again (FPS? - whats the reference here?) I dont even remember...

Borderlands 2 with a Vita 2000. The Vita had no stock available before that so there was a lot of pent up demand for the Vita 2000. In Japan weekly sales went from 3k to 60k when the 2000 launched without any game bundles.

Spoiler

It did have awesome colors though ;_;

 

[Y2Kev]

Oh god, thinking of all the new Vitamuffins just made me nauseous. So many loli games coming.

 

[t_wilson01]

VITA

This made me smile. My shift is almost over and still no PS4 / Xbone numbers. :/

 

[Tobor]

if borderlands can do that, imagine a minecraft bundle

I was just thinking the same thing. They really should get that done for the holidays.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Oh god, thinking of all the new Vitamuffins just made me nauseous. So many loli games coming.

Ma man

 

[Steve Youngblood]

Well, here is the biggest news this month, Vita is back to life, FPS bundle 56k.

Haha. Wow. I probably deserve to eat some crow then from either last month or the month before when I laughed at the excuse of no supple as justification for the even-poor-by-Vita-stabdards numbers

 

[tebunker]

Food for thought.

MK8 bundle sold ~25K of the 60K WIIU's or about 42% of all units sold. That bundle was only available for the last 2 DAYS of the month. This thing could be HUGE in June.

Yeah I just broke it down, it doesn't look bad for Wii U to break 100k in June, but I just can't shake that it will gain enough momentum through summer without another game.

 

[StoopKid]

Smokeydave right now.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Who said people don't want AAA games on handheld

And Europe should mirror this, if not better it.

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

What was the VIta bundled with again (FPS? - whats the reference here?) I dont even remember...

Edit: Borderlands? Seriously? People bought so many Vitas for that? Makes it even more surprising.

IIRC Take 2's investor call they said Borderlands 2 is over 9 million now. It's a pretty big game.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Oh god, thinking of all the new Vitamuffins just made me nauseous. So many loli games coming.

Why I can't hold all these japanese animu games!

 

[Zero-Crescent]

That is a preposterous increase for Vita. I can't think of another platform that at any time displayed a MOM increase anywhere near that.

Iron Galaxy Studios: Savior of Systems

 

[SwiftDeath]

Why didn't Sony announce this increase? That would have made quite a headline.

Because everyone would immediately ask how low it was the previous month to get such a crazy MOM rise

 

[donny2112]

Well, here is the biggest news this month, Vita is back to life, FPS bundle 56k.

That alone doubled their YTD. :lol

 

[Jimmyfenix]

And Europe should mirror this, if not better it.

Iron Galaxy Studios: Savior of Systems

Dave lang saved vita

 

[N.Domixis]

Creamsugar drop some bombs. Is wiiu>xbox one and wahts the ps4 to xbox ratio!

 

[shacklesmcgee]

Vita....56k?!

 

[Kimawolf]

PS4 is tracking ahead of PS3 at the same point. So.... your/his point?

My point was that this console generation is not going to have the same amount of consoles sold as the last generation, not even close. As such how can anyone consider it a victory or success? I have always said the console market is going to fall in on itself, contract, take your pick, but the point is it will not sell nearly as many units as last generation which can't be seen by anyone, not 3rd parties, console makers, anyone, as a good thing.

And nothing in that statement is false for the simple fact that the WiiU is not close to the wii, and XB1 seems like it will end up selling less than the 360, the 3ds fell WAY behind the DS and the Vita WAY behind the PSP. The only console which saw a increase was the PS4 over the PS3.

And with this generation not going 8 years how will the PS4 carry the entire industry on its back? You expect it to sell 150/200 million consoles in 5 years?

 

[stryke]

Dat 60 minutes of extra gameplay.

Dat 900p

 

[darkside31337]

Oh god, thinking of all the new Vitamuffins just made me nauseous. So many loli games coming.

Newest Neptunia game is PS4 though.

go figure!

 

[krioto]

What was the VIta bundled with again (FPS? - whats the reference here?) I dont even remember...

Edit: Borderlands? Seriously? People bought so many Vitas for that? Makes it even more surprising.

Yep -portable Borderlands 2 is dope

 

[gcubed]

So did vita outsell wiiu? 56k for the fps bundle, was it available standalone as well?

 

[dolabla]

Can someone update me on the thread? I see Vita did pretty well, but did we get any PS4 or X1 numbers?

 

[Zero-Crescent]

Dave lang saved vita

Quick, someone photoshop his face on this:

VITA

 

[TangibleDream]

Hardware:

PS4: Best selling hardware.
3DS: Second best selling hardware.

Wait, what the fuck?! The 3DS outsold the Xbox One? Even more so, I feel absolutely appalled at the apparent lack of surprise in most--if not all--people in this thread. XBO dun goof'd.

 

[shinra-bansho]

People are extrapolating customer pre-order fulfillment of a bundle with a major release upon release date towards a month of sales...?

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

How to piss off moms worldwide.

But it's a strategy that worked really well for the Wii, which sold alongside an untold number of ripoff peripherals.

 

[Aquamarine]

So did vita outsell wiiu? 56k for the fps bundle, was it available standalone as well?

Creamsugar said the 56K FPS bundle is like 99% of Vita sales this month.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Can someone update me on the thread? I see Vita did pretty well, but did we get any PS4 or X1 numbers?

Ps4 > 360+x1+wii u

 

[StoopKid]

So did vita outsell wiiu? 56k for the fps bundle, was it available standalone as well?

O god gaf would collapse lol

 

[RPGamer92]

Damnnnnn at the Vita. Sony HAS to do a Minecraft bundle now. Heck drop the price to $179 and bundle Minecraft and Vita could make a real revival in the US imo.

 

[Suzushiiro]

Well, here is the biggest news this month, Vita is back to life, FPS bundle 56k.

I suppose that proves that the low supply and "everyone's holding out for the new model" explanations for the shitty sales in the months before were right.

 

[razgriz417]

Creamsugar, can you confirm or deny whether the Vita > XBO this month?

 

[jayu26]

So did vita outsell wiiu? 56k for the fps bundle, was it available standalone as well?

FPS Vita bundle accounted for 99% sells of vita, so probably no it did not outsell Wii U.

No, it's just the 2000+FPS game bundle, which is about 99% of total.
FPS game standalone: 27k

 

[Y2Kev]

People are extrapolating customer pre-order fulfillment of a bundle with a major release upon release date towards a month of sales...?

Oh me, why do you argue when you're going to have a definitive answer in less than 30 days

 

[gcubed]

Creamsugar said the 56K FPS bundle is like 99% of Vita sales this month.

Ah didn't see that, there goes that implosion... Shame, would have been exciting

 

[Dragon]

My point was that this console generation is not going to have the same amount of consoles sold as the last generation, not even close. As such how can anyone consider it a victory or success? I have always said the console market is going to fall in on itself, contract, take your pick, but the point is it will not sell nearly as many units as last generation which can't be seen by anyone, not 3rd parties, console makers, anyone, as a good thing.

And nothing in that statement is false for the simple fact that the WiiU is not close to the wii, and XB1 seems like it will end up selling less than the 360, the 3ds fell WAY behind the DS and the Vita WAY behind the PSP. The only console which saw a increase was the PS4 over the PS3.

And with this generation not going 8 years how will the PS4 carry the entire industry on its back? You expect it to sell 150/200 million consoles in 5 years?

No console has ever sold 150/200 million in five years. Your expectations are way out of whack and crazy. No one is denying how phones have changed the game, especially in Vitas case. Your post is really disingenuous and full of faulty assumptions.

 

[Freeman]

Do we know if the XO outsold the WiiU?

 

[dolabla]

Ps4 > 360+x1+wii u

Holy fk! That's insane.

 

[Ty4on]

So did vita outsell wiiu? 56k for the fps bundle, was it available standalone as well?

Nope. 99% of Vita sales came from the bundle. I should've known it and bought 5k Vitas.

 

[VanWinkle]

Well, here is the biggest news this month, Vita is back to life, FPS bundle 56k.

WOOOOO!!

 

[N.Domixis]

Damnnnnn at the Vita. Sony HAS to do a Minecraft bundle now. Heck drop the price to $179 and bundle Minecraft and Vita could make a real revival in the US imo.

I think after this bundle, sony knows what they got to do. A mine-craft bundle could be the vita's savior from premature death.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

I don't think last generation was "idiosyncratic," as that implies the gamers came and left. They didn't. They're still gaming -- just on iOS, Facebook, Android, and the like. The audience consoles had last generation is being siphoned away by agile competitors like Apple and Google.

But isn't the part of the audience that's being siphoned away the part of the audience that was only there last generation to begin with?

 

[miDnIghtEr20C]

Get back to me when Sony wins over 2 years in a row straight of NPD numbers.

Hell, I'm just glad Sony is announcing NPD numbers now, and that the Sony fan is excited for NPD numbers these days as well!

 

[Finalizer]

Wait, what the fuck?! The 3DS outsold the Xbox One? Eve more so, I feel absolutely appalled at the apparent lack of surprise in most--if not all--people in this thread.

You're 20 pages late on this one, and it's hardly difficult to believe when taking the Xbone price cut announcement into account. May was doomed to be a bad month for MS by their own hands.

 

[Javier]

Price drop for Wii U incoming? Can they afford to drop maybe $30?

I'm not expecting one before July 31st, when the Mario Kart 8 Free Game promo ends.