Media Create Japan Sales Charts: PS Vita is Dead, Long Live Nintendo 3DS

[QUOTE="phonemug"]Vita will be below 20 k next week since the holidays end. What a disgusting flop.heeeeeeeeeweeee

yea vita is a total flop since its only launched in japan.

Only and Japan shouldn't be used in the same sentence.

So Nintendo France announced console hardware sold in 2011 and 3DS did 761k.

That means we have NoA's PR stating that 3DS sold ~4m in US, we know through this thread that it sold 4.5m to date in Japan and now this.

Just these three countries 3DS sold 9.3m units and these are factual numbers. VGchartz is probably right in that 3DS has sold around 14m worldwide in 2011 alone.

I can see why the Vita may be doing poorly, what I dont understand is why the 3DS is doing so well. The system still has an underwhelming library and the cunnrrent 3DS has a few flaws (most notably the small screen, lack of a second analogue, and the top screen being far too close to the bottom). jonathant5

1) Appealing software sells hardware.

2) Nintendo games, at least, don't need a second analog in 99% of the cases, that goes for DS, Wii and 3DS, because their games are made specifically for the respective systems, to a point where they change the entire game design.

For example, they have moved on to an auto/fixed camera system in the Mario games, which eliminates the need of a second analog in Mario to control the camera.

[QUOTE="jonathant5"]I can see why the Vita may be doing poorly, what I dont understand is why the 3DS is doing so well. The system still has an underwhelming library and the cunnrrent 3DS has a few flaws (most notably the small screen, lack of a second analogue, and the top screen being far too close to the bottom). SuperFlakeman

1) Appealing software sells hardware.

2) Nintendo games, at least, don't need a second analog in 99% of the cases, that goes for DS, Wii and 3DS, because their games are made specifically for the respective systems, to a point where they change the entire game design.

For example, they have moved on to an auto/fixed camera system in the Mario games, which eliminates the need of a second analog in Mario to control the camera.

I can see why the Vita may be doing poorly, what I dont understand is why the 3DS is doing so well. The system still has an underwhelming library and the cunnrrent 3DS has a few flaws (most notably the small screen, lack of a second analogue, and the top screen being far too close to the bottom). jonathant5

[QUOTE="jonathant5"]I can see why the Vita may be doing poorly, what I dont understand is why the 3DS is doing so well. The system still has an underwhelming library and the cunnrrent 3DS has a few flaws (most notably the small screen, lack of a second analogue, and the top screen being far too close to the bottom). Eponique

[QUOTE="Eponique"][QUOTE="jonathant5"]I can see why the Vita may be doing poorly, what I dont understand is why the 3DS is doing so well. The system still has an underwhelming library and the cunnrrent 3DS has a few flaws (most notably the small screen, lack of a second analogue, and the top screen being far too close to the bottom). jonathant5

[QUOTE="jonathant5"][QUOTE="Eponique"] The 3DS has a great software library, and it's nice that the Japanese can see that.FlamesOfGrey

Don't forget Professor Layton Mask of Miracle.lordlors

Not to mention its promising lineup for Q1. Biohazard, Shinrei Camera, Ace Combat, Rhythmthief, New Love Plus, MGS, Theatrhythm, Kingdom Hearts, Kid Icarus, Dynasty Warriors, and I'm sure I'm missing many others.

Either way, to say that the 3DS "only" has Mario Kart or "only" SM3DL isn't really a good reason for system to not sell. Those games are system sellers. I bought the 3DS for 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 was also a month away back then. I'd be surprised if sales WEREN'T that big after the "big 3": MK7, SM3DL and MH3.

The 3DS deserves the sales it's getting right now. It delivers what people want and more is on the way.

Is 3DS getting a Gundam game? For some reason I thought that Nintendo and Gundam didn't exactly roll together historically.

[QUOTE="lordlors"] Don't forget Professor Layton Mask of Miracle.Eponique

Not to mention its promising lineup for Q1. Biohazard, Shinrei Camera, Ace Combat, Rhythmthief, New Love Plus, MGS, Theatrhythm, Kingdom Hearts, Kid Icarus, Dynasty Warriors, and I'm sure I'm missing many others.

Either way, to say that the 3DS "only" has Mario Kart or "only" SM3DL isn't really a good reason for system to not sell. Those games are system sellers. I bought the 3DS for 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 was also a month away back then. I'd be surprised if sales WEREN'T that big after the "big 3": MK7, SM3DL and MH3.

The 3DS deserves the sales it's getting right now. It delivers what people want and more is on the way.

Is 3DS getting a Gundam game? For some reason I thought that Nintendo and Gundam didn't exactly roll together historically.

PraetorianMan

I can't believe the Wii... a dead console with next to no new games is still beating the PS3 :lol:

Am I too late to the funeral?

I can't believe the Wii... a dead console with next to no new games is still beating the PS3 :lol:phonemug

I can't believe the Vita... a DOA handheld with next to no good games completely destroyed the 360. And how the hell did you conclude that 74,459 PS3 < 49,525 Wii?

PraetorianMan, the 3DS did get a Gundam game after all. It released the week before PS Vita, and in fact even got its own special edition 3DS.charizard1605

That's just your opinion. I think Uncharted is crap, but I'm not going to go around saying that it's a horrible reason to buy a console.Eponique

Am I too late to the funeral?Big_Pecks

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]PraetorianMan, the 3DS did get a Gundam game after all. It released the week before PS Vita, and in fact even got its own special edition 3DS.PraetorianMan

Hell yeah.

Enforcedspot

I am blinded by the epicness of this pic...

[QUOTE="Big_Pecks"]Am I too late to the funeral?Heil68

[QUOTE="Enforcedspot"]

Hell yeah.

musalala

I am blinded by the epicness of this pic...

That's just your opinion. I think Uncharted is crap, but I'm not going to go around saying that it's a horrible reason to buy a console.Eponique

I actually feel that it is, especially when that system can only play games and has no other significant complementary features, considering that the whole point of purchasing a console/handheld is to play games, it, to me, makes little sense why it is selling at the rate that it is selling given that there really arent many games to play on it. On top of that, since the current iteration of the 3DS has some flaws and that a new iteration of the 3DS is most likely on the way, well yeah current sales are unreasonably high. And really SD Gundam? Not a single Gundam game has been good and Gundam itself suck imo (then again I hate almost all Japanese Anime type of stuff so thats more of a personal bias then anything else). As for that list, Biohazard, Kingdom of Hearts, Kid Icarus and potentially Ace Combat are all going to be good games (most likely), but stuff like Dynasty Warriors? Those games are all simplistic low quality hack and slash games, and the MGS remake looks pretty bad (graphically, and well its a remake so nothing to really get excited about)jonathant5

Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land are platform sellers. Those games push hardware, I think it's pretty obvious. Vita doesn't have any software that's going to push hardware like Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land (yet).

The 3DS has great content coming up and has a pretty good library as of now, there's a lot of stuff to play but it depends on your taste. If you don't like a lot of what's there then you don't.

Vita is both dead and doomed.

A lot of crazy fanboys in this thread.

Games > Sales.

Any half decent gamer would like more games.

Hopefully Vita will do better when it gets released Worldwide :shock:

[QUOTE="jonathant5"]I actually feel that it is, especially when that system can only play games and has no other significant complementary features, considering that the whole point of purchasing a console/handheld is to play games, it, to me, makes little sense why it is selling at the rate that it is selling given that there really arent many games to play on it. On top of that, since the current iteration of the 3DS has some flaws and that a new iteration of the 3DS is most likely on the way, well yeah current sales are unreasonably high. And really SD Gundam? Not a single Gundam game has been good and Gundam itself suck imo (then again I hate almost all Japanese Anime type of stuff so thats more of a personal bias then anything else). As for that list, Biohazard, Kingdom of Hearts, Kid Icarus and potentially Ace Combat are all going to be good games (most likely), but stuff like Dynasty Warriors? Those games are all simplistic low quality hack and slash games, and the MGS remake looks pretty bad (graphically, and well its a remake so nothing to really get excited about)Haziqonfire

Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land are platform sellers. Those games push hardware, I think it's pretty obvious. Vita doesn't have any software that's going to push hardware like Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land (yet).

The 3DS has great content coming up and has a pretty good library as of now, there's a lot of stuff to play but it depends on your taste. If you don't like a lot of what's there then you don't.

Any half decent gamer g0ddyX

A lot of crazy fanboys in this thread.

Games > Sales.

Any half decent gamer would like more games.

Hopefully Vita will do better when it gets released Worldwide :shock:

g0ddyX

[QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"][QUOTE="charizard1605"] This isn't a Sony is doomed thread. It's a Media Create sales chart, and it's posted every week. charizard1605

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"] The title of the thread does say the PS Vita is doomed regardless so, to some it would seem as such.Comduter

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"] The title of the thread does say the PS Vita is doomed regardless so, to some it would seem as such.Comduter

[QUOTE="Comduter"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] I made no less than six Media Create threads back when the 3DS was failing that proclaimed that the 3DS was doomed. I never got any complaints then. Most of the time, the thread title is just an ironic remark towards general opinion on System Wars. This would be one of those instances. The topic title is also there to attract attention. Eponique

Did you actually read anything that I typed in two short sentences? it was only two sentences? How hard could that have been for you to read? How is it my fault of the TC gives his thread a misleading name? Geez you people are dumb.

Comduter