Vita first week sales (UK): 1/4 of PSP debut, 1/2 of 3DS debut (~60k)

I hope people realise that if the Vita fails there is going to be a lot of pressure on Nintendo from investors to not release a dedicated handheld after the 3DS.

JLF1MarkII

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Nintendo handhelds did just fine in the past with no competition ya know. Thinking Nintendo somehow needs Sony to stay afloat in the handheld market in order to be succesful is ridiculous.

JLF1MarkII

As I said. Nintendo might be able to keep a small niche audience alive for the handhelds but then comes the question if they shouldn't team up with some other company.

It doesn't really matter as the dedicated handheld is screwed anyway in 10 years or so.

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

[QUOTE="KBFloYd"]

wow...60k launch week? i hope it doesnt become an atari lynx or game gear...but it doesnt look good ...unless they price cut or have some sort of monster game lined up..

will call of duty save vita?

White_Dreams

COD generally sales well for one reason: people buy the latest installment to play with their friends.

For example... say, the majority of the people you know are going to buy COD on the 360/PS3. Would you buy a PS Vita to play COD, when you already own a console that can and will be played by your friends?

That, and a lot of COD players are so-called "bro" gamers who wouldn't be caught dead with a handheld console.

I don't think COD will do much of anything.

Eh... common sense isn't so common, I guess.

Someone who buys every COD game on their 360/PS3 would see little reason to shell out $300 for another console, just to play a watered down port of a game they can already play.

Even more great news. :D Get to the price cut Sony!tagyhag

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]Even more great news. :D Get to the price cut Sony!Bigboi500

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="White_Dreams"][ I mean..why would i be butthurt? I was just noticing something about a lot of his posts, not just this threadSolidTy

Are you going to defend users now? It would be nice if you were doing this earlier for more users, just FYI.

N.B. Ironically - depending on how the North and Latin American numbers end up - even with the weaker UK launch PSV and 3DS sold around the same amount in Europe as a whole.

Why do you always sound so aggressive against the Vita?

JLF1MarkII

[QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

Why do you always sound so aggressive against the Vita?

Solid_Tango

[QUOTE="Solid_Tango"][QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

Why do you always sound so aggressive against the Vita?

tagyhag

[QUOTE="White_Dreams"][QUOTE="Tikeio"]

COD generally sales well for one reason: people buy the latest installment to play with their friends.

For example... say, the majority of the people you know are going to buy COD on the 360/PS3. Would you buy a PS Vita to play COD, when you already own a console that can and will be played by your friends?

That, and a lot of COD players are so-called "bro" gamers who wouldn't be caught dead with a handheld console.

I don't think COD will do much of anything.

Tikeio

Eh... common sense isn't so common, I guess.

Someone who buys every COD game on their 360/PS3 would see little reason to shell out $300 for another console, just to play a watered down port of a game they can already play.

So 60K sold during launch week.. I'm more interested to see where it goes from here

[QUOTE="Eponique"] "better than nothing" crowd.shadowchronicle

I hope people realise that if the Vita fails there is going to be a lot of pressure on Nintendo from investors to not release a dedicated handheld after the 3DS.

JLF1MarkII

[QUOTE="drakekratos"]1.2 million first week sales SUCK IT!AdmiralBison

It's just mad cow disease. Let him bask in blissful ignorance.

[QUOTE="shadowchronicle"]Its still better than nothing since most of the profit comes from first party games, but yeah the sales aren't that great. As for the market, it isn't getting any better, it is getting worse.AdmiralBison

If anything the market overlaps with Nintendo's traditionally more broad handheld target demographics even moreso.

[QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

Yeah, it's priced far too high. As was the 3DS at launch. I would have bought it at now if it was 150£ or something. When I can buy a 360 for the same amount of money with a huge and by now cheap back-catalogue it's clear that Sony have to make some tough decisions.

lundy86_4

I hope they do reduce it. I would actually love to get a Vita.

Hopefully, they can afford to give a price cut.

Yep, the 360 definitely has the library in place, and at super cheap prices for the most part.

[QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

[QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

The big publishers prefer 3DS and its successor over other types of platforms because that's where the money is.

You can bet that they will make a last stand and the platform of choice will be 3DS. Capcom did their part. Now it's time for other publishers that played the waiting game to jump on board.

A popular $40 cartridge game generates much more revenue than a popular iOS/android game.garland51

The 3DS's success is already set in stone. I'm talking about the one after it. What I'm saying is that Nintendo easily have another dedicated handheld in it after the 3DS. If the Vita get killed by Sony though I don't think Nintendo will release that system like they plan on now.

Like someone said before, Nintendo has done very well without competition in the past when it comes to dedicated gaming handhelds. Nintendo doesn't need Sony or anyone else.

[QUOTE="AdmiralBison"][QUOTE="shadowchronicle"]Its still better than nothing since most of the profit comes from first party games, but yeah the sales aren't that great. As for the market, it isn't getting any better, it is getting worse.shinrabanshou

If anything the market overlaps with Nintendo's traditionally more broad handheld target demographics even moreso.

So the Vita has only sold 1.2 million units worldwide?

Bigboi500

While i Plan on getting a PSV, right now its way too expensive and also am waiting for a few exclusive titles to be available... Probably many others feel the same so they didnt get the sytem at launch..

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

So the Vita has only sold 1.2 million units worldwide?

kage_53

Well, we do know that the UK has been historically full of dense people.

[QUOTE="kage_53"]

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

So the Vita has only sold 1.2 million units worldwide?

bonesawisready5

"How well is the PlayStation Vita selling? Sony offered the first indication today, announcing that sales of the new portable have exceeded internal expectations, selling over 1.2 million units worldwide, as of February 26".

"Japanese digital entertainment tracking site Media Create's PS Vita tally through February 19 equaled a little less than 579,000, indicating North America, Europe, Latin America, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Australia combined for about 600,000 system sales..."

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

So the Vita has only sold 1.2 million units worldwide?

kage_53

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"][QUOTE="kage_53"] I don't get the only part. 1.2 million in 13 days is very good. It's averaging just under 100 thousand a day. It's a lot higher than I thought it would be after seeing how bad the Japanese sales are. I guess the rest of the world is picking up the slack.

kage_53

"How well is the PlayStation Vita selling? Sony offered the first indication today, announcing that sales of the new portable have exceeded internal expectations, selling over 1.2 million units worldwide, as of February 26".

"Japanese digital entertainment tracking site Media Create's PS Vita tally through February 19 equaled a little less than 579,000, indicating North America, Europe, Latin America, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Australia combined for about 600,000 system sales..."

[QUOTE="kage_53"]

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

So the Vita has only sold 1.2 million units worldwide?

Bigboi500

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="kage_53"] I don't get the only part. 1.2 million in 13 days is very good. It's averaging just under 100 thousand a day. It's a lot higher than I thought it would be after seeing how bad the Japanese sales are. I guess the rest of the world is picking up the slack.

bonesawisready5

I never said it wasn't 1.2 million sold. I never said anything about sold/shipped. You're spinning like Sony wants it spun. The 1.2 million includes Japan, so that is in no way "13 days". Take away the Japanese sales and you have 600k for North America, Europe, Latin America, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia. Six regions of varying importance/size and it combines for 600k in a real 13 days. I'm 100% sure its 1.2 million sold to customers. I'm also 100% that including the two months of Japanese sales in this and saying "1.2 million in 13 days" is really cheap. I'm not trying to root against the device, I'm going against how this is being portrayed.bonesawisready5

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]I never said it wasn't 1.2 million sold. I never said anything about sold/shipped. You're spinning like Sony wants it spun. The 1.2 million includes Japan, so that is in no way "13 days". Take away the Japanese sales and you have 600k for North America, Europe, Latin America, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia. Six regions of varying importance/size and it combines for 600k in a real 13 days. I'm 100% sure its 1.2 million sold to customers. I'm also 100% that including the two months of Japanese sales in this and saying "1.2 million in 13 days" is really cheap. I'm not trying to root against the device, I'm going against how this is being portrayed.kage_53

Well, we do know that the UK has been historically full of dense people.

Pug-Nasty

Its to be expected considering the launch games are catered to a western audience.

Having tried &played a couple of titles I honestly think PSV has lots of potential, so am hoping to see many great titles being developed/released.. Definately planning to get one later on this summer...

Handheld gamers should be more thanhappy since they have 2 x great systems out which offer / will offer many great games..

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"]I never said it wasn't 1.2 million sold. I never said anything about sold/shipped. You're spinning like Sony wants it spun. The 1.2 million includes Japan, so that is in no way "13 days". Take away the Japanese sales and you have 600k for North America, Europe, Latin America, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia. Six regions of varying importance/size and it combines for 600k in a real 13 days. I'm 100% sure its 1.2 million sold to customers. I'm also 100% that including the two months of Japanese sales in this and saying "1.2 million in 13 days" is really cheap. I'm not trying to root against the device, I'm going against how this is being portrayed.kage_53

Doomed

Sony is doomed lol

Pftt... don't go by us Brits. Most of us haven't got a clue when it comes to gaming. We're still amazed with the Wii!thetruespin

what this fella said, in the matters of gaming the experts here in the UK are no smarter than Loosingends

What's with all the Britain hate. It is really unnecessary.layton2012

What's with all the Britain hate. It is really unnecessary.layton2012