frankie_baby
Member
they probably just got the cones out ready for the pokemon lines and thought they'd stick a vita sign up to see if anyone bothered
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Media Create Sales: Week 40, 2013 (Sep 30 - Oct 06)
- Thread starter Chris1964
- Start date
Today.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Angry Bird was 3DS best selling third-party game in US :-\
That's sad.
Probably helps it was $30 max with most of the time being $20. Heck, even I have it.. lol. but yeah, I agree, paints a sad picture for 3rd party games in NA
sell-through should be:
100K in JP
around 350K in US
Of course it all depend on the bundle with the system.
If being passionate and optimistic about a a IP and a handheld I love is a joke then I must be a joke character.
Sorry if it got extremely annoying. I'll keep my mouth shut.
shinra-bansho
Member
I didn't mean to be as harsh as that came across, and L Thammy is right, you've been polite about it.
But there's a difference between being an optimistic voice in discussion about the Vita and just posting that the Vita is due for a massive turnaround over and over again.
The above "line" would essentially say that there isn't pent up demand for the new SKU, which does not bode well. The sales declines we've been seeing would then instead suggest more that it's reaching end of life saturation or at least saturation at the current price point.
So I guess the recent pathetic Vita sales were due to MH4 putting the final nails in its coffin and not ppl waiting on the revision?
Aquamarine
Member
We've been getting non-stop Dengeki data since 2009...I think Dengeki has earned the right to be in the OP with Famitsu and Media Create thanks to how much data they give us, but it's not my call to make.
The one key element that's missing from my posts though is the week-over-week percentage change...I'm working on a system to automate that, and soon I'll retroactively add it to each Dengeki post I created. The other issue is that the way I present data (code tags) is fundamentally different from Chris1964's text method. Personally I like to emphasize readability over conciseness, and it seems he prefers the opposite.
Calm your shit down, man. There's at least one person in the Vita line.
What's the catch? I didn't expect there to be any lines at all, but if the store felt like there was enough demand for there to be a line, the picture seems too funny to be an accurate representation of the demand for the new Vita. Maybe there was a line early in the day, and the picture was taken hours later. Just a thought. Makes for a hilarious picture though.
When was this pic taken?
mugurumakensei
Member
Magicpaint
Member
Why would there be a line for a model revision as minor as this though? I'm surprised one was made at all.
Damn, I've missed your retail musings !
FreedomFighter
Member
Wow, thanks for that. Interesting to hear about how things are on the ground.
Huh, that's odd then. If that's the same place as the Yabodashi-Akiba from the PS4 preorder pics, they open at 9:30am Japan time. So there wouldn't be anyone in the line because the store was already open.
NuclearSpy
Member
Dat monster hunter game is pretty good, rite?
Lets wait and see how they next PSV model does next week.
Lets wait and see how they next PSV model does next week.
spatenfloot
Member
Obviously, there was a massive line before the store opened but the efficient workers got everyone through quickly. They are now all at home playing their handheld goodness.
mugurumakensei
Member
I might be wrong though. I was just going by the twitter post time.
Edit: my caculation was wrong. That was posted 8:51 am oct 10 japan time.
Why? Its not much different from the original model.
I kind of doubt he's even in the line, lol. Probably just passing through, trying to avoid the crowd on his right. I call that smart.
mugurumakensei
Member
Ya that post was from 30 minutes before opening. Safe to say there's no hype behind new vita models. Any difference it makes will be minimal at best.
Well, you don't downright need to buy a memory card now, and hardware usually gets a boost with new colors.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
Regardless of how the Vita 2000 sells, this picture only tells you that people weren't interested in queuing up instead of going to work/school/etc - and , if anyone -was- lining up, they were doing so for store open at 10am.
Again, the queues weren't likely to be huge long snaking things - but you could have easily got the same picture on the day of MH4 launch (again, the two are not comparable for various reasons - but just to highlight that this picture doesn't really tell you much)
Again, the queues weren't likely to be huge long snaking things - but you could have easily got the same picture on the day of MH4 launch (again, the two are not comparable for various reasons - but just to highlight that this picture doesn't really tell you much)
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
wow I haven't seen you in a minute
Dat LCD.
Sammy Samusu
Member
DCharlie
It's a redesign, it should be a big day for Vita, but it's not, it's going to sell well, but not OMG NEW REDESIGN well. Nothing unexpected.
And Yodobashi killed the MH4 link, now I have no purpose in my life.
http://www.yodobashi.com/ec/product/stock/100000001001772491/index.html
That pic was first posted at 9:47 am actually.
It's a redesign, it should be a big day for Vita, but it's not, it's going to sell well, but not OMG NEW REDESIGN well. Nothing unexpected.
And Yodobashi killed the MH4 link, now I have no purpose in my life.
http://www.yodobashi.com/ec/product/stock/100000001001772491/index.html
Magicpaint
Member
But even back then you said MH4 would be the real deal - very separate from your outlandish MH3G prediction
Also, welcome back!The only people who thought otherwise are those who seem to make up any excuse possible as to why the Vita has been a commercial disaster.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
But even back then you said MH4 would be the real deal - very separate from your outlandish MH3G prediction
and , although i've only sunk 20 hours or so into MH4 due to a new job/second kid, it truly is a glorious game. I was pretty worried about how the game would turn out but it really is absolutely outstanding. Hats off to Capcom.
Thanks - it's nice to be around again
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
the thing is - that previous Road post ends with "what about Vita?" - there were queues for Vita 1000, just it doesn't tell you anything about the overall outcome from day 1 queues.
Hell, go look at the DS queues - it launched on a week day - i went to Tsutaya Shibuya before work... there was 14 of us. FOURTEEN.
Hell, go look at the DS queues - it launched on a week day - i went to Tsutaya Shibuya before work... there was 14 of us. FOURTEEN.
Thanks, I remembered someone posted it before.
So what time was the Vita 2000 pic posted at?
Sammy Samusu
Member
EDIT: Late, I blame Neogaf.
15,564 (week before Crisis Core 2000 bundle)
95,487 (Crisis Core 2000 bundle)
277,794 (2000 launch)
PSP 2000:
15,564 (week before Crisis Core 2000 bundle)
95,487 (Crisis Core 2000 bundle)
277,794 (2000 launch)
People wait in line for anything in Japan it seems (except Vita 2000). I can't believe there are so many people just boiling to play a system but holding out until a potential revision at some point, so when one is announced they just HAVE to camp outside. Newsflash to them: you could have bought the system for months or years before that.
Aquamarine
Member
All right...I've implemented an automated system for calculating percentage weekly sales change for the Dengeki Top 50.
It's already reflected on the latest sales, and it will be present for all future posts.
It's already reflected on the latest sales, and it will be present for all future posts.
Missed ya buddy.
As for the Vita pics, pack it up boys and girls. Sony should just go ahead and start taking stock off of the shelves. This thing is done.