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NPD July 2012 Sales Results [Up3: 3DS Hardware Correction - 124K+]
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metalslimer
Member
MS is going in 2013. Sony seems to be only one crazy enough to maybe wait until 2014. The ball is basically in Nintendo's court for a while to launch a brand new system, but there are many things they can fuck up.
Count Dookkake
Member
Gonna be great talking about those last-gen systems.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Two Call of Duty games in the top 10? o_o
BassForever
Member
Seems like Sony is boned either way they go at this point, they already have one next gen device out with Vita and that's struggling horribly, how do you release a console more powerful then the PS3 that isn't way too expensive for the market while you can't get your current handheld afloat?
And 55k<Vita<60k ?
So 360 > PS3 > 3DS > DS > Wii > Vita > PSP ?
Daydream Sequence
Banned
How's a really mediocre strategy game save the list?
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Can you tell us which one the PS3 is closer to? Is Wii closer to 65K or 70k?
They'll both be next year. I'd take a ban bet if it was still allowed.
So basically only NCAA was over 300K on each SKU? Everything else under 88K starting at number two.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
There are ALOT of 2011 titles on that list. ALOT of 2010 ones, too...
I think Yoshida put it best.
Source: http://andriasang.com/con1vl/ffxiv_update/AndriaSang said:
This is our benchmark comparison point for the PS3 these days.
it's almost as though this generation has gone on entirely too long.
2013 is going to be a barren wasteland with the wii u doing its best 3ds impression.
so a rewrite of that sentence would be: 2013 is going to be a barren wasteland
Petrae
Member
Worst Vita month so far.
Japan 10th Place > USA 3th Place in July individual sales rank.
Japan Empire Rises Again.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Well, we were only able to determine the Vita was between 50k and 56.8k in May. It must be below 56.8k at least.
Well, then I belive 50k<Vita< 55k.
Guessing below 55k then.
Jaded Alyx
Member
You can play all those cheap DS games on the 3DS anyway...
perfectchaos007
Member
If neither the 3DS or Vita have big sales this Holiday, I think the future of handheld gaming on non-ios devices are in serious jeopardy. At least in America
butter_stick
Banned
I think it already is.
metalslimer
Member
I don't see the 3DS doing any worse than it did last holiday. At worst I think the 3DS will have a mediocre holiday and continue to post mediocre numbers. While 124+ is something it is far below what a healthy new platform should be selling unless the market is severely reduced. Vita is another matter altogether though. Sony wants to sell 12 million Vitas+ PSP at the current rate they won't even hit 6 millon.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Mind blown. I've been mentally pronouncing it as THEE-AT-RHYTHM since it was announced.
if the 3ds doesn't do well (at least 2m with nov + dec) with nsmb2 and pokemon (kinda), then you might as well call it dead right there.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
The 3DS sold over 2 million between November and December last year. It's the Vita that's in jeopardy; it's the worst performing handheld/console by either Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft since the PS2 was released.
metalslimer
Member
If it does worse than last year, Nintendo better start looking into the pulling a GBA with the 3DS (i.e. releasing a successor extremely early).
It already is, the market for dedicated handheld gaming devices is shrinking and is destined to shrink even more.
Handheld games will become a commodity product offered on mobiles phones and portable players.
The process will take time but it can't be stopped just like the transition from packaged to digital.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Except the GBA performed exceptionally well. The DS was a response to the PSP. Completely different scenario.
butter_stick
Banned
Has Vita outlived the Virtual Boy?
I know it's supposed to be Theatre + Rhythm, but by quickly glancing at the title my mind instantly goes to "thee-at-rhythm". I can't help it.
BassForever
Member
It's hard to fathom the 3DS doing worse this holiday season compared to the last one unless we really are experiencing the end of the world, at which case I don't think we'll be here debating why the system is selling poorly.
Yep.
metalslimer
Member
Yes WW it has definitely outsold it. US alone it is still behind though
Edit: Outlived? No, Nintendo took a year to discontinue the VB. The only way I see Sony pulling a VB would be if Vita sold sub 100k numbers both in November and December. That wouldn't be a platform worth even leaving on the shelf.
Kacho
Gold Member
REALLY? Holy shit. Now that puts things into perspective.
Edit: Bolded what I'm referring to.
terrisus
Member
Well, Virtual Boy's first game was released in July of 1995, and the last in March of 1996, for a lifespan of 8 months (as far as actively getting games released for it anyway).
So, going from the Vita's Japanese release date it's just about even with it, but, going by the US release date, it still has a couple of months to go. It will obviously clear it, and has games still in development (of course, so did the Virtual Boy when it was cancelled) but, at around 50K systems per month and going down, and making comparisons to the Virtual Boy, that's not saying too much...
frankie_baby
Member
How about just usa and japan seeing as they were the only places the VB released?
alfredofroylan
Member
VB was discontinued 5 months after it debuted in Japan. It took 8 months for it to die in the US.
frankie_baby
Member
Sub 100k numbers won't happen in those months but under 200k in them is looking a distinct possibility
metalslimer
Member
Vita has sold 863k in Japan meaning it outsold VB entirely in one territory alone. The only comparable flop the VB is the Ngage
That would be PSP levels after it crashed in the west.
creamsugar
Member
BREAKING or not
Vita < 50k
Vita < 50k
butter_stick
Banned
woooooooow
A new low has been broken, yes.
Holy shit........
You Are Viewtiful
Member
fuck
that's less than 12.5k a week. I wonder if it broke the doom threshold <10k a week.
Well I guess that's that.jpg
