Petrae
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They aren't thrilled with the Vita, either, but your point is valid.
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NPD May 2012 Sales Results [Up4: Max Payne 3, Dragon's Dogma, Ghost Recon]
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They aren't thrilled with the Vita, either, but your point is valid.
I unfortunately do not think next generation is going to help much. It will boost things some things of course, but I doubt its sustained in the way people expect/hope and doubt its going to quickly make anyone back the millions in research.
Look at the handhelds, the Vita is at risk of being stillborn and the 3DS, even with games and a better price now, is not seeming to pick up.
Look at the handhelds, the Vita is at risk of being stillborn and the 3DS, even with games and a better price now, is not seeming to pick up.
test_account
XP-39C²
The 3DS looks like Nintendo's answer to the PS3, in terms of popularity of the predecessing system. Only time will tell if it can turn around.
The game is more pricey in Japan though. Converted, it cost about $100. It has sold ~420k copies so far, so tha is ~40 million dollars. Obviously this isnt pure profit (stores get their share too,), but i think that this game will minimum break even at least.
facetious, indeed. but still, the numbers are up yoy, can't deny that regardless of anecdotes.
Yeah, but that was almost an assured lost when the game had a 150 person core development team and a four year development cycle.
To put this in prospective, Resident Evil 6 has the same core development team size.
And it may not be as feasible as it was last gen (and certainly next gen this facet will become worse).
Re-read my post:
StevieP said:
toymachine
Member
Ubisoft saving vidya once again
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
I forgot the 80k for last month was an estimate by jvm.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
People are waiting for 2 things
1. A price drop on everything save maybe the 3DS.
2. The next gen consoles to arrive. Nearly everyone can feel that next year is the year, so it makes it harder to sell current gen.
1. A price drop on everything save maybe the 3DS.
2. The next gen consoles to arrive. Nearly everyone can feel that next year is the year, so it makes it harder to sell current gen.
transience
Member
Yeesh. Every month is a bad month these days. 2012 is going to end up as a pretty bad year, especially with the holiday season seeming so sparse, with only three huge releases. Those three are pretty massive though (AC3, Halo 4, Black Ops 2) so maybe they can make up for it.
Baconsammy
Banned
Not sure why you felt the need to point out the Vita, but I didn't, because America hasn't heard about the Vita yet. When it finally releases here it's going to do great...wait what's that? Ohhh. Carry on.
Of All Trades
Member
If it was down over last year it would be a catastrophic failure.
They need to do something. I can't believe they haven't even announced successor consoles.
Well that true as well.
Speaking of Resident Evil , err i wonder how the hell did RE : Orc do sood in this market
?I hope we get the numbers of max payne 3
For comparison 3DS sold in May ~340k.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Love to see the iPad sales over an equivalent time, and I'm not even an iOS guy.
HigherLevel
Member
I can see either Sony or MS maybe rushing to the market early 2013 at this rate. It's time for new systems, everyone that wants one already has one.
WickedLaharl
Member
Capcom fucked up bad by not including online co-op.
I swear this isn't a port wishing thing, but I already thought it likely that Capcom would port over Dragon's Dogma to Wii U. Now I think it is even more likely.
MikeE21286
Member
Might just lose a bunch of people to disinterest.
Honestly, could be hurting the long-term viability of future generations by making this one last too long.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Software must be very low... didn't Prototype do just over 200k last month?
Second month and it's still fourth... ugh.
Second month and it's still fourth... ugh.
legendnthamaking
Banned
The 3DS could be doing better but compared to where they were last year, its not horrible by any means but one thing they have going is NSMB2 which will help a lot. The Vita on the other hand at this point is just a massive failure until Sony decides to get serious which they have shown no intention of doing.
Baconsammy
Banned
I think more Apple stores have opened this year than Vita's have sold.
Petrae
Member
The point is that neither handheld is capturing the US market. 3DS sales have gone south, while the Vita never got started. Mobile is starting to gnaw at handheld numbers, and this trend won't change significantly in the months to come.
It may still be 20-25% of the world's gaming market in terms of sales volume, but back when people were talking down Japan the yen was much weaker making the market less relevant. With the way exchange rates are going Japan's probably far more important now than before. The $60US games are 7000~8000 yen (=~$85-$100), the $40 portable games are 4800~6800yen (~$60-$80). Suddenly that small market becomes a lot more important to control.
Speaking of Resident Evil , err i wonder how the hell did RE : Orc do sood in this market
Brand recognition. Resident Evil is a big name.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Not to mention some here thought they could keep going until late 2014...
CosmicQueso
Member
Despite its E3 showing, this market is wide open for Nintendo to take back control this holiday. They have the 3DS software lineup to do it, and a new box thing that plays Rayman and 50 Mario titles I hear.
Petrae
Member
Console software is very low, compared to a year ago. Max Payne 3 wasn't the performer that we all expected.
It should bother any gamer that solid new IPs aren't rewarded with sales. Gamers are the reason the same unambitious games are peddled to us ever year from the same franchises. Dragon's Dogma > your lame pun
Reasoned platform port arguments aren't considered port begging, so arguing that a port should happen to recoup costs isn't considered port begging.
Alebrije
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MikeE21286
Member
How bout, "well um, the chip sizes can't shrink anymore but our sales sure are" I think all the consoles have basically hit most of the people they're going to hit at the current pricing. Maybe they're happy with 100K every month but we're hitting a point that the only thing thats going to push new hardware sales is going to be a price drop. I'm not sure a new game will do much.