Vita Sells 1.2 Million Units Worldwide

Where the analyst's go wrong is that they consider all gamers in 1 bunch. There's no way to compare a $1 Iphone game to a console title unless it's a game like scrabble. But most hardcore gamers aren't going to be interested in a smartphone game vs a console game since the experience is so different. And even if developers can provide a COD iphone game that matches the console version why in the hell would they only charge $1 for it?

Vita should succeed since the games(which is the most important thing) that are in the pipeline are top notch. There's room for 3DS, PSVita & Smartphones/tablets to exist anyways.
 
I think the 3DS sold something like 3 million in it's first month or two. As long as they're selling, it's all good... keep real handheld gaming alive!!
 
I saw an IGN article about the sales number. I think the writer put it best when he said that 1.2 million "is neither spectacular nor catastrophic."

The coming months will be important. There are a few good games coming for sure; those will sell some systems, and then there will be others that will buy one after seeing a friends. But realistically I think we'll see a big drop in the sales in the weeks after launch similar to what is happening in Japan.
 
I'm not sayin they're amazing numbers, but they've exceeded Sony's expectations and basically stick it to everyone who thinks it was going to fail out of the gate and get a massive price drop in a month.

And who cares about 3DS comparison sales? This shows that there is room in the market for both handhelds, and most importantly, that mobile "gaming" hasn't made handhelds obsolete.
 
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I think I read somewhere that between Europe and The US there were around 600,000 Vitas sold so roughly 300,000 for the US. I believe 3DS sold close to 400,000 in the US on it's launch week. Dont believe anything Ive written until you read it somewhere else because Im just going off a hazy memory.

If that's accurate though yeah not great numbers but not too terrible either. I was hoping for closer to the 3DS numbers but oh well I think once they drop the price and include some memory it'll be fine.
 
[quote name='ShockandAww']I think I read somewhere that between Europe and The US there were around 600,000 Vitas sold so roughly 300,000 for the US. I believe 3DS sold close to 400,000 in the US on it's launch week. Dont believe anything Ive written until you read it somewhere else because Im just going off a hazy memory.

If that's accurate though yeah not great numbers but not too terrible either. I was hoping for closer to the 3DS numbers but oh well I think once they drop the price and include some memory it'll be fine.[/QUOTE]


Can you or anyone else explain why they would drop the price?

A 3DS is just $169.99 assuming you and everyone else is expecting a price drop to $199.99 can you tell me that technology in the Vita is just $30 better then the 3DS?

Or that the technology in the Vita is in line with an iPod touch which I think retails for $199

I think it'll be at $250 for quite some time; and that Sony may bundle a game or a Memory card but I just don't understand why they would do an agreesive price drop anytime soon
 
[quote name='GBAstar']Can you or anyone else explain why they would drop the price?

A 3DS is just $169.99 assuming you and everyone else is expecting a price drop to $199.99 can you tell me that technology in the Vita is just $30 better then the 3DS?

Or that the technology in the Vita is in line with an iPod touch which I think retails for $199

I think it'll be at $250 for quite some time; and that Sony may bundle a game or a Memory card but I just don't understand why they would do an agreesive price drop anytime soon[/QUOTE]
I agree I can see a better bundle in the future but I dont see a crazy price drop like the 3DS. I have both systems and the 3DS is no where near the same tech level as the Vita. The difference in the 3DS price drop is that the 3DS was over priced from the launch I dont feel the Vita is.

If eveyone can remember when the Vita was announced everyone thought the price for the sytem was great and everyone thought it would be priced higher. To me the market for the two systems are different so I dont think the Vita will follow the 3DS.
 
[quote name='GBAstar']Can you or anyone else explain why they would drop the price?

A 3DS is just $169.99 assuming you and everyone else is expecting a price drop to $199.99 can you tell me that technology in the Vita is just $30 better then the 3DS?

Or that the technology in the Vita is in line with an iPod touch which I think retails for $199

I think it'll be at $250 for quite some time; and that Sony may bundle a game or a Memory card but I just don't understand why they would do an agreesive price drop anytime soon[/QUOTE]
Yeah it probably will be at $250 for some time because Sony is like that, but imo there should be a $50 drop within 6 months of the launch and a 4GB memory card should be included yesterday. Had they done this to begin with it would have sold a shit ton more and maybe they wouldn't have been too embarrassed to give actual sales figures for the US launch.

Anyway yes I agree they'll bundle games and memory with it before any prices drop. Too bad by the time Sony decides to actually try to start selling these things nobody will give a shit what they do with it. Hopefully the simple fact that it's an awesome device will manage to save it.

I'm not anti PS3/Vita btw I just really hate how Sony goes about some of the shit they do. They piss me off :)
 
[quote name='Bercelak']I wonder how many will return it or re-sell it.[/QUOTE]
I honestly don't think a lot will. Aside from that FEB I haven't seen much about any buyers remorse. It's an awesome device like I said. Or at least an awesome gaming device with a lot of potential. It's just that Sony's got to get them into people's hands I think.
 
I love the Vita, but it's bizarre to me that these are being touted as 'great' numbers. They're 'great' if your baseline was 'this thing will crash and burn immediately', but these numbers are, if I remember correctly, actually lower then the inital 3DS numbers. You know, the ones that everyone in the industry claimed were the absolute death of that device? Yeah.

This is a perfect storm of well-written press releases and the benefit of hindsight. The 3DS proved that these kind of numbers aren't indicative of anything beyond redemption, and Sony's expectations bar was obviously set very, very low. If you had switched the launches of these two devices, I guarantee people would be screaming that the Vita was a massive failure, just like what happened with the 3DS.

Anyway, it's all irrelevant. It's a nice talking point, but it's a fairly hollow one. It showed there's a market for dedicated handheld devices, and room enough for two. It won't be the salad days of the DS, but there's not nearly enough to declare anything DOA. That's something I'm seriously, seriously happy about. These aren't great numbers, but it's a start.
 
From what I remember reading was that nobody thought the 3DS was in trouble the first month it was after the first month when sales quickly dropped. Hopefully there is enough Vitas in peoples hand to get other people interested.
 
[quote name='GBAstar']Can you or anyone else explain why they would drop the price?

A 3DS is just $169.99 assuming you and everyone else is expecting a price drop to $199.99 can you tell me that technology in the Vita is just $30 better then the 3DS?

Or that the technology in the Vita is in line with an iPod touch which I think retails for $199

I think it'll be at $250 for quite some time; and that Sony may bundle a game or a Memory card but I just don't understand why they would do an agreesive price drop anytime soon[/QUOTE]

It sold 11k last week in Japan. People are not buying a system for the specs, they buy it for games. No quality games mean no sale.
 
[quote name='62t']It sold 11k last week in Japan. People are not buying a system for the specs, they buy it for games. No quality games mean no sale.[/QUOTE]


No quality games?

Uncharted, MLB: The Show (out next week), ModNation, UMvC3, BlazBlue, FIFA, Rayman aren't quality games compared to:

Street Fighter, Steel Diver, Random Pet Games, Hang Gliding in 3D, etc.


This is the best launch lineup I've seen in several generations. Don't blame it on the games
 
[quote name='GBAstar']No quality games?

Uncharted, MLB: The Show (out next week), ModNation, UMvC3, BlazBlue, FIFA, Rayman aren't quality games compared to:

Street Fighter, Steel Diver, Random Pet Games, Hang Gliding in 3D, etc.


This is the best launch lineup I've seen in several generations. Don't blame it on the games[/QUOTE]

Launch window is fine but what happen after that? After March the lineup dry up really fast. Vita is going to need their Zelda, Mario Land and Mario Kart before the end of the year.
 
[quote name='gettinmoney662']I'm not sayin they're amazing numbers, but they've exceeded Sony's expectations and basically stick it to everyone who thinks it was going to fail out of the gate and get a massive price drop in a month.

And who cares about 3DS comparison sales? This shows that there is room in the market for both handhelds, and most importantly, that mobile "gaming" hasn't made handhelds obsolete.[/QUOTE]

1.2million makes it only around 600k from the us and europe combined... Those numbers are not very good at all. And Sony's comment of "exceeded expectations" is a joke. Look back at Sony's previous statement with the PSPgo where they gave out similar statements ALL the way up until they discontinued it.

Price drop incoming.
 
[quote name='GBAstar']Can you or anyone else explain why they would drop the price?

A 3DS is just $169.99 assuming you and everyone else is expecting a price drop to $199.99 can you tell me that technology in the Vita is just $30 better then the 3DS?

Or that the technology in the Vita is in line with an iPod touch which I think retails for $199

I think it'll be at $250 for quite some time; and that Sony may bundle a game or a Memory card but I just don't understand why they would do an agreesive price drop anytime soon[/QUOTE]

They only need look back at the 3DS sales to conclude that a pricedrop would increase sales. And a Big price drop (like the 3DS was forced to do) would possibly give the Vita record sales.
I expect a price drop within 3-6months. But it will probably only be 40-50dollars where it should be closer to 80-100dollars.

Vita recovery plan.

1. discontinue wifi only model.
2. price drop the 3G model to 199
4. price drop the memory cards (32gb for 99.. lol) and physical games (sorry but 49.99 is to high)
3. win.
 
[quote name='Ivanhoe']They only need look back at the 3DS sales to conclude that a pricedrop would increase sales. And a Big price drop (like the 3DS was forced to do) would possibly give the Vita record sales.
I expect a price drop within 3-6months. But it will probably only be 40-50dollars where it should be closer to 80-100dollars.

Vita recovery plan.

1. discontinue wifi only model.
2. price drop the 3G model to 199
4. price drop the memory cards (32gb for 99.. lol) and physical games (sorry but 49.99 is to high)
3. win.[/QUOTE]

Probably why only 1 game out right now is priced that high.
 
[quote name='Ivanhoe']They only need look back at the 3DS sales to conclude that a pricedrop would increase sales. And a Big price drop (like the 3DS was forced to do) would possibly give the Vita record sales.
I expect a price drop within 3-6months. But it will probably only be 40-50dollars where it should be closer to 80-100dollars.

Vita recovery plan.

1. discontinue wifi only model.
2. price drop the 3G model to 199
4. price drop the memory cards (32gb for 99.. lol) and physical games (sorry but 49.99 is to high)
3. win.[/QUOTE]

I disagree that a price drop is required, especially when you consider what you are getting for the money. This is a true next-gen handheld with a great design and a lot of potential. Sony isn't going to just drop the price, when financially they need to maintain some profit margin to improve their bottom line.

And why do you just list "49.99" as the price of games, when only ONE game had that price? Most games are 30-40, not 50. You can't just pick the only $50 title and then base your logic on that.
 
[quote name='pjb16']Probably why only 1 game out right now is priced that high.[/QUOTE]

No kidding. And I don't even consider Uncharted price at $49.99 because more then one have had it discounted to $39.99 prior to release and during release week.
 
[quote name='pjb16']Probably why only 1 game out right now is priced that high.[/QUOTE]


True. And that is good news right now.
But it has me worried as a consumer that Sony thinks that 49.99 for a portable game is a reasonable starting price.
 
I'll be honest, I would have picked up 3-4 games by now, but the $40 pricetag is turning me off. So far I've only picked up HSG. Sadly, I missed out on the B2G1 sale from last week. Until prices come down, I'll be holding onto my money and being very careful with my game purchases.
 
[quote name='Ivanhoe']True. And that is good news right now.
But it has me worried as a consumer that Sony thinks that 49.99 for a portable game is a reasonable starting price.[/QUOTE]

The average Vita owner has bought two games already.

Everyone complains about the pricing but it's about the same as the 3DS (if you ignore Uncharted). Furthermore, there were quite a few games at $30.
 
[quote name='JG5253']Your first link just says that. It didn't meet Nintendos expectations for the month. I didn't see anything saying it was failing in the first week[/QUOTE]

You initially said "first month" and now you're changing it to "first week". LOL, make up your mind, pal.
 
[quote name='SynGamer']I'll be honest, I would have picked up 3-4 games by now, but the $40 pricetag is turning me off. So far I've only picked up HSG. Sadly, I missed out on the B2G1 sale from last week. Until prices come down, I'll be holding onto my money and being very careful with my game purchases.[/QUOTE]

Same here. I can't justify paying more than $30 for a vita game unless I'm going to get a lot of replay out of it.

That's what sales/clearances are for, though.
 
[quote name='iamthekiller']Same here. I can't justify paying more than $30 for a vita game unless I'm going to get a lot of replay out of it.

That's what sales/clearances are for, though.[/QUOTE]

If you look around, you can always find deals. I bought 5 retail games at launch, they cost me $30 each, and three of them listed for $40-$50. I don't know how people could have missed all the deals that went on before, during, and after launch.
 
[quote name='chimpmeister']If you look around, you can always find deals. I bought 5 retail games at launch, they cost me $30 each, and three of them listed for $40-$50. I don't know how people could have missed all the deals that went on before, during, and after launch.[/QUOTE]

That was launch week. I've been looking since Sunday and there aren't any deals :( Just picked up Rayman Origins tonight for $39.99. Hearing good things. Worse case, I can always trade it in later.
 
[quote name='SteveGo']You initially said "first month" and now you're changing it to "first week". LOL, make up your mind, pal.[/QUOTE]

Well I meant first month since they didn't say it was doomed they just said it didn't meet Nintendo's expectations, pal.
 
[quote name='62t']It sold 11k last week in Japan. People are not buying a system for the specs, they buy it for games. No quality games mean no sale.[/QUOTE]yep games sell systems in the end but I disagree on the no quality part. Where Sony messed up is in japan they launch Western titles had they dropped Monster Hunter & 2-3 of those Japan only games that I can't pronounce but still lead sales for PSP there then the sales would've been high. Once people have already grabbed the system then those MGS, Mortal Kombat & UMVC titles would move too.

[quote name='62t']Launch window is fine but what happen after that? After March the lineup dry up really fast. Vita is going to need their Zelda, Mario Land and Mario Kart before the end of the year.[/QUOTE]The next wave comes soon per their announcements & by X-mas there should be at least 5 top notch titles to propel fall sales.

[quote name='ShockandAww']Yeah it probably will be at $250 for some time because Sony is like that, but imo there should be a $50 drop within 6 months of the launch and a 4GB memory card should be included yesterday. Had they done this to begin with it would have sold a shit ton more and maybe they wouldn't have been too embarrassed to give actual sales figures for the US launch.

Anyway yes I agree they'll bundle games and memory with it before any prices drop. Too bad by the time Sony decides to actually try to start selling these things nobody will give a shit what they do with it. Hopefully the simple fact that it's an awesome device will manage to save it.

I'm not anti PS3/Vita btw I just really hate how Sony goes about some of the shit they do. They piss me off :)[/QUOTE]That's what they'll do & should've done from the start offer a 1st party game bundle that was huge value at a "fair price" like wifi version Uncharted, Little Deviants, 8 GB card for $350. Then uncharted's sales numbers look great w/bundling & people have the best quality game from day 1.

[quote name='Ivanhoe']True. And that is good news right now.
But it has me worried as a consumer that Sony thinks that 49.99 for a portable game is a reasonable starting price.[/QUOTE]Most likely the production cost for Uncharted was thru the roof so they need to recoup on this title. There will be other $50 titles but most likey they'll have tons of content plus since you can play it on PS3 that's cheaper than $60.
 
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