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And so it begins!
And so it begins!
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[QUOTE="DarkVincent07, post: 5773307]Yeah well was bound to happen, price cuts worked somewhat for the 3DS it will work for the Vita too.
But to be honest it's all about the games. As soon as the 3DS got some top quality games it started to sell well, I'm sure the Vita will be the same
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Dindn't 3ds only start to sell well after a massive price drop?
It's a start but they need monster hunter and a price drop to really get things started. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD bundled with Vita and a price drop is the only way they're moving a significant number of units anytime soon. I'm pretty sure Capcom is working on that port and will release soon.
PSP did a lot better, at a similar price and a worse launch line up, but it didn't have the competition off smartphones and tablets.
But to be honest it's all about the games. As soon as the 3DS got some top quality games it started to sell well, I'm sure the Vita will be the same
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[/QUOTE]Dindn't 3ds only start to sell well after a massive price drop?
It's a start but they need monster hunter and a price drop to really get things started. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD bundled with Vita and a price drop is the only way they're moving a significant number of units anytime soon. I'm pretty sure Capcom is working on that port and will release soon.
PSP did a lot better, at a similar price and a worse launch line up, but it didn't have the competition off smartphones and tablets.
[QUOTE="king87, post: 5773318]Dindn't 3ds only start to sell well after a massive price drop?
It's a start but they need monster hunter and a price drop to really get things started. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD bundled with Vita and a price drop is the only way they're moving a significant number of units anytime soon. I'm pretty sure Capcom is working on that port and will release soon.
PSP did a lot better, at a similar price and a worse launch line up, but it didn't have the competition off smartphones and tablets.[/QUOTE]
Well when they dropped the price, some good games started coming out too so it was a combination of the two, but the price drop was probably the driving force yes, which I did mention
It's a start but they need monster hunter and a price drop to really get things started. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD bundled with Vita and a price drop is the only way they're moving a significant number of units anytime soon. I'm pretty sure Capcom is working on that port and will release soon.
PSP did a lot better, at a similar price and a worse launch line up, but it didn't have the competition off smartphones and tablets.[/QUOTE]
Well when they dropped the price, some good games started coming out too so it was a combination of the two, but the price drop was probably the driving force yes, which I did mention
[QUOTE="JohnnyC, post: 5773419]Oh-oh. If they ever drop the price for Vita, i hope they don't sell it at a loss.[/QUOTE]
In the long run, it's better for them. It helps them move hardware, and thus the production costs will lower. Also, they'll be selling many more games. They did the same thing with PS3. Even if they sold it at $600 at first, they were already taking heavy losses, but the production costs managed to decrease and help them lose even less money with every sale.
In the long run, it's better for them. It helps them move hardware, and thus the production costs will lower. Also, they'll be selling many more games. They did the same thing with PS3. Even if they sold it at $600 at first, they were already taking heavy losses, but the production costs managed to decrease and help them lose even less money with every sale.
There we go!
Sure the price cut helps any console but it's software which really counts! The west is yet to receive the biggest selling launch title the 3DS had in Japan. It did 300K+ copies in it's first week, basically if you bought a 3DS in Japan you bought that with it!
+Rep to who ever guesses or Googles. But don't Google cause that breaks the fun!
Vita will get it's upward curve in Japan when Persona hits. FFX remaster will also go down a treat.
[QUOTE="dc89, post: 5773503]Sure the price cut helps any console but it's software which really counts! The west is yet to receive the biggest selling launch title the 3DS had in Japan. It did 300K+ copies in it's first week, basically if you bought a 3DS in Japan you bought that with it!
+Rep to who ever guesses or Googles. But don't Google cause that breaks the fun! [/QUOTE]
Layton?
+Rep to who ever guesses or Googles. But don't Google cause that breaks the fun! [/QUOTE]
Layton?
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[QUOTE="dc89, post: 5773503]
There we go!
Sure the price cut helps any console but it's software which really counts! The west is yet to receive the biggest selling launch title the 3DS had in Japan. It did 300K+ copies in it's first week, basically if you bought a 3DS in Japan you bought that with it!
+Rep to who ever guesses or Googles. But don't Google cause that breaks the fun!
Vita will get it's upward curve in Japan when Persona hits. FFX remaster will also go down a treat.[/QUOTE]
seems it's in japan I'm getting Mario Kart
There we go!
Sure the price cut helps any console but it's software which really counts! The west is yet to receive the biggest selling launch title the 3DS had in Japan. It did 300K+ copies in it's first week, basically if you bought a 3DS in Japan you bought that with it!
+Rep to who ever guesses or Googles. But don't Google cause that breaks the fun!
Vita will get it's upward curve in Japan when Persona hits. FFX remaster will also go down a treat.[/QUOTE]
seems it's in japan I'm getting Mario Kart
[QUOTE="DarkVincent07, post: 5773307]Yeah well was bound to happen, price cuts worked somewhat for the 3DS it will work for the Vita too.
But to be honest it's all about the games. As soon as the 3DS got some top quality games it started to sell well, I'm sure the Vita will be the same
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The problem is, what will be the Super Mario 3D Land + Mario Kart 7 + Monster Hunter 3G combo for Vita that would revitalize its sales? Vita already HAS awesome games (3DS's launch offerings are weak in comparison), yet it still fails to sell. Everybody's Golf 5 for PS3 sold 150k in its first week in Japan, EG6 for Vita only 60k copies. Gravity Rush is seriously some GOTY material, yet it failed to even sell 50k copies during its first week. And Nintendo is having all the Monster Hunter 4s, Kingdom Hearts 3Ds and whatnot that were previously on PSP. Call of Duty could be it in at least North America, but what about Japan? I dunno, personally I think Vita needs Gran Turismo. That would give hype amongst gamers that (sadly) niche titles like Gravity Rush, Wipeout 2048 and such can't.
[QUOTE="DarkVincent07, post: 5773324]Well when they dropped the price, some good games started coming out too so it was a combination of the two, but the price drop was probably the driving force yes, which I did mention[/QUOTE]
The pricedrop really didn't do much for 3DS's sales (this was ~3 months pre-Marios etc.). It would probably have sold almost as well even without one (or a much smaller one) once big hitters like 3D Land, Kart 7 and Monster Hunter started dropping.
But to be honest it's all about the games. As soon as the 3DS got some top quality games it started to sell well, I'm sure the Vita will be the same
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The problem is, what will be the Super Mario 3D Land + Mario Kart 7 + Monster Hunter 3G combo for Vita that would revitalize its sales? Vita already HAS awesome games (3DS's launch offerings are weak in comparison), yet it still fails to sell. Everybody's Golf 5 for PS3 sold 150k in its first week in Japan, EG6 for Vita only 60k copies. Gravity Rush is seriously some GOTY material, yet it failed to even sell 50k copies during its first week. And Nintendo is having all the Monster Hunter 4s, Kingdom Hearts 3Ds and whatnot that were previously on PSP. Call of Duty could be it in at least North America, but what about Japan? I dunno, personally I think Vita needs Gran Turismo. That would give hype amongst gamers that (sadly) niche titles like Gravity Rush, Wipeout 2048 and such can't.
[QUOTE="DarkVincent07, post: 5773324]Well when they dropped the price, some good games started coming out too so it was a combination of the two, but the price drop was probably the driving force yes, which I did mention[/QUOTE]
The pricedrop really didn't do much for 3DS's sales (this was ~3 months pre-Marios etc.). It would probably have sold almost as well even without one (or a much smaller one) once big hitters like 3D Land, Kart 7 and Monster Hunter started dropping.
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