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[Rebel Leader]

As a Vita owner, you should accept its death. Then you shall know true freedom.

There is no freedom in death

 

[chickdigger802]

vita is proven to have games.

but no one has vita.

 

[erawsd]

omg @ Wii + Wii U < 100k

holy shit

 

[Orayn]

I feel the Wii U and Vita are both experiencing a kind of Bolivian Army Ending, except the camera just keeps rolling and we see them stumbling around with horrible wounds but still not dying. Everyone's horrified and nobody can look away.

 

[Zones]

Oh, and vita is officially dead. Very close to 4 digits.

Any idea about the digital sales of Vita?

Oh and Tearaway too please! I know retail sales are around ~57k, but digital sales for that particular title is well believed to be ten fold, just like the digital Vita's sales for this month.

Spoiler

there's no point for this spoiler, all is clearly well

 

[Poimandres]

Well, this generation belongs to the PS4. No turning things around, I think it is done.

Xbone? Not going to touch 360 numbers at the end of the day.

Wii U? Will be far and away Nintendo's worst selling home console.

Vita? Time for Sony to jump out of handheld gaming.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

but Vita means life.

Apparently Sony forgot about that thing that always comes bundled with life.

 

[Trevelyan9999]

I was also thinking it doesn't sound THAT bad. I'm surprised so many people are acting surprised.

Something like 75k/20k doesn't seems reasonable, and not far off from expectations.

Probably doesn't sound that bad because the system had no big release in March. The quiet up tick?

 

[shinra-bansho]

I was also thinking it doesn't sound THAT bad. I'm surprised so many people are acting surprised.

Something like 75k/20k doesn't seems reasonable, and not far off from expectations.

No one should be surprised.

But the idea that something like 75K isn't THAT bad... :/

 

[LinkMaster111]

I haven't bought a Vita game in about 6 months, I really couldn't care less if they just finish the job and cut it loose already.

 

[Manmademan]

The reason why Vita sales are low is they are prepping the launch of the Borderlands 2 bundle. Original models are being phased out. It will bounce back.

Spoiler

Let a Vita lover dream.

Hearing the audible groans whenever a developer mentioned the vita in a positive light at a PAX panel was heartbreaking.

If you can't get that crowd on board, there's not much hope.

 

[shacklesmcgee]

The vita is a hyper niche enthusiast device by now. Anyone in the market to buy one is going to be waiting for the 2k.

Not that there's very many of these, I'd be surprised if it was over 30k per month, but I can't think of ANY reason to buy a vita right now over the 2k.

you could buy a vita to throw at people for all I care, just buy a vita! Everyone should have to buy a vita, it should be like what you do when you hit a certain age. 16? Drivers license. 18? Lotto tickets. 19? Booze. 20? VITA.

 

[donwx]

AMAZING!! 5 stars! LMAO

 

[TomShoe]

Any idea about the digital sales of Vita?

Oh and Tearaway too please! I know retail sales are around ~57k, but digital sales for that particular title is well believed to be ten fold, just like the digital Vita's sales for this month.

Spoiler

there's no point for this spoiler, all is clearly well

Please, you're making me tear up.

 

[Htown]

but Vita means life.

Vita also means:

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to people who generally make $52,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns.

Which is probably more relevant at this point.

 

[OldKingDoran]

Sony should loosen up security on Vita before its discontinued

I want to at least play psp games i own that arent on psn.

 

[Sandfox]

Is it the car culture or the price hurting the Vita? They were doing it here for NZ$250 with a 16GB and a bunch of Lego games and it flew off the shelves. It's a great little machine. I'd hate to have to stick to iOS and old Sega games.

Its probably the SW given that the system is thriving off of niche games and it has to compete with Nintendo's games. The memory price is probably an issue as well.

 

[Orayn]

A bunch of shareholders are looking very angry at Iwata but then he reveals that Wii U is slightly better than last year, and they all vote to give him another year or two to explore the reasons for this. Just imagine how high Wii U sales will be in March 2019.

Nintengerbils and Mario Teaches Cooking will spearhead the QoL lineup, everything will be okay.

 

[vagabondarts]

I just got my Vita. I'm gonna be absolutely pissed if it gets discontinued.

Probably the best handheld ever

 

[Currygan]

I thought Vita was already dead in the US

it's like Magneto. Resurrected only to be killed again


not that the U is doing splendidly, I say

 

[brandonh83]

A bunch of shareholders are looking very angry at Iwata but then he reveals that Wii U is slightly better than last year, and they all vote to give him another year or two to explore the reasons for this. Just imagine how high Wii U sales will be in March 2019.

I'm glad the numbers are miserable. They need to get off their asses, get their account system caught up past the stone age, beef up their virtual console, etc. I love Nintendo but there is just so much they could be doing that they're not doing. There's the basic argument that the Wii U is a decent machine with a lineup of extremely solid games, but then there's also the fact that they're pushing digital really hard but have yet to implement a universal account system of any type.

 

[Trevelyan9999]

No one should be surprised.

But the idea that something like 75K isn't THAT bad... :/

Oh it's bad....just not as bad as other months. Wasn't April or May of 2013 less than 40k for Wii U? I seem to remember one really really extra bad month in there.

 

[Pyroclastic]

Even if you factor that a lot of placeshave stopped selling the oled model, that is shocking news. I mean places like amazon still sell it right?

 

[Poimandres]

I just got my Vita. I'm gonna be absolutely pissed if it gets discontinued.

Probably the best handheld ever

It will have life in Japan for a while yet. Good luck finding a store that stocks Vita games in America this time next year.

 

[Graphics Horse]

When Nintendo reveal that one of the items in Mario Kart 8 is an air horn, then people will understand the full potential of the gamepad.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

There is no freedom in death

There's Freedom Wars.

 

[3rdamention]

No wonder Kevin Dent was downplaying the NPDs a short while ago :lol

Dear god, thanks for this. I was reading through his tweets the past few hours and he is borderline having a meltdown. Its funny, but people have proven him wrong many times, and he says "I am blocking you!" He has blocked like 3 different in the last few hours after these people were having totally civil conversations with him after they have proven him completely wrong.


His big thing is the NPD are not reliable, they have been up to 47% off of accurate console sales in the past, and he is even arguing that the Xbox One sales numbers are sold to customers, not shipped, even though everyone is calling him out on it.

 

[user8503492]

From reading responses over the web I've learned that Sony is doomed once...

The power of the Cloud topples Sony since the PS4 isnt future proof and doesnt have access to 300k Azure Servers..

Sony goes Bankrupt..

Sony has absolutely nothing to offer in the future thus allowing the Xbone to gain ground due to its never ending slew of blockbuster titles and..Cloud power!

And lastly, Sony is in more territories so the numbers are skewed.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

The year of Cranky Kong in effect

all hail Steve Youngblood

It's been a tough year, but we weathered the storm.

 

[Sandfox]

It will have life in Japan for a while yet. Good luck finding a store that stocks Vita games in America this time next year.

If that were to happen we would have to import all our games and that would suck hard.

 

[2345425]

Well, this generation belongs to the PS4. No turning things around, I think it is done.

Xbone? Not going to touch 360 numbers at the end of the day.

Wii U? Will be far and away Nintendo's worst selling home console.

Vita? Time for Sony to jump out of handheld gaming.

Does the Virtual Boy count?

 

[cosmicblizzard]

DanganRonpa 2 I think is fine, NIS is localizing it as we speak and it comes out in September.

3 on the other hand.....

At least the community is passionate. A fan translation will definitely happen regardless of the series official fate in the west.

 

[Thoraxes]

Frankly, I would be ecstatic if I sold 10,000 products. That's a pretty big number, isn't it? Ten thousand. A thousand is a whole lot of things, and ten of those? Amazing.

I wonder if the Ouya outsold it.

 

[DrkSage]

I wanted to buy a vita for a long time mostly because of remote play on the ps4, that and also I downloaded MH:FU trough ps+ and playing it on my psp is a pain on the ass

Spoiler

dat d-pad camera

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

It's been a tough year, but we weathered the storm.

You know nothing of the coming storm.

 

[allan-bh]

No 3DS?

 

[DaBoss]

At least the community is passionate. A fan translation will definitely happen regardless of the series official fate in the west.

It ain't gonna die! BELIEVE!

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Where is this "TF 1 million sold" claim coming from?

 

[Htown]

Does the Virtual Boy count?

Virtual Boy was supposedly portable.

 

[ReBurn]

Even if you factor that a lot of placeshave stopped selling the oled model, that is shocking news. I mean places like amazon still sell it right?

New? Pretty much only from third party sellers.

 

[shinra-bansho]

I'm glad the numbers are miserable. They need to get off their asses, get their account system caught up past the stone age, beef up their virtual console, etc. I love Nintendo but there is just so much they could be doing that they're not doing. There's the basic argument that the Wii U is a decent machine with a lineup of extremely solid games, but then there's also the fact that they're pushing digital really hard but have yet to implement a universal account system of any type.

I'm not really sure where the optimism comes from that this failure will lead Nintendo to strive and change and invest towards recapturing this market, as opposed to simply pushing Nintendo further towards retreating from this market and pursuing others (QoL)...

Oh it's bad....just not as bad as other months. Wasn't April or May of 2013 less than 40k for Wii U? I seem to remember one really really extra bad month in there.

April and May tend to be less than March. The US summer in general tends to lull. Although this May has a major release at least.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

I wonder if the Ouya outsold it.

Is the Ouya even selling anymore?

 

[FiggyCal]

vita is proven to have games.

but no one has vita.

It really doesn't though. It has a ton of great indies and Japanese games, but not a ton of big western titles.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Boss, we have a problem. You need to see the sales numbers for our portable in March.

NPD tracks tablet sales?

...

 

[RealityPales]

Praise be to the mod that lifted my ban the day before NPD number reveals. This is too good to not be part of.

 

[crinale]

As a Vita owner, you should accept its death. Then you shall know true freedom.

Freedom Wars!

Edit: Beaten

 

[raven777]

damn the thread is already so long.

Do we know how much PS4 sold yet? From Op it just says it sold more than Xbox One.

 

[Aquamarine]

damn the thread is already so long.

Do we know how much PS4 sold yet? From Op it just says it sold more than Xbox One.

Exactly 371K.

 

[noobasuar]

Gaming seems pretty dead when a big name like Metal Gear sells like that.

Good luck to all publishers that need to sell a few million copies of thier games just to break even.

 

[Principate]

Boss, we have a problem. You need to see the sales numbers for our portable in March.

NPD tracks tablet sales?

...

That tweet was very foreboding.