PS Vita suffers yet another sales humiliation

[Valwin]

Media Create figures are in for Japan for the last week of 2011, and it is bad news again for 'PS Vita' dropping again by almost half from the week before, even the old PSP outsoold the new PS Vita!
This weeks sales charts from Media Create are out and once again the PS Vita has taken a beating slipping down the charts and being soundly beaten by the PSP with not a single PS Vita game in the top 20.

platforms Sales

• 1. 3DS: 197,952 (482,200)
• 2. PS3: 67,199 (75,943)
• 3. PSP: 62,746 (101,121)
• 4. PSV: 42,648 (72,479)
• 5. Wii: 33,208 (91,176)
• 6. DSi LL: 3,356 (8,470)
• 7. X360: 2,453 (4,245)
• 8. DSi: 2,418 (5,894)
• 9. PS2: 1,659 (1,582)
• 10. DS Lite: 28 (32)

Here's the full top 20 for the week. Life to date sales are in parentheses.

• [3DS] 01. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01): 109,463 (1,160,169)
• [3DS] 02. Monster Hunter 3G (Cacpom, 12/10): 100,042 (985,498)
• [PS3] 03. Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/22): 73,526 (274,052)
• [3DS] 04. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/03): 68,483 (1,080,192)
• [PS3] 05. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12/15): 61,202 (704,236)
• [3DS] 06. Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12/15): 47,938 (269,224)
• [WII] 07. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 33,347 (453,411)
• [WII] 08. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 24,067 (537,128)
• [WII] 09. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/2010): 22,932 (2,223,629)
• [3DS] 10. SD Gundam G Generation 3D (Nintendo, 12/22): 20,427 (111,300)
• [WII] 11. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 19,999 (802,974)
• [WII] 12. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04/10/2008): 19,410 (3,448,314)
• [WII] 13. Go Vacation (Nintendo, 10/20): 19,312 (181,165)
• [PS3] 14. Idolmaster Anime & G4U Pack Vol.3 (Nintendo, 12/29): 18,992
• [WII] 15. Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Extreme (Nintendo, 12/22): 18,772 (103,889)
• [WII] 16. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Nintendo, 11/23): 18,041 (173,580)
• [PS3] 17. Winning Eleven 2012 (Nintendo, 11/03): 17,806 (157,404)
• [PS3] 18. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Subtitled Version (Nintendo, 12/22): 17,394 (68,549)
• [PS3] 19. Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 Ultimate Version (Nintendo, 12/22): 17,065 (51,905)
• [PSP] 20. Frontier Gate (Nintendo, 12/22): 15,800 (44,443)

2011 software sales (life to date)

• 1.Mario Kart 7 (3DS, Nintendo) 1,082,391
• 2.Super Mario 3D Land (3DS, Nintendo) 1,042,511
• 3.Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP, Capcom) 1,021,457 (4,502,446)
• 4.Monster Hunter 3G (3DS, Capcom) 809,322
• 5.Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Square Enix) 697,146
• 6.Final Fantasy Type-0 (PSP, Square Enix) 696,428
• 7.Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Wii, Nintendo) 633,429
• 8.Tales of Xillia (PS3, Namco Bandai) 632,151
• 9.Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) 612,807 (2,732,655)
• 10.Wii Party (Wii, Nintendo) 584,545 (2,123,773)

this week sales included already the 20% price cut that 'retailers' made themselves just to move more units, which does not seem to have helped overall, as you can see sales are falling!

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[Tom Bombadildo]

HOLY CRAP! A HANDHELD ISN'T SELLING WELL IN JAPAN (WHERE EVERYONE IS BUYING 3DS'S FOR THE COOL LIBRARY) WHAT A SHAAAAME!
[/sarcasm]

inb4 fanboyism about 3DS selling well.

Anyways, it's to be expected because 1, due to the limited economy not everyone can afford to buy 2 systems, 2, the 3DS came out first and a lot of people bought one, 3, the Vita's release library isn't exactly the best (but still good titles are there and will come). I'm sure when the Vita gets to the US next month sales will pick up.

 

[Foxi4]

We should probably merge all of OP's threads into one big report called "I'm going to inform you over and over that I don't like the Vita".

 

[NatureMade]

If I'm reading this right, then the PSV sold 42k for this week alone. Better than it did opening week. Someone explain to me how this is bad?

 

[Hop2089]

Of course Vita is going to bomb in sales, No FF yet, No Tales of for 19 days, and no Monster Hunter. There are no big selling titles for it as of today.

Also this has no figures for digital sales.

When did Japan start being so impatient over game sales anyway?

 

[Foxi4]

If I'm reading this right, then the PSV sold 42k for this week alone. Better than it did opening week. Someone explain to me how this is bad?

It's only bad because "It sold worse then the 3DS, durr, herp".

Vita is going to bomb in sales, No FF yet, No Tales of for 19 days, and no Monster Hunter. There are no big selling titles for it as of today.

Uncharted, BlazBlue, Lord of Apocalypse, Shinobido 2, Touch my Katamari. Just you wait till Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Wipeout and Little Big Planet, Tales on FF and Gravity Rush come out.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

If I'm reading this right, then the PSV sold 42k for this week alone. Better than it did opening week. Someone explain to me how this is bad?

It's only bad because "worse it sold 3DS the, durr, herp".

Fix'd it for you.

 

[impizkit]

PSV success = released 3 years ago. Other than that, not possible.

 

[Foxi4]

PSV success = released 3 years ago. Other than that, not possible.

Perhaps what you said is true, but it will be a success nevertheless. Remember the PS3 haz no gaemz situation? Well, now it's second on the list from what I'm seeing. Selling better than cure for cancer. Sony knows their consoles are long-term investments, they know what they're doing and they know that there will be profits in the future when the library extends.

 

[Snailface]

The truly concerning number here is not system sales, its that it doesn't have a single game in the top 20.
Attach rate is everything since they're not making money on hardware.

Not trying to be alarmist, but this has to worrying for Sony.

 

[Thesolcity]

PSV success = released 3 years ago. Other than that, not possible.

Perhaps what you said is true, but it will be a success nevertheless. Remember the PS3 haz no gaemz situation? Well, now it's second on the list from what I'm seeing. Selling better than cure for cancer. Sony knows their consoles are long-term investments, they know what they're doing and they know that there will be profits in the future when the library extends.

inb4 Vita is hacked just as bad as the PS3.

 

[Joe88]

If I'm reading this right, then the PSV sold 42k for this week alone. Better than it did opening week. Someone explain to me how this is bad?

vita sold about 325000 during it opening week

 

[Hop2089]

If I'm reading this right, then the PSV sold 42k for this week alone. Better than it did opening week. Someone explain to me how this is bad?

It's only bad because "It sold worse then the 3DS, durr, herp".

Vita is going to bomb in sales, No FF yet, No Tales of for 19 days, and no Monster Hunter. There are no big selling titles for it as of today.

Uncharted, BlazBlue, Lord of Apocalypse, Shinobido 2, Touch my Katamari. Just you wait till Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Wipeout and Little Big Planet, Tales on FF and Gravity Rush come out.

I forgot about Gravity Rush, that's supposed to be a stellar title. Anyway is LBP even popular in Japan, I know it will sell like hotcakes in the West but I'm just wondering if it is.

 

[emigre]

If I'm reading this right, then the PSV sold 42k for this week alone. Better than it did opening week. Someone explain to me how this is bad?

It's only bad because "It sold worse then the 3DS, durr, herp".

Vita is going to bomb in sales, No FF yet, No Tales of for 19 days, and no Monster Hunter. There are no big selling titles for it as of today.

Uncharted, BlazBlue, Lord of Apocalypse, Shinobido 2, Touch my Katamari. Just you wait till Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Wipeout and Little Big Planet, Tales on FF and Gravity Rush come out.

I forgot about Gravity Rush, that's supposed to be a stellar title. Anyway is LBP even popular in Japan, I know it will sell like hotcakes in the West but I'm just wondering if it is.

In fairness Japan's taste in games is usually pretty terrible when compared to the West.

 

[Deleted User]

Outsoold?! Oh noe!

 

[heartgold]

What? This isnt bad, at least its not selling for 8k weekly like the 3ds was at some point. Lol

Honestly i'm impressed with these sales and remember there's no killer games as of now.

 

[prowler]

The truly concerning number here is not system sales, its that it doesn't have a single game in the top 20.
Attach rate is everything since they're not making money on hardware.

Not trying to be alarmist, but this has to worrying for Sony.

Are you forgetting that every game is on PSN?

 

[Deleted User]

Well, I don't care, really.

 

[Snailface]

I don't think anybody here can deny that losing Monster Hunter exclusivity was a bad move for Sony.

Sales will pick up eventually, but Sony could have done a lot better with their launch strategy.

Edit: Uncharted didn't chart, lulz.

 

[Foxi4]

...I need to do this before someone else gets the brilliant idea!