PS Vita Now Selling Less than PSP in Japan

[Tom Bombadildo]

I will request that you guys stop ruining my treads if you don't like them the don't post if you dont believe them check the source

please stay in topic and lest discuss this

We only ruin your threads because all you post is either negative about Sony or positive about Nintendo, which is no coincidence, you're just a fanboy posting shit no one really cares about. This is like, what, your third topic about the Vita failing in Japan? WE GET IT.

 

[xist]

I will request that you guys stop ruining my treads if you don't like them the don't post if you dont believe them check the source

but it could be that the PS Vita is running into some of the problems behind the 3DS' underwhelming release, or people are reluctant to adopt early because of what happened there.

You decided to inject bias into the article by removing the end of the sentence. The Vita has a premium price and after the catastrophe that was 3DS pricing people are understably wary of buying.

Valwin do you actually own a 3DS or a Vita?

 

[heartgold]

3DS is selling better than Vita at the same time frame, same price as the PSV WiFi version, launched at a dead month like February and with over 250k more sales over the PSV.

What does this mean? Nothing

DS has sold 150M units, does that mean the PSP isn't a good handheld?

 

[chris888222]

Well... the 3DS did launch at $250.

 

[Satangel]

The PSV is at what, 1% of it's total lifetime? I couldn't care less at this stage for these numbers, really, I don't give a shit how much it sells. I'm going to enjoy it, they'll be tons of games coming out for it, end of story IMHO.

 

[KingdomBlade]

I will request that you guys stop ruining my treads if you don't like them the don't post

That violates my right to free speech Mr. Valwin. Also, why? Why is it that when you don't like a thread, you shouldn't post? Why? Give me an actual, valid reason why, and then we'll stop posting.

Well... the 3DS did launch at $250.

But the 3DS is less valuable than that. The PSV is more valuable than that.

I will request that you guys stop ruining my treads if you don't like them the don't post if you dont believe them check the source

but it could be that the PS Vita is running into some of the problems behind the 3DS' underwhelming release, or people are reluctant to adopt early because of what happened there.

You decided to inject bias into the article by removing the end of the sentence. The Vita has a premium price and after the catastrophe that was 3DS pricing people are understably wary of buying.

Valwin do you actually own a 3DS or a Vita?

I giggled.

 

[mullenlegend]

IF they are selling this bad I would probably reccommend everyone to wait for a price drop. No doubt sony will drop the price very soon if sales are bad.

 

[mjax]

I will request that you guys stop ruining my treads if you don't like them the don't post

That violates my right to free speech Mr. Valwin. Also, why? Why is it that when you don't like a thread, you shouldn't post? Why? Give me an actual, valid reason why, and then we'll stop posting.

...And pressing Valwin to not post negative news about PS Vita is not a violation of his rights to free speech? LOL we have double standards there.

Ontopic: I will wait for a price drop on Vita. $180 for Wifi model and I MIGHT buy it(considering, I will have to shell out extra for the memory card to even play the games).

 

[KingdomBlade]

I will request that you guys stop ruining my treads if you don't like them the don't post

That violates my right to free speech Mr. Valwin. Also, why? Why is it that when you don't like a thread, you shouldn't post? Why? Give me an actual, valid reason why, and then we'll stop posting.

...And pressing Valwin to not post negative news about PS Vita is not a violation of his rights to free speech? LOL we have double standards there.

Wait a minute. When did I tell him that he shouldn't have posted it? Look through my transcript, I'm sure you wouldn't see anything there.

BTW, I think this news story is biased and it sucks. But it shouldn't be taken down.

 

[mostwanted]

Same thing is going to happen in the US, just wait it out.

 

[mjax]

I will request that you guys stop ruining my treads if you don't like them the don't post

That violates my right to free speech Mr. Valwin. Also, why? Why is it that when you don't like a thread, you shouldn't post? Why? Give me an actual, valid reason why, and then we'll stop posting.

...And pressing Valwin to not post negative news about PS Vita is not a violation of his rights to free speech? LOL we have double standards there.

Wait a minute. When did I tell him that he shouldn't have posted it? Look through my transcript, I'm sure you wouldn't see anything there.

BTW, I think this news story is biased and it sucks. But it shouldn't be taken down.

I am sorry, I didn't see it wasn't you, I also didn't mean that you did. There are others who asked Valwin to stop posting and have attempted to put pressure on him.

Ontopic: I think Kotaku is a pretty good source for gaming news so we should not totally come down as harsh at Valwin. If Vita is selling low and if Valwin is reporting it in a news, he is only doing us all a favour by reporting a news from a reliable source.

Edit: Also it's irrelevant to ask Valwin if he owns a Vita or a 3DS, and then ganging up together and giggling at him could be thought as "cyber-bullying". Please just stop it. You don't like a thread? You don't have to read it. It's just that plain simple.

 

[xist]

Of course he should stop posting SOLELY NEGATIVE commentary. There's no light and shade in totally one sided reporting, loaded with bias and an obvious agenda. Does he add any explanation or surmise why, or contrast it to the 3DS at the same time in it's life? No. He's simply trying to provoke a reaction.

 

[Wizerzak]

You forget to mention that the sales of the Wii, DS LL and DSi combined are less than the Vita. NINTENDO MUST BE DOOMED DEPENDING ON THE 3DS AT THE MOMENT!

Unless you can go back in time and post all the Doom articles about how badly the 3DS was doing after it's launch stop trying to make the Vita look bad. You're not doing a great job of it anyway.

What?

Firstly, the main article is comparing two SONY products (not Ninty vs Sony as you said), one of which is the newer version of the other. The PSV's predecessor is currently selling better than the PSV. What the fuck has the combined sales of the Wii, DSi XL and DSi got to do with the PSV? You're not including the 3DS which is Ninty's newest handheld which is by far outselling the Vita at the moment. Thus it's to be expected that the Wii and DSis are not going to sell much, for the WiiU is coming out this year and the 3DS is merely £30 more than a DSi XL, making it a much better deal.


Your point would only be valid if the DSi XL and DSi sales (at the moment) were higher than the 3DS (which they're not), as that it what has happened with the PSP vs the PSV. Learn to read and post stuff relevant to the article rather than start hating on Ninty at the first opportunity.


OT: This is rather surprising, I never expected the PSV to do this badly. Maybe as a few more big games come it it's future will improve as others have said. Or, on the other hand, maybe there's a massive sale on PSPs in Japan at the moment causing their sales to spike?

 

[AaronUzumaki]

Yay! Bad sales! *Crosses fingers for a price drop. I don't want to pay too much for a system I'll only buy 2-5 games for (assuming Vita is anything like PSP).

 

[chris888222]

Personally, I don't think we should be that harsh to Valwin for this article because it is indeed a fact that the Vita is selling less than its predecessor.

Which reminds me, did people actually scold those who post about how badly the 3DS back then? /fanboy

 

[KingdomBlade]

Edit: Also it's irrelevant to ask Valwin if he owns a Vita or a 3DS, and then ganging up together and giggling at him could be thought as "cyber-bullying". Please just stop it. You don't like a thread? You don't have to read it. It's just that plain simple.

No it isn't! If a thread says "I WANT TO KILL MY BABIES!" in blogs I have to read it and reprimand the poster.

Besides, tell me how I'm going to form an opinion of whether or not I like a thread if I don't read it?

 

[xist]

Firstly, the main article is comparing two SONY products (not Ninty vs Sony as you said), one of which is the newer version of the other. The PSV's predecessor is currently selling better than the PSV. What the fuck has the combined sales of the Wii, DSi XL and DSi got to do with the PSV? You're not including the 3DS which is Ninty's newest handheld which is by far outselling the Vita at the moment. Thus it's to be expected that the Wii and DSis are not going to sell much, for the WiiU is coming out this year and the 3DS is merely £30 more than a DSi XL, making it a much better deal.

Learn to read and post stuff relevant to the article rather than start hating on Ninty at the first opportunity.

Wait a sec...you tell me to learn to read and then you say i said that the article was comparing Nintendo to Sony???

I have no intention of buying a Vita until the problems it has are fixed. I bought a 3DS at launch.....hating on Nintendo? Reading does not compute.

A console produced by a company which has always dominated the handheld market, which has been on sale for a year and has had it's price slashed in two is selling better than it's expensive newly launched competition which caters for a more western demographic at the moment? REALLY???!?! The point i was trying to make is that Valwin essentially reports whatever he can to make the Vita look bad. Part of the reason the Vita isn't selling is down to the poor initial reception of the 3DS, as reported in the article. If it's to be expected that the Wii and DSi's aren't to sell much because they're old, then conversely in a marketplace that is very cost concious at the moment, and with a console which is new and lacking games, is it any surprise that a much cheaper system with access to many of the same games as the Vita is selling well? No.


Additionally Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin II is at the top of the Japanese Software charts....a PSP game. Coincidence PSP sales are high?

I assure you i can read and reason. The fact that i can make a statement about numbers of consoles sold is illustrative that unit sales can be quoted arbitrarily without context and made to tell any story the poster wants. If someone omits many points of reference how can you criticise someone else for adding some related sales data from the same document?

If you're going to attack me at least curb the insults.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

Personally, I don't think we should be that harsh to Valwin for this article because it is indeed a fact that the Vita is selling less than its predecessor.

Which reminds me, did people actually scold those who post about how badly the 3DS back then? /fanboy

I think the difference is that with the 3DS, I don't think it was only one person always posting the bad news.

But whenever there is Vita bad news, 95% of the time you can already guess it was Valwin.

 

[xist]

I think the difference is that with the 3DS, I don't think it was only one person always posting the bad news.

But whenever there is Vita bad news, 95% of the time you can already guess it was Valwin.

This to the nth degree. It's not even a hidden agenda.....

 

[mjax]

Why does it matter if it's Valwin or Shigeru Miyamoto who posts negative news about Vita? It's coming from Kotaku. It's not like Valwin is cooking up stories in his backyard and posting them here as news. Can we get on topic atleast now?

Bring Resident Evil on PS Vita and I will buy it