Nintendo 3DS Outsells PSVita 10:1

focus · April 2012

The parade of poor sales continues.
April 4, 2012

by Colin Moriarty

Media Create's weekly sales charts have been released, chronicling how the Japanese game industry is doing. Translated by Andriasang, the data, covering the week spanning from March 26th through April 1st, continues to paint a great picture for Nintendo while painting an equally poor picture for Sony.

Kingdom Hearts 3D and Kid Icarus Uprising were the two games primarily responsible for Nintendo 3DS' huge sales. On the backs of those games (as well as others), Nintendo sold 121,921 Nintendo 3DS units at retail. That's over 10 times the amount of PlayStation Vitas Sony saw sold during the week, amounting to only 12,105.

Sales data has also been released for games. Media Create's top 20 list illustrates the dominance of Nintendo 3DS' strong software lineup in the east. The top-selling game for the week, Kingdom Hearts 3D, sold 213,579 copies. Kid Icarus Uprising sold another 47,179 on top of the nearly 180,000 it sold the week before. Six other 3DS games joined those two top-selling titles in the top 20.

The lone entry for PlayStation Vita: New Little King Story sold 7,141 copies.

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ocelot · April 2012

Theres no games that caters to the Japanese... While The 3DS has games and a lower price... Let's not forget their first year...lol

BoldChild · April 2012

That's to be expected. Not really many games on the Vita that make people go, "ah shit, I gotta buy this".

dalyricalbandit · April 2012

NINTENDO IS NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH IN THAT ARENA

blackkevblazini · April 2012

Sony's gotta get that must have Vita game under they belt.....They don't need to make the same mistake they made with the PSP and keep porting shit on there you can play on your PS3.....They HAVE to drop some must have Vita EXCLUSIVE games if they want to even try to compete a bit with Nintendo.

funkdocdamc · April 2012

blackkevblazini wrote: »

Sony's gotta get that must have Vita game under they belt.....They don't need to make the same mistake they made with the PSP and keep porting shit on there you can play on your PS3.....They HAVE to drop some must have Vita EXCLUSIVE games if they want to even try to compete a bit with Nintendo.

And that's why I never saw the appeal in Vita. All they are doing (so far) is releasing handheld versions of already established titles on PS3.

grumpy_new_yorker · April 2012

funkdocdamc wrote: »

blackkevblazini wrote: »

Sony's gotta get that must have Vita game under they belt.....They don't need to make the same mistake they made with the PSP and keep porting shit on there you can play on your PS3.....They HAVE to drop some must have Vita EXCLUSIVE games if they want to even try to compete a bit with Nintendo.

And that's why I never saw the appeal in Vita. All they are doing (so far) is releasing handheld versions of already established titles on PS3.

at least sony is doing this with current generation games. all i see nintendo does is re-releasing 10-15 year old games and slapping a coat of 3-D paint on it.

ocelot · April 2012

And what is the DS releasing? New franchises?
Let's keep it fair now... Personally I have games that I can't play on my PS3
And the games I can play on my PS3 I rather play on my Vita...like SSDD... And The Show 12

focus · April 2012

ocelot wrote: »

And what is the DS releasing? New franchises?

They just released a new franchise last week. Its what contributed to these sales.

Besides, the new franchise thing only seems to be a problem when discussing Nintendo and its only because they've been around the longest. But all 3 of them "rehash" or sequelize everything. If somebody wants to go play the 4th Uncharted game in 4 years on Vita, fine.

joshuaboy · April 2012

funkdocdamc wrote: »

blackkevblazini wrote: »

Sony's gotta get that must have Vita game under they belt.....They don't need to make the same mistake they made with the PSP and keep porting shit on there you can play on your PS3.....They HAVE to drop some must have Vita EXCLUSIVE games if they want to even try to compete a bit with Nintendo.

And that's why I never saw the appeal in Vita. All they are doing (so far) is releasing handheld versions of already established titles on PS3.

The games they release on their handhelds are different to what is on console. The GOW and Resistance games for sure are different stories altogether.

ocelot · April 2012

@focus
And what new franchise is that ? Kid Icarus? Because I remember playing that when I was a kid

focus · April 2012

ocelot wrote: »

@focus
And what new franchise is that ? Kid Icarus? Because I remember playing that when I was a kid

No you don't.

ocelot wrote: »

Let's keep it fair now...

bankrupt baller · April 2012

ocelot wrote: »

@focus
And what new franchise is that ? Kid Icarus? Because I remember playing that when I was a kid

focus wrote: »

ocelot wrote: »

@focus
And what new franchise is that ? Kid Icarus? Because I remember playing that when I was a kid

No you don't.

ocelot wrote: »

Let's keep it fair now...

lol feelings caught

Sion · April 2012

Happy I own Nintendo stock LOLOL..... real talk tho I still think they should scrap the 3DS , that shit is costing them too much money to make and all their doing is re-releasing old games for it SMH.

ocelot · April 2012

@sion
I don't think the Wii U will sell like the Wii did...
Apple has the casual and Sony/MS have the hardcore...
And remember middle age white women bought most of the Wiis
If they continue to run the same program then they will sell 30-40 mill max
They have to sell it at 200.00 if they want any chance

Sion · April 2012

ocelot wrote: »

@sion
I don't think the Wii U will sell like the Wii did...
Apple has the casual and Sony/MS have the hardcore...
And remember middle age white women bought most of the Wiis
If they continue to run the same program then they will sell 30-40 mill max
They have to sell it at 200.00 if they want any chance

Co-sign.... but maaaan its too early to tell. I think they're crazy for going the "tablet" route and if it succeeds it's really a gift and a curse for Nintendo....

Indy8503 HD · April 2012

I think Sony learned their lesson from PSP. You've got the $30-$40 games being a combo of ports and spinoffs and then you have the cheaper downloadable games that are pretty good too. I currently only have one $40 game (Unit 13) and I've downloaded Stardust, Motorstorm RC, and Hustle Kings. Gonna get Escape Plan and Mutant Blobs Attack eventually.

Some console games I'd rather play on a handheld anyway so ports aren't always a bad thing.

memphis10 · April 2012

I think the main reason is ppl buy a lot of the ds for their kids. that's not really who Sony wants at least that's how it looks. even in their commercials the ppl they show with vitas are mid 20ish ppl to play on their way to work or sum.

The Prodigalson · April 2012

Bought a Vita not impressed with it at all.

ocelot · April 2012

The Prodigalson wrote: »

Bought a Vita not impressed with it at all.

what games you got?

VIBE · April 2012

Just wait until the "Wii U" drops, Focus gonna go AWOL

focus · April 2012

PimpMVP wrote: »

I have a 3ds and it's wack as fuck and I never play it.

It's nothing more than the old 3s with terrible 3d. Only reason I bought was because of the price drop to 170.00.

Vita is something I know I would play.

Hardcore games>>>> bullshit games

10 of out 11 gamers disagree.

ocelot · April 2012

That's in Japan... And when I lived in Japan I saw more PSP than DS because PSP had games... Wait till the Vita have games

focus · April 2012

ocelot wrote: »

That's in Japan... And when I lived in Japan I saw more PSP than DS because PSP had games... Wait till the Vita have games

"Thats in Japan" ? Do they not count? LOL

And the DS outsold the PSP by a lot there too. I guess it had MORE games.

ocelot · April 2012

focus wrote: »

ocelot wrote: »

That's in Japan... And when I lived in Japan I saw more PSP than DS because PSP had games... Wait till the Vita have games

"Thats in Japan" ? Do they not count? LOL

And the DS outsold the PSP by a lot there too. I guess it had MORE games.

But once the PSP had games you couldnt find a DS on the train... even girls had PSPs...

ocelot · April 2012

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