Tretton Wants PS Vita To Sell In Three Weeks As Much As The PSP Did In Two Days
The PlayStation division isn’t in the same position it was back in 2005, with Sony facing fiercer competitors than ever in the console space and and outstanding number of competing mobiles and tablets in the portable space. Perhaps that is why Tretton’s best sales hopes for the Vita’s launch are far beneath that of the PlayStation Portable, despite positive critiques and fan feedback.
Talking to Reuters, PlayStation CEO Jack Tretton mentioned he would “be extremely pleased” if the PlayStation Vita sold half a million units in the United States over the next three weeks – some thing the handheld took more than a month to do in Japan. In comparison, the PSP, which released on March 24th 2005, also expense $ 249 but managed to sell half a million in just two days.
With the Vita getting a single of the biggest lineups ever and a hefty advertising and marketing spending budget, why do you feel the handheld will get off to such a slow commence? Does it just need to have COD, or has the devoted handheld space genuinely shrunk that drastically? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Vita Struggles to Crawl Out of Sales Pit
Last week I reported that Sony president Kazuo Hirai was remaining optimistic despite how poorly the Vita was undertaking in Japan. It appears like issues are only obtaining worse. It seemed as if the Vita had finally begun to pull ahead of the PSP in terms of sales, but the sales figures reported by Andriasang show that it was a 1-week anomaly, and not a trend.
The PSP pulled ahead of the Vita once more, by a margin of 1,900 units. For the week of February 6 to the 12, the leading hardware sales were as follows, with the prior week’s sales in parentheses:
- 3DS: 67,558 (75,018)
- PS3: 22,002 (23,293)
- PSP: 15,860 (15,847)
- PSV: 13,939 (17,141)
- Wii: 8,206 (8,814)
- PS2: 1,239 (481)
- X360: 1,139 (1,382)
- DSi LL: 957 (1,090)
- DSi: 651 (669)
The Vita won’t be out in the US or Europe until March, but its efficiency in Japan is a bit of an ominous sign. Only one particular Vita game produced the leading software program sales for the week, and that was Sony’s new Gravity Daze.
Accel World teaser site launched
Namco Bandai launched the official teaser internet site for Accel Globe today. Currently, it only contains item details.
The game is being created in two parts for PlayStation three and PSP. Component a single is titled Accel World Stage 01: Awakening of the Silver Sky. Element two does not yet have a subtitle. The games are becoming billed as “world experience accelerated simulation” titles.
Dengeki On-line will have a full preview of Accel Planet on February 16.
Sony Responds to Its Financial Predicament, Remains Unfazed
2012 hasn’t started off the very best for Sony with regards to finances. We wrote the other day about the crisis new Sony president, Kazuo Hirai, has been dealing with, including low stock prices and insufficient sales performances.
In December, the Vita launched with hopeful numbers, promoting 321,407 units in its very first two days on sale in Japan compared to the 3DS’ 371,326 units sold over the first two days of its launch. But this hope swiftly dissipated, as Vita sales occasionally slumped as low as 15,000 units a week according to Eurogamer.
1UP also points out that the 3DS, PS3, and the PSP have all been outselling the Vita every single week, only till not too long ago when the Vita finally pushed ahead of the PSP by three,000.
But these underwhelming numbers do not have Hirai fazed however. Speaking to analysts at an earnings call this week, he stated:
Sony: No PS Vita UMD Passport Program for North America
Sony: No PS Vita UMD Passport Plan for North America
Properly, that sucks, doesn’t it?
In Japan, PlayStation Vita owners have a UMD Passport program, allowing them to repurchase a list of pick PSP titles at a discount cost on the PlayStation Store to download on the new handheld (thinking about it lacks a UMD drive). In North America, PlayStation Vita owners have… properly, nothing.
Sony Personal computer Entertainment America has told Kotaku there will not be a North American version of the UMD Passport pogram.
PlayStation Vita launches in the U.S. on February 22.
PSN becoming SEN
Sony have announced that they’ll be moving your PSN accounts over to their product wide Sony Entertainment Network in an upcoming firmware update. The change will impact PS3s and PS Vita but the PSP gets left behind. According to Sony’s press release, “This assists us get closer to our goal of establishing a global comprehensive network platform of solutions across games, films, music and far more, all accessible from a single handy account.” There will be small actual alter to something you encounter bar a tweak to some T&Cs.
I truly hope they arent organizing on dropping the Playstation name altogether with their next console. Im genuinely SEN-temental about it. Sorry that was a actually bad pun.
Thats just one particular of the poor puns undertaking the rounds at Gamedot HQ. Lets see if you guys can do any much better! The finest a single will get a retweet/posted on facebook.
Nintendo Dominated The Japanese Software Charts During January
Mario Kart 7, Monster Hunter Tri G and Super Mario 3D Land took the top rated three positions during January in Japan according to sales data from Enterbrain. Six of the entire top rated ten titles had been on Nintendo related platforms. Here’s the Japanese leading ten for final month:
- [3DS] Mario Kart 7
- [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G
- 3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
- [PS3] Amored Core V
- [3DS] Resident Evil Revelations
- [PS3] Musou Orochi 2
- [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go
- [WII] Just Dance
- [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-two
- [PSP] Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Masou Kishin II
