MGR: Revengeance tops in Japan, Vita outsells Wii U

MGR did 3x times DmC numbers in its first week xD

The 3DS systems outsold everything else combined.

Nintendo needs to move fast on the WiiU or it is going to be a long console gen for them. Maybe they are better off switching to handheld only.

Vita price cut announced, Vita surges in sales.
Not difficult to figure out.

@3 – Yeah that’s what I was gonna say though wasn’t sure if it was in effect for that period?

WiiU price-cut wouldn’t help at this point, with no real software in sight, I guess. If Nintendo comes without Killer-titles at E3 they’ll get mashed.

The Vita pricecut doesn’t begin till Feb.28.

Xbox is dead to them. . Damn

What @6 said, and the chart covers the period of February 18 – February 24.

Will be interesting to see if Vita takes out 3DS next week then!

Knowing how the price drop ANNOUNCED but was NOT in effect, the increase in those numbers is kinda baffling. I just hope Sony has some special Vita exclusive prepared to release when the price drops.

I stand corrected then.
did Sony announce some sort of special software in Japan or something?
I know they eat crazy shit up.

EDIT: also, I notice that Vita sells more than WiiU in terms of hardware, but not a single Vita game makes the top 20, while 2 WiiU games do.

LMFAO the original PSP almost out sold the Wii U woooooooooooooooooooooooow thats crazy funny man. Nintendo….Nintendo….Nintendo….

Wow and look at those Wii numbers. I’m wondering if SONY was still selling the PS2 would it have beaten the Wii? Of course it would have.

…and its official the XBOX720 won’t even come out in Japan

+1 @6

It’s true that the price cut was not officially in effect yet… but as it’s often the case, after a price cut announcement, stores lower their prices in order to sell some of the consoles (sometimes even putting the price cut in effect instantly).

If they didn’t do that, they would sell absolutely no console at all. So that MIGHT be an explanation.

@11 Which is what I was wondering, because I looked at the top 30 on GAF and the only title listed is Demon Gaze which isn’t a new title. So, @13 may be right in that stores went ahead and lowered the price a few days early.

Vita doesn’t have to sell software when it has PS+ and this doesn’t cover digital sales does it?

@15 Nope. No digital sales, only physical.

Going to be interesting trying to track game sales or platform health next gen as more and more stuff becomes digital.

@17 Agree. It’s much easier to rely on stores for tracking, especially when developers aren’t very willing to hand over digital figures. Hopefully, when we do “go digital”, things will become more transparent.

Now, 2 things-
According to COMG! pre-order charts, 2 vita games (senran kagura and PSO) have more than 100k pre-orders.
Also, vita digital sales are VERY significant. Just an example- Demon Gaze has 50% in digital and Monpiece has 35%. Very big chunks indeed.
It seems 1-2 retailers had decreased the prices early (but reverted), as at least one of them changed their pricing on their site early on, which fueled speculation had Sony will announce a price cut.
Vita has a very robust lineup planned for 2-3 months, hopefully this along with price cut helps sales, but Soul Sacrifice doesn’t seem to be doing hot in pre-orders. Hopefully it sells well.

@Red,
They indeed have. On 28th, PSO bundle goes on sale, and on 7th soul sacrifice bundle (looks dope)

Wow, that’s some pathetically miserable numbers considering price cut..

@Dragon
Thanks for the info. PSO bundle could be huge. Not sure about Soul Sacrifice but that’s the one Vita game I’m rather interested in.

Although I seriously hope vita doesn’t sell before 28th, because the ignorant buyer will get very pissed afterwards.

I WANT A SEQUEL TO METAL GEAR RISING!!!!! PREQUEL REALLY! C’MON KOJIMA!!!! GREEN LIGHT IT ALREADY!!! TIME IS A WASTING!

@1 – Want an even funnier angle on it? It did half the WORLDWIDE LIFETIME SALES of DmC, in one week, in just Japan!

What a surprise. A Japanese game selling more copies in Japan. *eyeroll so hard they plop out*

You people never move on, do you?

#24
wow! XD

@25 – No, it’s just showing that when you’re respectful to a franchise’s history and treat it with the reverence it deserves, while expanding on the established characters and canon, the fanbase will be more receptive towards your game, even if it’s a different genre than the original, as opposed to if you act like you know better than them and feel the need to erase everything that has been established as being why people are into a franchise in the first place.

ROFL.