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NPD: Top 10 LTD sold on PlayStation Vita
- Thread starter vestan
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And this is why I don't want Sony anywhere near a handheld. Christ this is sad.
Media molecule were still eating off lbp 1&2 dlcs that's the big difference there
It's a shame the PS crowd in the US doesn't support portables much. Personally I really like both the psp and vita and have about 60 games on each
Not a discrete handheld platform but I feel like SIE is going to do something in the future given the way they keep talking about Switch. Probably a PS5 component, accessory or breakaway unit, maybe combined somehow with PSVR2. Also given the way Forwardworks keeps failing in mobile space it might be better to divert those resources back to their own platform.
Well the Wii U was a failed system but it had significantly better software sales. Nothing on Vita compared to Splatoon as far as new IPs go. Maybe my perspective is warped as Vita outsold Wii U globally but got trounced where I live (US)
Poor vita. It didn't deserve to fail so bad but sony fucked it up. Too bad prices for vita's and PSTV's are getting a bit too high or I'd recommend getting one and hacking it. I still need to get an SD card and download the hack for that for my vita. Too bad that wasn't a thing when PSTV's were super cheap.
I said wow, despite the hardware selling OK, software bombed really hard.
Man that's sad.
iirc it was the last game by the devs of SOCOM. 3rd person military shooter. It was pretty good from what I remember playing.
No I doubt it because Minecraft wasn't counted either. P4 would definitely be higher though.
Awesome thanks. Nintendo and Bethesda seem like only big guys missing (and Valve if they count), but there's a lot of mid and small tier pubs to go (Sega/Atlus, Epic, Konami, Codemasters, Koei Tecmo, NISA, Devolver, Aksys, Paradox, Telltale, etc).
I assume Deep Silver includes THQ, T2 includes Rockstar and Bandai Namco includes D3?
:(
Wait, I knew Activision doesn't share Battle.net sales because you've provided that disclaimer numerous times in the past but I was under the impression they did share Steam sales. So they don't share any digital PC sales?
On a side note, Killzone Mercenary was robbed of a second life via PS4 remaster. It's such a great game.
Obviously not a great picture, but I don't think this says much about indies and Japanese games on Vita.
Not going to lie, so do I. It's at least more diverse than the PS4/XB1 lists.
Says a lot about the market for console games on the go. It's only so big. At least for certain experiences. While GA certainly made the statement they wanted to (prettiest Sony exclusive gets pretty handheld spin off), it probably wasn't a game to well suited to handheld play.
Look at games like Kid Icarus and Revelations just performing OK in the US. Even with a huge userbase the 3DS couldn't get those titles to sell as well as they might have as console titles. Switch seems to be better than 3DS by a large margin though.
Look at games like Kid Icarus and Revelations just performing OK in the US. Even with a huge userbase the 3DS couldn't get those titles to sell as well as they might have as console titles. Switch seems to be better than 3DS by a large margin though.
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Admittedly, I've never owned or really been interested in a Vita, but the games in the top 10 are much more versatile than the One/PS4 lists. Also, I've literally never even heard of Unit 13 before this chart.
The highest selling game sold less than 500k? I knew the Vita obviously was a flop, but this is a whole other level. I'm sure even the Wii U reached a couple million in NPD with its biggest sellers. Though obviously Nintendo games like Kart and Mario 3D World have more of a draw than Unit 13 or ports of old console games.
Makes sense that the top 10 are console-quality titles (or at least pretending to be, COD). That's what the Vita was advertised as, a console quality experience on the go.
Wii U also had significantly better hardware sales in the US. Like 3x Vita.
MK was usually a top seller back when we got individual NPD charts and was usually on the PSN charts too.
Oh I know, I'm just surprised that it's in the top ten highest selling
I used to tell people this back when I participated in sales threads and a lot of Vita fans just didn't believe me.
It's a mission-based third person shooter. It barely has a story and is by no means essential but it's competent and fun. At this point I don't think anyone but hardcore Vita fans should bother with it. With Sony shutting down the Vita's Near app, some of the later missions are very hard to gain access too. They were sort of meant to be shared over Near. Not impossible but you need to get high scores on all missions if you want to play the last missions.
Well, I don't expect the top spot to have sold more than a few 100Ks :-)
They're a rather niche developer to begin with, but aside from the expanded port of Muramasa, their other games had console releases, where they surely did better on.
You said it yourself, Vita didn't have Nintendo games, I'm sure Mario and Smash were big sellers there.
I'd have to imagine being a launch title probably helped out a lot (Similar to Super SFIV on 3DS, I guess)
It was practically the reason I bought a Vita, lol
I really like my vita, though I think it's safe to say that even though Sony mishandled a couple of major decisions (proprietary memory cards?), I don't know if it would have ever taken off the way Sony had hoped.
Withs its ability to play PS1 games it's turned into a great portable retro game system for me, plus its remote play is a cool way to play PS4 games in bed
Withs its ability to play PS1 games it's turned into a great portable retro game system for me, plus its remote play is a cool way to play PS4 games in bed
US Launch dates for those games.
01. Uncharted: Golden Abyss (February 14, 2012)
02. Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified (November 23, 2012)
03. Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (October 30, 2012)
04. Mortal Kombat (2011) (May 1, 2012)
05. LittleBigPlanet PS Vita (September 25, 2012)
06. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) (October 30, 2012)
07. Killzone: Mercenary (September 12, 2013)
08. Persona 4 Golden (November 20, 2012)
09. Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (February 22, 2012)
10. Unit 13 (March 6, 2012)
The actual US launch of the PS Vita was weird, if you preordered the launch edition you got it on Valentine's Day but the actual launch date was eight days later on the 22nd.
01. Uncharted: Golden Abyss (February 14, 2012)
02. Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified (November 23, 2012)
03. Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (October 30, 2012)
04. Mortal Kombat (2011) (May 1, 2012)
05. LittleBigPlanet PS Vita (September 25, 2012)
06. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) (October 30, 2012)
07. Killzone: Mercenary (September 12, 2013)
08. Persona 4 Golden (November 20, 2012)
09. Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (February 22, 2012)
10. Unit 13 (March 6, 2012)
The actual US launch of the PS Vita was weird, if you preordered the launch edition you got it on Valentine's Day but the actual launch date was eight days later on the 22nd.
With the robust online features and smaller game sizes, I would expect Vita to have a higher than average digital attach rate... but then again you also have memory card prices to offset some of those gains as well. They really did need at least 8gb on board memory standard, great hardware but there were a lot of little things they could have done to increase chances of success
Edit: man that list above me... I wonder why Sony game support dropped off after 2013 LOL
Edit: man that list above me... I wonder why Sony game support dropped off after 2013 LOL
Vita is a P4Golden machine.
If they ever announce a Vita 2 it better launch with all Persona games.
If they ever announce a Vita 2 it better launch with all Persona games.
The system basically hibernated after the first Holiday until it had a second soft launch with the Revision bundled with Borderlands 2 two years later and then after that just sorta coasted.
i really think gran turismo psp was the last time they ever bothered with handhelds. but even on psp they mostly let their b-teams run the show.
by the time the vita was out, siea was calling the shots and they were able to kill the platform from a resources end on their side so they could focus more on ps vr and ps4.
Abbreviating Mortal Kombat 2011 as MK11 when there's an actual Mortal Kombat XI isn't confusing at all.
Unit 13 ? Really ?
If anything, that top 10 shows that the most popular games were not that good. You don't see the great japanese games ( except Persona 4 ) or Indies, the real treasures of the Vita.
If anything, that top 10 shows that the most popular games were not that good. You don't see the great japanese games ( except Persona 4 ) or Indies, the real treasures of the Vita.