Enterbrain has confirmed that Sony’s PlayStation Vita has sold less than the Nintendo 3DS during its first two days on sale. The Nintendo 3DS managed to move 371,326 units to during its first two days whilst the PlayStation Vita only sold 321,407 units.
Soop-oib.
I would have expected it to sell much better than those numbers
Shouldn’t this be on the Playstation Vita life website, and not on here where it’ll cause fan wars?
i think he wants the wars as it gives the site more hits :P or he wants us to be happy 3DS sold better! or secretly he is a Sony fanboy slowly making this site into a PS site =O
Your second theory is more believable than the others.
He likes fanboy wars and trolls, that’s why he never bans anyone.
Oh u.
barely a difference, i was pushing for the vita to do well. but not better than the 3DS.
While I don’t particularly care who does better in this generation, that’s almost a twelve percent disparity. Furthermore, it’s a twelve percent disparity when Sony is releasing during the holiday season, while the 3DS didn’t.
My only other question is whether or not the sales numbers quoted for the 3DS are for Japan only, or world-wide.
The 3DS was released in Japan in 2010 while other regions got it in 2011
The 3DS sold those numbers out of 400,00 they shipped to Japan only. The 3DS didn’t come out in the other regions until a month later.
I’m not a fan of PlayStation whatsoever, but really? It had to be posted that it’s not doing as good after just two days on the market? Get back at me after it has been out there for a few months.
But that’s the thing. The 3DS did pretty badly sales-wise at launch, and now the Vita is doing worse! So it’s exciting :D I love to see PS failures!
me too mate.i cant wait for ps4 launch fail also because it will cost too much money.haha eat my dust sony copy cats!
Why would Sony not learn from their mistakes with the PS3 launch price? No good company is stupid enough to do something like that again.
Stupid arse hole go fuck yourself.
You’re not very old, are you?
I’m not the biggest Sony fan, but I won’t call them bad just because I’m biased to the competition. In fact, even though I like Nintendo the most, I don’t think they’re any better or worse than the others.
peteriuss, did Sony ever rape you you ? please tell me, you might need some psychological.
help.
plus the 3ds didn’t have a very strong lineup and launched at a random time. With it’s lineup and timing, I was honestly expecting the vita to double that number.
Really? The PS Vita has a mediocre launch as well, freezes randomly and sometimes bricks when you try to turn it on after a freeze, and you expected it to sell well?
What’s that?…I thought every Phony fanboy said it would sell better than the 3DS Lol
I like this. Sony should eat their words.
And the surprise is…?
Also, the problem with that batch that doesn’t turn off unless you let the battery discharge is on youtube. Another bad news for sony. I guess they’re getting used to it.
Interesting…
Especially considering the 3DS was launched at a bad time in Japan – in March, just after the earthquake – and the Vita was launched for the main holiday season, where you’d think sales would be higher.
I guess nintendo is the best
That was ownage!!
ITS JUST OBVIOUS THAT NINTENDO WILL RETURN TO HIS THRONE, AND SONY? …..
Thousands of Japanese players were playing MAG on ps3 DURING the earthquake. Obviously they didn’t care about the quake.
I just think it was bad timing for a release. Should have been earlier than mid-December.
That’s a game being played, not a console being bought. They probably should have released it like November or something.
just a mere ~50k and first 2 days of sale. so insignificant. this number proves nothing and should not be taken seriously.
^This. Numbers that small mean nothing. Thing’s still better than Xbox though. >.>
They’re both on the 300K mark, it’s not a big diff reli. It’ll be more interesting to see the figures after a couple weeks
SWEET! :D
im not saying this im a nintendo fanboy
but cause sony has really been a dick and i think they kinda deserve it
how have they been a dick?
Higher shipment + better time of year for console sales = lower sales than the 3DS launch.
Something is wrong with that calculation.
You have a blog designed specifically for the PS Vita. Please post crap like this there.
dude this is good news for us nintendo fanboys
not me but you know others(cough cough)
so STFU
Yeah, I actually want to hear about this. I love to see Nintendo do well, but I love to see PS fail even more :D
I don’t get it. what is it with the PSP? <(sarcasm, just saying because 80% of the internet seems to be retarded.)
I'm sorry, but PS Vita is more of a rip-off than the DSi.
I dont see why but ok if having 2 proper analog sticks plus the other great things it has to offer is such a bad thing. Say what you want.
Yeah like that sweet back touch pad? Oh wait that’s retarded.
I think its genius. If it can be done then why not do it.
Just because something can be done, doesn’t mean it has to be done.
We do what we must
because we can.
3DS will have 2 proper circle pads.
Which you have to buy seperatly.
Really? I actually expected the Vita to do a whole lot better than the 3DS, specially by this time of the year.
I suppose the Vita hype was not that great after all…
Now if you excuse me, I’m gonna play The Minish Cap some more. :)
Yea me too but all the problems the vita is having doesn’t help. People are complaining that the touch screens don’t work, it freezes, and it won’t let them use the playstation network. I do want a vita but this is making me feel that Sony just rushed the product to market. Also the memory card prices are insane. I don’t want to pay $120 just for 32gb
I totally get your point. I have a 3DS and I love it, and I also want to get a Vita by christmas, but all the official accessories are just WAY to expensive.
I guess I’ll wait ’till march or april to get one to see if they decide to make things cheaper.
If you take into consideration that the 3DS is more appealing to children than the Vita is, Sony actually did a very well job, in my opinion. They mainly get bought by people at the age of 16+ (as far as I know) after all, unlike the 3DS which was sold to both children and those older people. That’s my opinion at least.
But the 3DS is not intended for the young children. The 3D effects can damage their eye development.
thats why nintendo gave an option for parents to disable the 3d :P
Which changes the name to….S…
As the 3DS has proven, even a product directed towards children may not bring home the bacon billionfold.
That’s an interesting point. I’ve always wondered why Sony seems unable to appeal to more age groups? I hear Sony fanboys (not saying you are one) arguing that Nintendo sells more because kids buy they’re products and Sony games more for the “hardcore” gamers.
I didn’t mean to say that the 3DS is just for kids, not at all. If I’d think so, I wouldn’t have bought one myself.
But it is kinda a fact that there are many games for Nintendo’s systems that are made for children. I’m happy actually that Sony actually does not have that kind of games because they are the reason why people keep thinking Nintendo’s systems are just for kids (which is not true at all).
But what I’m trying to say is that Sony’s systems are not made for kids, so they do not get bought by kids, unlike Nintendo’s systems. Nintendo offers games for kids, Sony does not. And in my opinion, this has to be taken into consideration when comparing the numbers of sales.
I can’t wait to buy this!
Im surprisingly not playing my 3DS I just bought on Sunday very much like I thought I would. I most certainly dont hate it though.
Why aren’t you playing it!? Didn’t you get Mario Kart on SM3DL?
Yes I did, plus Zelda orcarina of time.
Ive played all 3 now. My favourite is Zelda. Im very impressed with Mario land too! I wish all hand held mario games were like that. And mario kart 7 being the most played so I could unlock stuff.
Get on that 3ds woman!
Lol. Im getting on it. But kitchen duties call me…
Good girl, lol.
Lmao xD
Look! I know some people are saying that numbers don’t matter, but from a business perspective, not having your product out sell your competition during the most busy time of the year, is a big deal. I don’t care if it’s by 50k or 1 million, when its all said and done, businesses care about numbers! For example, when Nintendo decided the 3ds wasn’t selling well, they lowered the price. Now, it’s selling like hot cakes. As a gamer, I hope the Vita does well, I just don’t think it will sell as well as people believed. I really think that instead of releasing it in Japan, they should’ve released the Vita in the west first. If they did, we might be having a different conversation…..
I can’t wait for the blog post “after 1 month 3ds beats vita sales” you know cause vita won’t be released worldwide in one month like the 3DS was. So the first month sale numbers wouldn’t be properly compared.
Fanboys will talk crap, and people with brains will laugh at their incompetence.
Jan. 17th wait for it.
Wait…Wasn’t the 3ds in the US and Europe released a month after the release in Japan? They’ll only be comparing the Japanese results, if they’re not retarded…
3DS was out in Feb 2011 according to Wikipedia in Japan, with a March 2011 launch in US. If you look it up on wikipedia, the 3DS numbers are the sales only for Japan, it does not include US/Europe numbers. I expect a comparison for US when it launches, and perhaps this 1 month update, but staying relevant to the region sales, not total sales.
It would be bad to include irrelevant sales figures (like US/Europe) when making a comparison. I’m expecting a comparison by each region for similar time frames.
If you bother to look it up (I used Wikipedia) the numbers presented are JAPAN only. The total 3DS sold as related above was Japan only sales, as US was about the same.
So when people create articles like this, they will compare accurate results relevant to the region and not include sales figures for other regions. There may be a 1 month comparison, but likely it will only compare Japan sales numbers for both systems. As when it launches in the US, it will compare only to US launch of the 3DS.
Oh the vita blog he said vita sold 317,000 and 3DS 400,000+ the first 2 days. It’s had to mess up data almost a year into the record books.
Then that was Sickr adding them or something. Generic reports use “400,000+”, but the true Japan figure on this blog matches what I saw on Wikipedia.
But last I checked, most fanboys claim they have brains, so what does that make you.
and now why is not everybody saying the same bullshit that they said when Nintendo sold more than that ???
let my remember … ammm
That sells are bad, Nintendo is doomed, Nintendo fail, Nintendo is going to dissapear, Nintendo is over…
I think people aren’t saying that because Nintendo is strictly about gaming and people may possibly believe that should a Sony console flop, that it’ll have its non-gaming divisions to fall back on.
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It’s really early to say anything about this. I guess it all depends on the quality of games for each hand held consoles, heck in our current generation gameplay and graphics do matter.
I wonder if Sony is following the same trend as nintendo. Terrible price with with no games or support on launch. If so, you’d think Sony would learn a thing or to from the 3DS’s mistakes.
This is good news. Hopefully Sony follows suite and dramatically cuts the price tag as the 3DS before it. This way I’ll have both handhelds for cheap!
sony is not going to do that cut the price tag.sony talked to much shit about nintendo 3ds & vita is doing bad they need to stop being copy cats & do there on thing. like to analog sticks nintendo did that first. to late to bad
We’ll see.
March + bad sales = bad lauch
Christmas + bad sales = horrific launch
^ THIS
Sony is doomed. For sure. lol
Im A 3DS Fan… neither i want the PSVita to Fail.. i Want competition in this world for us gamers to have always have the top notch quality games…..
I really liked this
http://comixed.memebase.com/2011/12/19/koma-comic-strip-first-xbox-controller-was-humongous/
Hmm, that was only for the Japanese market, right? I think the Vita should get another chance when it launches in Europe and NA. THEN we’ll see how well it sells.
That doesn’t means the DS is better than the PS Vita
It is
It came out near the end of the Christmas shopping season, a lot of people already bought their gifts and such and probably can’t afford it right now. It does have a high price point, so let’s see how it fares in a few months’ time.
I’d love to see this system do well, because I hate that mobile gaming is limited to phones lately. Though, 3DS and Vita are not really the best portables, since both have a very mediocre battery life.
I agree there must be competition on the game market …remember atari … Videgames werent tht popular after atari , five yrs later nintendo come and saved the videogame industrie ( whoa to much of the theme) but my point is tht if theres only one system the games r going to have bad quality
Not a notable margin there anyway. :/
You’re right but there is no reasoning with idiot fanboys who use the worst tactics to gain hits on their site.
More context is needed here, it seems.
The 3DS was $250 and only had like 2 games even remotely worth having. It was also released in the springtime, so not a lot of people saw that time to get it as a gift opportunity.
The Vita is priced around the same as the 3DS originally was and appears to have solid launch titles. It was released close to Christmastime, meaning a lot more people should have seen it as an opportunity to ask for it/ give it as a gift for the holiday season. Despite this, the Vita has sold about 50,000 units less than the 3DS.
The difference seems pretty big now, if you ask me. If the Vita was launched in the spring or if the 3DS was launched around Christmas, the difference in numbers would very likely be much larger. You can argue with me, but you can’t argue with figures!
Hahahah! I’m ok with this..bad sales in March=bad launch but bad sales in Christmas=horrible launch as someone else here said.
I would type something relevant here but I’m too busy spamming “I TOLD YOU SO, MOTHAFUCKAS” on every single comments page on IGN.
So what? The Nintendo 3DS was released first! New tech in a new era always creates more of a stir…and the money they poured into Advertising? Vita is glad it is known at all in mainstream public!
DRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Dat must mean da Vita is da fali….drrrrrrrrrrrr..
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That is a very good representation of what a typical Nintendo fanboy would say. :)
Even if there was a price cut I would not buy one. The only games I saw for this thing looked like they were 100% played by tapping the screen. I admit I was excited when I first read about the system but.. that was because I had the thought of a new Monster Hunter on a system with better graphics. Now I just laugh at this sad little excuse of a system after having seen the video MH4 (for 3ds.) The only game I have ever been that horny over other than that video is the Bioshock series. The fact that there has been talk of a Bioshock being made for this thing is the only reason I would buy it and, only after I had the game on reserve and receipt in my hand would I purchase this system.
Can’t believe this is news…
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Well, i say they deserve it.
250 bucks is pretty expensive for a console, and i don’t see any game i wanna buy.
And is pretty sad because, even when the 3DS wasn’t released in the Holiday Seasons, it stills sells better.
If Sony want to keep up Nintendo, make the console more cheaper, or make more games for that.
The reason i didn’t want the PS Vita is because it have a lot of features that i don’t want and i have to pay for them even when i don’t want them.
If you like the Vita, is fine, but i say the 3DS is more brighter and colorful, and have just the basic features, that and the fact that is easy to hack and i will buy the R4 3DS whenever i have the opportunity.
YAY for piracy.
Why don’t ya’ll go eat a dick?
I’d try Jack Tretton’s, but it looks like you’ve already taken that one.
I’m starting to believe the third one, it’s a pitty that his Vita blog has so few visits haha. Poor Sony thingy.
Kidding, cheers all!!
Probabaly becuase it’s too expensive
every is acting like there apart of the company just because a console sells more doesnt mean it wins -_- (btw im a nintendo fan not a nintendo fag). i hope sqaire enix make another dissidia on vita
woops very bad granner
At least it’s selling something right?
I have to admit, I’m a huge nintendo fan, but I don’t wanna see the VITA fail, because I’m looking at getting one, but I have to admit though, I’m quite suprised it did not sell as well, considering its the holiday season compared to when 3DS came out (earthquake). But I hope they can fix the issues I’ve heard about before I get one, I don’t wanna buy something that’s just gonna break and do absolutely nothing for me.
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i think theirs a couple of reason why the vita didn’t sold as much as the 3ds:
1) age appeal, the 3ds like its predecessor appeal to a wider demographic, the vita on the other hand only appeals to a certain amount (teens, core)
2)advertisement, i don’t think there wasn’t that much good vita ads for japan. although, i know that when the vita gets to the US, Kevin butler is gonna advertise the shit out of the vita.
3) because its Nintendo: not to offend Sony fans (own a ps3 myself) but Nintendo really knows how to get to parents, probably because those same parents were fans of Nintendo once or are. again nothing against Sony.
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There actually is a person who does understand it. (:
I totally agree with you.
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3DS RE Revevelations VS PS Vita Uncharted Golden Abyss
Side by Side graphics/gameplay comarison: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdtSa9kiXA&w=560&h=315%5D
That’s weird. I thought this would definitely sell better considering the launch games, the tech vs the price, and the fact that this got released during the holiday rush. The system problems like freezing up and unresponsive touch screen shouldn’t have affected this because in two day, people wouldn’t have known about that.
tbh, I am a loyal nintendo customer, but I wouuld love the vita as well as the 3ds just for its graphical prowess alone
I think everyone needs to realize since every system is getting more expensive that less units will be sold than the last generation. But anyways this is good for Nintendo because they have always survived on the handheld market when it’s console market was hurting. The Wii was an exception since that thing sold like a beast.
HAHAHAHAAHHA
well maybe if they lower the price I mean that thing is so friggin expensive I dont even know if its worth it
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