PlayStation Vita As One Of The Worst Product Flops of 2012

[Foxi4]

ninja gaiden isnt is that good....

You missed the part where I said it's a matter of tastes, and you don't discuss about tastes.

 

[EyeZ]

Where's Guild when you need him?

 

[Foxi4]

Where's Guild when you need him?

He's where he's supposed to be - ignoring this thread. I think we should collectively agree to do so and let the SPICE spread on its own rather than add more to the stack.

 

[EyeZ]

He's where he's supposed to be - ignoring this thread. I think we should collectively agree to do so and let the SPICE spread on its own rather than add more to the stack.

You're doing alright without him, but yeah, your right you should be ignoring this thread.

 

[Catastrophic]

Unless it manages to pile up more games and support like the PS3 did, the Vita will die without any glory whatsoever.

 

[Valwin]

You're doing alright without him, but yeah, your right you should be ignoring this thread.

why ignore it i posted this legit info so we tempers could discuss it why ignore it ?

 

[xist]

why ignore it i posted this legit info so we tempers could discuss it why ignore it ?

http://bgr.com/2012/12/28/nintendo-wii-u-sales-december-271061/

Posting topic after topic about a single system or company is blatantly following an agenda and is disruptive to the community. Although obviously being disruptive to harmony is no longer a bannable offence.

 

[EyeZ]

why ignore it i posted this legit info so we tempers could discuss it why ignore it ?

Yeah you may have, but these threads always end up going bad.

 

[Sterling]

Some of it is legitimate and some of it is Vita hate circle jerk fodder (as it's been pointed out). Yes the Vita has been selling poorly, but the system is just oozing hidden potential. Too bad Sony is just too dumb (or can't) to develop a killer in house IP to showcase it.

 

[TripleSMoon]

Finally! I get into a potentially exciting thread before lock!

Meaning compared to the 3DS which has exceptional sales considering the overall history of handheld consoles and smartphones or tablets with which the PSVita doesn't compete as it is neither. Good job.

I rewrote my response to this twice, but then I gave up when I realized it was just too ridiculous and sony-fanboy dripping to even bother TRYING to have a civil debate about it. I mean, I'm not a Vita hater, but come on!

 

[Foxi4]

Finally! I get into a potentially exciting thread before lock!
I rewrote my response to this twice, but then I gave up when I realized it was just too ridiculous and sony-fanboy dripping to even bother TRYING to have a civil debate about it. I mean, I'm not a Vita hater, but come on!

Elaborate on that. The PSVita is not in the smartphone or in the tablet market as it is neither - its only serious competitor is the 3DS, which IS doing exceptionally well, just like the DS did, at least nowadays. Which part of my post is fanboyish in any way?

If you're going to call me out on fanboyism, you better support your claim.

 

[dickfour]

The Vita is going to be around for a long time it's also the best handheld and there's enough good games that I can't afford them all. Sony will give a price cut, the game library will fill out, and it will end up doing just fine.

 

[TripleSMoon]

Elaborate on that. The PSVita is not in the smartphone or in the tablet market as it is neither - its only serious competitor is the 3DS, which IS doing exceptionally well, just like the DS did, at least nowadays. Which part of my post is fanboyish in any way?

If you're going to call me out on fanboyism, you better support your claim.

You basically said (in more plain english) "it's not fair to compare the vita to tablets, handhelds, or smartphones, because it's neither of those." It very clearly is a handheld, dude.

*Edit*
Rereading your post again, it looks like you're saying, it IS fair to compare it to handhelds, but not to smartphones or tablets? If so, my apologies, and sorry i said anything... the wording of your post confused me, and i thought you were saying the vita isn't a handheld.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

Edited formatting of the OP to make it more clear.

And I blame Valwin for the poor sales.

 

[the_randomizer]

I'd rather not see another Final Fantasy game that isn't Final Fantasy 5 or 6

Fixed that for you. Maybe Final Fantasy games wouldn't suck so much if they all weren't the two million remakes of Final Fantasy I, II III or IV.

 

[Foxi4]

You basically said (in more plain english) "it's not fair to compare the vita to tablets, handhelds, or smartphones, because it's neither of those." It very clearly is a handheld, dude.

A handheld console. A device with an entirely different target audience and features.

A hairdryer is handheld too - are you going to compare it with hairdryers? My point is, the target audience of smartphones wants phone functionality and app support, the tablet audience wants app support in a bigger format to perform basic computing, but not as advanced as on a laptop - it has to be more streamline. A handheld console audience expects devices to play games. It does play games. Very well, in fact. Its only competition is the 3DS, which sells exceptionally well. Let me show you how this works on a little graph:

The Bad ---> The Meh ---> The Okay ---> The Good ---> The Exceptional
VirtualBoy, N-Gage ---> Neo Geo Pocket ---> PSVita ---> Gameboy Advance, PSP ---> DS, 3DS

That should work well in explaining my point.

In any case, I shall jettison myself from this thread as to avoid being splashed at with the inevitable results of a circlewank.

 

[TripleSMoon]

A handheld console. A device with an entirely different target audience and features.

A hairdryer is handheld too - are you going to compare it with hairdryers? My point is, the target audience of smartphones wants phone functionality and app support, the tablet audience wants app support in a bigger format to perform basic computing, but not as advanced as on a laptop - it has to be more streamline. A handheld console audience expects devices to play games. It does play games. Very well, in fact. Its only competition is the 3DS, which sells exceptionally well. Let me show you how this works on a little graph:

The Bad ---> The Meh ---> The Okay ---> The Good ---> The Exceptional
VirtualBoy, N-Gage ---> Neo Geo Pocket ---> PSVita ---> Gameboy Advance, PSP ---> DS, 3DS

That should work well in explaining my point.

In any case, I shall jettison myself from this thread as to avoid being splashed at with the inevitable results of a circlewank.

I misunderstood what you meant. Read my last post, and you'll see i edited it. My apologies.

 

[Foxi4]

I misunderstood what you meant. Read my last post, and you'll see i edited it. My apologies.

Alrighty then. Just to be clear, again, what I was saying was that the 3DS sells exceptionally well wheras the PSVita sells somewhere between "Meh" and "Alright", mostly due to its price... but as a PSVita owner I can happily say that you get what you pay for (again, a matter of tastes).

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Vita sucks, nuff said.

 

[TripleSMoon]

Alrighty then. Just to be clear, again, what I was saying was that the 3DS sells exceptionally well wheras the PSVita sells somewhere between "Meh" and "Alright", mostly due to its price... but as a PSVita owner I can happily say that you get what you pay for (again, a matter of tastes).

Yeah. I just heard today that the Vita had a $50 price cut during the Christmas rush in the last few weeks or something. In all honesty, if I knew about it at the time (and had $200 to spare), I might have actually bought one...