PS Vita will not launch in the west until 2012

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Centrix said:
Well, thats exactly what Nintendo did, launched the 3DS and after two days of being on the market became the highest selling system ever.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive...g-handheld.aspx

its only nintendo's own record, and what point is there bragging about that when sales are in the crapper right now?

QUOTE(Giga_Gaia @ Aug 4 2011, 02:37 PM) Especially since the only good game annonced is Uncharted, which doesn't sell nearly as much as Mario or Zelda franchise.
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I'm not in. I mean, I'm not being a fanboy or anything but my current PSP just sits around. It is an excellent console but I'm sure that if I buy a new console from sony, it will sit for eons and not be touched. I thought Vita was already out and I had missed it before I read this post lol. Ah well I think any more, sony stuff is pretty destined toward fanboys and Nintendo stuff is pretty much for a combination of fanboys and also people that want to game and have a good time.
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This disappoints me. I could have sworn Sony was saying something about trying to do a simultaneous world release instead of doing this months between dropping it into other regions thing. They are going to screw their own sales really hard doing this. Now Nintendo is going to dominant the holiday season everywhere that isn't Japan where the Vita will actually be released, and the Vita will come out in other parts of the world at a point where people who were going to get it won't have the money anymore.

Is this the year of bad marketing moves on part of game system developers? I mean, damn. It is just one bad move after another.
 

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Gahars said:
Well that sucks. Still, better than launching without any worthwhile games... Nintendo.
This thread is't about the 3DS, please don't bring it here.

Joe88 said:
Centrix said:
Well, thats exactly what Nintendo did, launched the 3DS and after two days of being on the market became the highest selling system ever.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive...g-handheld.aspx

its only nintendo's own record, and what point is there bragging about that when sales are in the crapper right now?

QUOTE(Giga_Gaia @ Aug 4 2011, 02:37 PM)
Especially since the only good game annonced is Uncharted, which doesn't sell nearly as much as Mario or Zelda franchise.
Blazblue Continuum Shift ? Plus
Bioshock (working title)
Broken
Call of Duty
Dragon Crown
Dynasty Warriors
F1 2011
Hot Shots Golf (Everybodys Golf)
Hustle Kings
Killzone
LittleBigPlanet

Little Deviants
ModNation Racers
Mr Ink Jet
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Oddworld: Strangers Wrath
Project Gravity (Gravity Daze)
Reality Fighters
Resistance
Ridge Racer
Ruin
Shinobido 2
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Smart As
Sound Shapes
Street Fighter x Tekken
Super Stardust Delta
Top Darts
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Virtua Tennis 4
Wipeout 2048
You forgot to bold Dynasty Warriors.
 

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Maedhros said:
Just because YOU don't like, doesn't mean it's not a solid line-up.



EDIT: Nintendo is absolutelly SHIT with online. Streetpass and Spotpass are only a decent service, but that's not why the online isn't good on 3DS and Wii.

Well, Ninty fanboys could argue the same. I myself thought that the current 3DS games are top notch. But kids will be kids. ie. Hard to please.

These things are subjective. And as far as I'm concerned, the 3DS is a lot more enjoyable than any console I've had and tried. The closest competition would be the PS2. And I have yet to go online with this thing.

However, the Vita, when it comes out, would be at least an awesome media system unlike the 3DS. The thing is, why limit ourselves to one console when you can have both. This competition would make us buyers the winners of this console wars.
 

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the wiki page is correct in saying Q4 2011... Q4 of 2011 doesn't end until the end of March 2012...

So it will be released near the end of fiscal year 2011 / actual year 2012...
 

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Guild McCommunist said:
It's a handheld so you'll be, you know, bringing it on the go. If you want to check the web, your PSN stuff, possibly update your trophies and leaderboards online (this isn't confirmed at all, but I'm guessing it's possible) while on the go, it's pretty optimal.

It's still optional so if you don't think you'd be out of WiFi that much, then don't buy a 3G model.

I don't even like online gaming so WiFi will be more than enough. And TBH I can walk straight to the next city without being without a hotspot for more than 20 minutes I can use so the 3G option isn't really aimed at me I guess. I just can see it being a massive let down as a lot of people will probably think that 3G will be fast enough/have low enough latencies to do everything the console can. Or more likely be sold it as being by deceitful advertising and salesmen trying to get the commission for selling the more expensive model with a call plan...
 

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KingVamp said:
Maedhros said:
Just because YOU don't like, doesn't mean it's not a solid line-up.
Which can be said about the 3ds, correct?


No. The line-up from the DS is lacking and consists mostly of ports and remakes. Not a great way to start a console.

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I'm not in. I mean, I'm not being a fanboy or anything but my current PSP just sits around. It is an excellent console but I'm sure that if I buy a new console from sony, it will sit for eons and not be touched. I thought Vita was already out and I had missed it before I read this post lol. Ah well I think any more, sony stuff is pretty destined toward fanboys and Nintendo stuff is pretty much for a combination of fanboys and also people that want to game and have a good time.

If you change PSP with DS, it's me right now. I don't play the DS these days (these days being almost 6 months).

Also, the rest of the post isn't true at all. Sony market kids/everyone else as much as Nintendo... they just start marketing a niche first. The PSP is full of games for kids and such. In Japan, PSP is played by, pretty much, everyone.
 

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Maedhros said:
KingVamp said:
Maedhros said:
Just because YOU don't like, doesn't mean it's not a solid line-up.
Which can be said about the 3ds, correct?
No. The line-up from the DS is lacking and consists mostly of ports and remakes. Not a great way to start a console.
The same thing can be said for the Vita. King Vamp's not wrong, it's pretty much the same case.
 

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Well, thanks to the fact that vita is region free, I'm very sure some impatient brats will import them from Japan.

I'd just wait...
 

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Kind of silly to argue that the Vita's launch titles are better when it hasn't launched.
Plans change and games get delayed.
I'm fairly certain that at least the Vita's version of Street Fighter X Tekken won't be a launch title.
Ono has said that it would be very unlikely that the Vita version would launch at the same time as the console versions and the console versions are still TBD.
Unless the launch of the Vita gets delayed into oblivion anyway.
 

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machomuu said:
Maedhros said:
KingVamp said:
Maedhros said:
Just because YOU don't like, doesn't mean it's not a solid line-up.
Which can be said about the 3ds, correct?
No. The line-up from the DS is lacking and consists mostly of ports and remakes. Not a great way to start a console.
The same thing can be said for the Vita. King Vamp's not wrong, it's pretty much the same case.
Seriously?? Which ones are remakes or ports on Vita??
 

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Maedhros said:
Seriously?? Which ones are remakes or ports on Vita??

Pretty much none of them. There are games in the same series as big titles (like LittleBigPlanet and ModNation Racers) but they're Vita exclusive titles that are being outfitted to work with the Vita.

So far the only port that comes to mind is Street Fighter x Tekken.
 

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Guild McCommunist said:
Maedhros said:
Seriously?? Which ones are remakes or ports on Vita??

Pretty much none of them. There are games in the same series as big titles (like LittleBigPlanet and ModNation Racers) but they're Vita exclusive titles that are being outfitted to work with the Vita.

So far the only port that comes to mind is Street Fighter x Tekken.
I tought it would be released with the console versions, so it would be a multiplatform game, not a port. Same with Rayman Origins, it'll be a multiplatform game.
 

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Maedhros said:
machomuu said:
Maedhros said:
KingVamp said:
Maedhros said:
Just because YOU don't like, doesn't mean it's not a solid line-up.
Which can be said about the 3ds, correct?
No. The line-up from the DS is lacking and consists mostly of ports and remakes. Not a great way to start a console.
The same thing can be said for the Vita. King Vamp's not wrong, it's pretty much the same case.
Seriously?? Which ones are remakes or ports on Vita??
Dunno, but that's irrelevant. Just because they're remakes or ports does not mke the line-up any less solid, it's a handheld after all.
 

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