I need to find my receipt, although I wasn't deceived as I bought a Vita strictly for importing and nothing more, I have 3 games for the Vita coming out until the year ends (including Phantasy Star Nova which shipped last night).
Sony Now Partially Refunding Early Vita Owners for "Deceptive" Marketing
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I don't remember looking at a Vita Ad and thought they were lying. They can't be as bad as any other Ads nowadays.
I really think those memory cards is what really hurt it. Vita should have had 4G and output off the back.
I really think those memory cards is what really hurt it. Vita should have had 4G and output off the back.
I got my launch day Vita as a hand-me-down from my older brother... I wonder how I'll be receiving this (if at all).
poor vita good thing we have the classics shame tho it's getting a similar treatment to the psp but IMHO I still think it out beats nintento when it comes to game choices and unlike the crap3s everything stays on your psn account no matter what happens to your system. Oh yeah and I don't need to buy a new one vita to play future titles. Nice one nintendo (don't worry I'm still rocking the color lol)
November 2012, US Amazon. Sadly I'll miss this, but it's not bad really. I knew exactly what I was getting and haven't looked back. The Vita is an amazing device, at least for me (easily about 20 PSVita titles + all the rest including PSP, PSX, etc).
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I bought mine on February 2013, so no refund4me.
I never saw a spot or anything that claimed what they are complaining except maybe for the 3.5G capabilities.
I know is possible to play online with a 3.5G connection as I have played Borderlands 2 on PC with acceptable lag so I never doubt about it and took it for granted, I think that's what happened, but that's a mistake of the costumer for take for granted things that weren't explicitly said.
what I still can't understand all the hate for the Vita, is an excellent device. a friend of mine, who also has a 3DS, bought one like 2 months ago and can't put it down now.
I myself got a Vita before a 3DS and can't be more thankful for that. I even have more Vita titles than 3DS. if weren't by Pokemon and a few other gems(Shantae <3) I'll had to have a duster next to my 3DS to keep it clean, on the other hand my Vita never stays down enough time to catch a particle of dust.
I never saw a spot or anything that claimed what they are complaining except maybe for the 3.5G capabilities.
I know is possible to play online with a 3.5G connection as I have played Borderlands 2 on PC with acceptable lag so I never doubt about it and took it for granted, I think that's what happened, but that's a mistake of the costumer for take for granted things that weren't explicitly said.
what I still can't understand all the hate for the Vita, is an excellent device. a friend of mine, who also has a 3DS, bought one like 2 months ago and can't put it down now.
I myself got a Vita before a 3DS and can't be more thankful for that. I even have more Vita titles than 3DS. if weren't by Pokemon and a few other gems(Shantae <3) I'll had to have a duster next to my 3DS to keep it clean, on the other hand my Vita never stays down enough time to catch a particle of dust.
has anyone been contacted about this? seems I qualify, have not been contacted though.
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I feel like a majority of the hate just comes from kids echoing what other kids (who've probably never touched a Vita in their life) say. That's sort of a big issue, people have an extremely dated opinion of the Vita that hasn't been true for the past year or 2 now, and part of it is because Sony stopped bothering marketing the Vita and decided to go full-steam ahead on the PS4 instead since it's sold like the cure for cancer.
Then another issue is the Vita's library is largely weeaboo/Indie focused. While the Vita has plenty of big name western titles like Killzone, CoD, Resistance, Borderlands, Uncharted, Ass Creed etc etc, there's a much larger selection of jRPGs and visual novels and small platformers and various other quick indie titles.
rdurbin, the OP states that Sony will send out emails "soon", so they haven't sent any out yet.
Sooo how many people does this truly affect? I didn't buy my mine until holiday 2012 at a time I was able to get it brand new for about $150 wifi/3G (3G is completely worthless but Oh well) Now the only place you can buy vitas is online and a handful of retail stores like Best Buy or Gamestop other stores like Walmart and Target don't carry them anymore at least where I live. I really do enjoy my vita but I wished that Sony would give it more support than what it has done.
For those wondering how many are getting a refund:
During launch week, the Vita sold 300k units in the US. The launch week totals worldwide, so basically end of February numbers were around 1.1 million. By the end of June, this number doubled. If we assume the same number of US units sold in the next 1.1 million, then we can estimate that around 500k - 600k Vita units meet the refund time window.
That means Sony could pay upwards of $30,000,000 if every single person comes forward, and every single person has the evidence necessary to receive $50.
Odds are that only around 20% of the people have the evidence necessary to get the full $50 (I'm guessing this requires receipt evidence of purchase), and the rest may qualify for the $25 depending on the requirement for getting that much. Ultimately, I'd guess that less than 50% of Vita owners total who may qualify will even redeem, since, without reason to, most people check their email approximately never.
During launch week, the Vita sold 300k units in the US. The launch week totals worldwide, so basically end of February numbers were around 1.1 million. By the end of June, this number doubled. If we assume the same number of US units sold in the next 1.1 million, then we can estimate that around 500k - 600k Vita units meet the refund time window.
That means Sony could pay upwards of $30,000,000 if every single person comes forward, and every single person has the evidence necessary to receive $50.
Odds are that only around 20% of the people have the evidence necessary to get the full $50 (I'm guessing this requires receipt evidence of purchase), and the rest may qualify for the $25 depending on the requirement for getting that much. Ultimately, I'd guess that less than 50% of Vita owners total who may qualify will even redeem, since, without reason to, most people check their email approximately never.
I haven't gotten an e-mail yet either. Got mine February 2012, registered my vita on my PSN account shortly after so I don't see why I shouldn't get an e-mail about it soon.
Sadly I've only played one game on my vita: Ys: Memories of Celceta. Probably my personal record for least played owned console.
Sadly I've only played one game on my vita: Ys: Memories of Celceta. Probably my personal record for least played owned console.
With how these things usually play out, it will probably be at least a couple of weeks until Sony starts emailing people, and even then, I doubt it will be instantaneous to everybody who may qualify. They have to iron out the parameters for receiving a refund first, and they probably have to actually get those parameters approved to guarantee the maximum number of potential people possible may qualify.
Edit: Also, you should check out more titles. Ys is a lot of fun and I beat it myself, but there is definitely a lot more worth playing, especially if you like RPGs and Japanese styled games.
Not so sure about that extremely limited library bit. I currently have more Vita retail games than I do for my 3DS, and I've owned my 3DS for 3 years longer than I've owned my Vita. Mind you, I've traded in way more 3DS games as most of them (at least the non-Nintendo ones) have limited replay value, so in total I've had more 3DS games during its lifetime.
Currently though, there are more games I want to buy for my Vita than for my 3DS. Only games I REALLY want for 3DS at the moment are Pokemon OR, MH4U, and Rinkou no Lantse....which I'm stilling hoping for a localization of.
Currently though, there are more games I want to buy for my Vita than for my 3DS. Only games I REALLY want for 3DS at the moment are Pokemon OR, MH4U, and Rinkou no Lantse....which I'm stilling hoping for a localization of.
I can't be sure that my Vita is early enough for it, I bought it at my store along with Uncharted Golden Abyss and Wipeout (as a sort of bundle they had).
And honestly, while it's not my most used system, it's far from the worst I ever had. I didn't own a single game on the PSP for at least a year, I bought it so I could stuff a CFW on it, and then it sat around when I got tired of it. Pulled it back up only much later for Final Fantasy Anniversary, and after that there was several good quality games (FFT, Dissidia, Third Birthday, Star Ocean...). So the PSP picked up by the end of it, rather than the start.
Vita on the other hand, while it did sit there for a while, I was so happy when Ys Celceta appeared, and now Tales of Hearts R. It's still a relatively young console, I'm awaiting some good things from it, I simply think it cannot do worse than PSP, I'm giving it time.
And honestly, while it's not my most used system, it's far from the worst I ever had. I didn't own a single game on the PSP for at least a year, I bought it so I could stuff a CFW on it, and then it sat around when I got tired of it. Pulled it back up only much later for Final Fantasy Anniversary, and after that there was several good quality games (FFT, Dissidia, Third Birthday, Star Ocean...). So the PSP picked up by the end of it, rather than the start.
Vita on the other hand, while it did sit there for a while, I was so happy when Ys Celceta appeared, and now Tales of Hearts R. It's still a relatively young console, I'm awaiting some good things from it, I simply think it cannot do worse than PSP, I'm giving it time.
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I played Fallout 4 on PC, I enjoyed it honestly. Not my favorite game on earth but at the same time I didn't hate it at all lol
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Now these days they do sanity checks.... The source IP can't also be the destination IP lol