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VGKing said:
ibrahimman0 said:
Actully ur totaly wrong ! , i wouldnt buy a console over the other for like what 80$ difference and btw 3DS XL is 200$ so 50$ difference, the reason i got 3DS not Vita is cuz 3DS has alot of good games 1st and 3rd party , but vita doesnt really have any games except few of them like P4G , Gravity Rush......

Uncharted, Wipeout, Modnation Racers, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty.......you were saying?


I didn't bother to read what was said after this post because this made me laugh.  Call of Duty?  You can't be serious. 



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Squilliam said:
Actually what it needs is 8-16GB built in flash memory that way you can buy a PS Vita at the store and not have to pay for one of the stupidly overpriced memory cards right from the start.

A memory card price drop wouldn't do a thing to increase Vita sales. Built-in memory would only increase the price of the system....look at PSP Go.



MDMAlliance said:
VGKing said:
ibrahimman0 said:
Actully ur totaly wrong ! , i wouldnt buy a console over the other for like what 80$ difference and btw 3DS XL is 200$ so 50$ difference, the reason i got 3DS not Vita is cuz 3DS has alot of good games 1st and 3rd party , but vita doesnt really have any games except few of them like P4G , Gravity Rush......

Uncharted, Wipeout, Modnation Racers, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty.......you were saying?


I didn't bother to read what was said after this post because this made me laugh.  Call of Duty?  You can't be serious. 

Some of my favorite games got poor reviews. Although I haven't played Black Ops on Vita I'm sure its not as bad as the reviews state.



I think the Vita needs a price cut because presale price, the Vita is only $50 less than the standard Wii U model, more than the 360 at $199, and only $20 less than a PS3 that includes Uncharted 3 GotY or $30 less than the model that includes PSABR and Ratchet and Clank HD Collection.

The Vita hasn't really had a great sale except for Black Friday. So right now, the Vita is also competing against the PS3 Holiday Bundle that's $50 more and includes three new games, one of them LBP Karting and the 360 bundle that's the exact same price and includes Forza 4 and Skyrim.

I think price is a major factor. It's not aimed towards kids like Nintendo portables are, so it's competing against consoles as well. The reason for this is that most people play their portables more often at home.  The age group the Vita is aimed towards are most likely going to have a television or even an HDTV, so why get the Vita when you can get a console at around the same price or less and it also includes games?



VGKing said:
MDMAlliance said:
VGKing said:
ibrahimman0 said:
Actully ur totaly wrong ! , i wouldnt buy a console over the other for like what 80$ difference and btw 3DS XL is 200$ so 50$ difference, the reason i got 3DS not Vita is cuz 3DS has alot of good games 1st and 3rd party , but vita doesnt really have any games except few of them like P4G , Gravity Rush......

Uncharted, Wipeout, Modnation Racers, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty.......you were saying?


I didn't bother to read what was said after this post because this made me laugh.  Call of Duty?  You can't be serious. 

Some of my favorite games got poor reviews. Although I haven't played Black Ops on Vita I'm sure its not as bad as the reviews state.


It's still Call of Duty in the end.  Call of Duty isn't a reason to buy a Vita for almost anyone.  Nor the Assassin's Creed game.  Not sure about Modnation Racers.  Uncharted is the only one on that list that really seems like something more people are really willing to buy a whole system for and not regret it.  This isn't about if an individual would like it, but rather what would the masses do?  I mean, it would be the same thing as me saying that Call of Duty on the DS is a reason to get the DS.  I'm sure there are other Vita games already there and coming up that are better examples than the one he listed.



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Would any of u guys buy a refurbished vita from gamestop for 189.99



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MDMAlliance said:
VGKing said:
MDMAlliance said:
VGKing said:
ibrahimman0 said:
Actully ur totaly wrong ! , i wouldnt buy a console over the other for like what 80$ difference and btw 3DS XL is 200$ so 50$ difference, the reason i got 3DS not Vita is cuz 3DS has alot of good games 1st and 3rd party , but vita doesnt really have any games except few of them like P4G , Gravity Rush......

Uncharted, Wipeout, Modnation Racers, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty.......you were saying?


I didn't bother to read what was said after this post because this made me laugh.  Call of Duty?  You can't be serious. 

Some of my favorite games got poor reviews. Although I haven't played Black Ops on Vita I'm sure its not as bad as the reviews state.


It's still Call of Duty in the end.  Call of Duty isn't a reason to buy a Vita for almost anyone.  Nor the Assassin's Creed game.  Not sure about Modnation Racers.  Uncharted is the only one on that list that really seems like something more people are really willing to buy a whole system for and not regret it.  This isn't about if an individual would like it, but rather what would the masses do?  I mean, it would be the same thing as me saying that Call of Duty on the DS is a reason to get the DS.  I'm sure there are other Vita games already there and coming up that are better examples than the one he listed.

Its should be. A well made Call of Duty game for Vita would do wonders for the system. Just having a port of the next COD would be preferable since they obviously don't have the time to make an original one.



kupomogli said:

I think the Vita needs a price cut because presale price, the Vita is only $50 less than the standard Wii U model, more than the 360 at $199, and only $20 less than a PS3 that includes Uncharted 3 GotY or $30 less than the model that includes PSABR and Ratchet and Clank HD Collection.

The Vita hasn't really had a great sale except for Black Friday. So right now, the Vita is also competing against the PS3 Holiday Bundle that's $50 more and includes three new games, one of them LBP Karting and the 360 bundle that's the exact same price and includes Forza 4 and Skyrim.

I think price is a major factor. It's not aimed towards kids like Nintendo portables are, so it's competing against consoles as well. The reason for this is that most people play their portables more often at home.  The age group the Vita is aimed towards are most likely going to have a television or even an HDTV, so why get the Vita when you can get a console at around the same price or less and it also includes games?


I would argue that Nintendo's demographic is donut shaped ...

They're very popular among children, but at the age of 11 or 12 boys start losing interest and it bottoms out in the early teen years, in their 20s interest starts to increase again and returns to a very high level by the mid to late 20s.



VGKing said:
MDMAlliance said:
VGKing said:
MDMAlliance said:
VGKing said:
ibrahimman0 said:
Actully ur totaly wrong ! , i wouldnt buy a console over the other for like what 80$ difference and btw 3DS XL is 200$ so 50$ difference, the reason i got 3DS not Vita is cuz 3DS has alot of good games 1st and 3rd party , but vita doesnt really have any games except few of them like P4G , Gravity Rush......

Uncharted, Wipeout, Modnation Racers, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty.......you were saying?


I didn't bother to read what was said after this post because this made me laugh.  Call of Duty?  You can't be serious. 

Some of my favorite games got poor reviews. Although I haven't played Black Ops on Vita I'm sure its not as bad as the reviews state.


It's still Call of Duty in the end.  Call of Duty isn't a reason to buy a Vita for almost anyone.  Nor the Assassin's Creed game.  Not sure about Modnation Racers.  Uncharted is the only one on that list that really seems like something more people are really willing to buy a whole system for and not regret it.  This isn't about if an individual would like it, but rather what would the masses do?  I mean, it would be the same thing as me saying that Call of Duty on the DS is a reason to get the DS.  I'm sure there are other Vita games already there and coming up that are better examples than the one he listed.

Its should be. A well made Call of Duty game for Vita would do wonders for the system. Just having a port of the next COD would be preferable since they obviously don't have the time to make an original one.


Not this specific one, at least.