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Signalstar on 08 January 2013

I fear that when posters stop coming up with new threads to further embarrass Vita sales this forum will truly be dead. Never give up the fight. If we didn't have the Vita to shit on, we'd have nothing to bring us together anymore.



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the_dengle on 08 January 2013
Roma said:
I don't think we should put the Vita against the 3DS anymore as it's jut not fair to the Vita!

3DS feels insulted!

Yeah... it's inevitable the two will be compared, but comparing 3DS to DS and Vita to PSP is much kinder to both consoles and more telling from a sales perspective. Repeating ad infinitum that the 3DS is outselling the Vita doesn't tell us anything about sales any more. Now it's just a way for NIntendo fans to inflate their ego and put down Sony's console.



Kenology on 08 January 2013
NoirSon said:
This is beating a dead horse, the Vita short of a PSP like come back due to multiple hit series or two in the territories of Japan and Europe won't likely ever top the 3DS in Japan. The 3DS has the advantage of being a Nintendo system, parents buy it for their kids and various blockbuster franchises. It will be hard for Sony to come back from that.

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Kenology on 08 January 2013
Signalstar said:
I fear that when posters stop coming up with new threads to further embarrass Vita sales this forum will truly be dead. Never give up the fight. If we didn't have the Vita to shit on, we'd have nothing to bring us together anymore.

I think this thread is attributable to "The Cycle" as well.  3DS doom threads in mid-2011 leading to Vita dead threads all last year which lead to Wii U doom threads now, which in turn, mean Vita really dead now that Pokemon Gen VI announced.

It'll never end.



Mnementh on 08 January 2013
BasilZero said:
????? I never assumed it like that, just saying two different markets. Nintendo's targeting families/people of all ages and mostly younger audiences while Sony's targeting the Teen+ Adult audience only.

Pokemon will increase the sales of the 3DS but it wont halt the sales of the Vita lifetime wise.


Yeah, sure, I agree. It was more of an joke with Pokemon. BUt I see it similar, 3DS-sales (with or without Pokemon) will only have little effect on Vita-sales.

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Although Vita could theoretically get this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimon



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tbone51 on 08 January 2013

With Japan i expect by years end 18-20mil lifetime, So Vita wont beat it this year, its so hard to see The future of sony's handheld! 3DS will be #1 this year of all systems for sure



miz1q2w3e on 08 January 2013
Mnementh said:

Yeah, sure, I agree. It was more of an joke with Pokemon. BUt I see it similar, 3DS-sales (with or without Pokemon) will only have little effect on Vita-sales.

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Although Vita could theoretically get this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimon

I would buy a Vita INSTANTLY if that happened.



miz1q2w3e on 08 January 2013
BasilZero said:

The Vita has it......somewhat.....but its on the PSP LOL.

I went to look it up... It wasn't released in English, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO D:

:-'(



NintendoPie on 08 January 2013

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aikohualda on 08 January 2013
Soriku said:
aikohualda said:
Soriku said:
aikohualda said:
i think sony have big plan for ps vita... i mean an integration with ps4 sounds like a hit or missed for sony....
if they are able to integrate it with the ps4... i could imagine their sales would sky rocket, but that is too wii-u-ish...
and sony doesnt like to follow on the fad. esp. after what happened to the dildo motion control.
2013-2014 might be a break or make for vita.


Integration is a plus, but that's simply a nice feature to have, not something that'll really help sales. It's not like the 3DS is really selling based on Wii U integration. It's all about library and price.

if sony play the game right i think integration is not just a plus but a life for vita...

if ps4 becomes as successful like uhm ps2 with vita integration dont you think the ps4 would pull those numbers?

yeah price and software is the main key, but for now their support looks dreadful... so hopefully sony would pull off like an apple to thousand of ihomes-kind-of-business


PS4 being as successful as PS2 is highly unlikely. And I don't see anyone dumping $250+ (well by the time the PS4 is out the Vita will have a price cut but it still won't be cheap) for some integration. If the Vita doesn't get any mass appeal games it won't do well no matter what and sell to a niche, which is why the Vita is at 4 mil while the 3DS is at 27 mil. But I honestly don't know if that's possible. PSP really had a turnaround thanks to Monster Hunter (at least in Japan) but that's on the 3DS now. Elsewhere the PSP got GTA, FF, MGS, etc. but those series aren't on the Vita and the publishers of those games aren't interested in the Vita either.

the problem with sony is how they trying to push so hard for the ps vita to compete with console games.... where is loco roco and patapon which suited the mobile gaming so well?