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So?

Yes, I believe in a comback! 54 24.32%
 
No way, it's dead! 89 40.09%
 
What is this vita thing? 5 2.25%
 
How dare you insult the vita!? 8 3.60%
 
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Total:220

What about AA games?



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The Vita is for niche Japanese games, indies, and remote play. And you know what? I'm perfectly fine with that. I like the Vita the way it is. Getting gimped console ports isn't what I want.



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BloodyRain said:

Wow, a actual vita owner! What's it like?


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you know, what made the PSP a decent rival for DS was the fact that it had games that the DS obviously couldn't handle and games that gamers wanted. This is what kept it alive so long and why it is outselling the DS till this day(In the weekly sales charts that is). What's interesting about this generation is that the 3DS can do a lot more that the DS and it has pretty games that gamers want. It was cheaper, it has cartridges that you can't lose as often, and it had a better name. What is a darn vita? If the Vita is to make a huge comeback, it needs time on its side along with people who are willing to put up with it in order to make it a success. And a Dragon Quest game or two wouldn't hurt but really who'd put AAA games on a console that's been out for 3 years and sold 8 million units? And people say the Wii U is terrible. ANYWAY, that's not why I'm here. I hope the Vita can survive the 3DS long enough that it outsmarts the 3DS the same way PSP outsmarted the DS.



Ljink96 said:
you know, what made the PSP a decent rival for DS was the fact that it had games that the DS obviously couldn't handle and games that gamers wanted. This is what kept it alive so long and why it is outselling the DS till this day(In the weekly sales charts that is). What's interesting about this generation is that the 3DS can do a lot more that the DS and it has pretty games that gamers want. It was cheaper, it has cartridges that you can't lose as often, and it had a better name. What is a darn vita? If the Vita is to make a huge comeback, it needs time on its side along with people who are willing to put up with it in order to make it a success. And a Dragon Quest game or two wouldn't hurt but really who'd put AAA games on a console that's been out for 3 years and sold 8 million units? And people say the Wii U is terrible. ANYWAY, that's not why I'm here. I hope the Vita can survive the 3DS long enough that it outsmarts the 3DS the same way PSP outsmarted the DS.


Piracy actually played a huge role on the PSP's sales. For one thing, nobody liked the damn UMD's. And the PSP was a powerful emulator - it could run pretty much ever single console from the Atari 2600 to the 16-bit era, even arcade games. Plus the PS1 games. For a console with a 80 million installed base, it didn't have a third-party support that strong.



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artur-fernand said:
Ljink96 said:
you know, what made the PSP a decent rival for DS was the fact that it had games that the DS obviously couldn't handle and games that gamers wanted. This is what kept it alive so long and why it is outselling the DS till this day(In the weekly sales charts that is). What's interesting about this generation is that the 3DS can do a lot more that the DS and it has pretty games that gamers want. It was cheaper, it has cartridges that you can't lose as often, and it had a better name. What is a darn vita? If the Vita is to make a huge comeback, it needs time on its side along with people who are willing to put up with it in order to make it a success. And a Dragon Quest game or two wouldn't hurt but really who'd put AAA games on a console that's been out for 3 years and sold 8 million units? And people say the Wii U is terrible. ANYWAY, that's not why I'm here. I hope the Vita can survive the 3DS long enough that it outsmarts the 3DS the same way PSP outsmarted the DS.


Piracy actually played a huge role on the PSP's sales. For one thing, nobody liked the damn UMD's. And the PSP was a powerful emulator - it could run pretty much ever single console from the Atari 2600 to the 16-bit era, even arcade games. Plus the PS1 games. For a console with a 80 million installed base, it didn't have a third-party support that strong.

True, this is one reason why I bought one. Nintendo has always been the strictest when it comes to pirating and they've been quite efficient at it. The 3rd party support came in around the end of 2011 when the DS had its final say with games like DQIX and Mario & Luigi: Bowers Inside Story. It's like these random games come out on PSP now and sell really well. It really is a marathon runner while the DS was a sprinter.



I hope not, but they prob will stop after this year I am betting.



 

KylieDog said:
Keep? You mean start.





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Sony will continue to support the Vita through their Japanese studios. Freedom Wars, Soul Sacrifice Delta, and Gravity Rush 2 are three big 1st party titles that have come or are coming in 2014.

Also, I'm interested to see if PS.Now will do anything for the Vita. People keep asking to port AAA titles from PS3 over to Vita. Well, they'll get to play those games this summer via PS.Now.



It would be nice to get the best of both indies and larger budget titles on the system but i don't know. Anyway, Sony must try harder. I would like to think it could be a success of the back of the PS4.



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