rutea7 said:
but still not having a big selling game in the first few months wont mean a system is doomed as long as the library as a whole and the system features are apealing. i can tell you have a different (biased) view that wont change so it might be a waste of time to post this. a loooooot of people out there are interested in the vita and will buy it, as the games come out more and more people will buy it. so what if the 3ds sells more? with 2 dedicated handhelds on the market you see the one that sells less as instantly doomed? thats a messed up way of looking at things. the vita is more expensive and something i wouldnt put in the hands of a kid lightheartedly, it's something a tech lover like me who likes gaming wants. if the 3ds managed to recover from that (lets face it) crappy launch lineup you think a system with a much more ineteresting lineup wont be able to? would you like to compare game libraries for the next holiday when the time comes? you might not want to do that, just saying. my positive views regarding the Vita wont budge and i can hapilly rant on how excited i am about the system, how mindblowing it is to play it, how many great games are coming for it and how i cant wait for the 22nd to come over and over again. sorry but i'm a happy gamer and regardless of whether you'd like vita to fail or not it's far from doomed. |
Far from it. I don't want Vita to fail at all. Infact, I reckon the Vita could be a great success, as I stated in my opening post. However, Sony needs to rectify it's advertising problems, its costs and its games.
Yes, the Vita has a better launch lineup, but it still only has one or two real heavy-hitting games there. And there's a lot of modest hits, but nothing mega that will make hundreds of thousands who are undecided to go out and get the system. So, this needs to be rectified with a huge exclusive, something along the lines of Resident Evil 6, GTA V, Monster Hunter 4 or a breakout hit. I don't see that happening, sadly.
Finally, I find it difficult to see the Vita having a better holiday lineup than the 3DS. Remember- It had 20 free games for Ambassadors, on top of 2 Mario titles, a Monster Hunter, and also supported by a Zelda, 2 Resident Evil games and several smaller hits (Tales of The Abyss, Dead or Alive, games on the eShop, for example). In addition, the future is looking bright for the 3DS, with games like Kid Icarus, Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario, Monster Hunter 4 and Professor Layton and the Mask Of Miracles all likely to release in the next 12 months, and all with a chance of reaching 1 million copies sold. Then titles like Fire Emblem, Beyond The Labyrinth, Theatrythm, Rayman and others releasing periodically throughout the year to boost the 3DS library, where the 3DS is around half the cost. Parents would likely see more for their kids in the 3DS than in the Vita, keeping their hold on the casual market.
It terms of heavy hitters, the 3DS wins it IMO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_3DS_games
Finally, you said that you wouldn't put it in the hands of kids lightheartedly and it's for tech lovers. This is true, but by doing this, they're losing a lot of potential sales. And after the inital rush of the tech-savvy buying it in the launch window, what will keep it afloat? It's doubtful people will buy it on a whim.
I don't mean to sound hateful or that the Vita is doomed, because it isn't. But, I don't see it selling consistantly well in the future, unless there is a heavy price-drop, heavy advertisement, a real HUGE exclusive, or (preferably) all three, just like the 3DS did last year. It shall be interesting to see what Sony shall do this year.
