Conegamer said:
VGKing said:
Conegamer said:
VGKing said:
Conegamer said:
Looks like the Vita is REALLY starting to struggle now...
And I'm surprised. I expected the 3DS/PS3 to be closer, if not the PS3 ahead! I don't think it'll have much of a chance now :/
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Why are you acting surprised? The same thing happened with the 3DS.
Vita will continue to struggle until it gets big AAA games. We'll get some release dates at E3.
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Not really. At this point, the 3DS was nearing 3mil in its life with no holiday advantage in any territory, whilst the Vita has yet to pass 2mil, and had holiday sales in Japan. At this point, the 3DS price-cut was 5 weeks away. And we also knew of Monster Hunter 3G, and 4, and Mario Kart 7, and Super Mario 3D Land, and Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Ocarina of Time 3D, were coming to the 3DS within 12 months, likely more. All bar MH4 have been released.
The Vita, on the other hand, only really has Gravity Rush as a quality exclusive which I can think of on the way which could sustain sales in Japan, and Mortal Kombat to lightly boost sales in the West. The issue is, there's not enough AAA titles on the way. I'm sure more will be announced at E3, but will it make THAT much of a difference in the short-term?
The excuse 'wait for the AAA exclusive titles' doesn't really work, when there's not a huge number announced.
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-Assassins Creed
-Bioshock
-Call of Duty
Those are 3 big games already promised for the system.
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It would be nice if you could read my initial post, so I'll highlight some points (bolded in the main text):
- Not really. At this point, the 3DS was nearing 3mil in its life with no holiday advantage in any territory, whilst the Vita has yet to pass 2mil, and had holiday sales in Japan
- knew of Monster Hunter 3G, and 4, and Mario Kart 7, and Super Mario 3D Land, and Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Ocarina of Time 3D, were coming to the 3DS within 12 months, likely more.
- only really has Gravity Rush as a quality exclusive
- there's not enough AAA titles on the way
- THAT much of a difference in the short-term?
- The excuse 'wait for the AAA exclusive titles' doesn't really work, when there's not a huge number announced.
As I say, I'm not denying that those three games are likely to come out and be system sellers (though, after the cancellation of Assassin's Creed for the 3DS, which was in a much stronger position, nothing's a given), but they aren't AAA exclusives, instead, 'watered-down' ports. Because of that, they will never sell as well, or make as much of an impact, as their home-console equivalents. The 3DS had 2 Mario, Zelda, Starfox, Resident Evil, Kid Icarus, Monster Hunter and more AAA exclusives in its first 12 months on the market. I don't think this number of exclusives will occur for the Vita.
Despite what Sony say, people like to get handhelds to play easy, 5-minute games on their handhelds, with the option for longer play. That's what the Vita needs. Exclusives with short-burst play appeal. And if they aren't announced at E3, then, well...Sony may just be in trouble.
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