Vita dead? Its just waking up

[NightDragon83]

Runa216 said:

NightDragon83 said:

Runa216 said:

NightDragon83 said:
I'm sure it'll pick up steam in Japan and Europe once it gets a price drop and some big titles come out, but here in America this thing never had a chance. It'll be on death's door by the time all three next-gen home consoles are out, mark my words.

how about  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaHcZUHI00 

U mad, bro?

5 months after launch and it hasn't even broken 1 million units in the Americas yet (or any other region for that matter), and it's being outsold by the Wii and original DS on a weekly basis.  Simple fact is that in America (specifically the US) the Sony brand isn't as strong as it used to be, the PSP is deader than dead, and everyone tends to associate the Vita with the PSP, so they avoid it like the plague.

if it's any consolation, I was looking for the Rock saying "how about a tall glass of shut the hell up", more comedic, less angry. 

And dude, are you completely trying to ignore facts?  the PS3 had a similarly dismal launch and yet look where that ended up.  Likely end up over 90 million units by the time it's all said and done.  not to mention the first few years of the PS3's lifetime were cannibalized by the established and remarkably successful PS2.  Even IF the PSP was outselling the Vita, it's not unheard of.  Same thing happened in the formative months of the DS..but again, you failed to do your research becuase the Vita has been the second best selling handheld for a few months now (granted, it's not doing MUCH better than the PSP on a worldwide scale, but that's not the point, the point is that you're wrong.)  

And if you're talking just the US, well, don't be so arrogant, the US and Canada aren't all that matter.  

Well I was specifially talking about America in my OP when I said the PS Vita would be on death's door by the time next gen is completley underway, not WW, where I said it would definitely get a boost in Japan and Europe with a price drop and some big release.  The reason I did that was to illustrate the point that while Vita is far from dead around the world, it's got a much bigger mountain to climb in North America for the reasons mentioned above.  And if it continues struggling in the biggest market in the world, that could give many western developers pause about supporting it, especially once the next generation of consoles kicks into high gear and they start focusing all of their resources to those platforms.

And you can't compare the Vita to the PS3.  PS3 succeeded the most successful home console ever, but launched at a ridiculously high pricepoint and had hardly any big releases for the first year of its life, which caused it to lose all momentum it had going into this generation.  It took three years for it to start picking up steam... that was with the release of the Slim model and price cut to $299.  I've no doubt that PSVita will sell well once it hits like $150 or so and can compete with the 3DS in price... but when will that be?  3 years from now?  Longer?

Things like crossplay for a select few titles aren't going to do much to boost sales over the long run.  It needs to target the handheld gaming market's biggest consumers... the under 13 crowd.  This is why Nintendo always runs away with the handheld market every generation, and neither SEGA before, nor Sony now have seemed to figure that out yet, always opting for more powerful, flashier hardware than what Nintendo has, with the same results every time.