teigaga said:
Slimebeast said:
It will get a price cut before the Holidays for sure. That will lift sales but still not to respectable levels. Assassin's Creed (forgot the subtitle) and COD Declassified will do almost nothing as both honestly look bad. COD especially looks absolutely horrible.
Not that it matters because as people alreay have said so many times, not many gamers are interested in having the PS3 experience on a handheld, as evident by the excellent handheld version of Uncharted - it sold well, but it's not a Mario or Zelda that truly pushes units.
Vita is not dead, it will hang in there and be supported for a few more years but it will always be seen as a failure. The writings are on the wall. I don't need the upcoming Holiday season to make that statement. |
I dissagree with the sentiment that no one wants console quality experiences on a handheld. The 3DS has been successfull almost exclusively off console style experiences- Zelda, Mario Kart, Mario 3D land, Monster Hunter Tri (in jap), Resident Evil, Kid Icarus, Fire emblem (jap) and Kingdom Hearts. Some people may argue that the 2 mario games are more handheld experiences, but they are simply handheld interations of already popular console franchises. Bit sized handheld gaming has been claimed by smart phones, Nintendo cannot not longer rely on brain training titles and nintendogs to succed this time round. The main difference between nintendo's Strategy? Nintendo has mario (and the the entire under 14 market), sony do not...
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You have a point, all those 3DS games have console roots, but there's a big difference between Mario, Kid Icarus and Zelda compared to the HD "PS3 experience" with guns blazing, cinematic and bombastic games like Uncharted, Killzone, Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed.
If I honestly just look at myself. Whenever I think of Assassin's Creed (I love those games) I think of the visuals, the atmosphere and Jesper Kyd's amazing ambient music. I know there's a Assassin's Creed coming for Vita, but I just can't imagine I will get anywhere near that same feeling on the Vita as I do with a big screen and great sound.
Meanwhile, Nintendo games are about gameplay first. Starting with Mario, no doubt Mario on the Wii is a more immersive experience, but the upcoming gold coin Mario for 3DS will still give me a genuine Mario experience, which is pure gameplay and fun. Mario Kart is about the racing, not about amazing sound and visuals. Kid Icarus is an on-rails arcadey action game, not an on-steroids game like Killzone or Gears of Wars that demands precise controls and a powerful presentation (and not to forget for many people, a good online option).
But as a huge Elder Scrolls fan, if a Morrowind port really came to the Vita, I would buy a Vita. 
