Vita’s fight for life: After almost a year, has Sony’s handheld managed to distinguish itself?

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CCFanboy said:

well the "console on the go" part is why I (and several people I know) won't buy a vita. Someone I know felt psp was too much like ps2 and didn't see a need for it, thus doesn't see a need for vita. But the only way vita can fail is if like 90% of the people who bought psp had the same mind set as me and him. And I can't see the number of people being that high.

In the west it depends just how much psp sales were last year compared to when it came out. That would give people a better idea about how well vita will perform in it's life. The selling point for a console quality handheld doesn't have as much power as it did when psp came out. But there should be a healthy number of people in the west who liked the idea. Even if sony are so stubborn they would let it sit there on store shelves just to squeeze every little sale however niche the market may be. I haven't heard anything about retailers dropping it so even if sony are doing nothing its not a dire situation just yet.

i soo don't get this mentality.  it still plays smaller more pick-up-and-play games like escape plan, ToMZB, lbp, tearaway.   ..AND vita allows for console quality gaming too (AC, CoD, uncharted)   ..AND vita even allows me to take some of my actual ps3 games (PSASBR, sly 4) anywhere in the world at no additional cost via cross-buy.  why choice, capabilities, and increased value is a bad thing i'll never get.