"What I find most interesting about this whole farrago is the way in which the Wii and Vita have been treated in the same way. The Wii has already reached its twilight hour but the Vita hasn’t. Despite wobbly initial sales figures and an inconstant supply of games, the Vita is still a new console and surely deserves better than this during its infancy? It deserves innovation, creativity – games that rudely press at the limits of what it’s capable of delivering. Vita means ‘life’ in Latin, but games like FIFA 13 are poison for the still vulnerable handheld. People who purchased the system deserve better than last year’s game in a new full-priced box."
What a revealing paragraph. So in his opinion repackaging is only scandalous if it happens to a new system.
"Vita means ‘life’ in Latin, but games like FIFA 13 are poison for the still vulnerable handheld."
This sentence does not only and finally reveal the meaning of vita to the unaware world, it is also brilliant writing, especially if you consider it comes from a young, still vulnerable person like http://people.ign.com/krupa-ign . Should be nominated as "most poetic gaming journalism phrase of the year" at VGA.
My take on the FIFA repackaging scandal:
Oh really? IMO they repackage the game every year on all systems and still get 90+ ratings and "it's so great, you have to buy it again" review headlines left and right, e.g. http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/20/fifa-13-review .
