Sony's Portable Console Dying Ugly in Japan

[Soleron]

KylieDog said:

Soleron said:

Why is there a need for a new "generation" all the time? Sales are dying for the older consoles due to lack of games people want, not because it is somehow "time" for a refresh.

The 'lack of games people want' are usually when a hardware has been exhausted and pushed to its limits, at that point you just get variations of the same games with the same levels of visuals, where as new more powerful hardware can give devs more creative freedom to make fresh and new games, or games with new and improved features, or just better looking games that feel fresher due to a new look.

As to Vita...is the price, like was the problem for 3DS until price cut.

I truly don't believe in this, because I don't believe the level of visuals make people buy games. Look at the highest selling games of all time: none of them are pushing their system or their generation.

Once we had good-enough graphics (which as I said was 10 years ago for 3D and 20 years ago for 2D), it just isn't a factor.

I also don't believe in creative freedom. The top selling games have barely anything new creative-wise, they're more just solid entries in some ongoing genre. The part where they stand out is doing some job consumers want them to do really well. That takes craftsmanship and following a checklist, not creativity.

The price cut did not save 3DS alone and it cannot save Vita. 3D Land and Mario Kart were essential to the 3DS' recovery.

Why is Sony so against actually making a Mario game and putting it on the damn Vita? Super Mario World had a very small staff, just replicate that.