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Turkish on 08 December 2012
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JimmyDanger said:
Turkish said:
The Vita has the best 1st year lineup Ive ever seen. So many good games came out these past few months. Cant wait on Soul Sacrifice.


I gather you weren't into gaming when the SNES, PSX, and Dreamcast were respectively launched.

If one game over 90 (itself an "enhanced" port of a 5 year old game) is the best launch lineup you've ever seen.

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/dreamcast/metascore - look at how many of those titles came out in the first 12/13 months!

Metacritic doesn't have SNES games - and only 200 or so PSX games out of the 1000 plus released , and of those, reveiews are pretty sparse, so not giving a fair average - but to cite 3 - that would easily average over 90 if metacritic was a thing then - if I hadn't lost all my Mean Machines and EGM's from the 90's in a flood - i'd probably go dig em out!

PSX - Tekken, Ridge Racer and Wipeout - in the launch month - were absolute AAA at the time.

SNES - MarioWorld, ActRaiser, F-Zero - all absolute AAA.

Crikey - even the original Gameboy had MarioLand and Tetris at launch.

And 3DS got Ocarina, SM3d and SMK7 in its first year. One an enhanced port of a 10+ year old game.

This "Vita has the best launch lineup ever" is factually incorrect. Big Time. Critical wise, sales wise and historically speaking against other launches in both those categories. Whatever way you want to slice it.

I've nothing against the console, and will most likely get one at some stage - but I just wish some people would realise - when you point at the sky and tell people it's green, most people will just shrug their shoulders and go "whatever". Credit people with some intelligence - when they hear a deluded (or downright false) statement - they're likely to just walk away and say "that guy's nuts" - rather than argue with a crazy person.

Vita looks OK, it has some alright games, and more on the way. Tearaway could be a 95+. But all this ranting and raving and undue hyping makes a lot of people sound like a gaggle of FOX news pundits before election day. "Landslide for Romney Vita!" So wrapped up in their own bubbles, that the reality outside is pretty distorted.  And rational minded people couldn't be bothered to tell the emperor that he's wearing no clothes, so have a little chuckle, and get on with it.

But 3DS has more games. It has more games upcoming. It has a higher number of higher rated games.

My first console was the sega mega drive but whatevs. Out of all the consoles I own the Vita has the best launch line up Ive seen, outside PS2. It is amazing. So many different and unique games.

You didn't't understand me, I'm not arguing about scores or sales, you are. I don't care about 3DS games, there are maybe 5 3DS games I want right now while I already have 20 Vita games in 8 months.

Hatsune Miku PDf and DJMa Technika Tune are one of the coolest launches this year. Thank god for region free gaming.