Wired.com: Seven signs PlayStation Vita is a failure

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joeorc said:

RolStoppable said:

 

Two things wrong with this:

1) The PSV is underperforming on a major scale. Sony originally expected to ship 16m handhelds this fiscal year, this forecast has been revised down to 7m.

2) If Sony knew what they were doing, they wouldn't have created a niche product that requires widespread success to generate profits. Like point 1 shows, Sony didn't think of the PSV as a niche product in the first place and your post reeks of desperation, trying to revise history, so that you don't have to admit that the PSV is a failure. It is one. No ifs, no buts. It will stay one, unless we get a good amount of game announcements in the coming weeks. If the pipeline for new releases dries up, it's pretty much over.

The bottom line is that the PSV doesn't need to be compared to any other device to look bad. It's a failure by Sony's own standards.

OK just because you want to call something a "failure" does not mean it is!

what is a failure?

is selling over 3 million of something a failure? when on earth is selling over a million of anything even considered a failure?

that's like saying well i sold a million copy's of my book but its a failure!

LMAO

No what it's showing is many just want to write thing's off based on what they think is a Pass or a fail.

Not what something is, Sony said they want sales to be better and they are poor right now , and just because you lower the sales forecast does not mean you are admitting something is a failure, you are telling you could not make the current sales Goal, which mean's you failed to reach that goal at that time, that does not mean you could not reach that goal at another point in time. I mean where is this race so seeming started from, Like sony is in a race to beat Nintendo to the sales mark or something? How about  Samsung, or HTC, or Microsoft, Sony in a race to reach a certain sales mark before they do?

LOL..the company has a goal it set's that does not mean just because they did not reach the goal than does not mean they will not reach it at another time nor does it say that the product is a "failure" the PS3 and the xbox360 getting the green light or red ring of death,now that is a product failure!

Thats some nice spin.....like serious DJ levels there.

The Vgchartz homepage shows lifetime sales of consoles and handhelds........you get the idea that selling 3 million of something in gaming hardware is a failure. Compared to 3DS...compared to PSP, Vita is a failure so far. Sony projected 10 million Vitas by March this year origionally, that certainly didnt work out. Deal with it.

Books and video games comapred together? wow.

Having lowered goals and standards also constitutes a failure to many people. Your on Vgchartz, a sales web site. Software sales are abysmal and that too should tell you something. Your 360 comment is funny, since it still is 2nd place after all these years, if thats a failure, then I dont know what youd call the PS3 if its losing to that ;)