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JWeinCom said:

That won't really work, because Sony has nothing else for kids.  If you're a kid, are you going to buy the system with Playstation Vita Pets, Little Big Planet, PSASBR, and Ratchet and Clank, or are you going to buy the system with Nintendogs, Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Lego City Undercover, Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion, Donkey Kong Country, Style Savvy, etc? 


I'm sure you could've done better than that with just a few minutes of research.  Sly Cooper; Tearaway; Invizimals etc. would be the games I'd use to highlight Sony trying to skew younger, not PSABR.

And that's another point - a year ago saying "Sony has nothing else for kids", I'd agree.  Today, I honestly can't agree anymore.  Most of what Sony has done this year has been focused on a younger audience.  Even porting things like Epic Mickey 2 across - makes no sense really, but in the context of "we're filling our console with more child-friendly games" it at least holds up better.

There's no doubt they're not going to beat Nintendo at this demographic.  But equally, they weren't 'winning' anything chasing after their own demographic of older "gamers" wanting a proper handheld.