Official SCEJA Playstation Conference (09/09/13)

[the_dengle]

betacon said:

the_dengle said:

The Vita is marketed as the console experience on the go. So what's the Vita TV? ...The home console experience on a home console? Just in case you want to play Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD on the big screen... I mean...

The 3DS and 2DS messages do not conflict with one another. But probably very few people will buy the 3DS going forward -- most with choose either the XL or the 2DS.

Vita TV is just odd. It's quite weird. It feels like it's competing directly with the Vita, and yet it kind of is a Vita, but not really.

It won’t affect vita sales which is what i was replying to, it's not just a vita it offers a range of applications reaching different markets. Btw the 2ds does go against the early marketing of the 3ds not sure why you want to single out the vita, both are targeting an entry level consumer.

 

The 3DS was never marketed towards children under 7. The Vita, on the other hand, was marketed toward home console gamers from the start. It was an attempt to make portable consoles popular among people who didn't usually buy portable consoles. Half the Vita's library is also available on PS3/PS4 -- the main selling point is that you can play those games away from home. So what is the Vita TV? How is it different from the PS3 or PS4 apart from being less expensive and having an arbitrarily slightly different game library?

The Vita TV is for people who are interested in Vita exclusives, but not interested enough to actually buy a Vita... what?

The 2DS is for small children. Maybe it will appeal to some people outside of that target audience, but it has an easily identifiable target audience.