| Metrium said: Sony is so bad at marketing handhelds that they gave up and turned the Vita into a home console? Other than the cheap price, I still don't see the appeal. Do ppl really want a Vita home console when you can get PS4 or any of the other 2 consoles? The price is super cheap so maybe ppl will buy it, but if this happens it will hurt the sales of the handheld. Why pay 200$ for a handheld that only plays the exact same games that I already can play on my VitaTV for 100$? 200$ only to be able to play the same game Iv'e been playing on the bus, you will seriously need to have money to get rid of in order to think it's worth it. Since this is the creation of a new home console at the expense of the handheld, I don't see the 3DS being affected by it. |
This is the head scratcher. I think they would have been smarter calling this a PS4 Extender, rather than equating it to the PS Vita.
Though the big problem with this is the fact that it doesn't fully support the Vita due to the lack of a touch pad, and that likely means it won't fully support the PS4 titles either. The DualShock controller included with the $150 bundle is essentially a DS3. If you can use a DS4 with it, and use the touch pad, that would mitigate the problem.
Another problem is the fact that there is no onboard storage, so each person who uses this will have to have their own memory card. If you already own a PS Vita, cool you can just plug and play, if you don't then it's more money. If you don't own a PS4, PS3, or PSV then you're looking at close to $200 just to get started with it. At that price a Wii U becomes a viable option.
