The Vita sells badly because it's called 'Vita'.

[Gehirnkrampf]

fighter said:

Gehirnkrampf said:
all this pricepoint and lack of exclusives talk is so damn annoying. it's simply NOT true.
it is the constant shit that people talk, since the vita launched, that held it back then, and still hold it back now.

this type of reasonning amazes me, imagine if X1 fans blamed the users instead of MS mistakes for E3 backlash

 

VIta is a bad name, but the worst is by far it's price, lack of support, and general positionning as a portable home console instead of a fun accessible portable system.

not a good comparison. because microsoft simply fucked up nearly every single aspect. i don't feel like those two situations are the same.

 

vita got bad talk. big chunks of that weren't deserved. this settles into people's brains. the casuals out there read an article about it that says "no gaemz", so they won't jump on the train. that's the start of no hardware sales -> no gaemz. so the bad word of mouth really hurt the vita in its early life, and that carries on until now. we could easily sit at 7m now when people were objective. it's basically the same that happens to wiiU right now. the name is not the best, but saying the name is a main reason is just another excuse.

 

price is too high? the price was never, never too high. heck, you can get a Vita for 170€ with killzone mercenary (which got bad reviews, which is another example of stupidly and unnecessary negativity around the vita) and an 8 GB card. NEW.

that is LESS than what you pay for a new 3DS XL, without any games or card. so. this pretty much dismantles all the talk about its price. the value you get for your money is incredible high if you look at hardware alone.

 

games is another topic. i am happy with the lineup. but people say "it needs more big games", and they also say "who wants console games on a handheld" and they also say "they promised me console experience but it isnt, so it has to be reviewed bad".