Can Vita Outsell Sega's GameGear LTD?

[Scisca]

Nirvana_Nut85 said:

Scisca said:
You seem to be on a mission, but no matter how much BS you put out, it won't change the fact that Vita will easily go past 11 mil and sell much more. Your talk about it being discontinued is lunacy. It's the second best selling console in Japan. We all know they no longer care about home consoles, so PS4 won't be a massive PS2-type success there and Sony just needs a handheld there. And it has got one that Japanese are buying and that gets more and more support from 3rd parties. Why would they wanna kill it? Only you might know.

The West is a problem, NA particularly, but I hope they can fix it with a big software push after they secure the PS4 dominance. The console will be cheap, memory cards will be cheap, they will have a chance of a second start. Sony can make a PS3-type turn if they want to.

Mission? No, I'm simply responding and debating my argument. Ad hominems do not justify your argument by claiming lunacy and b.s. If you considering indie support as strong 3rd party then your previous implications of my character would obviously be more suitable to describe you.

I don't know how to even respond to you. Your whole argument is based on wishful thinking and delusions of granduer. Sony can turn it around if they want to???? You in all seriousness just wrote that?Yes, that must be it. Sony executives are sitting there saying" Well guys, the vita is an abhorrent failure and draining money but we do not feel like selling a lot of games/hardware at this point, maybe in the future we will but until then lets burn some more cash".

A pointless argument, one might add. I have never said anything about indies, so stop implying things on me and then calling me out on them (yeah, that's how low you just went, lol), but I've written quite a lot about Japan - the topic you seem to ignore, but is the jist of the matter and alone proves your claim absolutely wrong. Vita may stop selling at all in the West and still get past 11 mil.

Yes, that is exactly what is happening right now. You know why? There is this thing... What's it called? Aah! PS4! And it has the potential to dominate the market the next 6-8 years, but it won't happen on its own. It has the momentum now, but Sony needs to push PS4 and not give XO any slack - and that's exactly what's happening. All Western studios are working hard on PS4 games. And I have no idea where you're pulling the argument about burning the cash right now from. If anything, it prevents them from doing it right now. They have a choice on their hands - fight back with the Vita in the West now, but allowing XO to crawl back and maybe get a software advantage OR turn PS4 into almost a PS2 level monster, while letting Vita wait a bit more, until it gets cheaper, the memory cards get cheaper, the PS360 games (the biggest competition to Vita's games) stop selling, thus being less attractive to 3rd party devs, who don't want to make massive PS4-level budget games. It took time for the PS3 to take off, but it did. If Sony decides it wants to turn Vita into a success - it is still able to achieve that.

Believe it or not, but the second scenario is exactly what is happening. Vita support is cut to ensure the success of PS4 in the West. PS4 has to leave the XO in the dust now, while Vita in all honesty can wait a bit more, as it gets good support either way. Nothing that's a mega-bomb on the market, but enough to keep owners happy. I just hope they return to it, as this awesome piece of hardware deserves more love.