So The Argument Returns from Last Year! Should Playstation TV Count With Vita for Sales? Also Coming to Western Markets ($99!) :)

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

Pristine20 said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Pristine20 said:

You really have hopes for this streaming thing. I don't see it being that good at all and I say this as a launch PS4 owner. I've already accepted that I would keep my PS3 for PS1/3 games and use PC emulator for my PS2 games.  I think it's a wasted product TBH. Same as the boring TV shows that are supposed to help sell it

Vita TV pushes vita out of the handheld territory and into the Microconsole territory. While in Japan that may not work, in the U.S this is a huge set up. Competing against the Smartphones in the U.S, no chance, but at 99$ it can hit with the casuals, and completly outspec the competition while being at price parity allready sans (memcard). For anyone new in PS ecosystem its a must buy, and it makes the PS3 completely obsolete. In tandem with a PS4, it allows play from ps1 to ps4 games, and its a lot easier to move then a PC or PS3.

500$ makes PS4 full backwards compatible in contrast 500$ gives you a neat camera on the Xbox One. Vita TV is cheaper than the 2DS, let alone the Wii U, yet its library dwarfs all other consoles, home or handheld this generation.

The only way it'll flop is if Sony doesn't market it correctly. Its also a better entry system then even Nintendo is offering, it could blow  up in the US

The stuff you're saying is all well and good but I think the market for the product already has multiple PS console. Old games aren't advertised anymore so it's only those who already know what old games were good that will be excited about this. Casuals are just going to be confused if they pick the thing up so I just don't see it happening. This is why it flopped in Japan IMO and I don't see the States being different. Perhaps, most damning of all, sony won't advertise it properly so I predict it would be discontinued in maximum 3 years.

It may actually be a bad idea to confuse consumers with yet another PS product. Right now, the PS3,4,and vita are sold in stores. Now there's PSTV

And when they see it on the shelves its going to be the cheapest system on the market. The Performance of the PS4 round the world led to unrealistic expectatings and disappointing Japan sales, why would the Japan be a reasonable gauge to describe how it does in the states? The PSTV is for all intents and purposes a Vita TV, the vita's game ads starting with E3 now list PSTV as console of support as well. The next cheapest thing is the 2DS at 129,

the handheld market is doing well in Japan, but in the US its getting devoured by Smartphones. As a home console thats still easily portable it might not work in japan because of their handheld lifestyle. In US, this doesn't compete with smart phones at all. PSTV + PS4 is the same price as the Xbox One with the Kinect, so its an excellent companion console as well. Hell, its a better deal with the 399 XB1 then the 499 XB1, and Could be sold with the Wii U to give increase access to the PS library.

All Sony has to do is market it correctly, if they put half the effort that the did with the PS4 in the US this could easily become a profitable runaway success.