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curl-6 on 28 July 2014
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Conina said:
curl-6 said:
Thefrag said:
The amount of vita hate is absurd. It's like you people want to have less options. Way to support gaming.

If an option doesn't appeal to me, I see no point in supporting it.

Even if you never buy a Sony handheld the mere existence of a competitor can improve your own handheld or its successor.

Would the 3DS have gotten the circle pad if the PSP never existed? Or that many 3DS demos? Now Nintendo is thinking about cross-buy between 3DS and Wii U.

Would the Vita have got a touchscreen without the DS or multitouch without the iPhone? Would PS3, Vita and PS4 have Trophies without the existence of the Xbox360? Would the PS1 have got the DualShock-controller without the N64? Would "Games with Gold" have been added to XBL without PS+?

Competitors bring new ideas to the table or set new standards. So accept them if they are trying something different... perhaps you can benefit from some of these ideas in the next product of your favourite manufacturer.

I completely agree that competition is good for the consumer. I'm just not going to drop hundreds of dollars just to promote competition if the product doesn't appeal to me. It's not even a brand thing, I have no interest in 3DS either, because I simply don't like handhelds.