| BlowoverKing said: We live in sad times my friends. Today I had a kid come in to the Best Buy I work at with some Visa gift cards that he got for his 13th birthday. What does ue want tob buy with these gift cards? Not a PS4. Not an Xbox One. Not a 3DS. Nope this golden child would like to purchase a Vita. So I think to myself, " sweet i remember seeing one when I came in this morning!". So with that in mind I asked him what games he wanted and he immediately sad "Call of Duty". Me, being the good citizen like I am, informed him that COD for Vita isnt worth the $32 we charge for it. So I ask him what games he likes and he told me he really liked Lego Indiana Jones and Soccer. So because he didnt want to try Lego Marvel or Lego Chima I convinced him to buy Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Fifa 14, and the Sly Collection. I also hooked him up with some trigger grips, 32gb memory card, and PS+. So with all that out of the way I put all the games/accessories by the register and go up to the cage where we keep all the new games and handhelds. To my horror the "Vita" I saw up there in the morning was just an empty display case that some neanderthal put in there because they were too lazy too put it back. So I check my inventory system and of course no best buy within about 50 miles have them. So I go and them the bad news and understandably the boy is upset since he really wanted one. So even though I know that im not going to get the sale I check all the local Gamestops, Walmarts, and Targets to see if they haves some and NO ONE within 50 miles has one. Hell not even Gamestop had any pre-owned. So in the end the boy went home with no Vita though I did tell him to pre-order one at Gamestop but who knows what he'll do. I honestly can't believe there are no Vita's whatsoever within 50 miles (100 miles in Gamestop's case) of Charlotte. |
The sadder thing is that probably is easier to find a PSP or a DS -.-
Well, is obvious that SONy decided to cutting expenses and Vita took the short straw (like all those game studios that died just after developing for Vita).
About SONY focusing on PS4 on japan make senses, the sales aren't great so they have to take action there before the heavy weight titles release and with Sq-Ex prefering anyother platform before PlayStation systems now they need more of other devs on board of next gen, wich is gonna be a hard work to acomplish... what DOESN'T MAKE SENSE is the null support of Vita on west conference... PS4 sell on name alone since release focusing conference on it is just redundant. Is more than obvious that SONY doesn't wanna take a third chance on handheld market and being that they didn't even tried seriously with Vita, that they don't re-stock on the US and probably will happen the same on Europe soon if is not happenning already.
So let's accept it.. vita is doomed (what's worse is doomed by SONY it self) and in two years or less no one will remember it... now I have one more reason to buy a second one...
Now let's come back to the hype.. that Judas Code seems pretty good... I hope it succed there and Tri-Ace take chance to make a proper Vita game..
On other thoughts, about GR2 releasing on PS4.. I would buy depending on if it's well adapted.. some games feels better on handhelds.. the first GR was fit for the Vita even when doesn't have so much that couldn't be done on a normal controller... but the same with Uncharted: Golden Abyss, it isn't that different but have a handheld-only-feeling on it... even some multiplataforms games have some pluses on handheld, just now I'm playing Dragon's crown.. and it feels better on vita, specially when asking Ranie to unlock chests and doors... not sure If I'm becoming more attached to handhelds thanks to Vita but the "play anytime" experience on it can be compared on home consoles...
