| I3LuEI3omI3eR said: One of the BIGGER reasons why I think the Vita was a big failure was because it wasn't backwards compatible with the PSP. Although most PS systems aren't backwards compatible, it is considerably the norm for Handheld gaming devices (bar set that high by Nintendo, unforturently). I mean even if the Vita had a drought in games, at least Sony could advocate their extensive library they had with the PSP can also be played on the Vita as well. Many Wii U users bought and have the Wii just because of its backwards compatibility with the Wii (and MANY play the Wii games more than the Wii U games)! Again another selling point they didn't capitalize in. I know you can d/l PSP games on the Vita, but it's just not the same (the consumers who own physical PSP games greatly outnumber the ones who own Digital PSP games, hence why the PSP GO flopped as well). And not ALL PSP games are available for DL. Lots of DS owners switched to the 3DS I bet when they found out their old beloved games or the games they missed out on could be played on the new handheld as well. I know that's one of the reasons why I bought one. If you ask me, it's like they SERIOUSLY underminded the 80+ million fanbase they built with the PSP by omitting the games from the past generation into their new handheld. Seriously I rather buy a PSP than a Vita, sad thing is that I will... :-/. It's also like Sony abandoned it from the start with a move like this... |
ps4 and vita are the first sony consoles without bc.
and sony just didnt has the money to support the vita. and even if they would ave the money, the know that they dont have a chance of winning. psp was a wii like thing, not the new norm
