| Nem said: Yeah... i'm sure it was a dumb employee. We all know its true, but Sony officials can't say that. And besides... it depends on the definition of dead. The Vita still see's new releases, so its definitly not dead. Maybe the expectation of having big AAA games exclusively for the Vita is indeed dead though. |
Vita is kinda dead in almost all definition in western.
In Asia though? Vita is still going pretty strong in Japan, selling 12000 hardware in august 24~30 according to Mediacreate. The fact that it doesn't have single AAA, or so called 'Super A' titles actually helped small time anime game developers who can't allocate finance on decent marketing, allowing them to dominate Vita's game scene, attracting original crowd that supported PSP.
In South Korea, situation is bit different... Vita was completely crushing 3DS until Pokemon arrived, and now it is pretty evenly matched.
I believe Vita is going pretty solid in surrounding Asian market where they still have original PSP crowd who look for niche anime / rpg games, which expalins why they didn't put Vita in legacy section in most Asian country.
Which makes this situation doubly baffling.
