| ROBOTECHHEAVEN said: @dernebel, what I said is completely accurate and you know that, nothing is wrong with what I said and if u disagree at least back up with something to counter act what I said instead of what u did. What u said comes off as someone who doesn't want anyone to say something bad about sony , which is what I read into your so called response. also sony themselves, have said the vita is a accessory to the ps4, so how is that statement not backing up my claim, tell me that much? |
Lol, no. What you said certainly was not completely accurate and I'm certainly not disagreeing to defend Sony, I hate the Vita and regard it as a huge waste of resources on Sonys part.
1. Your notion that Sonys lack of 1st party support killed the Vita speaks of but one thing and that is a distinct lack of understanding about the role that Sonys 1st party plays in selling their consoles, which is a very minor one. The crushing majority of Sonys systems are sold by third party games, their first party is aside from a couple exceptions a bonus for the more dedicated fanbase.
2. The core problem of the system was never price, it was that it tried to do something that is not desired in todays market, which is delivering a console style "mature gaming" experience on the go. Blaming it on price and marketing is like blaming the Wii Us failure on those factors when in actuality the core idea of the system was completely flawed.
3. Nintendo is an entirely different case as they have the first party software titles that sell the majority of their systems, especially outside of Japan. It is also aimed a lot more at kids, who tend to more likely be in a situation where their parents don't want to buy them a smartphone already. Finally you say that the 70 million that the 3DS is still a healthy market but entirely disregard where the rest went, cause Nintendo has in fact also lost a huge chunk of their marketshare to mobile, but they were able to hold on better on a more known handheld brand, more popular, system selling first party software and a more child oriented strategy.
bolded: By not even remotely being relevant to your own points?
So yeah, I'm not saying that the Vitas failure wasn't in part Sonys fault, but your whole idea of what they did wrong is offbase and it's also ridiculous to not see the huge influence that the mobile explosion had on the whole market.
