HollyGamer said:
potato_hamster said:
Okay, trying to parse out this language so bear with me.
So Vita is an unfair comparison because smartphones are on the rise? How does that make sense when Nintendo sold 70 million 3DSs and is now pushing 20 million Switches in a little over a year? I don't get how you can claim the Vita wasn't a handheld. For many it was the best handheld ever made. It was a portable handheld gaming console by every definition, and very clearly played games first and foremost.
Sony decided to stop selling handhelds and they still haven't sold a lot of phones, so clearly the Vita wasn't hampering their smartphone sales.
And why is comparing gaming oriented phones catering to a gaming market which is arguably larger than console sales in many ways not a fair comparison? ASUS is a huge company. Their gaming brand is on pretty much every product they make. They sell tends of millions of ROG branded devices every single years. It's not exactly small potatoes.
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Why is not unfair because Vita was promoted as a competitor and act like a device to compete with premium gadget like iPhones or android devices. It's a super premium price compared to 3DS .
ASUS of course it's big brand but their market are more of PC and not consoles and handled devices. Or i can say they are more of spare part and hardware brand rather then a gaming company .
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PS Vita's release price: $249
3DS's release price: $249
What a super premium price in that $0 difference.
Of course ASUS is a big PC brand. So what? They make dozens if not hundreds of products directly aimed at PC gamers who tend to spend more money on gaming hardware than console enthusiasts do. They're marketing the phone as "made for PUBG". How is that not in direct competition with whatever phone Sony would be producing? They'd be going after very similar audiences.
