Scisca said:
lehamsy said:
So this is the reason I stoped posting here. I used to complain about the lack of western support and everybody always used to respond that I was exaggerating, however, that is the truth.
My question is, Which AAA games has Sony announced for the first six months of 2014? The answer is non (Maybe Invizimals, but that is just a 2013 game which was delayed in America). Of course Gravity Rush 2, Freedom Wars and Soul Sacrifice Delta (along with some other Japanese games) will be eventually released, but that will happen in the Third and Fourth Quarters. Sony has 10 western studios and non of them has announced something for the system, we only have a rumour of an "Infamous Vita," and some other games nobody cares about (Playstation Vita Pets, Big Fest, etc.).
That makes me sick, and it's no surprise that the Vita has very decent sales in Japan while in the US and Europe no one cares about it. Their only plan is "let the indies do our job" and "let's hope PS4's remote play will sell a few hundred Vita's." This is the PSP all over again. Sony forgot about it due to the release of the PS3. Sony has like 20 AAA first-party games being developed for the PS4, and only a few for the Vita.
And it's not only the games, it's also the advertising. The only advertisement they make is upload a trailer in their YT channel, and that's it. Also, Sony makes crappy announcements for the system at E3 and GamesCom only to release a trailer of something way more interesting later in their blog and/or YT Channel.
That's it. I'm never going to talk about it again, but that doesn't mean I'm happy with the management of the system.
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The way Sony treats the West, they should be grateful Vita is selling the way it is - still on par with Japan! I really don't understand why people keep on saying Vita can only survive in Japan, when it isn't doing any better there than it is doing in Europe even though it gets so much more love and support there. If we got this much love Vita would be in a far better place.
If we make a list of the 1st party support of big games that Vita got in the West since 1st January 2013 it begins and ends with Killzone. We're gonna get Tearaway in a couple of weeks and... What's next? Nothing so far. I think I'm gonna put this whole list into my sing and will keep on updating it... if anything changes, that is ;)
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Well the Vita is doing pretty well in Japan. Obviously you should not expect it to sell the same amount of consoles as the 3DS, however, the it has pretty decent sales if you consider the size of the Japanese market. I agree with you, west first-party support starts and ends with Killzone, then we have Tearaway and that's all. See you, at this rate, in 2015.
Sony needs a huge line-up of big titles for the Vita. Only that can save it. Believe it or not, but Sony's greatest strength is their first-party games. Maybe their exclusives are not always best-sellers, however, the general idea that their consoles have a constant flow of games is what makes people buy Playstation systems.
