Usually Europe is very good market for PlayStation products, PSX, PS2, PS3 and PSp are very well sellers on european market (maybe beacause Champions League's Not So Subliminal adds? XD) so it's for sure that the launch there will be very good too, moreover with the excellent lineup that the Vita will launch with more of occidental tastes...

But USA market wasn´t so good for PSP and some of regular for PS3 but seems like the PlayStation Users and fans are going for the Vita, that with some others geeks and tthe Occidental oriented lineup, I think Vita will do good on USA market too...

The Problem with Vita on Japanese market, I think, is that did't come out with so much software that is the likes of japanese taste, and with the 3DS geting those great major release soon before the Vita launch is obvius the result... Vita will do good in Japan when more software of the japanese tastes come out, like on the PSP that currently is selling very well, for a "dead console" from 2 years ago, ironically since PSp was declared Dead has been selling better, may be that "curse" affect Vita too soon If most people declared it dead XD

Sure there are more people buying 3DS for the 3D gimmicks rather than actual games, just look at Mario Kart 7 sales *facepalm*.

Motion control and 3D are just a ways to enanche gaming experience but yes, they could also be used as gimmicks. if you see those only as gimmicks, it's your problem. The same way I see high-end graphics often used as a gimmick to make people buy games like Crysis or Uncharted that otherwise would have no reason to exsist.

Hm... Wait, there is only the black Vita on the market?

Give them new colors, japaneses loves new colors.

Monster Hunter and a lack of a good JRPG are my guesses. The Japan market may just be waiting on that killer app.

Playing a flight game without a flightstick works... but you lose something of the experience...similarly, all peoplecall gimick are not necessarily needed, yes, but if the add to the experience, they can't be discarded. Do you need HD to enjoy a game?


Only thing I currently consider a gimmick is the vita's back touchpad...I can't visualize what it possibly adds .

i guess no one read my post about the wifis being sold out. I live here, they are sold out.

if you really think about it, it's like an R2button, trigger. well tht's what i was thinking!

Except you don't see where you're touching....what surpirses me the most is that this is a feature seemingly built in without a direction on how to use it effectively (wii sports, kinect adventures, sports champions are good exam sple of launch games destined to set the pace). So in effect, it seems as though it was built indeed as a gimmick. As Marcus points out, it is also akin to an R2 trigger, but that's one fancy trigger^^ Anyways I'm sure there'll be inteligent uses for it...at one point.

aah now that's where you would be wrong. the rear touch has been used and used well in quite a few games already actually. For example games like Touch my Katamari, Dynasty Warriors Next, SumiOni Demon Arts, FIFA all use it in different and fun ways. the point of having a rear touch is to give developers an option in a new input method, one that has not been provided before in any gaming platform. this is where creativity of the devs come into play. I will let you check out some gameplay vids to see how the above mentioned games use it, it would be better seen than read to understand it

it also can do wonders for existing gameplay mechanics, a great example would be Ultimate MvC3. The rear touch makes doing combos much more fluent and easier and it does not get in the way of the screen either. There have been quite a few gameplay videos of the game since JP launch and pretty much all users have been delighted with it. the rear touch actually makes it easier for pick up and play as well. You can see these videos uploaded regualarly over at the official thread

Im not a fan of touch control but the rear touch pad is better then touch screen thats for sure. Touch screen combine with physical button is all but comfortable and fast. Let alone that you sometime cover the screen when using touch screen function.