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MARCUSDJACKSON on 19 February 2012

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d21lewis on 19 February 2012
axumblade said:
Squilliam said:
Only 4/11 of those systems lacked backwards compatibility with a large range of titles:

PSP
PSV
Xbox
Gamecube

So arguably they launched with fewer game titles than systems which had access to previous libraries of games.

The Vita does have reverse compatability if you bought your games via PSN. Although technically it's only 275 (and about half of them are minis and doesn't include a lot of bigger titles like Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank, and Star Wars Battlefront) when the system launches so your original post still is valid in the sense that it's still below all of the others except the other 3 you mentioned.


There may just be 275 titles available on the PSN.  If that's the case, I'm wrong.  It's been verified that even it a game isn't currently on the Vita's version of the PSN, any game that you download to the PS3 (PSP, PS1, Minis) will work on the Vita.  You have the entire non-PS3 library for play on the Vita.  This is a good thing because, while I'm buying a Vita in two days, there's not a single game of those 25 that I want to buy.  I'm gonna grab Uncharted just to have something to show off.



Joelcool7 on 19 February 2012

I've got to say quantity means jack. If a console launches with just five AAA+ title it has potential to beat a console with twenty mediocre games and maybe one AAA+ flagship title. Their is plenty of time in the launch window for high sellingbamazing games.

High quality software exclusives will beat mediocre software any day. To me a 15 game launch line up is best with 5 or so high quality exclusives and ten other games. That line up is more then enough to push hardware assuming hardware prices are good and software releases continue monthly steadily.



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Rath on 19 February 2012
MontanaHatchet said:
Well, seems like having a huge number of launch titles is the way to go. Best of luck to the Vita.


The system with the biggest sales ever is the one with the least launch titles. I don't know if it has any real effect in the long term.



Salnax on 20 February 2012

Any takes on whose was the best? Who had the best and worst hit:garbage ratios?

Based on my uneducated impressions, quantity doesn't equal quality, but it implies it. Crappy launches like the DS and 3DS are further up, while excellent launches like the Wii and Vita are further down. There are a few exceptions (XBox launched with its killer app), but as launches go, the Vita's is very good.

That said, the VIta does have one problem: some of it's best launch titles (Rayman, Fifa, MvC3) are essentially console ports. The remaining stellar release, Lumines, is not exactly a big franchise. And games like Uncharted and Modnation Racers are critical disappointments, at least by series standards.

 

Now for the real test. Will these games sell systems? And what games does the Vita have coming up? Besides Silent Hill and Gravity Rush I mean.



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Xbbjf9s on 20 February 2012
d21lewis said:
axumblade said:
Squilliam said:
Only 4/11 of those systems lacked backwards compatibility with a large range of titles:

PSP
PSV
Xbox
Gamecube

So arguably they launched with fewer game titles than systems which had access to previous libraries of games.

The Vita does have reverse compatability if you bought your games via PSN. Although technically it's only 275 (and about half of them are minis and doesn't include a lot of bigger titles like Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank, and Star Wars Battlefront) when the system launches so your original post still is valid in the sense that it's still below all of the others except the other 3 you mentioned.


There may just be 275 titles available on the PSN.  If that's the case, I'm wrong.  It's been verified that even it a game isn't currently on the Vita's version of the PSN, any game that you download to the PS3 (PSP, PS1, Minis) will work on the Vita.  You have the entire non-PS3 library for play on the Vita.  This is a good thing because, while I'm buying a Vita in two days, there's not a single game of those 25 that I want to buy.  I'm gonna grab Uncharted just to have something to show off.

How? I will not allow me to download FF8 from the Vita psn, do I need to move it over from my ps3? I was able to download Dissidia though.



kitler53 on 20 February 2012
Rath said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Well, seems like having a huge number of launch titles is the way to go. Best of luck to the Vita.


The system with the biggest sales ever is the one with the least launch titles. I don't know if it has any real effect in the long term.


the ps2 had the most launch titles....



d21lewis on 20 February 2012
Xbbjf9s said:
d21lewis said:
axumblade said:
Squilliam said:
Only 4/11 of those systems lacked backwards compatibility with a large range of titles:

PSP
PSV
Xbox
Gamecube

So arguably they launched with fewer game titles than systems which had access to previous libraries of games.

The Vita does have reverse compatability if you bought your games via PSN. Although technically it's only 275 (and about half of them are minis and doesn't include a lot of bigger titles like Gran Turismo, Ratchet & Clank, and Star Wars Battlefront) when the system launches so your original post still is valid in the sense that it's still below all of the others except the other 3 you mentioned.


There may just be 275 titles available on the PSN.  If that's the case, I'm wrong.  It's been verified that even it a game isn't currently on the Vita's version of the PSN, any game that you download to the PS3 (PSP, PS1, Minis) will work on the Vita.  You have the entire non-PS3 library for play on the Vita.  This is a good thing because, while I'm buying a Vita in two days, there's not a single game of those 25 that I want to buy.  I'm gonna grab Uncharted just to have something to show off.

How? I will not allow me to download FF8 from the Vita psn, do I need to move it over from my ps3? I was able to download Dissidia though.


Yeah.  Prior to my decision to get a Vita, I did a megaton of research.  Greg Miller from IGN posted a video on youtube showing that, to get a game that's not available on the Vita's PSN, all you have to do is download it with your PS3 and then transfer it to the Vita.  He even showed that you can copy your PSP saves to the PS3 and then transfer that save from the PS3 to the Vita.  He demonstrated it by downloading Peace Walker (currently not avaialble on the VIta) to his PS3, copying the game to the Vita, and then transferring his 70 hour (his words, not mine) game save from his PSP to the PS3 to the Vita.  It gave me a hard on.



Blacksaber on 20 February 2012
kitler53 said:
Rath said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Well, seems like having a huge number of launch titles is the way to go. Best of luck to the Vita.


The system with the biggest sales ever is the one with the least launch titles. I don't know if it has any real effect in the long term.


the ps2 had the most launch titles....

DS is or will or has or shipped or....you get the point more the the PS2.



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disolitude on 20 February 2012
Salnax said:

Any takes on whose was the best? Who had the best and worst hit:garbage ratios?

Based on my uneducated impressions, quantity doesn't equal quality, but it implies it. Crappy launches like the DS and 3DS are further up, while excellent launches like the Wii and Vita are further down. There are a few exceptions (XBox launched with its killer app), but as launches go, the Vita's is very good.

That said, the VIta does have one problem: some of it's best launch titles (Rayman, Fifa, MvC3) are essentially console ports. The remaining stellar release, Lumines, is not exactly a big franchise. And games like Uncharted and Modnation Racers are critical disappointments, at least by series standards.

 

Now for the real test. Will these games sell systems? And what games does the Vita have coming up? Besides Silent Hill and Gravity Rush I mean.

Dreamcast USA launch was the best console launch in terms of game quality.

Soul Calibur - revolutionary fighter at the time

Sonic Adventure - Best 3D Sonic for a decade

Other must play titles for the time - House of the Dead 2, Power Stone, Marvel VS Capcom, NFL 2K

Most other launches are lucky to have 1 must play game, Dreamcast had several.