teigaga said:
Chark said: Alright ideas, but your title could do for a rewording... |
Its a headline, i want to to grab people attention. By "save", i'm not implying that the system will otherwise be discontinued but that it will fall far short of its potential and of any handheld released in recent years.
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Exactly why I don't like the title. Aside from that, you asked, and I do have a Vita. Broke down and bought Uncharted even though I intended to wait for Gravity Rush. It's a great system and despite all the critisism I knew it was designed to succeed, and more so than the PSP ever was.
Some of your points are already there, or in the workings.
1. I predict memory will see a cut in a year, probably phasing out the 4gb by including it in system after a while, then reducing the price of larger memory. If possible maybe even releasing a 64gb card.
2. PSN has had MINIS for quite a while. It might not be as easy as some of the competition to publish them but its not so bad and they get pretty good promotion through ps plus. It's more than I can say for XBLIG who has been under fire recently. Some people argue that Angry Birds should be available, and it should since it's selling silly stupid crazy numbers for a 20 year old catapult game. For some reason the PS3 Mini didn't make it to the Vita...legal issues perhaps But there are indie titles and plenty of indie developers like working with PSN, it was just the first few years in its infancy that they were turned off.
3. Though its not ideal the Vita has access to a few hundred PSP titles you can buy on the store, in addition all ps1 classics work on remote play. I know they need to provide them on the system itself and they've announced plans for that. As for PS2 capabilities, that's still up in the air, maybe through remote play first...though I haven't tested that out yet since I don't have any.
4. I think you went a little harsh to declare some of Sony's first party titles not selling or not selling systems. Some gamers do follow those specifically, but they won't reach the level of sales that multi-platform games will or the few 360 titles or the almost only noteworthy games on the Wii. That by no means labeles them as failures. They are turning profit down the road, which should be the indicated, not who is number 1, or even top 10 or 20. Sony titles are spread thin but they do reach decent numbers by themselves, Uncharted probably the best example, which has been a system seller for many when it comes to Vita. It's no doubt that there are 3rd party blockbusters in the works, like call of duty, and probably monster hunter for the Japan die hards. It would be foolish to draw the line that the Vita will never see titles like these, and hopefully occording to developers opinions on the system, the development time for the Vita is fast for a new system, or any system, and we will see big name titles and new titles faster than expected.