Prediction: Nintendo and Sony are going to switch places this gen handheld wise.

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oni-link on 31 October 2012

Soundwave said:
There's too many systems for developers to support anyway.

Next year it will be PS4 + 720 + PC + iOS + Android + Wii U + PS3 + 360 as very active platforms for Western devs.

No Western dev is going to put a major team on a 3DS or Vita project IMO.

Japanese devs will support 3DS by default.

Vita is left in no man's land.

Hence my tartarus comment where the Vita currently lies...

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Train wreck on 06 November 2012

spurgeonryan said:
And within a week of this thread the Vita starts to do "ok" in Europe. Can we agree this was a correct prediction now?

Well Vita sales are going to improve as with all consoles this time of the year, regardless of region.

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nicktwilight on 06 November 2012

unless nintendo pulls out form the market i don't see vita reaching 3ds's sales.And i don't think that it deserves it either.Poor ports won't do the work.We have passed the ages of miracles.It seems sony does not want it either if you see their line up and their price tag.The portable market has changed.I believe it is time that Sony realize this fast if they want to avoid sega-like situations.

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noname2200 on 06 November 2012

theRepublic said:

Do Western games even matter that much in the handheld market? What Western developer really puts effort into that market?

I can only think of 5th Cell (Scribblenauts, Drawn to Life) that's succeeded primarily by targeting the handheld market. Although tie-in games do quite well on the system as well, of course.

spurgeonryan said:
And within a week of this thread the Vita starts to do "ok" in Europe. Can we agree this was a correct prediction now?

Joke post?

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theRepublic on 06 November 2012

noname2200 said:

theRepublic said:

Do Western games even matter that much in the handheld market? What Western developer really puts effort into that market?

I can only think of 5th Cell (Scribblenauts, Drawn to Life) that's succeeded primarily by targeting the handheld market. Although tie-in games do quite well on the system as well, of course.

Tie-in games do well? Color me surprised. I always wondered who bought the handheld version of games when the main event is on a console. I guess that is why they are made though.

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