The problem is that people is unaware of the games and its features, and its price.

To say Vita has no games is evidence that they don't know what they're talking about. I'll conclude that certain games has certain targeted crowds.

Killzone - Mercenary
Tearaway (TBA 2013)
Gods Eater 2
Dead or Alive 5+
Ninja Gaiden - Sigma 2+
Sly Cooper - Thieves in Time (5 February 2013 US, 27 February 2013 EU)
Soul Sacrifice (TBA 2013)
Ratchet and Clank - Full Frontal Assault (January 2013)
Rainbow Moon
History Legends of War - Patton's Campaign (TBA 2013)
Earth Defence Force 2017 Portable (TBA 2013)
Oddworld - Strangers Wrath HD (18 December 2012)
Warriors Lair (TBA 2013)
Oddworld - Munch's Oddyssee HD (TBA 2013)
Zone of the Enders HD collection (TBA)
Dragon's Crown (TBA 2013)
Phantasy Star Online 2 (TBA)
Guacamelee! (Q1 2013)
Urban Trial Freestyle (Q1 2013)
Zombie Tycoon 2 - Brainhov's Revenge (TBA 2013)
The Binding of Isaac - Rebirth (TBA 2013)
Sniper - Ghost Warrior 2 (TBA 2013)
Let's Fish! Hooked On (TBA 2013)
Lone Survivor (TBA 2013)
Dragon's Racing (TBA 2013)
Dragon Fantasy Book 2 (TBA 2013)
MLB 13 The Show (5 March 2013)
Madden 14
Snapshot
Kickbeat
Rocketbirds:Hardboiled Chicken
Rocketbirds Sequel
Vtrax
Pub Games
Demon Gaze(Japan)
Tales of Heart R(Japan)
Guilty Gear XX accent Core Plus R
Final Fantasy X HD
Muramas:The Demon Blade
Over My Dead Body sequel(Japan)
Toukiden(Japan)
Valhalla Knights 3(Japan)
Starlight:Inception
Atelier Torori Plus(Japan)
Egg "n" roll
Great little War game
Holy Sorcery Story(Japan)
Monster Monpiece(Japan)
One Piece Pirate Warrior 2
Orc Attack
Steins:Gate(Japan)
The Legend of Heroes:Trails in the flash(Japan)

Most of the list is from IGN.com

Yeah, vita has no games all right..

Closest thing to Shadow Over Mystara I've seen since 1996, and you know how high that game ranked on my list . However Kamitani worked on Tower of Doom so I'm not surprised.

Now I have to convince someone to get the game because I don't have the money to play it... obviously for PS3 (local multiplayer FTW).

The real problem of the Vita is that the PSP looked better in terms of hardware sales than the overall market for software sales indicated and there was no longer a hole in the market because the 3DS can do what the DS couldn't. You don't need a PSP for a PMP anymore and if you buy a 3DS you aren't shut out of the titles that you missed out on if you owned just a DS.

Sony doesn't own any "I need to buy that console just for that game!" franchises. The only examples of "I need to buy that consume just for that game!" franchises I can think of are Mario, Pokemon and to a lesser extent Halo.*

*I'm only talking about exclusives

By this do you mean that it should've been a decicated gaming handheld that runs android OS and can make calls, etc.? If so, I think that would've also failed. Consumers wouldn't buy £50 games when they could buy equally fun games for FREE on the Android app store

What the hell, man? It sucks that this thread's gonna get as many replies as it will.

Price:

$250 is just too much to ask for a dedicated gaming handheld.

iPads cost $500, but they do more than just games. iPhones play games, make calls and a multitude of other features.

Making a Vita phone would have also been a disaster. Not even an iPhone can last over 2+ hours when playing games. What makes anyone think gamers would want a gaming phone that taps out at 2 hours? Not to mention it's resources would also be tapped for the phone features nobody would want because why would you want a phone with analog sticks? It would be a frankestein monster.



Looking back now, they could have done without the back touch panel. That alone could have reduced the price by ~$30+ and allowed them to launch a WiFi model at ~$200 and a possible cut this year to $170.

What I have learned with my time using the Vita is that my fingers always rest on the back touch and if the game made any use of it I ended up getting annoyed because I would need to curl my fingers inwards just to prevent myself from touching it.


I think it was a mistake.

What Vita needs is a $170 price tag and games to cost between $30-$35, not an average launching price of $40+. Not to mention it should have used standard Micro SD cards.

Everything is just so expensive when it comes to the Vita. It's a real turn off.

Other than that I actually think the software on the way is quite good. Plenty of games in the style I prefer.

pokemon is for kids...
too bad i'm not a kid anymore...

How do you figure?

Makes perfect sense actually.

Me and my fiance still love pokemon and while we are each 28 & 26 respectively, we are in fact still "kids".

Your brilliance knows no bounds.