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tbone51 on 06 March 2013
mjk45 said:
bananaking21 said:
mjk45 said:
I think the best that can be hoped for is the Vita to end up in a similar position to the PSP with about a third of the market world wide.


the psp was pretty succesful for sony about 75 million units world wide is pretty good

That's why it's the best they could hope for now , no way is the Vita getting near the 3Ds but if it can get near the PSP in it's life time or close it's done it's job sure beating the 3Ds would be a feather in Sony's cap even if it was one region and a nice thing to aspire to, but the real world  target Sony should be aiming at is the PSP'

For all the DS PSP comparisons over the years pointing towards DS's dominance , the PSP did damn well and if the vita can get somewhere near that it has done it's job.



pretty much half!



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mjk45 on 06 March 2013
tbone51 said:
mjk45 said:
bananaking21 said:
mjk45 said:
I think the best that can be hoped for is the Vita to end up in a similar position to the PSP with about a third of the market world wide.


the psp was pretty succesful for sony about 75 million units world wide is pretty good

That's why it's the best they could hope for now , no way is the Vita getting near the 3Ds but if it can get near the PSP in it's life time or close it's done it's job sure beating the 3Ds would be a feather in Sony's cap even if it was one region and a nice thing to aspire to, but the real world  target Sony should be aiming at is the PSP'

For all the DS PSP comparisons over the years pointing towards DS's dominance , the PSP did damn well and if the vita can get somewhere near that it has done it's job.



pretty much half!

I don't know what it will end up with but parity with PSP is what they should aim for , it could well do half of PSP numbers or more , but they need to try to get it approaching what the psp did.

  Still who knows lots of water to go under that bridge .



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curl-6 on 06 March 2013

I know most people have written off the Vita as a doomed system, but I still believe it can reach close to PSP numbers between the typical long lifespan of a Sony system, and it's potential to hit huge sales in japan where handhelds are dominant.

I see it kind of like the PS3; slow start, but plenty of long term potential.



bananaking21 on 06 March 2013
curl-6 said:
I know most people have written off the Vita as a doomed system, but I still believe it can reach close to PSP numbers between the typical long lifespan of a Sony system, and it's potential to hit huge sales in japan where handhelds are dominant.

I see it kind of like the PS3; slow start, but plenty of long term potential.


i agree, but the thing needs to start turning around, and soon. the first year of the ps3 was rough but things did starting getting slighty better afterwords. the vita (specially in USA) is having a really really hard time. things need to change and soon



curl-6 on 06 March 2013
bananaking21 said:
curl-6 said:
I know most people have written off the Vita as a doomed system, but I still believe it can reach close to PSP numbers between the typical long lifespan of a Sony system, and it's potential to hit huge sales in japan where handhelds are dominant.

I see it kind of like the PS3; slow start, but plenty of long term potential.


i agree, but the thing needs to start turning around, and soon. the first year of the ps3 was rough but things did starting getting slighty better afterwords. the vita (specially in USA) is having a really really hard time. things need to change and soon

Well, it does have Soul Sacrifice and Killzone Mercenary on the way, the Japanese price cut has reportedly caused sales to surge, similar price cuts in the West could follow with similar success, and not to sound like a broken record, but Monster Hunter is all but an inevitability.

Japan will be the turning point; they LOVE handhelds, and they loved the PSP. With the right games, Vita could be huge in Japan.



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bananaking21 on 06 March 2013
curl-6 said:
bananaking21 said:
curl-6 said:
I know most people have written off the Vita as a doomed system, but I still believe it can reach close to PSP numbers between the typical long lifespan of a Sony system, and it's potential to hit huge sales in japan where handhelds are dominant.

I see it kind of like the PS3; slow start, but plenty of long term potential.


i agree, but the thing needs to start turning around, and soon. the first year of the ps3 was rough but things did starting getting slighty better afterwords. the vita (specially in USA) is having a really really hard time. things need to change and soon

Well, it does have Soul Sacrifice and Killzone Mercenary on the way, the Japanese price cut has reportedly caused sales to surge, similar price cuts in the West could follow with similar success, and not to sound like a broken record, but Monster Hunter is all but an inevitability.

Japan will be the turning point; they LOVE handhelds, and they loved the PSP. With the right games, Vita could be huge in Japan.


vita could sell really well in japan i agree. this week it did 60K with the price cute, good sales but lets hope the sales stabilize at a good number. killzone is still half a year away, also killzone isnt really a huge system seller, the best selling killzone sold just a little less than 3 million. but hopefully more is to come. E3 cant come any sooner



curl-6 on 06 March 2013
bananaking21 said:
curl-6 said:
bananaking21 said:
curl-6 said:
I know most people have written off the Vita as a doomed system, but I still believe it can reach close to PSP numbers between the typical long lifespan of a Sony system, and it's potential to hit huge sales in japan where handhelds are dominant.

I see it kind of like the PS3; slow start, but plenty of long term potential.


i agree, but the thing needs to start turning around, and soon. the first year of the ps3 was rough but things did starting getting slighty better afterwords. the vita (specially in USA) is having a really really hard time. things need to change and soon

Well, it does have Soul Sacrifice and Killzone Mercenary on the way, the Japanese price cut has reportedly caused sales to surge, similar price cuts in the West could follow with similar success, and not to sound like a broken record, but Monster Hunter is all but an inevitability.

Japan will be the turning point; they LOVE handhelds, and they loved the PSP. With the right games, Vita could be huge in Japan.


vita could sell really well in japan i agree. this week it did 60K with the price cute, good sales but lets hope the sales stabilize at a good number. killzone is still half a year away, also killzone isnt really a huge system seller, the best selling killzone sold just a little less than 3 million. but hopefully more is to come. E3 cant come any sooner

Killzone could be the first truly good console-style FPS on a handheld, that could be a selling point in itself.

And I'm sure there is more to come; Sony have invested too much in the Vita to let it die. The support is coming.



Mensrea on 07 March 2013

God of War and price cut in the West will do wonders. Really, I think that is the key to getting the Vita back on track.




Cleary397 on 07 March 2013

If there was not a huge wave of top shelf software releasing for 3DS in the next couple months then possibly. But with Luigis mansion 2, animal crossing, Monster Hunter 3 this month, Monster Hunter 4 later in the year, Pokemon X&Y this fall i just dont see anything from the vita being able to challenge that line up.



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Cleary397 on 07 March 2013

 Monster Hunter is all but an inevitability.

Dont forget that 3DS is getting 2 Monster Hunter games this year, and one is a portable companion to the WiiU version.

Though MH will boost sales of Vita it wont be by as much for the PSP because it is not portable exclusive any more.



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