No, and no. Now that Capcom has sent every possible signal to say, "If you want to play Monster Hunter, buy a Nintendo system," I think the series will never see the light of day on Vita. Playing the waiting game makes zero sense because software drives hardware sales, not vice versa, and a good game that is released early in a system's life will sell throughout the system's life. Especially now with digital sales making scarcity a thing of the past. If Capcom cared to be on the Vita, they'd have been there already.

No. It's getting a few ports here and there, but do you really think anyone is going to buy a gaming device to play overpriced ports of smart phone apps? Of course not. One minute you are making a big deal about how long it takes to make games for the Vita because they are near console quality, so we shouldn't expect any this decade, the next you are talking about phone apps... it's a bit of a mixed message.

The bottom line is the software support is pretty abysmal, at least in terms of actual system sellers, which will in turn keep system sellers from ever showing up on the system. Sony simply shouldn't have launched until they had suitable software. Now the system has "loser" stink all over it and no one will touch it without serious incentive$.

In theory, could Sony turn it around like Nintendo did with the 3DS? Sure. But Nintendo has focused on the 3DS to the point that the Wii U is in almost exactly the same position as the Vita. It will benefit from those eventual big Nintendo games, of course, but by launching prematurely and then putting all its resources into salvaging the 3DS, Nintendo has ensured that most publishers will conclude that the Wii U is not worth investing in and then use the fact that no one is investing in it as justification for why they shouldn't invest in it. And it doesn't really need pointing out that handheld gaming is central to Nintendo's business so this was just a matter of choosing the lesser evil for them. Meanwhile, handheld gaming has always been more of a lark for Sony and they care too much about the PS4 to do this, so there is no 3DS like salvation coming down the pipes for the Vita.

I am not waiting for a price drop on a system I already own.

Yeah. I guess we should all just ignore all the signs that the house is on fire. Nobody should talk about it because who knows? It may not actually burn to the ground. Maybe there is an invisible firefighting squad that is extinguishing the blaze as we speak.

Oh' come on ..lol , THIS VERY THING HAS BEEN SAID IN ONE WAY SHAPE OR FORM ABOUT EVERY PLAYSTATION SYSTEM

"Yeah. I guess we should all just ignore all the signs that the house is on fire. Nobody should talk about it because who knows? It may not actually burn to the ground. Maybe there is an invisible firefighting squad that is extinguishing the blaze as we speak."

‎11-26-1999 09:49 PM

I will just say what I said about it in the Vita thread:

"The only way I can justify it is that it's actually quite a sensible prediction. Last year, even with Call of Duty/Assassin's Creed, it sold 3.5 million for the year. If it sells that again with a bit of a boost + 1.5m for PSP then it'll be bang on their prediction. Perhaps they're just being sensible; and that there is software coming, but it won't provide that big of a boost."

Where did you dredge this up from? Some random forum? Not that it matters...

Why the Playstation 2 did not fail: it had games people wanted.

Why the Playstation Vita has failed: it doesn't.

Maybe there forcasting low so when it exceeps expectations, it will seem more successful

and what mainly let Nintendo have a Monopoly on the dedicated Portable game system market?

I mean there is other's like the Wiki Pad, the Nvidia shield, but let the fact the only other company to really push for a dedicated game system handheld other than Nintendo is Sony right now. I wonder would people be this so quick to write off a Game handheld made by Microsoft or again By Sega if they were not getting their projected sales. whould people want them to drop their dedicated Game system mobile offering for dedicated portable game handheld systems?

And Let Nintendo once again be the Only offering to the consumer?

I would not. because competition is good in the market. or would you rather have a company keep selling their handhelds to the gamer for a premium price for quite outdated Hardware, we already have one other company that already does that  Atleast Having another company that does give you High end hardware for a decent price is better than nothing. what your asking for is Nothing in the market, because that is what we will get if no other company steps upto the plate to atleast give the option for another product in the market place for dedicated game handhelds with strong 1st party offering's for internal studio's making exclusive games for the platform.

Even Sony recognize it's dead. Wow

User was warned for this post - Kantor

right from the official playstation forum..lol

http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-2-PSOne/Why-PlayStation2-will-fail/td-p/295972http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-2-PSOne/Why-PlayStation2-will-fail/td-p/295972

Why the Playstation 2 did not fail: it had games people wanted. not everyone agreed

Not from the start it did not or someone would not have made that very point on the official playstation forums..lol back than

Why the Playstation Vita has failed: it doesn't

Has Failed? when is a game platform that's still selling failed? that's like saying you call the end of a product that is still in production, still on shelves by main retail chains and they are still reordering more product..

A failure is is subjective, i would call a product still selling and being restocked not a failure, while you on the other have another idea what a failure for this product is.