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outlawauron on 20 June 2013
Kasz216 said:
Eh, i'd call this a non story. With as little as the Vita sells it shouldn't be surprised that a store here or there just doesn't sell any.

Console choices often are regionally influenced, since you want to get what your friends get. So if sony were to say, release the VITA connection information i bet you'd find some areas in the US lit up with a bunch of Vitas... and some with none at all.

Not to mention I can't think of a single person who would go to Walmart to buy a Vita (really, any sort of gaming media, it's greatest of all hassles).



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outlawauron on 20 June 2013
PlaystaionGamer said:
2014 will be the last year the Vita is in stores. i can almost guarantee it. This year sony are supporting the handheld with only 2 full big games. Killzone: Mercinary & Taeaway.. thats it.

This is honestly the first Sony system i have had and think 'yeh... its not very good'. PS1, PS2. PSP & PS3 where all awesome! the Vita?.. no

This is hilarious.



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Madword on 20 June 2013

Hoping that Sony can somehow recover the device.... why because it's really a nice bit of kit. Hardware wise its so much above and beyond the DS... but it just hasn't captured peoples imaginations.

Really hope they can bring out some more unique titles like another AC, or GTA... it needs a boost... one in Japan would help.



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PlaystaionGamer on 20 June 2013
outlawauron said:
PlaystaionGamer said:
2014 will be the last year the Vita is in stores. i can almost guarantee it. This year sony are supporting the handheld with only 2 full big games. Killzone: Mercinary & Taeaway.. thats it.

This is honestly the first Sony system i have had and think 'yeh... its not very good'. PS1, PS2. PSP & PS3 where all awesome! the Vita?.. no

This is hilarious.


Why? becuase it differs from what you think and you actually believe Sony are going to pour money into something that is already dead? They are launching the PS4. its crusial to them that its huge. they dont have the time, money and first party deleopers to waste on the Vita. 

i was a believer and brought on launch day. Everyone makes mistakes. 



outlawauron on 20 June 2013
PlaystaionGamer said:
outlawauron said:
PlaystaionGamer said:
2014 will be the last year the Vita is in stores. i can almost guarantee it. This year sony are supporting the handheld with only 2 full big games. Killzone: Mercinary & Taeaway.. thats it.

This is honestly the first Sony system i have had and think 'yeh... its not very good'. PS1, PS2. PSP & PS3 where all awesome! the Vita?.. no

This is hilarious.

Why? becuase it differs from what you think and you actually believe Sony are going to pour money into something that is already dead? They are launching the PS4. its crusial to them that its huge. they dont have the time, money and first party deleopers to waste on the Vita. 

i was a believer and brought on launch day. Everyone makes mistakes. 

But we know this isn't true. They've said numerous times how many titles they have for Vita. Yes, they're not supporting it very well, but it's no worse than the PSP was supported (which is still on shelves!). I feel like this same statement could have been made in 2007 right after the launch of the PS3. "All they have is Crisis Core and a new God of War, after that nothing. They're just giving up on it".



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Ataraxias on 20 June 2013
spurgeonryan said:
outlawauron said:
Kasz216 said:
Eh, i'd call this a non story. With as little as the Vita sells it shouldn't be surprised that a store here or there just doesn't sell any.

Console choices often are regionally influenced, since you want to get what your friends get. So if sony were to say, release the VITA connection information i bet you'd find some areas in the US lit up with a bunch of Vitas... and some with none at all.

Not to mention I can't think of a single person who would go to Walmart to buy a Vita (really, any sort of gaming media, it's greatest of all hassles).

Walmart is no Gamestop, but it does have more locations, is easier to get to, and has many times over more customers per day. They have 2-3 game isles per store for a reason. No other reason that a business would give up so much space to games. They sell quite well.

In the US which this seems to be talking about, this is actually untrue. 3029 Walmart Supercenters + 611 Sams Clubs vs 4,434 Gamestops.

http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2012/02/22/wal-mart-stores-inc-data-sheet-worldwide-unit-details-january-2012

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=130125&p=irol-faq



outlawauron on 20 June 2013
spurgeonryan said:
outlawauron said:
Kasz216 said:
Eh, i'd call this a non story. With as little as the Vita sells it shouldn't be surprised that a store here or there just doesn't sell any.

Console choices often are regionally influenced, since you want to get what your friends get. So if sony were to say, release the VITA connection information i bet you'd find some areas in the US lit up with a bunch of Vitas... and some with none at all.

Not to mention I can't think of a single person who would go to Walmart to buy a Vita (really, any sort of gaming media, it's greatest of all hassles).

Walmart is no Gamestop, but it does have more locations, is easier to get to, and has many times over more customers per day. They have 2-3 game isles per store for a reason. No other reason that a business would give up so much space to games. They sell quite well.

Not all Walmarts are created equal when it comes to entertainment. They have a great volume of customers because they sell everything. (I've never seen more than 2 aisles for games, and even then it's only 1.5.)



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J_Allard on 20 June 2013
Ataraxias said:
spurgeonryan said:
outlawauron said:
Kasz216 said:
Eh, i'd call this a non story. With as little as the Vita sells it shouldn't be surprised that a store here or there just doesn't sell any.

Console choices often are regionally influenced, since you want to get what your friends get. So if sony were to say, release the VITA connection information i bet you'd find some areas in the US lit up with a bunch of Vitas... and some with none at all.

Not to mention I can't think of a single person who would go to Walmart to buy a Vita (really, any sort of gaming media, it's greatest of all hassles).

Walmart is no Gamestop, but it does have more locations, is easier to get to, and has many times over more customers per day. They have 2-3 game isles per store for a reason. No other reason that a business would give up so much space to games. They sell quite well.

In the US which this seems to be talking about, this is actually untrue. 3029 Walmart Supercenters + 611 Sams Clubs vs 4,434 Gamestops.

http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2012/02/22/wal-mart-stores-inc-data-sheet-worldwide-unit-details-january-2012

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=130125&p=irol-faq

http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/locations

That shows over 4,600 US Walmarts as of April 2013 or something. Idk what Gamestop has now, I know they were planning on shutting down 500 this year.



Ataraxias on 20 June 2013
J_Allard said:
Ataraxias said:
spurgeonryan said:
outlawauron said:
Kasz216 said:
Eh, i'd call this a non story. With as little as the Vita sells it shouldn't be surprised that a store here or there just doesn't sell any.

Console choices often are regionally influenced, since you want to get what your friends get. So if sony were to say, release the VITA connection information i bet you'd find some areas in the US lit up with a bunch of Vitas... and some with none at all.

Not to mention I can't think of a single person who would go to Walmart to buy a Vita (really, any sort of gaming media, it's greatest of all hassles).

Walmart is no Gamestop, but it does have more locations, is easier to get to, and has many times over more customers per day. They have 2-3 game isles per store for a reason. No other reason that a business would give up so much space to games. They sell quite well.

In the US which this seems to be talking about, this is actually untrue. 3029 Walmart Supercenters + 611 Sams Clubs vs 4,434 Gamestops.

http://news.walmart.com/news-archive/2012/02/22/wal-mart-stores-inc-data-sheet-worldwide-unit-details-january-2012

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=130125&p=irol-faq

http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/locations

That shows over 4,600 US Walmarts as of April 2013 or something. Idk what Gamestop has now, I know they were planning on shutting down 500 this year.

Unfortunately that doesn't filter out the locations that don't have electronics at all, like the Walmart Neighborhood Markets which only sells groceries.



MonstaMack on 20 June 2013

I didn't know I could get headlines. CRAP! I use to be a DM at Wal-Mart.
With that said, it's probably universal in the US for the most part. We didn't sell one for five months.



It's just that simple.