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ktay95 on 27 June 2013
sethnintendo said:
ktay95 said:
isnt this pre price cut, SM3DL and MK7. Vita could have been bigger... than it had DOZENZ OF NO GAMEZZ (the absurd mem cost wouldnt have helped)

Price cut happened in late July.  SM3DL and MK7 were announced and soon to be released before article was published.  So basically the writer didn't think the upswing in 3DS sales from the price cut would continue even after SM3DL and MK7 were released. 


ok, thanks for clearing that up for me... WAIT he didnt think Mario could sell the 3DS, lol



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oni-link on 27 June 2013

IGN is a joke!!! If it wasn't for some of it's pretty (but superficial) girl commentators the site would have gone down a long time ago. It's run by fanboys who think they speak for the industry. Their most recent bias was shown in a roundup where they said that if you own only a Wii U then your an asshole!!!

 

link to the video:

http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=205856



biglittlesps on 27 June 2013
sethnintendo said:
biglittlesps said:
sethnintendo said:
biglittlesps said:


Yes, 3DS has the sales which vita can never dream of but Vita has its unique ablities to shine with home console quality games on the go that appear to world wide Consumers in future.

Okay now we are back to reality.  The Vita was supposed to be a decent competition to the 3DS but Sony fumbled.  They should have put better studios or more effort into it at the start.  They basically hoped 3rd parties would carry it.  Sure there are great games on Vita and more coming in future.  However, Sony had multiple mistakes when dealing with the Vita.  There is still a lot of potential there and I expect at least 30m+ sales lifetime.  I actually expected more at the start considering the PSP has sold so well and is still continuing to sell pretty decently in some markets.  Sony dropped the ball on the Vita but the game isn't over.  The system isn't doomed but it will forever live in the shadow of the PSP.  I still expect Sony to release another hand held probably around 2016-17 or so.  Nintendo is probably gearing up for a release by then.  I give credit where credit is due.  Sony has been the best competitor for Nintendo in the hand held department.  Sega couldn't even dent Nintendo's dominance (I even had a Game Gear back in the day).  Sometimes I don't like seeing competitors doing good but reality is that you need strong competition or the dominant player gets lazy. 


You know that Sony is not in a good posistion financially right now and their First Party studios are focusing on PS4 which is the one Company is expecting to turn thier Financial position back to Normal soon, so they are not focusing much on vita with their studios but still they did support it to some extent with Games like Soul sacrifice, Sly 4, Tearaway, Killzone and also the PS+ in vita is great which is giving 2 free games every month.

I'm sure from next year we can have so much better support for Vita after PS4 is released then their First party resources are avaiable for Vita. Also there is a support for PS3 games streaming to Vita in 2014 through Gaikai for US. I think they are doing what they can do so far.

I'm asking same question you've aksed for Vita now i'm asking for Nintendo about their Wii U support which is selling even worse than Vita?

Funny you mention that question.  Sony focuses on PS4 first and then Vita.  Seems to me that Nintendo focused heavily on 3DS (especially this year releases) over Wii U.  So the companies have almost opposite strategies.  Sony is focusing on home console market first and then hand helds while Nintendo is focusing on hand helds first then home consoles.  I don't have too much more to add to this and must go to sleep soon.  I enjoyed the conversation and different view points discussed. 


Yes, they have quite opposite strategies where Sony focus in more on Home Console and its kind of games which hardcore like and Nitendo in Portables & casual games which kids like. I have also enjoyed the conversation, have a good sleep!



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Jumpin on 27 June 2013
BasilZero said:
What is the point of discussing a two year old article?


To point out how foolish the article is, and how foolish all of the people who believed it and kept citing and reposting it are. You know who you are.

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Conegamer on 27 June 2013

The thing is, most people believed it because there was no reason not to. I just hope Sony have learnt from these mistakes with the PS4.



 

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pokoko on 27 June 2013

Oh, joy. Petty "I told you so lolol" time. Wonder if the same posters who are pleased with this will be so accepting of the retaliatory threads about the Wii U? I imagine not.



Andrespetmonkey on 27 June 2013

I don't see what's wrong with the article when in context. The Vita had a lot going for it back then, a lot of people thought it'd be big.



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the2real4mafol on 27 June 2013

The Vita actually has a decent amount of games, you just need to look around and be willing to try something different. Not many would sell the system though.

Also, can you imagine if PS4 had a similar fate. I mean PS4 is as hyped as the Vita was and look at it now.



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Gnac on 27 June 2013
pokoko said:
Oh, joy. Petty "I told you so lolol" time. Wonder if the same posters who are pleased with this will be so accepting of the retaliatory threads about the Wii U? I imagine not.

You've mentioned previously that you'd take delight in doing such a thing yourself, so don't get all sanctimonious.



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think-man on 27 June 2013

Already posted.........2 YEARS AGO!!!! duplicate thread.



 

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