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Vita's line-up is solid, but hasn't had the steady stream of major releases that 3DS has gotten this year. Much less major exclusives. Much less killer apps.

Plenty of good niche games, though! It may not come close to PSP sales levels, but I think it'll recapture a good chunk of its market. It's not all doom and gloom.



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kupomogli said:
MohammadBadir said:


no. fact :P

please name the good Vita games that aren't ports :P

It's funny the Nintendo crowd constantly throws out that the Vita is nothing but ports, when they more than likely don't have either the PS3 or 360 to actually play those so called ports.  If you don't own a PS360, then the "ports" argument is a moot point because you won't have access to those games regardless.

Ports apparently only count for Nintendo though.  If you're Sony and you have ports or multiconsole games, it's like commiting all seven deadly sins at once.  Nintendo though it's fine.  Zelda OoT, Rayman Legends, Super Street Fighter 4, Star Fox 64, and Cave Story.  You always see these listed as good games for the 3DS. 

i have both. lulz. some people just take this Console war WAY too seriously. smh



kupomogli said:
MohammadBadir said:


no. fact :P

please name the good Vita games that aren't ports :P

It's funny the Nintendo crowd constantly throws out that the Vita is nothing but ports, when they more than likely don't have either the PS3 or 360 to actually play those so called ports.  If you don't own a PS360, then the "ports" argument is a moot point because you won't have access to those games regardless.

Ports apparently only count for Nintendo though.  If you're Sony and you have ports or multiconsole games, it's like commiting all seven deadly sins at once.  Nintendo though it's fine.  Zelda OoT, Rayman Legends, Super Street Fighter 4, Star Fox 64, and Cave Story.  You always see these listed as good games for the 3DS. 


Please, stop this fanboy bullshit and instead just state your opinion about PSVs lineup and Sonys change of direction to cater more to smartphone gamers and kids with another shameless clone with Playstationpets. Is the current situation really what you expected when the PSV/NGP was announced? Or is it just damage control on your part because you are a fan?

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RolStoppable said:

Your first paragraph is logically consistent from a Nintendo fan's point of view. If someone doesn't own a PS3 or 360 to play those multiplatform games that aren't available on Nintendo systems, then that means those games aren't interesting to them regardless of the platform they are on. Ergo, the Vita's lineup lacks appeal.

From the point of view of people who are interested in those multiplatform games, they can play them on other platforms which they are very likely to own. Ergo, the Vita's lineup lacks appeal.

Atleast until those exact same franchises become Nintendo exclusive, then Nintendo fans praise them like they're the best games in the world.



kupomogli said:
RolStoppable said:

Your first paragraph is logically consistent from a Nintendo fan's point of view. If someone doesn't own a PS3 or 360 to play those multiplatform games that aren't available on Nintendo systems, then that means those games aren't interesting to them regardless of the platform they are on. Ergo, the Vita's lineup lacks appeal.

From the point of view of people who are interested in those multiplatform games, they can play them on other platforms which they are very likely to own. Ergo, the Vita's lineup lacks appeal.

Atleast until those exact same franchises become Nintendo exclusive, then Nintendo fans praise them like they're the best games in the world.

lol, every fandom does that.



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Viktor said:

Ports of old games: if I was interested in one of those games I likely already bought them, if not probably I didn´t really have any interest in the first place, thank god I´m not desperate enough to buy mediocre games to justify a system I´ve bought and a patient person that I actually can wait for new software.

ports of PS3 games("simultanous release"): mostly downgraded on PSV, so I don´t really see a reason to choose the inferior version of the game

ports of smartphone games: no thank you

 

The biggest problem right now is that Sony is pushing extremely hard the the latter/old smartphone indy games category, something I just don´t care about. It´s a nice bonus for the ones who care, but personally I bought the system more for games like Wipeout2047. So please PSV lovers have mercy.

If you purchased a handheld console to play it from home, then you kinda missed the point. And if you purchased it to actually carry it with yourself, then buying "mostly downgraded ports" has it's appeal. Unless of course you take with yourself wherever you go your homeconsoles, TV, games...

If you bought your system for Wipeout, a person would expect that you at least know the name of the game... It's 2048...



Don´t really understand the moving of goalposts what have nintendofans to do with the lack of exclusive PSV software and Sonys change of direction towards smartphone gamers?



Tom3k said:
Viktor said:

Ports of old games: if I was interested in one of those games I likely already bought them, if not probably I didn´t really have any interest in the first place, thank god I´m not desperate enough to buy mediocre games to justify a system I´ve bought and a patient person that I actually can wait for new software.

ports of PS3 games("simultanous release"): mostly downgraded on PSV, so I don´t really see a reason to choose the inferior version of the game

ports of smartphone games: no thank you

 

The biggest problem right now is that Sony is pushing extremely hard the the latter/old smartphone indy games category, something I just don´t care about. It´s a nice bonus for the ones who care, but personally I bought the system more for games like Wipeout2047. So please PSV lovers have mercy.

If you purchased a handheld console to play it from home, then you kinda missed the point. And if you purchased it to actually carry it with yourself, then buying "mostly downgraded ports" has it's appeal. Unless of course you take with yourself wherever you go your homeconsoles, TV, games...

If you bought your system for Wipeout, a person would expect that you at least know the name of the game... It's 2048...


Why should I buy the same game more than once, when I can buy a new game instead? This is just a waste of money and really stupid in my opinion. Also I didn´t say I bought the PSV for a specific title, Wipeout was merely an example for an exclusiv title with a decent budget behind it, which is a stark contrast to the recent wave of indy smartphone games.



RolStoppable said:

Which would still be levelheaded, because exclusives are exclusive.

Being exclusive doesn't magically turn a decent or bad game into an good one, just like no longer being exclusive doesn't turn a good game into a pos.  Yakuza 1 and 2 are still great games.  Playstation All Stars Battle Royale and Nintendogs are both still garbage.  Exclusives don't matter unless they're good.  Uncharted, LBP, Xenoblade, etc, wouldn't be worth praising if they were bad games. 



RolStoppable said:

Your first paragraph is logically consistent from a Nintendo fan's point of view. If someone doesn't own a PS3 or 360 to play those multiplatform games that aren't available on Nintendo systems, then that means those games aren't interesting to them regardless of the platform they are on. Ergo, the Vita's lineup lacks appeal.

From the point of view of people who are interested in those multiplatform games, they can play them on other platforms which they are very likely to own. Ergo, the Vita's lineup lacks appeal.

They can play them while sitting at home in front of a TV. They can't play them if they move out of proximity of their home... Which is kinda the whole point of owning a handheld console...