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okr on 09 September 2013

It's not a handheld, it's a streaming device (if I understood the concept correctly).



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Imaginedvl on 09 September 2013
RolStoppable said:
brendude13 said:

I hope not. Making fun of Vita sales will become significantly harder. :-/

Huh? PS Vita TV will flop, so by adding its numbers to the PSV total, it will be even easier to make fun of Vita sales.

That :)



think-man on 09 September 2013

Track it as a vita so the sales look better :P



 

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Scisca on 09 September 2013
tbone51 said:
kupomogli said:
tbone51 said:
kupomogli said:
The PS Vita TV is the console without the screen and controllers included. The 2DS is the console without the 3D.

I see no real difference as it's the exact same console, minus a little bit of compatibility in features. Retail games are still playable on it and it still accepts Vita memory cards. I think it should be tracked along with Vita sales.



no real difference? There is a huge difference. (not saying to exclude ps vita tv with vita) 2DS is a 3DS without 3D, same crap! PS Vita TV is no PS Vita, in fct its more like a PS Home Console. Only reason why its called PSV in my opinion is to add both sale #s together to make Vita not sound bad anymore. It could of been called PS TV and nobody would of thought it was a vita, just a good device that lets you stream classic/psp/psv games!!!!!

Yes.  No real difference.  Other than the limitations that the PS Vita TV has of not being able to use touch screen, back touch, or the camera functionality, and the games that require those features, the PS Vita TV will be able to do and play anything that the Vita can.  It's an at home version of the PS Vita.  

Also, you're saying it's not a Vita and referencing how it's not portable.  When did Vita mean portable?  It's a portable console sure, but there's nothing in the name Vita which implies that it's portable.  If the Vita didn't exist, the PS4's code name could have been called the Vita instead of the Orbis.   



if thats the case you might as well add Wii Sales With GCN or WiiU with Wii Sales am I right? If 2DS was called Something else it still be a 3DS SKU. I guarantee if PSV TV was called PS Everything or PS Stream or watever u want, people wouldn't call it a Vita SKU. But I guess I cant argue, imo i think sony added that name so it can cover for PSV sales... Thats just me which is a smart move


You are wrong. Vita.TV is not a new platform! It's just a Vita without the screen, controlls and battery :P But at the core the device is still a Vita. GCN, Wii and Wii U are completely different "on the inside", use different discs, the software isn't compatible, etc. They are different platforms. I really think that for our sake listing Vita and Vita.TV together will be better, as it will give us the better view on how this platform is doing on the market. Who cares if it's the handheld of home version? It's still one platform, deveopers develop games for these products in one go, there is no porting or whatever. It's exactly like 3DS and 2DS to me.



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.

JoeTheBro on 09 September 2013
okr said:
It's not a handheld, it's a streaming device (if I understood the concept correctly).


No. Take a vita. Now remove the buttons, battery, and the screen. Add HDMI out. Tada, you just built your own PSVITA.TV.



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kupomogli on 09 September 2013
tbone51 said:

if thats the case you might as well add Wii Sales With GCN or WiiU with Wii Sales am I right? If 2DS was called Something else it still be a 3DS SKU. I guarantee if PSV TV was called PS Everything or PS Stream or watever u want, people wouldn't call it a Vita SKU. But I guess I cant argue, imo i think sony added that name so it can cover for PSV sales... Thats just me which is a smart move

No, because the Wii U plays its own games that the Wii doesn't play, the Wii plays its own games the Gamecube plays.  Why call it something different when it can't do anything more?  It can play PS4 in another room?  So can the Vita.  It's going to be able to stream Gaikai to play PS3 and PS2 games?  So is the Vita.

It accepts the Vita format and Vita memory card and can only download and play anything the Vita can.  Why call it anything but what it is?  A console version of the Vita.  You'll be able to add a hard drive to it as a media server(through that one device they talked about,) but doesn't change any of  the features it already has.



okr on 09 September 2013
JoeTheBro said:
okr said:
It's not a handheld, it's a streaming device (if I understood the concept correctly).

No. Take a vita. Now remove the buttons, battery, and the screen. Add HDMI out. Tada, you just built your own PSVITA.TV.

i.e. it's not a handheld but a streaming device which can also play a pretty huge library of handheld and older console games (biggest flaw as an Apple TV competitor imo is the missing 1080P output for movies, but anyway).

I haven't replied OT yet:
I hope ioi adds PSVita.TV sales to PSVita sales and 2DS sales to 3DS sales, but it would be great if he'd offer combined and single figures for those devices, e.g.

PSV 35.000
PSV.TV 15.000
Combined weekly global 50.000



JoeTheBro on 09 September 2013
okr said:
JoeTheBro said:
okr said:
It's not a handheld, it's a streaming device (if I understood the concept correctly).

No. Take a vita. Now remove the buttons, battery, and the screen. Add HDMI out. Tada, you just built your own PSVITA.TV.

i.e. it's not a handheld but a streaming device which can also play a pretty huge library of handheld and older console games (biggest flaw as an Apple TV competitor imo is the missing 1080P output for movies, but anyway).

In the same way that the PS4 is a streaming device, then sure.



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VGPolyglot on 09 September 2013

I hope the sales count.



Scisca on 09 September 2013
okr said:
JoeTheBro said:
okr said:
It's not a handheld, it's a streaming device (if I understood the concept correctly).

No. Take a vita. Now remove the buttons, battery, and the screen. Add HDMI out. Tada, you just built your own PSVITA.TV.

i.e. it's not a handheld but a streaming device which can also play a pretty huge library of handheld and older console games (biggest flaw as an Apple TV competitor imo is the missing 1080P output for movies, but anyway).

I haven't replied OT yet:
I hope ioi adds PSVita.TV sales to PSVita sales and 2DS sales to 3DS sales, but it would be great if he'd offer combined and single figures for those devices, e.g.

PSV 35.000
PSV.TV 15.000
Combined weekly global 50.000


I have to agree here. This is the only thing that I don't like about it. It's bad not only for movies, but for the PS4 games that it streams as well :/ I have no idea why Sony would make such a stupid mistake, it can't be saving them any real money.



Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!

My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/

My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.