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bryan on 11 October 2013

There's a simple fix to this problem. All Sony needs to do is get monster hunter and a good quality GTA game on there system. Also once vita TV hits the the western market you will see software sales double.



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Proxy-Pie on 11 October 2013

i thought there was a thread about which system has the best name between all 8th gen systems and the Vita came close second?



cmeese47 on 11 October 2013

If you play the VITA then you know it is awesome simple as that people are just to scared to try.



petroleo on 11 October 2013
bugrimmar said:

I get it, you want to be cute and symbolic, going all Latin and shit, but seriously, it's still a stupid name.

What if we called the PS4, "Playstation Amour" because it's French for "love"? It's stupid, and people don't understand it, so they don't buy it.

Thats my theory since it was announce, and I'm back it 100%, more than 70 million PSP outhere and Sony comes with the succesor with a name like "Vita" ?, sorry Sony that was a brainless move.  PSP2 or PSP next,  PSP aura dunno, but why in hell your remove the name PSP ?, the Playstation Portable simple as that, why in hell you call it Vita ?, it sounds like a taco.

 

 



orniletter on 11 October 2013

the name is not a problem...like...at all !



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Fusioncode on 11 October 2013

Pretty much every console has a stupid name nowadays. Xbox One, WiiU, 2DS, PSVita, thank God for PS4.



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

orniletter on 11 October 2013
Fusioncode said:
Pretty much every console has a stupid name nowadays. Xbox One, WiiU, 2DS, PSVita, thank God for PS4.

so PlayStation is less stupid than the other names ? Yeah....no !



fatslob-:O on 11 October 2013
Fusioncode said:
Pretty much every console has a stupid name nowadays. Xbox One, WiiU, 2DS, PSVita, thank God for PS4.

Agreed. 



BloodyRain on 11 October 2013

I like the name vita. It means life if I'm not wrong which is pretty ironic though. It also reminds me of this song.



DietSoap on 11 October 2013
Gehirnkrampf said:
all this pricepoint and lack of exclusives talk is so damn annoying. it's simply NOT true.
it is the constant shit that people talk, since the vita launched, that held it back then, and still hold it back now.

 

The constant shit talk certainly harms things further, don't get me wrong, but the reality is the Vita DOESN'T have a big exclusive seller. No exclusive GTA, no exclusive Metal Gear, no exclusive Final Fantasy, no exclusive Monster Hunter, no exclusive Dragon Quest, not even Sony's own Gran Turismo... And you'll realize outside of Dragon Quest, all of those had exclusive PSP installments. That's what sold the PSP on top of dedicated portables simply being me desirable back then due to no real mobile competition yet. Yes, it got an exclusive CoD installment, but word also got out incredibly fast that it was a real stinker.

The conclusion I'm coming to is Sony really doesn't want to bother with funding 3rd party exclusives anymore. As they're cutting back and trying to spend wiser and overall less risky, they're opting more and more on simply growing their own 1st party.