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Smear-Gel said:
MikeRox said:


I think a drop of total userbase from 230m to what is looking like it'll be under 80m in a generation is a pretty dire situation.

Then take a look at the actual games coming to handhelds and note that the West has completely abandoned them seriously limiting the genres available.

Handheld is in a dire place right now.


Wasnt last gen much higher than usual rather than this gen being much lower?


Well, the 3DS and Vita combined won't touch GBA sales. So it's definitely a smaller market, as there is the N-Gage, Wonderswan and Neo Geo Pocket to add to the GBA sales for that generation.

The 8-Bit Gameboy models sold over 115m units, the GameGear sold over 10m units. So although yes, last gen was the biggest handheld gen ever, This is looking like the worst one since handheld became a thing.



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Well what this could tangibly mean for the Western market is that that the upcoming Vita price cut (rumored) is more about clearing out the final inventory and Vita would be stocked on storeshelves after that.



So, nothing really new. EA knows this for years now, that's why they publish FIFA "Legacy Edition".



Cloudman said:
So... it's a nice way to say "We're ceasing work on the Vita"? Sounds like a system that died kinda young.


Now I just imagine ''Forever Young'' playing as a Vita floats through the cloudy sky



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PwerlvlAmy said:
Cloudman said:
So... it's a nice way to say "We're ceasing work on the Vita"? Sounds like a system that died kinda young.


Now I just imagine ''Forever Young'' playing as a Vita floats through the cloudy sky

Foreeeeeeeeeeeeever yooooung.... o:



 

              

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Cloudman said:
PwerlvlAmy said:
Cloudman said:
So... it's a nice way to say "We're ceasing work on the Vita"? Sounds like a system that died kinda young.


Now I just imagine ''Forever Young'' playing as a Vita floats through the cloudy sky

Foreeeeeeeeeeeeever yooooung.... o:





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Do Sony have any AAA handheld exclusives they might be willing to put on the DS? I have to imagine they'd designed teams to do handheld stuff before the Vita failed so they might as well get a return on that part of their investment.



Was thinking about getting one of these... Maybe a bunch will start popping ip on eBay now?



89 dollars better be true



Johnw1104 said:
Was thinking about getting one of these... Maybe a bunch will start popping ip on eBay now?

Wait for E3, a price drop to $89 is rumoured.