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Opinion: Reports of the Vita's death have been greatly exaggerated (Pocket Gamer)

Pocket Gamer's handheld editor Peter Willington believes the commonly held belief that the PS Vita is circling the drain is just a myth. Here's why he's still rooting for the handheld.

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GalacticEmpire4091d ago (Edited 4091d ago )

It's been out less than one year and calls for its death have rung nonstop in the media.

This won't stop Sony supporting the device and gamers from buying it at a slow but steady pace. Sales will pick up with price drops, as they always do,and Vita will go on to sell as much as PSP, if not more.

I'm with Peter, well said.

zerocrossing4091d ago (Edited 4091d ago )

The Wii U's been out less than 6 months and that's gotten pretty much as many doom articles...

People love to speculate especially when it's the death of competitive hardware, but honestly the Vita could be doing a heck of a lot better anyone can tell you that, it's not beyond salvageable though and if Sony take the proper steps needed and present more appealing and "original" IP's 3rd party or otherwise, I imagine the sales of the Vita would greatly improve.

GalacticEmpire4091d ago

Who said anything about Wii U?

TongkatAli4091d ago

He loves Nintendo a lot. I have a Wii U and a Vita and I play my Vita more th *gets shot in the head*.

zerocrossing4091d ago (Edited 4091d ago )

@GalacticEmpire

Im using the Wii U as an example is that somehow taboo now?

Im trying to get across that even though people spout so much nonsense about the doom of Vita (and the Wii U) they are both doing fine and aren't going anywhere.

I swear you cant have an intelligent conversation on this damn site anymore without someone labelling you a "hater" or a "fanboy"

@TongkatAli

I don't love Nintendo or any of the major publishers, Im a consumer who buys what they like unchained by make believe allegiances.

If you hate Nintendo that's fine, but It's kind of childish hating a company that isn't even trying to appeal or cater to you.

GalacticEmpire4091d ago

"Im using the Wii U as an example is that somehow taboo now?"

No but it's kinda off topic and not really a reply to anything I said in my comment. The doom articles for Wii U are just not relevant here.

zerocrossing4091d ago

@GalacticEmpire

You
"It's been out less than one year and calls for its death have rung nonstop in the media."

Me
"The Wii U's been out less than 6 months and that's gotten pretty much as many doom articles... "

Do you see the connection now?...or Is it still "off topic" the topic being products getting too many unjustified doom articles...

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I_LOVE_MYSELF4091d ago

I hate the media...

The Vita is dying, the wii-u is dying, the ps4 needs to do (insert feature here) different, the 720 will be online 24/7, the ps3 fails in america, blah blah blahhhh... And they deliver this shit with such uncertanty and exaggerate so much.

I'm thinking of buying a Vita soon. I am looking forward to it. Just not sure if I really need it.

Snookies124091d ago (Edited 4091d ago )

It's probably not a (need), but it sure as hell is a wise buy lol. I love mine more than any handheld I've ever owned. (Considering I've owned almost every one since the original brick of a GameBoy) Got the Vita day one, and it still impresses me.

bicfitness4091d ago

They've already sold like 5 million of the things, so its hardly "dead". And none of the heavy hitters or a price drop have spurred demand yet. Still, they need to fix the memory card issue. Flash memory is cheap these days and it should be included in every unit.

Hicken4091d ago

I only disagree with that last part.

Internal memory- and a non-proprietary format- are huge parts of the reason why the PSP saw so much software piracy. By this time in its life, you could get just about any PSP game without having to pay for it.

For now, at least, Sony's avoided that with the Vita. It's come at a higher cost to us consumers, but I'll pay it to stave off something like piracy.

Now, if you're talking about including a memory card, I can get down with that.

bicfitness4091d ago (Edited 4091d ago )

Flash memory is flash memory. I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Sony just encrypted the Vita's, that doesn't inherently the raise price. 8GB of flash memory is like $15 to $20 retail, cheaper when bought by a manufacturer.

Edit: l'm not talking about opening up the market to 3rd party memory sticks, just adding more with the base unit.

profgerbik4091d ago (Edited 4091d ago )

Only takes a person with common sense to figure that out. Same goes for the Wii U and all it's doom articles that have been popping up.

They will all be fine maybe they won't do as good as they did back in the gaming heydays but they will be fine nonetheless.

contradictory4091d ago

doom articles, doom articles everywhere.

sdozzo4091d ago

Doom on the vita. I'm in.

Snookies124091d ago

In what? I'm confused... In with the death of Vita? If so, you my friend are not a gamer. A real gamer would not wish death on any console/handheld. They all play games, so they should all be accepted by those of us who truly enjoy the medium of gaming.

Also, side note here... The Vita is doing fine in sales at the moment, and it's going to really pick up this year based on the Japanese consumers saying they planned on buying them this year.

oONinjavitiSOo4090d ago

He is talking about the game "Doom". Derr. Learn your game history lol.

Snookies124090d ago

@oONinjavitiSOo - Was that a part of the article? I must have missed it, my bad haha.

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Original Final Fantasy 7 - Is it Worth Playing in 2024?

Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?

ravens5213d ago

Got to Zacks part in 7 Rebirth. Said f it. Finishing my game in 7 og. Just got to part 2 yesterday. I also got Crisis Core... So it'll be a while before I'm back to Rebirth. I just keep thinking about it too smh, want to get back to playing it. Not till I know Zacks story though. I beat 7 og sooooooo long ago, it's crazy going through it again and remembering things.

MrNinosan13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Got to Zacks part in Rebirth?
You mean you started the game and turned it off?
The game starts with Zack...

ravens5213d ago

... Really 🤓 lol. His second part, I've played for 80hrs lmao. <---- PS5 Run time, probably not all game time. You guys know how it goes.

VIK212113d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Did you not ever play the OG FF7? After you recruit Vincent, later in the game, disc 3, return to that basement and look at the pod, there's a whole Zack story that'll trigger as a memory.... it's well hidden in the game and a lot of things regarding Zack are cleared up. FF7 Crisis Core is basically an extend feature of that hidden flashback... It took me years to discover it back then lol

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrNinosan13d ago

@ravens52
80 hours in Rebirth by doing everything, and you should've reached Zacks story about 5 times 🤣

ravens5212d ago

Ye I kno that's y I said not all gameplay time. But also I am very anal when it comes to exploring.

ravens5212d ago

Not to mention fighting Titan at his full strength. Hours spent trying still haven't succeeded. Found all 3 ruins but I'ma masochist when it comes to games.

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Barlos13d ago

Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.

Barlos13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

It always takes me back to Christmas 1997, I got it as a gift and I was blown away when I played it. I couldn't believe games could look that good. The combination of pre rendered backgrounds and FMV really made it stand out. It definitely still has a certain charm that modern games can't replicate.

I can't imagine people will still be talking about Remake and Rebirth in 27 years.

Tapani12d ago

Fully agreed. To me the atmosphere, pacing, gameplay and music are all better than in the remake.

Rebel_Scum13d ago

Yes, play this, skip remake, start rebirth for new players.

I_am_Batman13d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim13d ago

Remake is so amazing, pure FFVII Love, play it on PS5 please! aww the graphics the battles, the music... a dream come true.

Rebel_Scum13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I disagree Batman

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