From the PlanetPSX feature article:
"As I write this, I am currently an employed associate of the electronics department at Wal-Mart. Why does that matter you ask? Well as an employee of any retail of any department, one needs to know or have experience with their products. With that in mind, the PS Vita is a fairly new piece of gaming technology. Researching on the internet, going into forums and even going to other stores outside of work made me realize that the Vita isn’t for the casual gamer. First I’d like to say that is odd, considering it’s definitely marketed towards the casual consumer."
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The Vita has never been aimed at the casual market, to me, so it not selling well to the "everyday" gamer isn't a surprise.
Then again, I wouldn't call a gamer who plays every day to be a casual, so I think definitions differ a bit here.
Some casual gamers simply prefer a single multi-function device that will give them their entertainment.
They might not see the need to go ahead and buy this extra device for the sake of playing simple games, which their smartphones already do. Again, user opinions.
As for mine, I love my Vita. It doesn't matter how powerful smartphones and tablets will get, they simply can't bring the console experience to a touchscreen with no physical buttons, or bring on the big titles the Vita has.
I certainly don't want my phone's battery to die on me during a phone call simply because I wasted the juice playing games. The Vita is there for that section, and it's doing a tremendous job.
IF it focused more on casuals, it would be selling A LOT more. Handhelds are more for casual gamers then core gamers afterall.
With some more titles that would appeal to that market, maybe a monster hunter game etc. well that should get the vita sales off to a good start. The casual sales are of course important but I don't think it's the only important market that is currently missing for the vita
Time has also proven that hardcore gamers and the like will most likely keep on buying software for a platform, while the casuals might simply migrate to the next hip thing. Example, like what Ninty is facing in terms of smartphones and tablets.
The casual market is a good source of money, but the problem is that it's not a long term one.
Give it some time.. the vita will be fine..
just look at the store and find the game that fits your gaming style
there is something for everyone!
you guys are seriously like a poison.
Whilst Sony do have other divisions there gaming division is the most profitable one and the one keeping it afloat whilst it's being hit hard financially in other areas.
No one wants a new casual gamer product we have those & if anyone is going to try & compete there not going to release a product that not only is more expensive hardware-wise but also EXTREMELY more expensive software-wise. If someone can buy great casual games for 69p or a lot of the time free then why would they ever even consider buying a 'casual' game for £40?
Also I find it funny how we are right back to the giving Sony advice about what to do and the 'VITA has no games', 'VITA is selling badly' and 'Sony should scrap the VITA' talk we spent years saying about the PS3. And the same advice about how no one would EVER want the Bluray and detailed speeches about when and why it will fail. I think that we would have long realized that Sony knows hundred times more about business then any gamer or journalist does.
It will happen to the PS4 too, just like it is happening to WiiU now and it happened to 3DS last year. It's just that they get more hits by spelling Doom and Gloom than writing Success stories.
@whoever wrote that article
The reason there isn't a memory card or game bundled with every Vita is because it would add to the already said "High price" you keep complaining about.
BTW, your article contains many grammar and spelling errors. There's too many for me to list here.
To be fair, Vita should have at least included a 4GB Card in the box due to some games requiring a memory card for you to play them. It wouldn't have hurt Sony to do that.
And no, Sony fans the vita does not have ps3 gfx lol
Vice city stories And LCS both work with the PSVita both analog sticks and the resolution on both of the GTA PSP games have been increased.I have played both on my PSVita and with the analog sticks both play like you would be playing them on a living room game console.
"If you were wondering how to get them on the psvita"
If you bought the PSN copy just download it to your ps3 or PC and connect the psvita to your ps3 or PC and transfer the game over to your psvits you will need atleast a 4GB card in the psvita because VCS is 1.6 GB to store. If you have not purchased the PSP PSN ver. of VCS or LCS you will need to download the media go software for the PC in order to purchase LCS or VCS on your Account so you can transfer the full game over to your PSVita. The games are $20.00 usd.
once you purchase them you can download the games to your PC or PS3 to transfer remember if you are going to use the PC you will need the media go software and the PC connnection software for the PC to the PSVita.
As for if the games are buggy? No they both play better than they did on the PSP; have higher resolution and have a 2nd control stick that controls the game like the console ver. Also you can tweak filtering + there are less jaggies also since the screen is larger than the original. PSP's target's for guns is better than on the smaller screen.