Special PSP Bundle Coming to Japan - Straw Hat Pirates Edition
Sony and Namco Bandai Games have announced a One Piece themed PSP bundle to release on December 20 in Japan.
(One Piece Romance Dawn, PSP, PSP console)
Cause PSP has lots of JRPGs and stuff targeted specifically at the Japanese market. Developers like Xseed produce loads of Japanese-orientated games exclusively for the PSP.
If those developers eventually transition to Vita succesfully, the Vita should become much more popular in Japan, logically, but for the moment for the most part they're sticking with the PSP because it has a larger install base and it's cheaper to produce games for.
While i also gripe on the price of mem cards, if someone picks a 7 (no clue how old) year old tech over a current tech because of that small of a price point, you are an idiot.
If you are that strapped for cash, you should probably not be spending anything on a luxury item.
Why would they care? PSP is still their product, and they probably sell PSP units are a larger profit than they do Vita at the moment.
PSP consumers should naturally move over to the Vita with time, it doesn't need to happen immediately so long as consumers are supporting one of Sony's products.
Shame the same can't be said for the rest of the world. The PSP is popular in Japan so the Vita probably will be with time, but Sony have no such luck in Europe and with poorly produced Western-orientated games like Call of Duty Black Ops and Resistance, I'm unsure how they intend to capture those markets.
I dunno, feels like they are taking a big risk with all this waiting game. Why not just make these games also be available on the Vita as well? and if they are available by digital, they sure ain't advertising it as such.
I just don't see why the Vita should wait on these games in favor of the PSP when the Vita is the future of Sony's handheld gaming.
I'm sure Sony is happy with getting some extra revenue from the PSP but it may detrimental for the Vita's future.
Actually the PSP go wasn't that large an investment and one can argue that whilst it didn't sell well, sales were diverted to other PSP models... so whilst the PGP GO didn't sell too well, it didn't didn't have opportunity to have a sizable (negative) financial impact.
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PSP games still top sales charts in Japan... wtf are you on about?
If those developers eventually transition to Vita succesfully, the Vita should become much more popular in Japan, logically, but for the moment for the most part they're sticking with the PSP because it has a larger install base and it's cheaper to produce games for.
3 of the top 10 games are PSP titles.
The PSP recently got a price cut in Japan, and the software sales are still strong.
So yeah, I think people will buy this.
At least not without a few overpriced mem cards... guess you can just keep saving...
If you are that strapped for cash, you should probably not be spending anything on a luxury item.
PSP consumers should naturally move over to the Vita with time, it doesn't need to happen immediately so long as consumers are supporting one of Sony's products.
Shame the same can't be said for the rest of the world. The PSP is popular in Japan so the Vita probably will be with time, but Sony have no such luck in Europe and with poorly produced Western-orientated games like Call of Duty Black Ops and Resistance, I'm unsure how they intend to capture those markets.
I just don't see why the Vita should wait on these games in favor of the PSP when the Vita is the future of Sony's handheld gaming.
I'm sure Sony is happy with getting some extra revenue from the PSP but it may detrimental for the Vita's future.
@Deadpool616.
LOL! on the Pita. XD
I guess Sony expects both to sell well. They lost a ton of money on the pspgo, so their decision making in the handheld market isn't so keen.