Many consider the Vita to be a failure. While the fledgling system does in fact have the best of intentions and a world of great potential, a number of factors hold it back from success. What does it need to gain a greater audience and a better reputation? Read for one jaded observer's take.
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Oh btw i didnt click on the link coz i might give him hits..coz he might be proud of himself as a journalist..
Hits is the only reason we keep getting these articles.
Truthfully, I love the Vita. It's a system I play almost daily at this point and I only wish to see it successful. That is why I wrote this post. As I neither run the site its written on nor do I get paid for my work, that's really my only agenda behind writing it.
And besides, isn't this massive coverage of a well-known issue a good thing? Won't more and more opinion pieces by more and more writers (even amateur writers like myself) only get us closer to convincing Sony to do something about this? I certainly think so, but you're free to disagree.
i really feel bad for Sony's situation right now
so many bad moves lately
PSP Go?
Experia Play?
Ps3 super slim quality?
Vita hardware durability?
years of neglecting the younger gamers?
no advertising?
Why didn't they just make a Vaio PlayStation Laptop or Xperia PlayStation tablet with optional physical control attachment like Wiki Pad and call it PSP2?
Sony needs to streamline their business and go deep instead of wide like apple did
Its just that is tiring to see Vita and Fail/flop in the same sentenses and again the reasons have been already discussed.
If anything the sales of the Vita is what will make Sony react rather than making articles all the time,its getting annoying.
That said the Pokemon comment is right on. It never released on home consoles, its a Nintendo handheld staple . The vita needs that for sure. Gravity rush is close.
One gripe, well two gripes-1. Why are writers comparing the vita to consoles? Compare it to handhelds because... You know ... It's a handheld like the 3ds. 2. Why the rush? The system has only been out for less than a year and people are calling it a failure. Stupid really because the 3ds had the same bullshit articles saying it was doomed early in its life span. All the vita needs really is a price drop and a AAA vita only deal breaker... (Ps+ is a real deal breaker in itself but in talking games.) that's all ... So change that title, Its really uninviting to people like myself.
Persona 4 is a great game, but lets face it, JRPG's arent everybody's cup of tea, and a game that I doubt will make more than average sales numbers.
On another note i dont think these articles will ignite any action with Sony, as they have no doubt been aware of the declining situation for a while. They came bursting out the gates with a expected combined VITA/PSP sales of 16M, then in the summer they lowered it to 12M, and this fall they adjusted it to 10M.
I personally think it's an identity crisis Vita is going through. With all the high-tech gadgets out there now Vita is struggling to capture a wide audience. Its success so far mirrors PS3 owners but for Vita to become successful they need to tap into non-PS3 owners as well.
youre article was completely unoriginal by sounding like a parrot saying all the things that other writers do to score hits.
Youre going to fit right in.
Considering how much it costs and how little third party support it's proving to receive, I think every Vita owner has a right to hope for conditions to get better.
I think the third parties will steer clear (unless it really picks up) but as an indie platform, it could become a cool place to game.
they released the Vita like 9months ago.
Sony needs to make money with Vita.
lowering the price will not be good for them.
and Vita has it's own games which are not ports of PS3
I find it laughable that some of you are lamenting his writing skills whilst displaying the articulation of a brick.
The Vita does need its own identity; it also needs everyone to give it a chance. But this is 2012 - it's cool to hate on things. Epsecially things we haven't tried, in many cases. It's not even a year old yet. The 3DS was written off and that has turned out alright.