Boy is Sony's PlayStation Vita in for a brilliant year
Digitally Downloaded writes: "Wow. Just wow. If there is any justice in this industry Sony is going to perform a complete 180 degree turn on the Vita and come out so competitive, if not outright on top."
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They clearly will. Look at the support Soul Sacrifice is getting. And since 90% of the Vita games are currently being made in Japan, they really have no choice. I bet that we'll see almost every one of those titles announced today over here by the end of 2013. Except for FFX HD (SE, just being SE) and the Legend of Heroes one.
Also, Aksys, Atlus, NISA and GungHo haven't announced their 2013 lineups yet. So we can expect more localizations on the horizon.
There saving the 4G announcement model for the western press conference and there probably gonna show off killzone mercenary and some new uncharted game for western gamers..
I love how shutupandtakemymoney gets all butthurt at your comment that only states the TRUTH lol He isntantly assumes your a MS fan just because you said something about the vita. THis is N4G daily though, theres only a few here thast will have a gaming convo without getting their feelings hurt. Its funny though
I do like me some Halo, I can't deny that! Right now though I'm busy playing my backlog of ps3 exclusives that I missed this gen since I only got my ps3 in October.
Back on topic however, Vita had a lousy 2012, so of course there weren't going to be alot of headlines like this one then. I don't see how that is trolling.
Actually having experience with the system and understanding what it's about. Being knowledgeable about the handheld's library, instead of that amazingly WRONG assertion of "haz no gaemz" that continues to be put forth.
As a gaming device, the Vita had a brilliant year last year. It saw abysmal sales, but that DOESN'T AT ALL negate how good the device and its library were, overall.
What? Call of Duty wasn't good? I guess that overshadows all the games that WERE good, somehow? So Gravity Rush, Uncharted, Need for Speed, Unit 13, Assassin's Creed, and everything else don't count?
Oh, but we can't count any games that are remakes or ports... or have the same name as a game/franchise on home consoles. This rule only works for the Vita though; we can't discount the 3DS' greatest games because they're ports or remakes, since it's a Nintendo handheld.
The TRUTH is that the Vita had a great year last year in all the ways we gamers should care about. Sales should, honestly, be the LAST thing on our minds.
what GoodGuyJamal said was actually the truth, im amazed about how many vita fanboys are in complete denial. Last year the vita underperformed in every aspect, for gods sake Sony THEMSELVES adjusted expected sales from 16M units to 10 million(How do you estimate and get it 50% off the mark??)
Even though im rarely a fan of japanese games, i sure hope these new games will make the Vita flourish.
Sweet if the Vita drops low enough I'll be insanely tempted to pick one up. It would have to be a deal on par with Amazon's Black Friday bundle at $170. I passed on that because I'm not a fan of the Assassin's Creed series whatsoever. Nothign against the series. I just don't want to have to play that game.
Target already currently has them on sale with a lego game for $200 but meh. i'd rather not own/play that game.
I don't really want to spend any money, but at $200 it's soo cheap!!
I'm actually tempted to buy one to maybe play older games. The newer games feel like they're trying too hard to emulate the power of the PS3. I'd rather they just took a step down and impressed me with something like a 2d rpg sidescroller with amazing visuals and fun touchscreen controls. Something like castlevania or the old metroids. I'd say if that new castlevania game came to the vita, i'd be more inclined to get one.
Actually I would probably pick up Rockstar's PSP games first. I never owned a PSP either so i'm wondering if those are Vita compatible. Probably just best off not spending any money and waiting to get lost in GTA V in September.
Soul Sacrifice will be teh only major exclusive that would really push me to pick up a Vita. Mercenaries doesn't look that appealing to me. Those little thumbticks look like they'd cramp my hands after an hour or two.
Vita may be kind of a flop saleswise, but boy have I had some good times with it. And with these news, I say either the Vita picks up its pace saleswise, or Rocky Anderson will turn in his grave... or living room.
Vita had one of the best launches in the history of console launches, as far as game line up. I had fun with it initially, but then got bored at the loss of momentum.
We'll have more people to play Starhawk and Twisted Metal with because more people will buy them if they know they exist. Look at Sly 4 where's the commercial for that?
The new ad team is better for one reason. More gamers should now hopefully notices Sonys great AAA games. See in the past they went unnoticed thanks to bad advertising and gamers missed out on great games. Hopefully this doesnt happen this time round meaning great news for gamers.
@Sheikh Yerbouti That is why those ads were good. Really Sony should have really looked from the beginning of this gen and figured maybe try a different approach. Marketing is important to getting people to consider a console. The lack of proper marketing, especially for many games, hurt Sony and the PS3 this gen...
No, they really don't.... The cost of living in Japan is very high. However, during Otoshidama, which is akin to new year's holiday, children receive a large sum of money from their parents/grandparents. We're talking upwards of a 1000 US dollars at times (or the equivalent of US dollars in Yen).
Agreed they love there JRPG's and compared to what Nintendo announced other than Monster hunter PS Vita has the 3ds beat in Japan for new releases. Outside? Maybe not however we may see a couple of other none jap dev games for Vita at US press conference.
With the vita price drop for both wi-fi and 3g models and those tons of monster hunter-esque games, sales should definitely boost up. If not, Imma go to Japan and sell vitas myself!
This was really focused on Japan and they delivered on that. Lots of games they showed are coming out in the next few months. Soul Sacrifice looks amazing if that doesnt sell vita's in Japan then i dont know what kind of new IP would. Plus instant game collection for vita is finaly hitting Japan. Sony go pony up the cash for Dragonquest 8 on vita.
@a_a Ps3 has had the best line up of games since 2008 with 2012 being a off year which still brought us Journey ,Unfinished swan and Tokyo Jungle.
I don't think the price cut materially improves Vita's situation in japan. The $199 is still not with memory card price cut, similar deals were already available over Christmas to no real effect, and there's still no sustaining system seller games on the horizon...
Lol are you stupid? The vita didn't much better then even Sony expected over the holiday season, especially black Friday! A permanent price cut plus games Japanese gamers actually want to play will drastically improve vita sales. I already see Phantasy Star Online 2 being a driving factor let alone all the other appealing Japanese games they're gonna get.
It was year of the playstation every year this console cycle and it never happened. It was the year of the psp and that never happened, PSP Go, now we get "Boy is Sony's PlayStation Vita in for a brilliant year" LOL.
Just let things happen and stop with the hype. It's a good machine but maybe not worth investing in if you have a ps3 or waiting for the ps4. Sony, just comes in too high on the price end and due currently that does not cut it for some but boy they make sexy sh1t.
I reckon Vita's big news will be with it's PS4 interconnectivity when its announced on February 20th. OT. Hopefully , I'll get my hands on the sony xperia Z Ive preordered, on February 28th. My real Sony Trinity is coming - PS4, Vita and xperia z; all covered with a rich Gaikai sauce lol
I still need to get a Vita, but hearing about a price drop, I hope it also happens in the UK. I can get a Vita for £175 at the moment and that's the Wifi model. Other places are selling it at like £200, £209, etc...
I'd be happy if they just dropped the price in all other places to £175 or something, that way I can buy it from my favorite online retailer and get money back.
I am really interested in Soul Sacrifice, PSO2 I will definitely pick up, I played a bit of the Beta when they didn't block IP's and it was quite fun. Don't forget a possible localization of Gods Eater 2, Ragnarok Odyssey (EU), Tales of Hearts R, Tales of Innocence R and Ys: Foliage Ocean In Celceta.
Vita is going to have some really amazing games this year and I can see myself getting it.
Indeed I will get myself thanks to JRPG's my favourite genre on consoles and the sole reason I get consoles/handhelds anymore having turned into a PC gamer.
I've always been intrigued by the Vita, I'm not waiting for more games to come out for it, I'm waiting for the price drop.
I wish they didn't add the rear touch pad and all the other stuff and just kept it simple; Front touch screen and camera, they then could of sold it much less without really losing anything significant.
Lol the back screen cost them almost nothing to make. The most expensive part of the vita is that beautiful OLED screen with gorilla glass tech. It cost a whooping $50 bucks per vita. The back touchh pad is a huge plus because there's no way the vita could be seen as a ps3/ps4 controller or game streamer without and l2/r2, l3/r3.
Yes but removing the back touch pad, one camera and the six-axis would shed off some price. The back screen is just a gimmick, one or two games may use smart use of it, but others will treat it like a tech-demo.
They could have made it just a bit thicker and added physical buttons. I like the vita a lot but that touchpad on back is annoying at times when you accidently hit it because of the tiny hand rests.
Games on the phones and tablets suck because of the lack of buttons two extra shoulder buttons up top or tucked away on the back along a groove would have been great.
im hoping to see the vita play well with the ps4, i think the vita was made with the ps3 in mind, same touch, plus touch screen, if it can play games on the vita form the ps3 like the wii u but with more games then vita will do even better.
Now if they could get a few more classics on there from the ps2 era that would be great.
I would like to see...
PlayStation 2 games like.
Rogue galaxy Dark cloud collection Grandia Wild arm Soukiden Xenosaga Twisted metal black Final fantasy 12 Shinobi Arc the lad Dragonquest 8
Dreamcast games
Shenmue collection Sonic adventures collection Skies of arcadia Project justice
Gamecube games
Metal gear twin snakes Resident evil zero Resident evil one remake
Now, those would help fill the void greatly.
Current gen stuff...
Street fighter 4 arcade with vitas extras such as some of the sf characters in sfxtekken not currently found in sf4 arcade like...elena,rolento ect.
Any other suggestions? cant seem to think of any other games i would like ported. But ofcourse its all about new content so heres hoping theres a lot more coming.
That was a great game as well, and looking at its main draw. One would think it would be a perfect fit for the vita platform. Now, just dont know why Capcom has not ported this game yet.
@skyrimer @supemacy Agreed Okami is the type of game that would go well on the Vita with the Touch screen for the paint brush techniques and the back touch for other things. No Okami is meant for the PS Vita, now need to convince Crapcom..er Capcom that.
you do realize you can DL all the games onto your PS3 and leave them there until you are ready to play them. Then when your ready just transfer the data from the Vita memory card to your PS3 and the game from your PS3 to your Vita memory card.
That is how I have been doing it and it works well for me.
Yeah I know I can do that, but I'd rather be able to have more than just a few games downloaded on my Vita at once. I usually take my time with games and start new ones before I finish ones i'm half way through. Plus transfering games to my vita gets annoying. Having a memory card with more space and a cheaper price would just be much more convenient.
$150 would be an incredible price point! That said, it won't happen any time soon. Consider that Sony is a business, and in order to make the consoles and games that we enjoy, they must also make money. At the unrealistic expectation of a $150 price point, Sony will NOT make money. The components of the Vita cost somewhere in that vicinity, and that's NOT including marketing, shipment, etc. I think a price drop would do the Vita a lot of good, however, it's absurd to suggest that $150 is reasonable. Think about it.
It currently cost about $159 to make a vita. At $150 they would lose huge bucks on vita. Even at the current price tag profit is minimal. You are sooo cheap and need to go somewhere with your low-ballin' self. If you want a vita that cheap try a second hand one through eBay or Craigslist. I want Sony to make money so the can afford to support their products, pay their employees, and stay in business. Just be happy with even a $30 price cut. But if they drop the price to $199 be really happy. This system isn't cheap to make like the 3DS so please don't expect them to compete in price.
This is all great but I think people have completely over hyped the 20th to the point they only can set themselves up for disappointment.
One thing to randomly start saying the PS4 will be announced without any actual credible source, than to assume they will be announcing a 4G PS Vita as well!? I don't get people or why you create such hype for others.
Clearly some people are not capable of using common sense and choose to believe whatever they read.
I just really hope whatever they bring it's big enough to shut people up already. I don't want to come back here on the 20th and have to read about how everyone was so disappointed with the feb 20th announcement.
I won't be disappointed with whatever they present because I didn't start assuming it was going to be the most mind blowing thing ever and they are going to be showing off everything on top of a new PS Vita.. Which is completely ridiculous to even think about.
...but sure keep raising the hype and spreading the rumors, that is always so helpful. Every damn article I read about Playstation someone is just assuming, stating rumors as if they are factual events set to happen that were actually said to happen by Sony.
Link? There are fake accounts for him so I need to see which account you found this on, I have no clue where exactly to look on his official one as I don't see anything hinting at the PS4.
Didn't really plan on sifting through hundreds of tweets. I already looked through all of his February tweets and couldn't find anything.
The only thing he ever hints at "It's for the future."
So unless you point me directly to this or it happens to be in one of his Japanese tweets, I ain't seeing it or able to read it.
When will the masses of morons grow up, & treat Sony with equality, & stop carrying on like rabid morons about anything Sony does, turning EVERYTHING Sony does into negativity. It is getting old now, I mean, I'm sure after Sony's 2 gens of pure domination, tall poppy syndrome from American press & general onliners was a given, considering MS is the only U.S. based company that has come into the console business with a chance, so I think it became schoolyard "KOOL", to diss Sony & talk about, "giant enemy crabs that were part of historically accurate battles", & "RIIIIIIIIDGE RACER".....Krazy Ken, & all that other 6yr old, handicap kids antics..... But, the years it lasted & the 4 anti Sony jokes (including the 2 aforementioned) got real tired, real quick. I mean the "no games on PS3", & all that crap was MS fanboy imaginary moronic, mentally inept opinion......& there really wasn't much more ammo than that, other than price, which, at $100 more than 360 at that time, when PS3 had the massive added benefit of Blu-Ray, as well as inbuilt WiFi, to mention the 2 hugest & expensive advantages, that argument, or Sony bash, was null & void.
I mean, clowns who complained about PS3's $499 (20gig) & $599 (60gig), launch price point, were & more than likely still are complete morons, that should have quit gaming as soon as that thought about a $499 console price being too expensive in there basic minds, as gamers really don't worry about something that trivial, & meaningless, as the thing was priced VERY, VERY, reasonably in the U.S. (especially, as opposed to the $1000, we had to pay here in Australia).....I mean, the fact is, I even paid the $1000, without batting an eyelid, for my launch unit, & I would do it all over again, (well I will be hopefully in Oct-Nov, if Sony pull there finger out & do the right thing by us Aussies & Europeans, seeing we are far bigger supporters of there products, compared with U.S. consumers). consoles are the cheap part for a gamer.....it's the games & peripherals that the big bucks are spent on......So, lets start back with the negative stories about Sony & how it's all doom & gloom for them, & how there new console is gonna suck & be 1000 times less powerful than 720, & the more negative stories I read, the more & more it will hype me for my PS4 launch unit, I will be snapping up at midnight again. As, it makes Sony's products more enticing, when internet haters & U.S. based online gaming journos & media, are so fearful that there homeland product will cop a sales difference similar to PS2vsXbox1.......because, they have seen Sony's gear behind closed doors, & they know how bomb it's gonna be.
Your first paragraph reminds me of "PS3 song" video on Youtube, oh boy you gotta see the comment section. It's like many Xbots are still living on 2007!!!!
Americans who complain about the VITA's price piss me the F*#k off. Here in SA we have to cough up ZAR3600 = $365 for a 3G Vita and I'm about to buy my third...so Americans GTFO.
The Vita is a great piece of hardware and worth every penny, yes we don't get MH or pokemon, but on the other hand Nintendo doesn't get Soul Sacrifice or Persona.
So I hope this year the Vita gets its due, especially with the rumored price drop for the west.
As an American, I completely agree. The Vita is expensive because it's a great, well made, and high tech piece of hardware. Personally, I think it's priced fairly. I feel bad for the games industry for having to deal with so many entitled gamers.
I hate to break it to you, but a company like Sony would rather focus its dollars on creating products that provide them with returns on their investment. In fact, THAT is how the market works. If Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo can't make money, then we don't play games.
Phantasy Star Soul Sacrifice, Killzone are all on my wish list. Toukiden looks pretty good, Tearaway looks to take adatage of some ita features pretty well, but we'll see. Some more cross play gaming experiences would be cool though.
It's already official that Soul Sacrifice got a US release on april 30 (EU on may 1). I don't know about lighting up the US charts, cause the way i saw it US market prefer shooter / FPS games than RPG.
For major IP (i consider this games as major IP), from the top of my head are Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2+, DoA 5+, Phantasy Star Online 2, FF X HD (cross fingers, this is SE we're talking about), and Tales of Hearts R all coming for vita this year. Maybe sony will announce new GoW, GT, CoD, or Uncharted for vita. But we still must wait on 20th Feb / E3 for that.
Meanwhile, if you like vanillaware and nihon falcom games such as Dragon's Crown, Muramasa, Ys Celceta, and Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki, they will be available for vita in this year. And namco games such as God Eater 2 and One Piece: Pirate Warrior 2 also got a vita release on this year.
Well, if it's a good port / remake from great games than i don't see that as a problem. 3DS also had a lot of ports & remakes (i bought Tales of the Abyss and Zelda OoT for 3DS despite i already have them).
Vita is a great piece of hardware. I got mine on Black Friday from Amazon for $175 and it came with AC III, PSABR & 3 months of PS+. It was a deal I just couldn't pass up especially with the instant game collection with the PS+ membership. I may get screwed on the PS3 games because I already own them but Vita games I don't have to worry about that problem.
Not one game will help the vita. Had 3 g one and as usual sony doesn't support thier handhelds. They can say whatever they want but there's no ads, and hasn't been , no support and its a failure
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Also, Aksys, Atlus, NISA and GungHo haven't announced their 2013 lineups yet. So we can expect more localizations on the horizon.
We have the least and worst of everything
Back on topic however, Vita had a lousy 2012, so of course there weren't going to be alot of headlines like this one then. I don't see how that is trolling.
It's an opinion at the end of the day though. I bet there are some that disagree with this current headline.
Actually having experience with the system and understanding what it's about. Being knowledgeable about the handheld's library, instead of that amazingly WRONG assertion of "haz no gaemz" that continues to be put forth.
As a gaming device, the Vita had a brilliant year last year. It saw abysmal sales, but that DOESN'T AT ALL negate how good the device and its library were, overall.
What? Call of Duty wasn't good? I guess that overshadows all the games that WERE good, somehow? So Gravity Rush, Uncharted, Need for Speed, Unit 13, Assassin's Creed, and everything else don't count?
Oh, but we can't count any games that are remakes or ports... or have the same name as a game/franchise on home consoles. This rule only works for the Vita though; we can't discount the 3DS' greatest games because they're ports or remakes, since it's a Nintendo handheld.
The TRUTH is that the Vita had a great year last year in all the ways we gamers should care about. Sales should, honestly, be the LAST thing on our minds.
Even though im rarely a fan of japanese games, i sure hope these new games will make the Vita flourish.
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I have no idea what the heck I'm talking about...
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And the reason why is twofold.
1. The owners of this site also own many of these ridiculous fanboy sites.
2. They make sure topics like this get to the front page.
Now ask yourself why? Is this place really a "news aggregator" or is it really just a marketing device?
Look at the patterns and make up your own mind.
On topic:
Sweet if the Vita drops low enough I'll be insanely tempted to pick one up. It would have to be a deal on par with Amazon's Black Friday bundle at $170. I passed on that because I'm not a fan of the Assassin's Creed series whatsoever. Nothign against the series. I just don't want to have to play that game.
Target already currently has them on sale with a lego game for $200 but meh. i'd rather not own/play that game.
I don't really want to spend any money, but at $200 it's soo cheap!!
I'm actually tempted to buy one to maybe play older games. The newer games feel like they're trying too hard to emulate the power of the PS3. I'd rather they just took a step down and impressed me with something like a 2d rpg sidescroller with amazing visuals and fun touchscreen controls. Something like castlevania or the old metroids. I'd say if that new castlevania game came to the vita, i'd be more inclined to get one.
Actually I would probably pick up Rockstar's PSP games first. I never owned a PSP either so i'm wondering if those are Vita compatible. Probably just best off not spending any money and waiting to get lost in GTA V in September.
Soul Sacrifice will be teh only major exclusive that would really push me to pick up a Vita. Mercenaries doesn't look that appealing to me. Those little thumbticks look like they'd cramp my hands after an hour or two.
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No capitalization on either line?
Spelling "wut" instead of "what"?
A line break for no apparent reason?
That comment makes me cringe a bit... Sorry...
Ps vita price drop.
Ps4 launch.
Gaikai.
New marketing partner.
2013 = best year for playstation fans ever.
@a_a
Ps3 has had the best line up of games since 2008 with 2012 being a off year which still brought us Journey ,Unfinished swan and Tokyo Jungle.
Just let things happen and stop with the hype. It's a good machine but maybe not worth investing in if you have a ps3 or waiting for the ps4. Sony, just comes in too high on the price end and due currently that does not cut it for some but boy they make sexy sh1t.
OT.
Hopefully , I'll get my hands on the sony xperia Z Ive preordered, on February 28th. My real Sony Trinity is coming - PS4, Vita and xperia z; all covered with a rich Gaikai sauce lol
I'd be happy if they just dropped the price in all other places to £175 or something, that way I can buy it from my favorite online retailer and get money back.
I am really interested in Soul Sacrifice, PSO2 I will definitely pick up, I played a bit of the Beta when they didn't block IP's and it was quite fun. Don't forget a possible localization of Gods Eater 2, Ragnarok Odyssey (EU), Tales of Hearts R, Tales of Innocence R and Ys: Foliage Ocean In Celceta.
Vita is going to have some really amazing games this year and I can see myself getting it.
I wish they didn't add the rear touch pad and all the other stuff and just kept it simple; Front touch screen and camera, they then could of sold it much less without really losing anything significant.
The back screen is just a gimmick, one or two games may use smart use of it, but others will treat it like a tech-demo.
Games on the phones and tablets suck because of the lack of buttons two extra shoulder buttons up top or tucked away on the back along a groove would have been great.
I would like to see...
PlayStation 2 games like.
Rogue galaxy
Dark cloud collection
Grandia
Wild arm
Soukiden
Xenosaga
Twisted metal black
Final fantasy 12
Shinobi
Arc the lad
Dragonquest 8
Dreamcast games
Shenmue collection
Sonic adventures collection
Skies of arcadia
Project justice
Gamecube games
Metal gear twin snakes
Resident evil zero
Resident evil one remake
Now, those would help fill the void greatly.
Current gen stuff...
Street fighter 4 arcade with vitas extras such as some of the sf characters in sfxtekken not currently found in sf4 arcade like...elena,rolento ect.
Any other suggestions? cant seem to think of any other games i would like ported. But ofcourse its all about new content so heres hoping theres a lot more coming.
BTW + bubbles for both of you...
That is how I have been doing it and it works well for me.
I think a price drop would do the Vita a lot of good, however, it's absurd to suggest that $150 is reasonable. Think about it.
It currently cost about $159 to make a vita. At $150 they would lose huge bucks on vita. Even at the current price tag profit is minimal. You are sooo cheap and need to go somewhere with your low-ballin' self. If you want a vita that cheap try a second hand one through eBay or Craigslist. I want Sony to make money so the can afford to support their products, pay their employees, and stay in business. Just be happy with even a $30 price cut. But if they drop the price to $199 be really happy. This system isn't cheap to make like the 3DS so please don't expect them to compete in price.
One thing to randomly start saying the PS4 will be announced without any actual credible source, than to assume they will be announcing a 4G PS Vita as well!? I don't get people or why you create such hype for others.
Clearly some people are not capable of using common sense and choose to believe whatever they read.
I just really hope whatever they bring it's big enough to shut people up already. I don't want to come back here on the 20th and have to read about how everyone was so disappointed with the feb 20th announcement.
I won't be disappointed with whatever they present because I didn't start assuming it was going to be the most mind blowing thing ever and they are going to be showing off everything on top of a new PS Vita.. Which is completely ridiculous to even think about.
...but sure keep raising the hype and spreading the rumors, that is always so helpful. Every damn article I read about Playstation someone is just assuming, stating rumors as if they are factual events set to happen that were actually said to happen by Sony.
Ps4 reveal 2 days and counting.
Didn't really plan on sifting through hundreds of tweets. I already looked through all of his February tweets and couldn't find anything.
The only thing he ever hints at "It's for the future."
So unless you point me directly to this or it happens to be in one of his Japanese tweets, I ain't seeing it or able to read it.
https://twitter.com/yosp
A follower states that Tues will be for PSP/vita
Yoshida responds with your missing A day that's all I need to hear its the little things.
Showing the evo of PS everyday
Prototype controller leaked
Sony rented A 2200 seat venue
Its live
Yoshida's subliminal messages
Its ps4
C'mon, of course it's for the PS4 reveal. What else could it possibly be?
I mean, clowns who complained about PS3's $499 (20gig) & $599 (60gig), launch price point, were & more than likely still are complete morons, that should have quit gaming as soon as that thought about a $499 console price being too expensive in there basic minds, as gamers really don't worry about something that trivial, & meaningless, as the thing was priced VERY, VERY, reasonably in the U.S. (especially, as opposed to the $1000, we had to pay here in Australia).....I mean, the fact is, I even paid the $1000, without batting an eyelid, for my launch unit, & I would do it all over again, (well I will be hopefully in Oct-Nov, if Sony pull there finger out & do the right thing by us Aussies & Europeans, seeing we are far bigger supporters of there products, compared with U.S. consumers).
consoles are the cheap part for a gamer.....it's the games & peripherals that the big bucks are spent on......So, lets start back with the negative stories about Sony & how it's all doom & gloom for them, & how there new console is gonna suck & be 1000 times less powerful than 720, & the more negative stories I read, the more & more it will hype me for my PS4 launch unit, I will be snapping up at midnight again. As, it makes Sony's products more enticing, when internet haters & U.S. based online gaming journos & media, are so fearful that there homeland product will cop a sales difference similar to PS2vsXbox1.......because, they have seen Sony's gear behind closed doors, & they know how bomb it's gonna be.
The Vita is a great piece of hardware and worth every penny, yes we don't get MH or pokemon, but on the other hand Nintendo doesn't get Soul Sacrifice or Persona.
So I hope this year the Vita gets its due, especially with the rumored price drop for the west.
If anything, don't you mean PSO-style games? When were most of the people who keep on using this concept born?
like what Nintendo did to the 3ds , i was happy about it
Soul Sacrifice, Killzone are all on my wish list. Toukiden looks pretty good, Tearaway looks to take adatage of some ita features pretty well, but we'll see. Some more cross play gaming experiences would be cool though.
Other than a new Killzone game what major IPs are coming to the Vita in all regions this year?
For major IP (i consider this games as major IP), from the top of my head are Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2+, DoA 5+, Phantasy Star Online 2, FF X HD (cross fingers, this is SE we're talking about), and Tales of Hearts R all coming for vita this year. Maybe sony will announce new GoW, GT, CoD, or Uncharted for vita. But we still must wait on 20th Feb / E3 for that.
Meanwhile, if you like vanillaware and nihon falcom games such as Dragon's Crown, Muramasa, Ys Celceta, and Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki, they will be available for vita in this year. And namco games such as God Eater 2 and One Piece: Pirate Warrior 2 also got a vita release on this year.