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This year’s exciting summer of sport is well underway and has this week arrived in London for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships!
To celebrate this, some of our friends at SEGA met up with World Number 4, Andy Murray to see if he was ready by getting hands on with Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition on PlayStation Vita, but how did he fare?
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "Thanks to the timing of the Vita’s release and its relative power compared to the home consoles at the time (PS3 & Xbox 360), it saw the benefit of a number of these late ports which have remained the ‘definitive’ versions to this day. It’s these games that I’m aiming to look at in this article – titles that are best on Vita by virtue of extra bells and whistles, tweaked controls, and content, or in some cases just a general feeling that Sony’s portable hardware is the most enjoyable way to play."
Virtua Tennis is a sports game, which was released on several platforms. Been with us since time immemorial, that is, for over 13 years. A special version of Virtua Tennis 4 World Tour Edition was released on the latest handheld produced by Sony Corporation - PlayStation Vita. For creating this production is responsible SEGA internal studio - Hitmaker (formerly known as AM3). Premiere in Poland and abroad took place on 22 February 2012
Triverse writes, "It is no big secret that Sony is having a hard time getting people to adopt the PS Vita hand held which they have pitted against Nintendo’s 3DS. Nintendo has similar problems with their hand held, which they alleviated by a price drop..."
Remember all those articles about how Sony is killing the PS3 and if they wanted to bury it they should have just said so? And hasn't the PS3 gotten better and better over the years? So why do we always boomerang back to the same thing every single time?
because they get away with it. people look at the sensational headline and click on the link and give the website hits. that is all they want basically, waste of time and space articles get approved while conveniently getting more viewers while creating havok.
Was just about to say the same thing, these websites really can't wait to jump on the "It's DOOMED I tells ya!" bandwagon. At the current price, Sony isn't losing money on the device, so it doesn't bother them that much that it isn't selling. They know what they need to sell it, and that's games, and if that doesn't work, then they'll cut the price as well. For the amount of tech you get, it's still quite cheap.
the very fact that it's almost always 5 reasons for this and 5 reasons for that, shows how arbitrary these articles are. clearly they just sit down with the number 5 and attempt to fill the list in. if there was a legitimate case to be made then it would just be that: a (only one) legitimate case. this is kindergarten journalism, although i'm probably being flattering calling them 'journalists'
Oh yes I remember those times very well. I used to own a 360 due to all the superior multiplats and those sweet exclusives (like Bioshock) then the 360 got a Kinection with the casuals so I sold it off and got myself a PS3.
Seriously if anyone is killing their console it's Microsoft with Kinect.
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so people who wants the vita to succeed are now "haters"?
come on! selling 50-60 thousands in a weekly basis for a new platform is very bad! how can you all live in your own bubbles where a company loosing more than 6 billions in a year is the "norm"
i want the vita to succeed, i wont just sit there and pretend everything is rainbows and sunshines! sony redeemed the ps3 with more great software and a huge price cut, thats why its now leading the charts worldwide and i want the same for the vita.
Because the Vita reminds us of the dismal PSP. The PS3 got waaaay better (I own one with over 40 disc and psn games), but the Vita makes me cringe at the thought of it becoming like the PSP. i just don't understand why Sony doesn't market for it more aggressively. Stating their recent financial troubles is no excuse for their lack of advertising support towards the Vita and their lack of marketing towards their awesome 1st party games. Not advertising will just cost them more money since people will be less aware of the products/software. Sony needs to find cheaper ways to get the word out about their awesome services & products.
People forget that Sony have their "10 year plan" so even if vita didn't make a profit for the next 5 years(not saying that will happen) then they would still have 5 more years of profit. They do need a price drop at some point but I honestly believe that as soon as the games start coming and you can get resistance or killzone bundles it will sell more.
I don't believe it's n trouble, at all to be honest.
1million reasons why game journalists should stop playing economic/marketing expert because it is not your field of expertise. It's remarkable to see all the journalists think they can do a better job please shut up
most of them are hardly journalists. men in mothers basement is more along the lines of reality.
Did you guys even read the article?
The author wasn't bashing... He just bought up good points to help the psvita.
Drop price, better games, and include a memory card would really help it out.
The same points everyone has been saying for the last few months. Just like the same points everyone made when the PS3 first came out. Over and over and over and over again. We heard you and saying it hundred times isn't going to make it happen any faster. Sony is a company and has their own plans and they are not going to listen to your suggestions.
If Sony had listened to everyone's 'suggestions' years ago we wouldn't even have the PS3. Stop the lists and suggestions. That is why Sony is the multi billion dollar company and you are the 'journalist' pointing out the same point everyone already repeated before you did. First hundred times is endearing anything after that is annoying.
Sony is obviously going more for focused differentiation rather then a broad low cost business strategy. It is a solid strategy whether people try to put them down or not. Sony has decided to go down this path and yelling at them to stop won't make a difference. So stop the 'what is wrong with the VITA' articles.
Everyone has attacked everything Sony has done in the last few years and they still did better then anyone thought. Remember how everyone was the 'expert' and knew 100% that Bluray would be beaten by HD-DVD. And now Bluray is only second to DVD in media format.In short stop the advice. They are not listening to you. They have long term,short term and contingency plans. They are not going to change them because you keep giving them advice.
@ dark-hollow. Why? Do you know something we don't know. Do you know what Sony's plans are? People always say 'This looks bad' for everything Sony has done INCLUDING the PS1 and PS2. Why must we constantly go on about about it? Why are you trying to be more concerned then the company itself?
I have never seen people act up this way about a console.Many consoles have failed or looked like they were not going so good. Why do Sony people have to act up every time something doesn't look so good. 360 owners spent 3 years with RROD without freaking out over it, 3DS owners waited patiently for more games so why must we over react about everything? The endless whining and crying does nothing. Whatever happens will happen.Your so called concern is getting annoying.
Drop price + mem card= why bother trying to make money....
I agree with the games thing, but that's mostly due to impatience. The thing launched with fantastic games and has been out for only a few months. Name another console or handheld that's had a better launch the the PSV.
The 3ds is now selling at a loss, but the price drop has put the 3ds on top of the charts.
Sony definitely has to do a price soon if they plan to move units like the 3ds. Or they can let more time go by and it will be the ds/psp all over again.
Please don't give me the price argument. Dre beats headphones are selling for 300€ over here and it sells like candy same thing for the iPhone 4s is like 500€ and people still complaint about the best handheld money can buy . Price point is a Invalid argument in my opinion .
It's a shame such a powerful handheld isn't getting held by that many people around the world who may want to hold it.
Hopefully it's getting held by more people who want a handheld to hold next year.
Hopefully then it will have a hold on the handheld market which is held by another handhold.
