Ed writes: Yesterday, Microsoft revealed the brand new, disc drive less Xbox One S All Digital Edition console to the... confusion of a lot gamers.
Alex S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "I bought a 12-year-old, digital-only system. And I gotta say – I love it."
I got one at launch and still have it.
Great system and super portable.
Not so comfortable for big hands playing for long sessions though.
Have good memories of Peace Walker on the Go, pun intended.
I believe there is some prototype of a hand held console with dedicated GPU that can run modern AAA games too.
PSP has such great games, it's such a shame Vita didn't do as well, I still use mine I bought in 2014. I still would love an upgraded handheld if just for ports, though.
I've enjoyed my PSP a lot, too bad they're not making handhelds anymore.
That time when Skype was available on PSP was awesome.
Sony's collapsible PSP model was cut down before it could even reach its prime, and it might have been their best handheld. Here's why the PSP Go is missed.
Looks like this guy is getting counted out after the first round. Is the audience justified, or just over reacting?
Heck all you have to do is compare all the consoles that ppl said would fail to how many of them actually succeeded. That'll give you some insight.
That makes too much sense, though. It's just like the articles proclaiming the Vita' sales indicated some sort of massive, dangerous drop-off, when even a small amount of legwork would show that it's been very similar for other Sony devices.
"In the world of iPads and Apple devices eating into mobile gaming, this would make the PS Vita a niche device."
are consoles niche devices?
Does everyone game on ipads?>
NO
its the same bullshit doom and gloom every launch has
EVERY ONE
"the device could see a lack of support from game developers, which would all but doom the Vita just like its predecessor."
The psp was a failure? It sold more than the ps3, has the second best lineup of exclusives this gen with massive game support
it isnt a failure
Mass appeal is something that could benefit the Vita immensely, if they advertise it well.
You're right mass appeal could do wonders for the vita but unfortunately a dedicated gaming console doesn't have mass appeal outside of japan. People like to clamour over the fact that iphones and droid phones are eating up the mobile gaming market and the only reason mobile gaming on smartphones is half as popular as it is is because of the phone itself.. Its easy to sell cheap bite sized games to people who have these devices on them 24/7.. Its easy to set down a handheld game console and walk away without a second thought. Phones are people's life lines and they are always on them.
Is the dedicated gaming handheld console w/ the poor backwards compatibility, lesser software library, overall most expensive base system a niche device?
If that not is IDK what kind of weird exclusive meaning the word NICHE has anymore.
In regular use of terms I'd say the VITA's a niche.. the smallest in fact.
Everything is 99% subjective (amazing system and features for the price) and the only thing factual are numbers.. and the sales numbers so far are against the VITA.. that's a fact. (against competitors numbers)
Well, let's see what Sony's marketing does. I'm sure that has some potential to help the VITA get it's legs straight in the near future.
This is a core gamer and tech junkie device. Because of this, I can see sales being initially low compared to its nearest competition, but just steady enough to maintain a place in the industry. If it can manage PSP type success over time, then I think that that would have to be considered a success, especially considering the ipad/iphone/droid dominated market we now live in the has ensnared casual gamers with cheap, pick up and play games.
It will be up to gamers like us to make sure that the Vita succeeds, at least initially. It is an exciting device with a lot to offer, and it will be getting my money.
Thank you for this well thought out comment, everything you said is so true. I will certainly be giving my support to the Vita. Sony really went all out with it, and you can tell. I do believe they deserve great sales with this thing, and I think they'll get it too.
Right there with you, I am giving sony my support in more ways then one.. Not only am I purchasing a first edition bundle (which comes with a memory card people!!!) but I have also been telling people about it online and in my everyday life.. I have a co-worker interested in getting one so we can play together... Honestly I'm not worried about the vita, something this good is bound to succeed..
True I view the Vita as a handheld worth buying because the hardware is great and the games are stellar. Which is why im buying one.
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it's more prevalent now, so I don't think it's the same thing. I've been all digital since 2014, so if the next gen of consoles has a discless SKU as well as one for physical media, I would likely get the discless one.
Sony at least had the decency to put in 16GB storage in the PSP Go which was more space than what other models with disc drives had out of the box to compensate for the lack of physical media.
Microsoft didn’t even bother putting in a 4TB HDD into this thing to make it more enticing over a standard model. This whole things reeks of halfassed decisions just to see how the market reacts to an all digital device.
Its far more relevant now and could EASILY be a popular choice...
but just not at that price
At least Sony had the decency to improve the design with the PSP Go.
nope. the go had a few games. the xox got nothing.