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Not even Wake-Up Club can save the Vita
- Thread starter Square Triangle
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Let me perch
Square Triangle
Member
I own a Vita, I'm upset about this but this photo needed to be shared. Sony needs to wake the fuck up.
Nintendo fanboys?
lol. I'm sure they'll get right on it. Kaz Hirai is reading this thread right now.
They aren't using Wake-up Club?!
bigace33
Member
I'm not happy. I want this thing to succeed, but looking at things realistically, it's not doing so good. I'm actually a bit angry that it seems like Sony is oblivious to this thing tanking.
So wanting a physical copy of something I buy is unreasonable? times sure have change...
fabfour64xx
Banned
It was only a matter of time.
They are, but PSN was down so it didn't work
Its more that Digital downloads are SOOO handy for a handheld, especially the vita.
No losing the tiny games!
You wish. As he said, it's just a fact. I love games, but the Vita is on the way out. If you can't see that, then YOU are a fanboy.
Market dynamics have so radically shifted in the last few year, that no company is immune.
Don't take it personally, we are all along for the ride.
Let's not even mention how tablets have thrown all this shit up in the air.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Lol this thread will definitely help Sony get up and "save" vita.
Off topic: Op's avatar looks like he's slowing somebody's kids LMFAO what is that avatar Op?
Those little blue boxes are so cute though. Gotta have them.
Also: retail is cheaper and I like saving monies
I don't own one, but I want it to be a success cos I'd almost certainly end up getting one at some point, plus people losing their jobs is never good.
meltingparappa
Member
I hate those boxes, only because whenever I open one I expect a manual and get nothing. NOTHING!
I think it's Prince Fatty Fielder getting champagne dumped on him.
Guess what boyo, most games are like that now! :O
grimshawish
Banned
I don't celebrate till FE is fucking localised in Europe GOD-DANG IT!
Anyway, I don't think anyones happy - its just this was very foreseeable.
I think though anyone enjoying this is just not a handheld fan. Am no fan of Vita (in fact I think its riddled with errors and just seems to have no strategy or thought behind it); but I know I like the look of some of those games.
I'd quite like to see a Gravity Rush on PS4. I know that.
I really don't think it's Sony's fault. Companies making games have to make proper financial decisions, and with the myriad of platforms, (particularly in an age of tablets), companies will go with install base every time.
Like it or not, tablets are DIRECT competition for these platforms, even if they don't provide the best gaming environment.
These days, you'll never be able to sell a gaming handheld over a tablet, (given the extra utility that comes with a tablet over a dedicated gaming platform).
Just today, I was in awe over the crowd around the ipad mini and android tablets. I've never seen its equal around a gaming handheld.
Everyone simply stops in their tracks when around a tablet of any kind.
That's kind of the problem. Retail is cheaper simply because it exists and Sony is too afraid to have an aggressive digital store that undercuts it. Maybe they'll wake up to it someday.
But you have to buy absurdly priced proprietary memory just to store them.
By all means, feel free to perch.
Not only is retail cheaper, but when you're done with a game you can pass the savings onto someone else! While also recouping some of the cost back... lol.
Well...this thread sure looks like a celebration.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
I thought it was somebody taking cum shots to the face. I had to look twice.
I prefer a physical copy as well. Though I admit, this is a bad sign if it spreads.
More like a lamentation.
grimshawish
Banned
You should go to more funerals. Their nostalgically light hearted.
*Sits down on the sidelines perched and observes the mess*
It really does look like that all cropped, here's a larger image, uncropped.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/prince-fielders-champagne-bukkake-6y
bigace33
Member
Yeah you're probably right, but tablets stink in my opinion. I have a Galaxy tab 10.1 and it pretty much sits in it's box at all times. I have an S3 and A Vita. I thought the Tab would be cool, but its just not useful. If gaming on tabs is the wave of the future, I'm done with portable gaming. I'll take a 3DS or a Vita over them any day.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Wal Mart is a large supplier no doubt, but the Vita just doesn't seem like the type of item that would sell well in a lot of Wal Marts. For instance where I live on just one road and within a 5 minute drive Wal Mart is competing with a Best Buy, Meijer, Target, Toys R Us, and 2 Gamestops (I don't get why there are 2 gamestops so close either used to be a third in the mall lol). Of all those places Wal Mart would like the last place I would go to buy anything gaming related much less Vita games. Not to mention on some level all of those retailers are competing with the PSN store as well.
Also this all anecdotal to an extent anyways. I have had stores in my area legitimately sell out of Vita games, so obviously that means the Vita is saved. Right?
I do think more needs to be done and select locations not carrying the game is bad if not short sighted on those retailer's part. Hopefully with games like Tearaway, Soul Sacrifice, Killzone and more that I am sure will be announced soon along with a price cut will give the Vita the boost it needs. Who knows the Vita could also get another boost with added functionality with the PS4 as well. Time will tell. In the mean time I got games to play and more to look forward to, I just hope Ys and some others get localized.
Square Triangle
Member
Every time I make a thread, it turns into a discussion about my avatar. 
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
If Vita dies this year or soon, I want that Ys game localized and Dragon's Crown released, than I can at least cope a little better with all my wasted money.
What do I wish? I don't even own a Vita. I bounced after Uncharted and Gravity Rush both turned out mediocre and it was very clear Sony has no idea what they're doing with the system. I was just stating the obvious.
Every time I make a thread, it turns into a discussion about my avatar.
You only have yourself to blame!
Captain Tuttle
Member
errrrr
Black Ops Declassified is still marching on as a $7 experience with a $50 price tag. Ridiculous.
That's not a Vita game. And that's not a jab at your spelling.
Yeah, pretty much. I generally don't resell games (occasionally I trade them in and re-buy them later, if it benefits my wallet), but having the option to do so is comforting and something I value.
I can't tell if this is some sort of pointed jab, lol
That's a 3DS game... or is this a clever joke?
Sorcerer
Member
I just don't get why Sony bothers putting handhelds on the market with no intention of truly supporting them.
If PS4 is due this year then Vita won't even get a mention at E3. It barely got mentioned at E3 2012.
Whats Sony's answer?
Drop another handheld in 3-4 years and just let it die with no support.
Why do they keep making the same stupid mistakes over and over again?
If PS4 is due this year then Vita won't even get a mention at E3. It barely got mentioned at E3 2012.
Whats Sony's answer?
Drop another handheld in 3-4 years and just let it die with no support.
Why do they keep making the same stupid mistakes over and over again?