No one decides who gets into Smash except Sakurai.
He doesn't always care if the character is popular or not either.
I thought he chose Cloud over another FF character due to his popularity?
Though you did say "doesn't always".
Lol at that Vita successor rumor coming up once again!
Now what?
So Arms is Y5,572, I'm expecting that if it doesn't do too well for that price to be around Y4,000-4,500 by the summer holidays. The main thing I've noticed is that with multiplayer games like Splatoon on the Wii U Nintendo doesn't mind discounting them. Especially with new potential revenue coming from subs down the line - I can see them really trying to push Arms in the summer when majority of new buyers will be kids.
Also Zelda: BotW is another game I can see Nintendo discounting later this year in Japan currently the price is still around Y6,000-6,500 but if they want more potential buyers of the DLC I can see them dropping that by a couple of thousand yen for the summer vacation months.
So
Trinity to be announced soon with not only MH5 , Persona 5p but also Smash (with Snake added)
Right?
So Arms is Y5,572, I'm expecting that if it doesn't do too well for that price to be around Y4,000-4,500 by the summer holidays. The main thing I've noticed is that with multiplayer games like Splatoon on the Wii U Nintendo doesn't mind discounting them. Especially with new potential revenue coming from subs down the line - I can see them really trying to push Arms in the summer when majority of new buyers will be kids.
Also Zelda: BotW is another game I can see Nintendo discounting later this year in Japan currently the price is still around Y6,000-6,500 but if they want more potential buyers of the DLC I can see them dropping that by a couple of thousand yen for the summer vacation months.
Some you know the source is questionable at best and yet every time, you fill these threads with posts concerned about the very same rumour you question so much.
Some you know the source is questionable at best and yet every time, you fill these threads with posts concerned about the very same rumour you question so much.
Lol true. Some come off as mad that there are even rumors of a vita 2.Some you know the source is questionable at best and yet every time, you fill these threads with posts concerned about the very same rumour you question so much.
about that topic that always arises on weekends...
would a japan-only "Trinity" make any kind of sense?
Samus was at least "popular" at a time and is old in enough to considered part of the core group of Nintendo characters. Arms would have to do Splatoon ballpark level to see herself in Smash brothers etc and even then she's not the face of the franchise and thus could be shafted like Tharja (though she's more P.G friendly than tharja is).
about that topic that always arises on weekends...
would a japan-only "Trinity" make any kind of sense?
about that topic that always arises on weekends...
would a japan-only "Trinity" make any kind of sense?
Nah. Vita didn't sell that well in Japan and Switch is already somewhat taking its position.
Some might argue that Handheld is more popular in Asia, but the truth is that recently there's a trend in Asia when only PS4 version of the game is localized even when its Vita/PS4 multi-plat.
Nope. If Sony wanted to do a PSP3, they would have at least put more effort into the Vita just like Nintendo put effort into the Wii U to please its existing userbase. They also wouldn't have heavily encouraged all the Japanese Vita 3rd parties to move to PS4 even though most didn't want to.
I just spent 5 minutes trying to figure out a possible idea for a PSP3 but I just realized it would have to be a switch knock-off, maybe more powerful, able to play PS4 games on it but that would cost upwards of $500....
there's is sadly no place for ANY other handheld than the switch, it blows really, the PSP was great.
I just spent 5 minutes trying to figure out a possible idea for a PSP3 but I just realized it would have to be a switch knock-off, maybe more powerful, able to play PS4 games on it but that would cost upwards of $500....
there's is sadly no place for ANY other handheld than the switch, it blows really, the PSP was great.
So Arms is Y5,572, I'm expecting that if it doesn't do too well for that price to be around Y4,000-4,500 by the summer holidays. The main thing I've noticed is that with multiplayer games like Splatoon on the Wii U Nintendo doesn't mind discounting them. Especially with new potential revenue coming from subs down the line - I can see them really trying to push Arms in the summer when majority of new buyers will be kids.
Also Zelda: BotW is another game I can see Nintendo discounting later this year in Japan currently the price is still around Y6,000-6,500 but if they want more potential buyers of the DLC I can see them dropping that by a couple of thousand yen for the summer vacation months.
I don't find it particularly sad. The PSP was great because it brought something to the table that Nintendo did not already provide. What would a Sony handheld bring to the table now? PSP vs. DS was PS2- vs. N64+, a massively different experience, but the power gap would now be basically irrelevant. I don't know how powerful a PSP3 could be, but it would have no impact on the gameplay anymore, and that was their only real sales argument. I don't think there is a need for Sony in the handheld space anymore.
Concerned? They seem to be just trolling it imo. *shrugs*.
It's not being concerned, it's just hilarious to see that come up time and time again.
You can bet the rumor will continue after nothing happens at E3, then nothing at TGS, etc.
Yes, this is essentially what it comes to. I think there's two questions people ask about a hypothetical Vita successor?
1)Is Sony happy with Vita level sales?
2)Are they just going to give up the market?
I think both are silly questions. Sony clearly isn't happy with Vita level sales or they wouldn't have obfuscated sales results, closed their Vita studios and stopped shipping to retailers in the west. As to the latter, the sales were insignificant. What matters to Sony is their stranglehold on third party support and they don't need a Vita successor for that because they're transitioned everyone to PS4 and the few losses to Switch will be more than made up for by the big Nintendo-exclusive stuff now releasing on PS4 as well.
The only real question is how does Sony meaningfully differentiate a hypothetical Vita successor from the Nintendo Switch in terms of both hardware and software?
From a hardware perspective I think there's significantly less space there than in the past. The Tegra X1 in the Switch is still one of the most competitive chips on the high end for a mobile device and the the actual hardware design of the Switch is actually more in line with PSP or Vita.
From a software perspective Sony no longer has any first party resources that could be directed towards this kind of thing. The vast majority of their Vita studios have been shut down and we know they won't put their A-teams on there.
The third party software angle is the only area I see any potential for real differentiation from Sony because they still have Japanese developers who are fiercely loyal to their hardware as well as clearly better relations with indies and western third parties.
Ōkami;237588348 said:Sales next week are going to be super low, so place your bets on weather or not Gears of War 4 will manage to chart.
Springman and Mechanica will be next to join Mario Kart before Samus
I still think we haven't seen the last of Sony in the handheld space. Time will tell.
I still think we haven't seen the last of Sony in the handheld space. Time will tell.
about that topic that always arises on weekends...
would a japan-only "Trinity" make any kind of sense?
I still think we haven't seen the last of Sony in the handheld space. Time will tell.
I still think we haven't seen the last of Sony in the handheld space. Time will tell.
What would be the point of a new Sony handheld? To take a small pie out of the 40 million 3DS sales overseas? I'm pretty sure they would rather sell an extra 20 million PS4s, considering how tie ratios for handhelds are notably lower than home consoles.
To take a small pie out of the 20 million 3DS sales in Japan? Again whats the point when the PS4 has already got the best third party support on the market.
The Switch WILL outsell the 3DS worldwide. Whether or not it is on the technicality of also being Nintendo's home console for the next 5-10 years is a matter of perspective.
Although I agree with your overall point I don't think the 3DS is necessarily the absolute upper limit to what a portable device can sell worldwide(it probably is in Japan).