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To smartphone owners: Will you get a PlayStation Vita?
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jonnybryce
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ofx360 said:
I personally disagree with this blanket statement. I've spent hours solving mysteries in Cause of Death, dungeon crawling in Zenonia and with music games like ReRave and Groove Coaster. I've also spent hours beating the campaigns of games like Battlefield 2 and Modern Combat 2 (shooters), Max and the Magic Marker, Pizza Boy and Soosiz (platformers), and Sega All Stars Racing. Eliss and Edge has also had me hooked for multiple hours each.
I get if people only want to play high score games due to their control preferences or platform tastes and I wouldn't go as far as saying iOS has a hardcore library that can rival Nintendo or Sony's offerings (especially the next gen quality we'll see with Vita), but there are tons and tons of long games that have kept me hooked.
frAntic_Frog
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will someone be posting an opposing thread asking if handheld/console gamers will be buying a smartphone?
for me, that answer will be NO (at least no apple smartphones for me EVER)
see i dont do texting, twittering, facebooking, etc etc i use my regular samsung phone for phone calls and some web browsing (a service which i am seriously considering turning off)
i am of the mind that considers smartphones and the prevalence of texting/social media as the idiot devices of the 21st century (much like tv was back in the 20th)...
talk about weapons of mass distractions - everywhere you go you see people absolutely distracted by their tiny 4 inch screens....so much so we have people walking straight into manholes and crashing their cars into pedestrians
all so we can tweet that we are picking our noses and watching a lady gaga video while waiting in line at the local walmart.....
so for me, at least for the forseeable future...i will satisfy my gaming with a gaming portable like VITA and just use a BASIC cellphone for talking.
for me, that answer will be NO (at least no apple smartphones for me EVER)
see i dont do texting, twittering, facebooking, etc etc i use my regular samsung phone for phone calls and some web browsing (a service which i am seriously considering turning off)
i am of the mind that considers smartphones and the prevalence of texting/social media as the idiot devices of the 21st century (much like tv was back in the 20th)...
talk about weapons of mass distractions - everywhere you go you see people absolutely distracted by their tiny 4 inch screens....so much so we have people walking straight into manholes and crashing their cars into pedestrians
all so we can tweet that we are picking our noses and watching a lady gaga video while waiting in line at the local walmart.....
so for me, at least for the forseeable future...i will satisfy my gaming with a gaming portable like VITA and just use a BASIC cellphone for talking.
I own a smartphone and a tablet, but I still don't see why it would prevent me to pickup a Vita on day 1 (or even a 3DS if any of its games interests me much.)
My smartphone or iPad doesn't replace or takes away anything from my PC, console gaming. I see it this way... My phone/tablet is for calls/emails/reading that could play games in a pinch. Having ports of old games like FFT might give cred as a gaming device, but I don't really feel that gets my attention enough like a real handheld game would do.
My smartphone or iPad doesn't replace or takes away anything from my PC, console gaming. I see it this way... My phone/tablet is for calls/emails/reading that could play games in a pinch. Having ports of old games like FFT might give cred as a gaming device, but I don't really feel that gets my attention enough like a real handheld game would do.
yurinka
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Yes, day one.
I really enjoyed the PSP, and now I want more horsepower, touchscreen, motion sensor and second analog. And I'm really hyped with some Vita games that aren't going to be in my Android/iOS gadgets.
I have a high end Android phone and a high end iPod, and love some of their games, but I miss AAA hardcore games and some popular IPs there, and proper controls (physical pad, 2 analogs and buttons) for certain genres that I love.
Even if smartphones had all this stuff, their market is saturated with free/$1 games so that means that high budget games don't fit here, so I think I'll need a handheld console like Vita these years.
In addition to this, Vita will have a shit ton of PSP, PS1, Minis and Neogeo games since day one.
And it will have a decent price for it, so I'm in.
I really enjoyed the PSP, and now I want more horsepower, touchscreen, motion sensor and second analog. And I'm really hyped with some Vita games that aren't going to be in my Android/iOS gadgets.
I have a high end Android phone and a high end iPod, and love some of their games, but I miss AAA hardcore games and some popular IPs there, and proper controls (physical pad, 2 analogs and buttons) for certain genres that I love.
Even if smartphones had all this stuff, their market is saturated with free/$1 games so that means that high budget games don't fit here, so I think I'll need a handheld console like Vita these years.
In addition to this, Vita will have a shit ton of PSP, PS1, Minis and Neogeo games since day one.
And it will have a decent price for it, so I'm in.
jim-jam bongs
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frAntic_Frog said:
tigeroreilly
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for me it depends on the price of the software.
i am so used to paying <$4.99 for my ipad games that i dont think i can spend $50+ on a mobile game even if it is superior.
i am so used to paying <$4.99 for my ipad games that i dont think i can spend $50+ on a mobile game even if it is superior.
Unknown Soldier
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I won't get a Vita until Sony releases the revised one with TV output. Hopefully Sony will follow the same MO they did with the PSP, where the first revision had it but the original launch one didn't.
Future PhaZe
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I think the smartphones have killed any possibility of me really buying a a handheld. Its not even an issue of gaming...its an issue of THE INTERNETS.
When I really want to game I'll sit down at home and do it. When im off on the road and am looking for some entertainment, the lure of browsing facebook, websites, AIM, texting, etc always seemed to fill the gulf. And I have no doubt that games on the level of SNES will end up on phones in some way and maintain functionality. For now there is angry birds.
Now the Vita has a chance because it will have 3G and a phone plan possibility, but I'd need to know more about its phone functionality, contracts, etc. If its a great phone I'd definitely jump over if everything was favorable.
When I really want to game I'll sit down at home and do it. When im off on the road and am looking for some entertainment, the lure of browsing facebook, websites, AIM, texting, etc always seemed to fill the gulf. And I have no doubt that games on the level of SNES will end up on phones in some way and maintain functionality. For now there is angry birds.
Now the Vita has a chance because it will have 3G and a phone plan possibility, but I'd need to know more about its phone functionality, contracts, etc. If its a great phone I'd definitely jump over if everything was favorable.
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Eventually, but smartphone gaming is the least thing that is affecting my purchase.
Sony are beginning to display incompetence by not having it released by the end of this year. This puts it head to head with the iPad 3, which I am also very interested in buying (and not for gaming purposes).
Additionally, I will also need a new smartphone next year as my contract expires in summer. A smartphone is a hell of a lot more important to everyday life than a Vita is (somewhat ironic given the name).
All this combined together is going to make 2012 a very expensive gadget year for me. If Sony had released it in 2011, when I actually have some money from my recent 3DS sale and there is little else to take away my time and mindshare, I might have been more inclined.
There is also the fact that I have been enjoying my PSP Go lately with all its custom firmware goodness. I think I will not need a Vita until 2013 at the earliest. But then by that point Nintendo will have likely turned their 3DS ship around, with a lite version in the pipeline, and Vita will be right back to square one for Sony..
Sony are beginning to display incompetence by not having it released by the end of this year. This puts it head to head with the iPad 3, which I am also very interested in buying (and not for gaming purposes).
Additionally, I will also need a new smartphone next year as my contract expires in summer. A smartphone is a hell of a lot more important to everyday life than a Vita is (somewhat ironic given the name).
All this combined together is going to make 2012 a very expensive gadget year for me. If Sony had released it in 2011, when I actually have some money from my recent 3DS sale and there is little else to take away my time and mindshare, I might have been more inclined.
There is also the fact that I have been enjoying my PSP Go lately with all its custom firmware goodness. I think I will not need a Vita until 2013 at the earliest. But then by that point Nintendo will have likely turned their 3DS ship around, with a lite version in the pipeline, and Vita will be right back to square one for Sony..
Oppo
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One thing that I think could potentially have an effect on dedicated handhelds vs smartphones: if it becomes frowned upon or outright illegal for kids to use cell phones. Due to fears about the radiation effect on minors.
There's always ways around that (speakerphone mode, headsets) but I could see a lot of parents specifically leaning towards devices that don't have a phone capability, like the iPod touch, 3DS and Vita.
There's always ways around that (speakerphone mode, headsets) but I could see a lot of parents specifically leaning towards devices that don't have a phone capability, like the iPod touch, 3DS and Vita.
No, but that's because I've already dropped $250 on a 3DS and I'm not looking to buy another handheld so soon.
Smartphone games are generally just arcade style games you play for a few minutes at a time. there's not really much that's deep enough for you to sink a couple hours into at once like a handheld.
I don't even usually use handhelds as two minute game machines, it's more like, "sweet here are some games I can play for an hour or so in bed." Like curling up with a good book or something.
Smartphone games are generally just arcade style games you play for a few minutes at a time. there's not really much that's deep enough for you to sink a couple hours into at once like a handheld.
I don't even usually use handhelds as two minute game machines, it's more like, "sweet here are some games I can play for an hour or so in bed." Like curling up with a good book or something.
I have an iPad 2 and I honestly could care less about the 3DS or Vita. I understand that tons of games on the app store but there are a few real gem and I have yet to spend over $5 on a single app. Most I get are free. Some I like others I don't.
The price of the software is something that Sony or Nintendo can't compete with. $40 for a portable game in this new market just seems insane.
Whether they want to admit it or not Apple has changed the game and are eating their lunch.
The price of the software is something that Sony or Nintendo can't compete with. $40 for a portable game in this new market just seems insane.
Whether they want to admit it or not Apple has changed the game and are eating their lunch.
I'll get it if and when there are a critical mass of games I really want, and the price of the system (and the games I want for it) go down to a level I consider reasonable.
Same as anything else, I guess. It really doesn't matter to me whether I play games on a computer screen on a desk, on a TV on a wall, or on a portable in my hands. And already having a phone, or a DS, or whatever, hasn't stopped me from buying a new system in the past.
Same as anything else, I guess. It really doesn't matter to me whether I play games on a computer screen on a desk, on a TV on a wall, or on a portable in my hands. And already having a phone, or a DS, or whatever, hasn't stopped me from buying a new system in the past.
jackdoe said:
Haha, yeah, actually, the battery thing is so true. Really using a smartphone means it will soon cease to even phone for me >.<
Remember the days when you used a phone for 5 days straight without charging?
LCfiner said:
You will be pleased. Fullsized OLED will be so awesome for so many things.
Yeah, I'll be getting one for the PSP backwards compatibility and the exclusives (hopefully a Motorstorm and a Gran Turismo). I've a sizeable PSN account so I can 'hit the ground running' when it comes to the games, which I suspect will be overpriced. It won't leave the house like my old portables did, that's what my iPhone is for now. It'll just be a little sofa-based console that has it's own screen. I probably won't buy it at launch, as I would've done in the world before smartphones.
Hunter-Zero
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Yeah, day one, my Galaxy S is only good for 10-15 min shitter gaming at work, but nothing more.
brotkasten
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I have a Windows Phone, an iPad and I play games on both platforms. Will I get a Vita? Probably, but not at launch. The launch games don't interest me and unless Square announces a full 3D remake of FF7, there's no way I'm gonna buy it day 1.
I'm still very disappointed that it won't have a TV out.kpop100 said:
Hunter-Zero
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SmokyDave said:
Sadly, it seems so
acheron_xl
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Hunter-Zero said:
Gotta save some features for the first revision.
Sintoid
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I have a limited Android Device. I need it only for email, skype, fb and things that have nothing to share with gaing. I tried to play a couple of times with the only game I assume I could play on a phone, Zenonia... Controls are ugly and I hate my thumbs on the screen covering 30% of the visual 
Hell yeah, I will buy Vita (and 3DS too) I'm not going to merge phone and gaming if the result is so lacking of quality. I have a quite small bag that I take everywhere with me and I don't care if I have to carry two devices instead of one (and USB recharge helps us - 1 power unit and 2 power cords is great feature)
Hell yeah, I will buy Vita (and 3DS too) I'm not going to merge phone and gaming if the result is so lacking of quality. I have a quite small bag that I take everywhere with me and I don't care if I have to carry two devices instead of one (and USB recharge helps us - 1 power unit and 2 power cords is great feature)
I was hyped for Vita, I've been realising recently I don't do much mobile gaming though... I do like playing handhelds in bed at night though and it looks like it will have cool games so I will probably buy it (Also NEW WIPEOUT.... HYYYYPE), and the whole cross play stuff sounds awesome. If I'm on a bus or train etc for less than an hour I'm more likely to just play games on my android phone
acheron_xl
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I think the Vita is a really sexy piece of hardware (a feeling I suspect will grow once I lay my eyes upon it's screen,) but I'm really curious what kind of support it'll have about 18-24 months out. I hope that there are lots of talented devs currently working on the great handheld masterpieces of 2014, but I worry that the industry's general unease with handhelds right now might make the larger companies reluctant to commit to the budgets necessary for AAA Vita games.
Hunter-Zero
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Takao said:
Or maybe they are planning some shit like a dock-charger-something that enables tv out using the multipurpose port below, who knows
I got a wp7 phone and I have zero interest in using it for gaming. Played a dozen demos and only geo defence is any good. Still inferior to both pixeljunk monsters and starship patrol.
I wouldn't skip a vita for a smartphone, but I won't get a vita since i have a 3ds. But if i didn't have one of those, vita would be a no brainer.
Real controls + real games >>>>>> smartphone rubbish games.
I wouldn't skip a vita for a smartphone, but I won't get a vita since i have a 3ds. But if i didn't have one of those, vita would be a no brainer.
Real controls + real games >>>>>> smartphone rubbish games.
I'm wondering if that's EXACTLY what they're worried about - they're making such a big deal of the Vita being almost like a portable PS3 that, if you could hook it up to the TV and play with a DS3, people would just go for the Vita.SmokyDave said:
I expect it to be added at some point, but personally it's not a feature I currently use or expect to use in the future (when my TV is available, I'll be on the PS3).
I have a Galaxy S2, and there are plenty of games on it to entertain me. There really is no reason for me to carry around another device or spend another 200. I can listen to music, watch shows, browse the net, play games, make pics, make movies etc. on ONE device.
The type of games that would require extremely good controls (online FPS etc.) are best played at home on PC/console anyway. Everything else is def good enough with good touch controls. As this is an enthousiast forum you will likely see a lot of people still wanting to buy Vita/3DS, but these devices will never have mass appeal since casuals are gaming on their phones now.
The type of games that would require extremely good controls (online FPS etc.) are best played at home on PC/console anyway. Everything else is def good enough with good touch controls. As this is an enthousiast forum you will likely see a lot of people still wanting to buy Vita/3DS, but these devices will never have mass appeal since casuals are gaming on their phones now.
True, but it's pretty damn close (particularly with a half decent set of headphones I would think). You have to expect to make some kind of concession for the convenience of being able to play it on the move - I've never even tried to play a shooter on the PSP, but I'll definitely be trying one out on the Vita.SmokyDave said: