Assuming the COD crowd wants to play on a handheld as opposed to on their couch in front of a big screen.
Honestly, I don't know. We'll have to wait and see.
COD really is the Vitas "PSP-GTA" isnt it. This is some straight up Cylon all this has happened before all along the watchtower type-a-shit.
Why are we so confident that COD will save the Vita?
Back when we thought that 3G could be used for multiplayer I thought COD would be the killer app. Kids playing COD anywhere, anytime.
The focus of COD is multiplayer, which requires the Vita to be connected to wifi. That can be pretty limiting. You won't being playing COD on the bus. You'll probably be playing it at home, which at that point why not fire up the superior version for the console you already own? Well, there is always gaming on the toilet I suppose.
Assuming the COD crowd wants to play on a handheld as opposed to on their couch in front of a big screen.
Honestly, I don't know. We'll have to wait and see.
Even assuming that CoD is a high-quality effort designed specifically for Vita, which remains to be seen, I can't imagine it doing LCS numbers; GTA was an exclusively single-player franchise at the time, whereas CoD is driven largely by online multiplayer, which is inherently compromised on a handheld (voice chat requires speaking into a headset in public, need to stay physically tethered to a WiFi signal).
I don't really see how this is an issue since Vita has Bluetooth. I'm sure most people will use the same headset they use with their phone.
The CoD will save Vita talk is the most hilarious thing about the Vita.
CoD is a juggernaut because of the MP. Nobody is going to want to play CoD MP on a handheld. Nobody.
I *completely* disagree, assuming the game is done right.
A complete port of the next CoD, that plays online with your console friends, with the same maps, same (basic) controls, same graphics, and the ability to use your same profile name. That would be huge.
EDIT: And I dunno why everyone is making it some big deal that you have to talk in public... I can't remember the last time more than one person was talking in a headset on the PS3 version of CoD. And that seems to be doing okay.
Sure the saving the Vita is a stretch, but then you look at how well Gameloft's CoD clones sold on smartphones and that there are some thousands of people who play them online despite absolutely godawful controls, at least a decent number of people will buy handheld CoD games. But they will buy handheld CoD games because they have the handheld and the game is on the system, and probably not so much that they will buy the handheld because CoD is on it. It's basically on every platform anyway.The CoD will save Vita talk is the most hilarious thing about the Vita.
CoD is a juggernaut because of the MP. Nobody is going to want to play CoD MP on a handheld. Nobody.
Sure the saving the Vita is a stretch, but then you look at how well Gameloft's CoD clones sold on smartphones and that there are some thousands of people who play them online despite absolutely godawful controls, at least a decent number of people will buy handheld CoD games. But they will buy handheld CoD games because they have the handheld and the game is on the system, and probably not so much that they will buy the handheld because CoD is on it. It's basically on every platform anyway.
Sure the saving the Vita is a stretch, but then you look at how well Gameloft's CoD clones sold on smartphones and that there are some thousands of people who play them online despite absolutely godawful controls, at least a decent number of people will buy handheld CoD games. But they will buy handheld CoD games because they have the handheld and the game is on the system, and probably not so much that they will buy the handheld because CoD is on it. It's basically on every platform anyway.
[Nintex];34188929 said:Sony has the cut the Vita shipment in France by 50% according to this report:
http://www.playportable-live.com/news-psvita-40-000-ps-vita-pour-le-lancement-franecais-40179.html
They won't ship 80.000 units for launch but 40.000 units instead. 75% will be the WiFi model, 25% the 3G model. So my fuzzy math says 30k WiFi, 10k 3G.
Doesn't seem that surprising to me because my retailer buddies told me that those European pre-order boxes with free ear buds weren't selling out by a long shot.
Comme toujours, c'est grâce à notre ami Epsilon que nous découvrons une information exclusive. Notre membre qui travaille dans le monde de la vente de jeux vidéo nous annonce que Sony avait...
I *completely* disagree, assuming the game is done right.
A complete port of the next CoD, that plays online with your console friends, with the same maps, same (basic) controls, same graphics, and the ability to use your same profile name. That would be huge.
EDIT: And I dunno why everyone is making it some big deal that you have to talk in public... I can't remember the last time more than one person was talking in a headset on the PS3 version of CoD. And that seems to be doing okay.
Report ? Really ? .
if you do not understand French, at least use google because their source is a forum member
This is bumming me out because I really want to play the new Lumines (is it even good?), but I'm seriously starting to feel like having a Vita at this point is going to look lame as hell. Not saying it's going to be a bomb or whatever but in terms of walking around with it it's giving me the same feeling I would have had from carrying around an NGage or something back in the day in terms of public perception.
But I still want the new Lumines....
This is bumming me out because I really want to play the new Lumines (is it even good?), but I'm seriously starting to feel like having a Vita at this point is going to look lame as hell. Not saying it's going to be a bomb or whatever but in terms of walking around with it it's giving me the same feeling I would have had from carrying around an NGage or something back in the day in terms of public perception.
But I still want the new Lumines....
Why are we so confident that COD will rescue the Vita? Yes it sells like gangbusters, but not on handhelds.
Back when we thought that 3G could be used for multiplayer I thought COD would be the killer app. Kids playing COD anywhere, anytime.
The focus of COD is multiplayer, which requires the Vita to be connected to wifi. That can be pretty limiting. You won't being playing COD on the bus. You'll probably be playing it at home, which at that point why not fire up the superior version for the console you already own? Well, there is always gaming on the toilet I suppose.
Dude, you've got to take one for the team here. I count on your unbiased objectivity in these matters, and I'm probably not alone. I guess you could go across town or take a different route for your commute when you bring Vita with you--never a good idea to shit where you eat.
The worst part is this version has friend leaderboards -- which were on XBLA version but not PSN. Starting to think that wasn't such an "accident" after all....
This is bumming me out because I really want to play the new Lumines (is it even good?), but I'm seriously starting to feel like having a Vita at this point is going to look lame as hell. Not saying it's going to be a bomb or whatever but in terms of walking around with it it's giving me the same feeling I would have had from carrying around an NGage or something back in the day in terms of public perception.
most "stylish"
Fucking lol!
You people amaze me.
Carrying the best looking, brandnew, most "stylish", most powerful handheld in public.... and you are concerned about the "public perception?
Wow, ....really?
Fucking lol!
You people amaze me.
Carrying the best looking, brandnew, most "stylish", most powerful handheld in public.... and you are concerned about the "public perception?
Wow, ....really?
The intellectual dishonesty in here is killing me softly.
I don't really see how this is an issue since Vita has Bluetooth. I'm sure most people will use the same headset they use with their phone.
I do.
Cod on a handheld is hardly some bizarre new thing. These games are not system sellers.
Nobody is actually being serious in this thre...Vita is not doomed.
People saying this are just as crazy as those who wrote off the DS, PSP, 3DS, PS3 etc.
Time will make the reactions in this thread look stupid in retrospect.
Oh.3DS needed 2 weeks to sell 500K in Japan.
Vita sells 500K in Japan in 3 weeks while facing Mario+Mario Kart+Monster Hunter 3DS recent releases and it's doomed.
Sony drops 40K from a shipment and it's doomed.
Lol at the drama queens.
Pal land is Sony land, remember that is their main market. 40K less means is nothing here, maybe they moved them to other country like Spain where they sell PlayStations like hot pankakes even if they are 599.
The European launch game list doesn't include a mega game seller, but it's maybe the best launch games line up ever seen here. A lot of really promising games compared to other launch line ups. It will have a great launch in Europe.
I bet that it will have better numbers in the European release than PSP and 3DS.
Girls will basically jump on you once they see that hot shining piece of hardware bulgin' in your pants.
The CoD will save Vita talk is the most hilarious thing about the Vita.
CoD is a juggernaut because of the MP. Nobody is going to want to play CoD MP on a handheld. Nobody.
HeheheheheI'm aware of your post history and your status as a Sony fanboy, but I am still surprised that you were so easily goaded into that by one of the forum's most infamous and oldest joke posters.
Why do some people feel the need to constantly shit on something just because it doesn't fit their view of the world?