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Capcom: RE Revelations not fit for Vita
- Thread starter shinobi602
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What would class as 'trying'?
They can't moneyhat the essential titles because they're already locked to 3DS. They can't afford to pile all their first party devs onto Vita because they need to prepare for PS4 and there's no guarantee that any 1st party titles would actually shift major units. They can't (or won't) cut the price because they probably can't afford to.
They gave the Vita a strong first year lineup, rolled out PSM and PS+ and the thing barely moved from a flatline. I don't know what they can do and I suspect they don't either.
alexandros
Banned
Haunted
Member
I haven't seen a company representative scrambling so hard for words about why they're obviously disrespecting a system since the Wii in 2008!
well done.
Here is the thing about that, Nintendo reacted to the downward spiral.... And made a decision that would turn out to it's benefit in the long term with a short term loss (one that they predicted to be temporary).
To date, Sony has done very little about the vita and rather big franchise have been paying for it.... in less than stellar performance on the market.
It was, but... at the time Nintendo was reworking the manufacturing process. They figured that, by the time that was completed, they would selling the system at a profit again. That plus some very timely software (read: Mario, more Mario, and, for the Japanese, this series called Monster Hunter) improved the 3DS' outlook in less than a year.
The price of the Vita is already down to 3DS XL levels, it´s definitely not the main issue at this point.
grimshawish
Banned
Capcom pretending not to hear the shuffling and moaning noises in Nintendo's basement.
You try getting native res from that thing
You try getting native res from that thing
electroplankton
Banned
Yeah, at this point any effort would be useless; the market showed it doesn't want Vita.
I was under the impression that the Vita markdown was a thing that happened only for the holiday season, was that kept?
Principate
Saint Titanfall
TBF they could have tried long before ths situation. They didn't want to try due to oportunity cost. Obviously this is in no way similar to the 3DS.
i love this post because i think its true.
what vita games are coming from sony in the near future?
grimshawish
Banned
Am still seeing it above £200 at £215; though bundles bring it below that.
Don't see where its still cheaper than the XL. Important to also remember the original 3DS still sells too.
For me it's the fact that i have a DS/3DS backlog. If those two didn't have so many great games, i'd probably consider the Vita. As it is, my portable game lust is entirely satisfied.
As for Capcom, they'd probably have sounded less silly if they'd just told the truth. How many would you really expect Revelations to sell on vita when its been out for a year on a portable with 10x the install base? Probably not a lot.
Opus Angelorum
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SolarPowered
Member
Memory is the main problem. Proprietary formats and memories are the worst. It stopped Vita dead in it's tracks for me.
Ashler
Member
It was a deliberate attempt at short term pain for long term gain. Pretty sure Iwata even put it in terms of not wanting the 3DS to end up in a GC-like situation, so they had to act decisively and early.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Should of just said vita did not have enough power for the port. Makes as much sense.
My main issue is that there have been some decent bundles floating around with 4GB cards, but by the time you've downloaded the game in the bundle you've filled the card and have to buy another one anyway.
If you're selling a product where the ideal scenario is your users buying and downloading masses of stuff, premium priced memory is a really, really stupid idea.
Lee Chaolan
Member
It's a bummer, as I'd love a good RE on Vita. However, I'd rather a new one made from the ground up to utilize the touch panels and multitouch better than REV.
Trying would have meant securing third-party support before launch instead of expecting it, and then when it doesn't arrive scratching your head and going, "Well, that didn't turn out how I expected!"
And if they can't commit significant internal development resources to two platforms at once, especially early in its life, maybe that's a good reason not to have two platforms in the first place. Especially if you're not going to do the 'lining up significant third-party support well before launch' thing.
As to the price of the hardware, videogame history is littered with examples of what happens if you don't act decisively to lower the barrier to entry on an unpopular piece of hardware. There's no hanging around and waiting for a late revival, because what usually happens is support dries up and stores start moving your product to a small corner at the back.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
i love this post because i think its true.
what vita games are coming from sony in the near future?
There's killzone, tearaway ...
that's it i believe
You're awfully uninformed.
BTW, that's the biggest BULLSHIT I've seen Capcom say in their PR. Shit is ridiculous. Just say something about the sales of the Vita being bad and let the fans deal with it, instead of making fool of themselves. This only make them looks even worse than people already see them.
Do they have release dates yet?
Next week: Ratchet & Clank
February/March: Sly Cooper
Capcom gives a shit about Sony, so they have to carefully forumlate their statements.
Crytek not giving a shit about Nintendo (its past, present or future) leads to being blunt and upfront, " there's no business drive there"
PR convenience and BS all the way in the OP.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Wii U?
Shit, unfortunately. Ugh, so much potential, so little of it utilized.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Isn't it just an MT Framework game? Which is multi-platform and proven to work on Vita?
Jawmuncher
Member
I don't have the link but MT framework mobile was made so that porting from 3DS to vita or vice versa would be easy. With porting between consoles being easy.
Its not a question of porting it really is "we just don't want to"
IC_Champion
Member
It's Capcpom.
Well ultimately they HAVE only done ports to the Vita -- Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken. I mean they were initially a big proponent of PSP when it came out (Mega Man Powered Up & Maverick Hunter, Darkstalkers & Street Fighter Alpha 3 & Ultimate G&G) and they ended up not doing anything but Monster Hunter games from then on.
Realistically they don't expect this to sell THAT well, so they're using the least amount of resources possible. MvsC and SFXT may have sold like garbage, so they're leaving it out.
Realistically they don't expect this to sell THAT well, so they're using the least amount of resources possible. MvsC and SFXT may have sold like garbage, so they're leaving it out.
Oh you believe of them. Capcom doesn't waste its time without easy money.
SolsticeZero
Banned
It's not that people are complaining about it not coming out for the Vita. It's Capcom's bullshit excuse. If they just straight up said "it's coming out for everything but Vita because we don't believe it will sell well", I'd be fine with it. But they had to go and make up some bullshit about resomolutions.
perfect.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
It's understandable that if you release it on one console you release it on the rest as the specs and everything are all more or less the same.
Porting it to another handheld with different needs would require a lot more effort for not much gain. Capcoms decision makes sense, their comments don't.
Porting it to another handheld with different needs would require a lot more effort for not much gain. Capcoms decision makes sense, their comments don't.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
The same Capcom that also revived PSP with those monster hunter games in Japan and porting RE4 over to PS2 despite repeated claims about its exclusive to the GC.
Capcom betrays everyone, just have to get use to it.
Why was RE4 exclusive in the first place?