SolsticeZero
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I really got this feeling to. Even the wonderbook people seemed like they were stalling for time. Maybe some tech issues? It seemed like the Last of Us demo took a long time to get going in the auditorium.
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Does PS Vita exist / Lack of Vita games at E3
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I really got this feeling to. Even the wonderbook people seemed like they were stalling for time. Maybe some tech issues? It seemed like the Last of Us demo took a long time to get going in the auditorium.
GoldandBlue
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he has forsaken us
Well the last news on Bioshock Vita is that they'd be focus on it once Infinite is done. And since it's been pushed back to 2013, I wouldn't be surprised if we just never hear about it again after the release of Infinite.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Ninty got that last chair first, entrenched with their big sellers and a price point that makes it impossible for Vita to survive healthily. Sony doesn't have anywhere near the cachet that Ninty does for software and portable appeal. Not saying 3DS is going to have an easy time of it in a market that is quickly being subsumed by the domination of the smart phone and general purpose mobile, but it won't get axed or put on life support like Vita, a platform that seems pretty much like it never had a chance and it looked that way before it even released.
T.M. MacReady
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No Gran Turismo? =/
Thats probably the only thing that would convince me to buy a Vita at this point.
Thats probably the only thing that would convince me to buy a Vita at this point.
Hm.
I brought a second 3DS for £90 preowned after staff discount at my old blockbuster store I used to manage. Traded it in to Game for £120 cash towards a vita (only reason I brought it was to make a profit towards the vita!). Brought the vita for £220.
...Traded it in two weeks later for £200 cash to Game. So yeah, I ended up basically not losing any money overall.
But those two weeks I spent with it were great. The console itself is incredible. The screen is mindblowing, and the D-Pad is the best I've EVER used. No fucking joke. However, after playing Rayman (and enjoying the hell out of it), I could not honestly see another game I wanted within the next year. Gravity Rush, maybe - but anything else? Not for me. So I got my money back.
And going by this E3, I'm confident I made the right choice. What a fucking shame, Sony. This could have been your chance to shine.
I brought a second 3DS for £90 preowned after staff discount at my old blockbuster store I used to manage. Traded it in to Game for £120 cash towards a vita (only reason I brought it was to make a profit towards the vita!). Brought the vita for £220.
...Traded it in two weeks later for £200 cash to Game. So yeah, I ended up basically not losing any money overall.
But those two weeks I spent with it were great. The console itself is incredible. The screen is mindblowing, and the D-Pad is the best I've EVER used. No fucking joke. However, after playing Rayman (and enjoying the hell out of it), I could not honestly see another game I wanted within the next year. Gravity Rush, maybe - but anything else? Not for me. So I got my money back.
And going by this E3, I'm confident I made the right choice. What a fucking shame, Sony. This could have been your chance to shine.
If Vita was $80 cheaper and had a Mario Kart calibre title then maybe it would have had a chance. The cost and software slate combined were the death blow. Nintendo knew that, that's why they scrambled to fix things and rushed Mario games out as fast as possible.
The market has never supported expensive machines with limited libraries, it never has and it never will (see the Jaguar, NeoGeo, PS3, 3DS, etc).
Gemüsepizza
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https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/210027447779999744
Maybe someone can try to ask something about the Vita, if he/she is on twitter.
Maybe someone can try to ask something about the Vita, if he/she is on twitter.
man...that's really sad. I gave the PSP a years until the point it was worth absolutely nothing. Really surprised they didn't announce some bonuses for the early adopters along with a price cut. I built a new PC a few weeks ago and didn't even bother installing the content manager software.
Father_Brain
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I'd say yes, but that's a bit of an oversimplification.
I would say that the market probably just can't support a dedicated handheld that has all of the following disadvantages:
(a) lacks massive first-party handheld-friendly IP on par with Nintendo's to move hardware
(b) has a significantly higher budget ceiling than PSP/PS2/3DS, i.e., the maximum budget level that Japanese third parties* are seemingly willing to invest in a handheld title
(c) launches with the assumption that it will end up as the second-place platform in its sector of the market
Combine the three, and you have a perfect storm of mutually perpetuating poor sales and third-party disinterest.
*I say "Japanese" because, with Western views towards handheld development being what they are, there was never any plausible scenario in which Vita would end up with significantly better Western third-party support than what's been announced for it.
Too bad you aren't local (DC area), that is a very tempting price.
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
I don't normally post gifs but just saw this:
Wonderbook to the rescue!
Giant Panda
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Where was Gravity rush, warriors lair, LBP, Killzone, Soul Sacrifice, Bioshock, Final Fantasy, AC Liberation demo, any other new game, COD info, downloadable games, PSN+, PS1 classics date, or a pricedrop?
No where, because Sony betrayalton'd the Vita.
No where, because Sony betrayalton'd the Vita.
SolsticeZero
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Gemüsepizza;38549310 said:
I said: @geoffkeighley Ask him about Vita support. They barely mentioned anything about Vita other than it being an expensive LBP2 controller
gamescom or was that gamecom something
SolsticeZero
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I think people are just upset at the complete lack of Vita content at the Sony conference. This being their newest console, they really should have mentioned more about it.
PixyJunket
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The difference is that Nintendo assured everybody at last year's E3 that they had a lot of stuff coming out for the 3DS. Even if most of it was already known, they spent the time showing that they wanted to support it at their press conference. Sony spent more time this E3 on their giant AR Card.
Nope. This forum has a MASSIVE and sometimes overly passionate Sony following. You can't go into many thread without somebody mentioning Vita, whether it's warranted or not. With Sony nearly dismissing the device so many people put a lot of money into, I think it's just people coming to a point of frustration.
JakkuFurosu
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someone just posted e3 following 3ds horrible release.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbV99b-qir0
see the difference?
I dont think most of us are hating on Vita. were disappointed in Sony showing any type of ...well anything towards the vita.
I personally LOVE my Vita despite it being in the mail right now to be fixed for a fukd analog and this shittastic E3.I wish Sony would show the love that most of us want and do show for it
GAF, I enjoy my Vita. This thread makes me sad
i think we're all blowing it a bit out of proportion because of the huge disappointment, but things aren't looking good for vita. it's really depressing..
regardless, i have put way more time into my vita than my 3ds, and there are more vita games on the horizon that i am looking forward to than 3ds.
darkjedi187
Member
Gemüsepizza;38549310 said:
Why the Vita got the cold shoulder!
like a walking dead?
panama chief
Member
sad to see that my dustiest console/handheld is only going to get dustier. did they mention anything about PS1 support at all?
Link?
Infinite Justice
Member
Its coming in summer
Goes hand in hand with what a poster (who has info) said earlier in this thread on how they made a "tactical" decision (which was really fucking stupid) that blew up in their face
I don't like the sound of that...
Holy shit did he really say that? ahahaha
Sad times. I like the Vita but I'm gonna try and sell it while I can get something back. I couldn't even get $200 for Vita, MK and a 32GB card so I lowered to 175
I wish it didn't come to this, but I have no faith in Sony to turn this around.
I buy your MK for $20. PM me.
Wow
And wow
Such confidence on the future of the system. I guess I'm never going to buy a Vita.
I waited for the press conference for the reveals hoping it would stave off my desire to part with the device. I honestly have given this device and Sony a good chance. The lack of software support was mind boggling. No God of War, Killzone, Gran Turismo, GTA, etc. While I was excited to see Call of Duty announced for the device, but that just wasnt enough. My 3DS is officially my mainstay portable. If Nintendo announces a re-design in the coming days my Vita and all of its software will be its down payment.
That gives me a whole lot of confidence in the games they do have in the pipeline.
Mutanthands
Member
Yeah, the attitude from Tretton says volumes. Don't expect a big Vita push from SCEA. Ever.
JakkuFurosu
Member
Well I feel reassured
Angry Birds Vita is not worth announcing