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[Xplatformer]

No one is buying an iPod as a gaming device. They're buying it as a device that can play games in addition to other things. People are going to buy a Vita to play games. They're different markets.

People should just try to think outside the box a little more.

1) I didn't say the Vita would be marketed as anything other than a gaming device.
2) Doesn't change the fact that FACEBOOK, TWITTER, EMAIL, WEB BROWSING, TEXTING, APPLICATION SUPPORT will be available for the unit within the first month of it's US release.

Bigger screen than iPod Touch. More features than iPod Touch. Close in price to iPod Touch.

So, why not buy it instead of an iPod Touch?

Man, some of you guys really don't want the Vita to sell huh? Glad Sony is smart enough to realize that the days of owning just a dedicated gaming handheld is in the past. It's like expecting your XBox 360 to do nothing but game. (netflix says hi)

 

[Lance Bone Path]

If you're looking for good hardware build a PC.

You make it sound like everyone and their grandma can buy parts and put together a good handheld.

 

[Orayn]

nah its not dbatable. Vita is comparable to current gen hardware and 3ds last gen.

It does not matter if its mobile or not.

Someone post those ugly-ass stills of Golden Abyss with "PS3 TECHNOLOGY!" on them in big image macro text.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Succeed or not, Vita will always be happy.

Ohhh how cute a Diglett

 

[BurntPork]

Actually there have been many polls/survey's in Japan where it consistently comes out as the most anticipated item over the 3DS and other competition in general. Japan definitely wants it and I think it'll be big there, it remains to be seen the rest of the world though.

There were two polls, and the audience answering them was very Sony biased.

 

[Kyoufu]

Too bad Nintendo has franchises that the mass market love to play on portables (Mario, Pokemon, Monster Hunter).

Good luck, Sony.

 

[Kandrick]

I don't think it will, but I hope it does. Too many japs are nintendo fanboys. Same here too, I guess.

... i don't even know where to begin.

 

[dallow_bg]

Derp.

Instead of simply bashing my posts, refute them. How about that.

He's absolutely right though. People are behaving like Nintendo is actively trying to kill the industry and ignoring all logic.

I know that. but that isn't what I was talking about.
Just funny to see to see him always try to "set the record straight" for Nintendo. It's pointless. The facts are out there, and if people don't want to believe or keep spouting 2005 talk, let them.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

You could have said the same thing about the DS compared to the PSP.

Yeah, because history always repeats itself in video games. SMH.

 

[MisterHero]

How dare IGN insult the Apple community by suggesting the Vita can keep up with them!

 

[EvilMario]

Succeed or not, Vita will always be happy.

I'll buy it at a high price.

 

[Wiseblade]

People should just try to think outside the box a little more.

1) I didn't say the Vita would be marketed as anything other than a gaming device.
2) Doesn't change the fact that FACEBOOK, TWITTER, EMAIL, WEB BROWSING, TEXTING, APPLICATION SUPPORT will be available for the unit within the first month of it's US release.

Bigger screen than iPod Touch. More features than iPod Touch. Close in price to iPod Touch.

So, why not buy it instead of an iPod Touch?

Man, some of you guys really don't want the Vita to sell huh? Glad Sony is smart enough to realize that the days of owning just a dedicated gaming handheld is in the past. It's like expecting your XBox 360 to do nothing but game.

If you really think people interested in buying an iPod are going to look twice at Vita, you're deluded.

 

[Sianos]

I swear, it's like people have learned NOTHING from the past seven years.

At least we've finally made a console to beat the N64.

WHAT A LEGEND.

 

[Big One]

People should just try to think outside the box a little more.

1) I didn't say the Vita would be marketed as anything other than a gaming device.
2) Doesn't change the fact that FACEBOOK, TWITTER, EMAIL, WEB BROWSING, TEXTING, APPLICATION SUPPORT will be available for the unit within the first month of it's US release.

Bigger screen than iPod Touch. More features than iPod Touch. Close in price to iPod Touch.

So, why not buy it instead of an iPod Touch?

Because all of those features will barely work cause Sony has no idea how to create web browsing even on their main console.

And the thing doesn't have more features than iPod Touch

Plus the iPod Touch is way cheaper

 

[ivysaur12]

Both will have good games. Who the fuck cares.

 

[AceBandage]

... i don't even know where to begin.

By saying your goodbyes to him, I believe.

 

[18-Volt]

Next IGN article: "Why Jack Tretton kicks Reggie's ass in one on one streetfight"

The truth hurt? Sorry if your mad the mighty Nintendo released an inferior device this time on multiple fronts (which I own), but they did.

Yes, an inferior device, but with Monster Hunter 4, Kingdom Hearts DDD, Resident Evil Revelations. And Mario, of course.

 

[Duxxy3]

That's because the iPod Touch isn't a gaming device, it can efficiently do other things that smartphones and portable tablets cannot do on the market. Vita is a gaming device that will feature some of the things an iPod Touch can do, but won't be as efficient or wanted by people for those reasons alone. People will buy a Vita to play games, ultimately, not to browse the internet (which will probably suck considering the browsers on PS3 and PSP suck balls).

It's a webkit browser - it will be fine.

 

[NEO0MJ]

Succeed or not, Vita will always be happy.

looks more like "feed me!" to me.
On topic, maybe the vita can win, but the way IGN wrote this article is just stupid and doesn't really tell us how or why.

 

[Mazzo]

I think a console being ahead of it's time with expensive, bleeding edge technology is actually a bit foreboding in this industry. Not that 250 USD is a bad price for that tech at all.

 

[heringer]

Succeed or not, Vita will always be happy.

More like surprised. With what? That's the real question.

 

[hatchx]

Breaking news: 7 months = Nearly a Year

Also breaking: Uncharted = System seller

I laughed.


Love Uncharted, but it wishes it had the selling power of Mario or Mario Kart.

 

[rpmurphy]

I swear, it's like people have learned NOTHING from the past seven years.

If at all, it was mostly the PSP that held back gaming because of Sony's failure with making it a more successful product than the DS. If people want to see the kind of portable gaming that the Vita offers to be the benchmark, then put pressure on Sony to make it the best-selling portable gaming device in the market.

 

[likeGdid]

"But father...!"

"No! You will surpass the 3DS. It is your destiny"

 

[AceBandage]

I laughed.


Love Uncharted, but it wishes it had the selling power of Mario or Mario Kart.

Same. I mean it's one of the best franchises of this gen, but it's not going to get people to line up for the Vita.

 

[Sadist]

I like the argument about ports and tired, worn series.

The 3DS does have it's fair share of ports/remakes and several typical Nintendo franchises will find their way towards it, but here's something I don't understand: why is it such a big argument against the possible success of 3DS when the Vita does exactly the same thing?

Systems in their first year receive ports/remakes of older games. It's like the circle of life man.

 

[Xplatformer]

If you really think people interested in buying an iPod are going to look twice at Vita, you're deluded.

And if you think an iPod is nothing more than a music player, and that only people looking to play some songs are the only ones that would buy it, then you too are delusional.

 

[Sianos]

Both will have good games. Who the fuck cares.

Hey, you there!

Pick a side! Here, have a complimentary axe and shield.

FOOOOOOR the motherland NINTENDOOOO

 

[[Nintex]]

The only way for Sony to come back out on top is if they hire some of the best ad agencies around, get rid of butler and nuke us with advertising 24/7 Halo Reach/Microsoft Game Studios style. They missed the holiday release window(stupid), they somehow lost Monster Hunter to Nintendo in japan, someone should write a book about that seriously and Vita is tied to some nice games but also stuff like Resistance the same franchise that has people wondering: "Why bother".

Console gaming on the go is nice but will only get you so far, Sony has yet to show an ace in the hole that'll dramatically change the perception of their system. Right now the Vita is a portable PS3 and last time I checked the PS3 was Sony's least succesful system(if we don't count the Go and PSX Media Center thing or a Bravia TV with a PlayStation bolted on at the bottom or something) as of yet.

 

[codhand]

Destiny, destiny, no escaping that for me.

 

[Xplatformer]

Because all of those features will barely work cause Sony has no idea how to create web browsing even on their main console.

And the thing doesn't have more features than iPod Touch

Plus the iPod Touch is way cheaper

OK...so you don't know anything about the Ipod Touch. Ok. We can end our discussion now.

 

[guek]

So, you're saying the ipod Touch's main market is for people that want to play music? I'd say you're wrong.

People buy an ipod touch for the applications they can run on it. If they wanted an iPod they'd get the original, or the nano.

Who would pay $250 for an 8GB music playing device?

gah, weren't you peddling this moronic shit awhile ago too?

People buy ipod touches for a myriad of reasons, it's true, but not for the same reasons people will buy the vita. The vita will not and cannot replace an ipod touch. It's not designed to do it. It's designed to be a video game platform. This is not the same market as the ipod touch. It's too big, it's storage medium is garbage, and its primary form of revenue will not be through the purchase of apps. People will never ever see the vita and see it as an alternative to itouches or smart phones, and you're completely retarded for thinking so. Who would pay around $300 to run apps? You can get a new iphone for less than that (with contract). 8gb itouches are also $200, not $250.

And for the last time, if people actually did compare them to one another, the vita would get slaughtered. It doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell competing directly against the ipod touch because people don't give two flaming fucking shits about Sony's brand anymore.

 

[Hyuga]

GUYS.... it's a trap!!

 

[StickSoldier]

Man, wtf happened to IGN? They used to be awesome, but they just have some fucking retarded articles coming out lately.

 

[Big One]

OK...so you don't know anything about the Ipod Touch. Ok. We can end our discussion now.

Okay so what can the Vita do that the iPod Touch can't do aside from touchscreen on the back?

 

[WillyFive]

It's nice to have opinions, but there is no reason to try to convince people that a certain future will happen when neither the past or present supports it.

 

[Takao]

I like the argument about ports and tired, worn series.

The 3DS does have it's fair share of ports/remakes and several typical Nintendo franchises will find their way towards it, but here's something I don't understand: why is it such a big argument against the possible success of 3DS when the Vita does exactly the same thing?

Systems in their first year receive ports/remakes of older games. It's like the circle of life man.

Probably because the ports and remakes aren't from Sony but from third parties, where as the remakes on 3DS have 2 from Nintendo.

 

[Izayoi]

Morgan got a job at IGN?

Shh, it was supposed to be a secret.

 

[Angry Fork]

The tech for the 3DS came out in 2007...

It's slightly better than a PSP, which came out long before 2007. And the 3DS came out in 2011 which pretty much reaffirms his point.

 

[blu]

nah its not dbatable. Vita is comparable to current gen hardware and 3ds last gen.

It does not matter if its mobile or not.

Judging by your confident tone, you must be saying that from the position of a game-engine developer, right?

 

[Delio]

Too bad Nintendo has franchises that the mass market love to play on portables (Mario, Pokemon, Monster Hunter).

Good luck, Sony.

Pretty much this.

 

[Kifimbo]

Too bad Nintendo has franchises that the mass market love to play on portables (Mario, Pokemon, Monster Hunter).

Good luck, Sony.

This. The IGN article wants us to believe these Vita games will sell systems:

Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Resistance: Burning Skies, Sound Shapes, Gravity Rush, Super Stardust Delta, Escape Plan, Ruin.

Only Uncharted will have an impact, but only with Uncharted fans. Resistance is on the decline, Sound Shapes, Gravity Rush, Escape Plan and Ruin are unknown, and Super Stardust Delta is a updated PSN game.

I'm not saying those games won't be good or great, I hope they will, but against Mario, Monster Hunter and Pokémon...

 

[Wiseblade]

And if you think an iPod is nothing more than a music player, and that only people looking to play some songs are the only ones that would buy it, then you too are delusional.

I'm not saying that people looking for an iPod are only looking for a music player. I'm saying that people looki9ng for an iPod aren't going to care about a "competing" device with a smaller battery life and lack of Apple's App Store. The Playstation brand isn't going to hold water with these people either.

 

[Aizu_Itsuko]

Clicks, give us clicks!

 

[AceBandage]

It's slightly better than a PSP, which came out long before 2007.

No.

 

[Momo]

Man, wtf happened to IGN? They used to be awesome, but they just have some fucking retarded articles coming out lately.

In what bizarro timeline were they awesome?

 

[le.phat]

Agreed that it should, if only to vindicate bleeding edge technology is still the future.

 

[Angry Fork]

No.

So you're saying the 3DS isn't slightly better than PSP? There still isn't a 3DS game that looks better than the God of War's on PSP so I'm wondering what you think.

 

[Graphics Horse]

"But father...!"

"No! You will surpass the 3DS. It is your destiny"

 

[AceBandage]

In what bizarro timeline were they awesome?

When they were N64.com

So you're saying the 3DS isn't slightly better than PSP? There still isn't a 3DS game that looks better than the God of War's on PSP so I'm wondering what you think.

This debate has been raged a hundred times and your side has never won.
The 3DS is significantly more powerful in every single aspect. Comparing a game that came out near the end of a systems life to launch tables is not going to win your argument.