Sony says condemning Vita before its first Christmas is 'preposter

[Foxi4]

~Laliluleilo~

Would you also like me to give you proof that the Earth is orbiting around the sun or that water is wet? Because certain truths do not require proving. GTA: Chinatown Wars didn't sell well on the DS and the PSP, likely due to piracy. Cing went bankrupt, and they weren't only making Visual Novels, they also made Another Code and Another Code R which also suffered from poor sales. The reasons behind the lack of interest as far as those platforms are concerned can be easily seen - despite selling great, the Wii and the DS were weak hardware plagued by piracy, it's simple like that. You can deny it, but forgive me, I don't see much point in me posting loads of links just to prove an obvious point.

 

[TripleSMoon]

 

[Foxi4]

Just to add my two cents, I'm going to say that there's probably better things to do in our lives than tallying up sales charts for consoles and video games when none of this really applies to our everyday lives, unless you're stock holder, in which case you're on the wrong forum.

The Christmas season is a good moment for Sony to push the Vita, that's what this thread is all about. Some interesting bundles are coming up and it's entirely possible that they'll boost the sales significantly, and if proper marketing is added into the mix, those sales may stay up. We've already seen how certain releases are entirely capable of turning the situation upside-down - Project Diva alone casued Vita sales to increase by 500% in Japan for a brief period of time - the more games it receives the more interest it will get from developers.

Clearly the console is a slow starter, but as the adoption rate reaches a given level, the games will start flowing like a river - it's simple as that. Sony already stated that the Vita is expected to have a life span of aprox. 10 years and knowning Sony, they'll stick to that even if they have to keep in on life support for the first few years.

 

[SpaceJump]

My 2 cents on the topic:

Is the Vita currently doing bad? Yes.
Is it too early to condemn it? Yes.

I think this holiday season will really show where the Vita is going. And Sony really has to push it!

 

[raulpica]

I've removed shitloads of off-topic derived from soulx (how did this end up to DS piracy talk is behind me), then realized that this thread will go nowhere as it's a Vita thread and it has a giant sign with "INSERT SOULX VITA-HATE HERE" on it because of that.

Closed.