Is A Perfect Storm Sinking the PlayStation Vita?

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2 weeks in: Vita not doing so good because it doesn't have enough JP-centric software! NEWS AT ELEVEN!

Yeah, this is just silly.

This would be relevant if it were in the same position the 3DS was in last year, but it won't be until February/March.

What kind of company would be dumb enough to not have games that cater to that market opening day? Oh snap......

[Indy_aka_Rex]

What kind of company would be dumb enough to not have games that cater to that market opening day? Oh snap......

Microsoft
Nintendo
Sony
Sega
Bandai
Atari
Nokia

Hell, I'll just sum it up: Every company that has made videogame hardware.

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Msft's 360 looked to have a pretty solid N.A. launch linup. I imagine it was a great leap above the generation before as quality of games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_launch

Microsoft
Nintendo
Sony
Sega
Bandai
Atari
Nokia

Hell, I'll just sum it up: Every company that has made videogame hardware.

[Bane]

Msft's 360 looked to have a pretty solid N.A. launch linup. I imagine it was a great leap above the generation before as quality of games.

The 360's launch was pretty abysmal. It had two standout titles and hardly anyone paid attention to one of them as it was so niche.

[chipvideo]

2 standouts is all it takes in N.A. these days.

It looks like it was well diversified catering to every group of gamers. Sports games, shooters. RPG, racing.

[Indy_aka_Rex]

Msft's 360 looked to have a pretty solid N.A. launch linup. I imagine it was a great leap above the generation before as quality of games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_launch

Yes, because Microsoft only launched the 360 in North America and not... Japan, and the UK and Europe, and Australia.

By that logic, chip? Vita's launch lineup is solid because it's going to have plenty of decent games for a N.A. audience.

[gamma626]

Yeah, also, as someone who HAD a launch 360, the line up sucked. You can't BS your way into saying it did have a good line up because the list has a title from every genre. So did the PS3. And the Wii. What matters is if the games are good. And they mostly weren't.

[Indy_aka_Rex]

I had SSX, TimeSplitters, DOA2, Ridge Racer 5, Midnight Club and Smuggler's Run at launch for my PS2. But I only had COD2, PGR3 and PDZ for my 360's launch... I guess that means the PS2's lineup didn't suck because it had 3 more games that I liked over the 360. Or, since only the top 2 matter, X-Box had Halo and Abe's Oddyssey at its launch, Gamecube had Rogue Squadron 3 and Luigi's Mansion...

Yeah, that logic is just silly. PS2's launch software sucked, X-Box's launch lineup sucked, Gamecube's launch lineup super-sucked, and so did the 360's. Launch software tends to SUCK. Either you have a lot of crap and very little worth playing for the post-launch drought, or there's very little to play and most of it sucks anyway.

[rm082e]

I had SSX, TimeSplitters, DOA2, Ridge Racer 5, Midnight Club and Smuggler's Run at launch for my PS2. But I only had COD2, PGR3 and PDZ for my 360's launch... I guess that means the PS2's lineup didn't suck because it had 3 more games that I liked over the 360. Or, since only the top 2 matter, X-Box had Halo and Abe's Oddyssey at its launch, Gamecube had Rogue Squadron 3 and Luigi's Mansion...

Yeah, that logic is just silly. PS2's launch software sucked, X-Box's launch lineup sucked, Gamecube's launch lineup super-sucked, and so did the 360's. Launch software tends to SUCK. Either you have a lot of crap and very little worth playing for the post-launch drought, or there's very little to play and most of it sucks anyway.

Lesson learned: Don't buy consoles at launch. Give them a year to put out some decent software while you wrap up titles from the last generation.

[hdinred]

72 million lifetime sales is definitely a success.

That’s one measurement of success and sure, PSP did that. Still, in NA at least, it’s hard to say PSP has had robust software support the past few years. Third parties moved on a while ago and UMD movie support has been basically non-existent. The promise of what it could have been and what it turned out to be is a large gap IMO.

PSP Go was mispriced and ahead of its time. It’s actually a pretty slick device, it’s a shame Sony sent it out to die.

[hdinred]

Japanese PS Vita sales continue disappointing run

Weekly hardware sales
1.3DS: 197,952
2.PS3: 67,199
3.PSP: 62,746
4.Vita: 42,648
5.Wii: 33,208
6.DSi LL: 3,356
7.360: 2,453
8.DSi: 2,418
9.PS2: 1,659
10.DS Lite: 28

[CorruptedDragon]

As far as best launch line up's I would say for me, the ps2 and the 360 are about tied. Each had a bunch of titles I really liked and for me made me think the price was worth it. The other systems....not so much. I will say though that for it's time, the PS1 was pretty awesome as well. While the titles weren't that great in quality, the visuals were outstanding compared to what was previously out for any system.

Ps2 I really liked Smugglers Run, SSX, Dynasty Warriors 2, Eternal Ring (huge King's Field fan) and Gun Griffon Blaze ( huge fan of the Gun Griffon games on the Saturn)

360 I really liked Kameo, Perfect Dark, Call of Duty 2, Condemned, and Gun

[Almril]

As far as best launch line up's I would say for me, the ps2 and the 360 are about tied. Each had a bunch of titles I really liked and for me made me think the price was worth it. The other systems....not so much. I will say though that for it's time, the PS1 was pretty awesome as well. While the titles weren't that great in quality, the visuals were outstanding compared to what was previously out for any system.

Ps2 I really liked Smugglers Run, SSX, Dynasty Warriors 2, Eternal Ring (huge King's Field fan) and Gun Griffon Blaze ( huge fan of the Gun Griffon games on the Saturn)

360 I really liked Kameo, Perfect Dark, Call of Duty 2, Condemned, and Gun

Yeah COD2(that smoke) and Condemned(department store level) were pretty great. Not a wide breadth of titles though. But yeah, Vita's sales are awful.

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Japanese PS Vita sales continue disappointing run

Weekly hardware sales
1.3DS: 197,952
2.PS3: 67,199
3.PSP: 62,746
4.Vita: 42,648
5.Wii: 33,208
6.DSi LL: 3,356
7.360: 2,453
8.DSi: 2,418
9.PS2: 1,659
10.DS Lite: 28

Ouch!!! Won't be long and Sony is gonna have to do a PS3 bundle with a free Vita. LOL.

Think the WiiU is gonna force Sony to do something they don't want to do I am afraid.

[D1G1T@L]

Japanese PS Vita sales continue disappointing run