Sony Thinks It Will Sell Slightly Fewer PS Vitas And PSPs

20 responses to “Sony Thinks It Will Sell Slightly Fewer PS Vitas And PSPs”

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   Jake

   November 2, 2012 at 9:58 am

   I guess they finally realised that putting all their eggs in the Assassins Creed III/Black Ops II spinoff basket won’t exactly work when the die-hard fans will just play the superior console versions…

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   fractripro

   November 2, 2012 at 10:21 am

   Yeah. Where are all the fan boys now??? Was abused by them for saying

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      fractripro

      November 2, 2012 at 10:24 am

      I thought that Sony were on the wrong track with Vita and marketing. It is dead. The general public know what a DS is. WTF is a vita?

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         blackhawks

         November 2, 2012 at 10:39 am

         The vita is not dead. Everyone was saying that the 3ds was crap and it was dead yet now it’s selling strongly. Now it’s the Vitas turn, but it’s already started to get a great library of games. LBP, UC, NFS, AC:L,Wipeout just to name a few. Ive never been a Sony fanboy due to the fact that i have a 360, but I was still tempted enough to buy one on day 2 of release. Do I regret it? hell no, not one bit.

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            fractripro

            November 2, 2012 at 10:43 am

            Lets be realistic. I own Sony products. I have a psp, bravia and ps3. But Sony fucked up with both the target audience and marketing. It is an awesome system +but its going nowhere.

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               blackhawks

               November 2, 2012 at 10:47 am

               Again, I have to make the link between the vita bashing now and the 3ds bashing a year ago. The vita has had a slow start no doubt, but it’s picking up pace. The high price and crap economy doesn’t help either, but nonetheless its still amazing.

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               fractripro

               November 2, 2012 at 10:50 am

               The difference is the DS is a known brand and Nintendo could drop the cost and afford to lose money on unit sales. Sony can not. They have serious financial difficulties.

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               Jake

               November 2, 2012 at 10:59 am

               Exactly. I would go so far to say that the Vita now has significantly more quality games than the 3DS does. Especially for the older market.

               Vita has Uncharted, Wipeout, Gravity Rush, NFS, AC, Little Big Planet + PSP/PS1 for cheap
               3DS has Mario Land 3D, Mario Kart 7, Kid Icarus, + a few GB and GBC games for more money than a PSP or PS1 game.

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               Jake

               November 2, 2012 at 11:01 am

               And I’m not a fanboy either. I have an american, european and japanese 3DS (another area where Sony wins). The reality is that outside of Japan, 3DS doesn’t have that many good games. But the system isn’t dead, and neither is Vita.

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               fractripro

               November 2, 2012 at 11:11 am

               Dreamcast ??????

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      Zap

      November 2, 2012 at 10:36 am

      Grab a mirror. You’ll find one quickly, for sure.

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         fractripro

         November 2, 2012 at 10:40 am

         And here he is…. WTF? Im not a Sony fanboy. I love all systems. I am a commodore 64 fanboy if anything. Great comment!

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            fractripro

            November 2, 2012 at 10:45 am

            Grab a magnify glass and tweezers. You will have more fun that way.

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         2. 

            rybo5000

            November 2, 2012 at 1:09 pm

            Wow, you’re so hipster, everyone is so impressed.

            You are clearly a fanboy because otherwise you wouldn’t try to flamebait.

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               fractripro

               November 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm

               What making a point about Sonys marketing makes me a hipster ? Thanks for your contribution. BTW what is your response other than flamebaiting?

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               fractripro

               November 2, 2012 at 3:05 pm

               Oh and thanks for proving my point about abusive fanboys who just abuse people for disagreeing with them. Either contribute a valid point or shut the f up.

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   One_Man_Matrix

   November 2, 2012 at 10:40 am

   I am a Vita Fanboy, and I have not doubt that the device will sell poorly. It’s extremely unfortunate, but it’s just the way it is. What I cannot stand though is those who have never laid a hand on the console and continue to berate it, simply because it’s a meme now. For those of us who appreciate the device for what it is, and are enjoying it (Seriously, how amazing is Assassins Creed Liberation? On a handheld?) keep them’ great games coming…

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      blackhawks

      November 2, 2012 at 10:44 am

      Agreed. Same goes with NFS MW. Seriously. The videos of that don’t do it any justice. So freaking amazing. Also next year weve got Tearaway, soul sacrifice, killzone and sly cooper. With more to come without a doubt.

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   abraham

   November 2, 2012 at 11:03 am

   Open Source and add full phone support! XDA devs will love you Sony!

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   Amarcreep

   November 2, 2012 at 12:12 pm

   I was in japan on the launch date of the vita which was around the same time the new monster hunter came out for 3ds in tech stores i could walk in and play uncharted on the vita with no line but right next to me people were lining up to try monster hunter and shin chan on 3ds this is when the 3ds was “doing bad” lol the vita is just like the psp sony dont know how to market a hand held they make crappy sin offs of everything and expect that to just work they never learn…

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