[citation][nom]darkavenger123[/nom]Handheld console is now a dying genre...unless it involves something really new (and good, not gimmick like Nintendo 3DS), it'll have a hard time competing with smartphones, which is just about as powerful as a dedicated console...why want to pay again for another handheld and carry more gadgets around?To survive handheld consoles need to change their business strategy, 1) App download is the way to go 2) Cheap software...forget about USD50 games retail disc/media...EVER...they'll need to make it back in volume or earn extra via levels upgrade etc.If not, the handheld console is definitely going to fall. But i see the PS VITA will probably do better than the DS...at least it's less gimmick and has some new control method...which might or might not work.[/citation]
apps are for the most part, absolute crap. but the sony store has games that are cheap, but are also well worth the asking price.
the vita and even the 3ds are FAR better for games than any cellphone, as touch screen controls, while can be decent, suck for the majority of games, where an analogue stick and buttons would be such a better option.
if the uncharted game is as good as it looks, they deserve to cost 40-50$
if a 3ds game can pull me in for 80+ hours, i dont care if the graphics aren't the best
i cant name one ios game that i have played that didn't feel like i wasted money... and yes i have played infinity blade, and while its...ok (touch controls are spotty, but that may just be the ipad i was using) its a 20 minute game... its pretty but so not worth the price... about the only game i may like on the ios is simcity, but i cant bring myself to buy it because of ever other ios game being a waste of money, and i don't have an infinite disposable income.
[citation][nom]sixdegree[/nom]Unless Sony quickly beefed up their game library, Vita could end up the way 3DS does. Sony and Nintendo seem to forget that the games sells the console, not the other way around.[/citation]
exactly. its sad the 3ds fell in price so fast when just 1 system seller game would have made up for the lack of sales. but this is a early report, wait 2 months, and than 6, if games come out that are REALLY good, and the systems still fails to sell, something is wrong.
[citation][nom]ikyung[/nom]Agreed. People don't buy phones to play games. They buy phones, and the game apps come as a bonus. If the Vita can somehow be connected to a carrier to be used as a phone, I would have no need for my phone I have now.[/citation]
the iphone, and any smart phone, want to have a word with you... you remember how they stoped talking about how you can make a phone call on them... right?