This Vita hate train is getting ridiculous.

[Froggy Slayer]

PS Vita has no games. This is why.

 

[Eevee]

I... Honestly don't think the Vita is really failing.

I mean, I own some games on it, some PSP and PS1, but mostly Vita titles and I love a majority of them Heck, the recent Soul Sacrifice can even challenge Gravity Rush in (my personal) best Vita exclusive. The other Vita games are pretty damn good, the ones I own anyways. LBP, Ragnarok Odyssey, All-Stars, Soul Sacrifice, Gravity Rush, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend... Yeah, all pretty good or great games in my own opinion. I even have 3 friends who own Vitas themselves, my brother owns one, and I have a friend who only has a PS3 and I can play All-Stars with him. Cross-Play is a great thing!

As for the argument of Vita failing... When my friend said that no one owns a Vita, I popped up the article of the Vita outselling the 3DS and the Wii U to make him go "Oh." so there'd be a bit of peace between us...

I guess that's my two-cents on the matter.

 

[FoolKiller]

As someone pointed out, I'm on the whatever train. I am not big into handhelds so I only have about 35 DS games and 10 PSP games. Hell, I only bought a PSP in Feb 2011 because I got it for $100 including a 16GB stick.

It's not that I'm not interested but I'll wait till the better versions come out and the prices drop drastically on memory.

 

[Eternal_Lament]

I don't hate the Vita. In fact, I actually want the thing to succeed. Not necessarily dominate, but at last act as a more stable competitor just to make the handheld market more diverse. Sure there's iOS, but I find that there hasn't been that much to write home about as there was say last year.

I don't have one myself though. I wouldn't mind getting one, but it's only now that I'm even considering on saving money for the system.

I don't know though if the system as it stands "fails" as it were. To me, a system fails if support for it just drops considerably, if not completely. I don't see that happening to soon with the Vita. Could it be a disappointment? Quite possibly. It's not like the PSP at this time relatively, but there are elements there that can suggest a similar path, and this is coming from someone who actively enjoys their PSP.

 

[Noah Dockendorf]

PS Vita has no games. This is why.

Persona 4:Golden, Playstation All Stars, Soul Sacrifice, Little Big Planet Vita, Gravity Rush, Uncharted, Escape Plan, Oddworld Stranger's Wrath, Sound Shapes, Thomas Was Alone. Soon to add Muramasa Rebirth (6/25), Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate (10/25), Killzone Mercenary (9/17), Tear Away (10/22), Dragon's Crown (8/6).

Honestly, the 3DS had less for me before this year. All I am interested on the 3DS is Super Mario 3D Land, Fire Emblem, Castlevania, Monster Hunter 3, Luigi's Mansion, Project X, Pokemon and Animal Crossings. The 3DS has more games, but they both have about the same number of quality games that are worth paying for.

I agree that the Vita's price is steep, and I'm surprised there hasn't been a price drop yet considering there's already been several in Japan. Then again, at $300 you get a year of playstation+ as well, giving you access to Gravity Rush, and Uncharted right out of the gate and several other games on vita and ps3 with new free games every week.

 

[Ghostface2206]

No one has ever really managed to beat Nintendo in the handheld race. But a lot of people say that handhelds will be made obsolete by handheld gaming. And I really want the Vita to do well because of this, but as for not buying one, I can't really be bothered to invest in one when I get a lot of enjoyment out of my 3DS anyway. It's also quite expensive, it actually shares a lot of similar problems that the 3DS had in its early days, but Nintendo turned that around with a price cut and a lot of 1st and 3rd party exclusives. Sony just needs to do the same thing, because it really doesn't seem like they care about the Vita and they aren't actually trying hard enough to pick it up off the ground. But despite this, earlier this year, it outsold both the 3DS and Wii U in Japan, but I think that the tables have turned back since the release of Monster Hunter 3, Fire Emblem: Awakening and Luigi's Mansion 2. Vita really has to get some sales back because the 3DS will soon have Pokémon X & Y to give itself a colossal sales boost...

But I really want Vita to do well when all is said and done, I might even get one if they lower the price and release some more games that interest me.

 

[Colt47]

Actually, just noticed that Sony dropped the price of the 3g version of the Vita by $100 USD back in march. Unfortunately the one people are probably interested in is the WiFi version, since the 3G version is still stuck with one specific company choice.

 

[AnthrSolidSnake]

I see it as the same boat that the WiiU is in, except even slower. While the selection of games has increased, they aren't all that great. A few are, but that's hardly worth the price at this point. While I REALLY want one, I just don't have the money to spend on something I might use a little. And as far as I know, there aren't many ways to emulate on it either. My PSP emulates almost all Gameboy systems, as well as older game consoles, so I can't even say I'll get use out of it that way.

 

[xshadowscreamx]

im waiting for the Christmas sales.. i would rather get that then ps4/nextbox because im going to wait till they iron out the kinks and pricing for them.

 

[Akimoto]

Hate train? Nope. There was two threads about Vita in the past few days. One was a poll asking if it was worth a purchase, and there were plenty of positive comments.

I think it was mine. I did get a lot of positive comments, although I was also fishing for the negatives in terms of usability, content managing and personal concerns.

I have learnt the easy way to not hate any form of gaming platform, but from what I have read there is reason to detest Sony

1: Strong armed into updating. No update, no game for you. Come on, I paid for it. How many more hoops do you want me to jump through to prove my loyalty? I can understand patches to stabilize game play and the Vita system, but at least give me the option to be an idiot and not update.
2: Content manager is required just to move my movies and pictures. I appreciate the idea behind the program but to be honest what I don't know scares me. And there is a lot I don't know about the program, which requires me to be on the internet. Why must I use it to backup my savedata too? Which leads to 3....
3: ...in which any form of a lockdown, be it tech or physical stuff, is to me not a very healthy sign.
4: I want to play my PSP games on the Vita but it looks like I have to buy them again on the PSN.

TB;DR I love the Vita. I got to try my friends' and I am very tempted to buy it. But that does not stop me from disliking Sony.

 

[MediocoreUser]

I actually like the Vita.

The 3D on the 3DS hurts my eyes (I know you can turn it off but why would you buy the 3DS without using the 3D?), the shape of the device hurts my hands, and the tiny screen on the normal version is just awful. On top of that, the games don't look too great graphically. The only choice that won't break my fingers and make my eyes bleed is the Vita. The second the price on the device and proprietary memory sticks(WHHYYYYY?) fall I'm getting it.

Also, dissing the console/PC/graphics card that you didn't get has been happening since...forever. It's part of the hobby.

 

[Eevee]

Maybe we should all just ride this out, the Vita isn't going anywhere and people are gonna hate on the Vita just like people are gonna be hate on anything else, this really doesn't solve anything... I mean, those interested in the Vita should definitely keep their eyes out for upcoming titles and be looking at current ones, or look for any time the Vita is a bit cheaper and snag it if they're interested and have the money. And those who think it will die off... Well, let them continue to have their opinions, if they prefer the 3DS so what? Those Vita owners generally love the system, I know I do.

I know I gave my two cents already, thus making that post a bit... Well, irrelevant but, after reading all posts on the second page and most posts on the first, this topic really isn't... Well gonna matter. Sorry to be a bummer or something if I am.

 

[PanYue]

I bought a Vita day one. It was the first console that I had ever bought on day one as I am usually a generation behind everyone else. N64, gamecube, playstation etc. But Vita was my first day one console. I regret it, very very much. I got Dynasty Warriors NEXT on it, which I adored. I love DW and custom heroes, and I played that for endless hours. Wang Yi <3

But the lack of other games annoyed me greatly. The PSX games took a long time to be released and the Uncharted game was way too gimmicky for me to properly enjoy it. Hated the interruptions. So I waited, and nothing came out. So I sold it. And then the 3DS started getting a lot of games and I am enjoying that system. I don't hate the Vita by any means - but I hate that my first day one purchase of a console was rockier than the Aussie outback.

I just wish it had gone better. I wasn't patient enough to wait long so I sold it and invested it in some new games and enjoyed those greatly.

 

[WhyWasThat]

Well for me personally the Vita just leaves me cold, much like the PSP did. The only games Vita's getting that are worth a look are almost all PSN titles that are also available on PS3. Which harks back to the fundamental problem with Sony's handhelds; they offer nothing but the ability to play games that would be better on Sony's home consoles. Which essentially renders their existence pointless.

The one Vita-only game that interests me is Tearaway, which is more due to the calibre of its developer than the game itself.

 

[lacktheknack]

So what spawned THIS pushback? I don't recall any major Vita hate for... months, at least.

 

[Megacherv]

Why is it that everyone thinks the Vita is going to fail? Does it kill for anyone to be optimistic for once? Of course the Vita has issues separate memory unit and the price but overall the Vita has been getting great games and has been selling systems. But people are so fixated on it failing, every console has a rocky start you can't expect every portable system to fly off the shells at its release.

What great games does it have? I have one and the games Ive bought for it include Persona 3 and 4, Silent hill: Book of memories, and recently soul sacrifice. Thats it. An argument could be made for walking dead (which I already own on PC) and for Thomas was alone (which I already have on PC) but thats as far as Im going to go

The problem with the Vita has always been its lack of great games and it continues to be the Vita's biggest problem. That is changing but its changing quite slowly because developers dont want to put games on it because they dont sell. Paradoxically there arent many good games on it so people dont want to buy it.

Thats not hate for the Vita its just the reality. For what it does I quite like my Vita but the problem is still there. A lack of great games to make the purchase feel worthwhile. IMO right now the vita has failed to sell but its because of so few games

LittleBigPlanet
Uncharted
Gravity Rush
Sonic All-Stars Transformed
Knytt Underground
Thomas Was Alone
WipeOut 2048
WipeOut HD Fury (as DLC for 2048)
Persona 4 (not personally for me, but I see where its fans are coming from)
Jet Set Radio
Street Fighter X Tekken (hopefully they'll put Tekken X Street Fighter on the Vita as well)

And that's simply named off of the top of my very hungover head

Currently in production:
Lone Survivor
Stealth Bastard
Spelunky
Killzone Mercenary
Tearaway
Whatever I decide to make now that PSM publiding is free


I agree that the hate is very misplaced, the 3DS deserves it more for being closed off and being a carrier for the continued Nintendo copy-pasting and for their STUPID business methods (3DS XL without a charger? Fucking 'tards)