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[Dragon]

Man I love anecdotal stories. Here's one of mine:

One time I was minding my business on a random Thursday night in college. I get a knock on the door, turn, arch an eyebrow at my roommate who shakes his head. I open the door and find an inebriated girl who walks in as if she owns the place.

"Who are you?", she asked with a glint in her eye. Before my roommate or I could get our bearings she settled into my lap with a laugh. Wide-eyed I again looked at my roommate who had the same impression of sheer confusion.

My roommate, always more enterprising than me, decided to play some music. The girl jumped up like someone lit her anus on fire and started gyrating her hips like a seasoned pro.

And that's when I asked her: "Have you ever heard of the Playstation Vita?" She giggled curiously before opining that she had and that the NPD numbers were shit. Then she walked out of the room with a huff.

I never got her name and sometimes in the dead of the night, when only the very brave travelers brave the stars and moon, I think about what could have been if I had mentioned the 3DS instead.

 

[JawzPause]

Ye I've found this to be true here in the UK too. They should have just name it the PSP2, although I don't think that's where the main problem lies

Spoiler

marketing

 

[SlipperySlope]

I like how one month at 10k has become 10k a month. Just shows important perception is.

Outside of holiday months, it's been between 10 and 20k for quite a while I think. Didn't it do < 100K in December?

So while 10k isn't exactly the average, the reality isn't too far from it.

 

[NandN3DS]

I have noticed a difference between Wii U and Vita doom threads. They always talk about Nintendo dropping support next year and not so for the Vita. What historical facts make people think Nintendo will do so? The Vita is doing worse. I see a disconnect here.

 

[Flandy]

Man I love anecdotal stories. Here's one of mine:

One time I was minding my business on a random Thursday night in college. I get a knock on the door, turn, arch an eyebrow at my roommate who shakes his head. I open the door and find an inebriated girl who walks in as if she owns the place.

"Who are you?", she asked with a glint in her eye. Before my roommate or I could get our bearings she settled into my lap with a laugh. Wide-eyed I again looked at my roommate who had the same impression of sheer confusion.

My roommate, always more enterprising than me, decided to play some music. The girl jumped up like someone lit her anus on fire and started gyrating her hips like a seasoned pro.

And that's when I asked her: "Have you ever heard of the Playstation Vita?" She giggled curiously before opining that she had and that the NPD numbers were shit. Then she walked out of the room with a huff.

I never got her name and sometimes in the dead of the night, when only the very brave travelers brave the stars and moon, I think about what could have been if I had mentioned the 3DS instead.

Sounds like a keeper :lol

 

[figadapaura]

The person who bought me my Vita still calls it a PSP. Sad, really.

 

[Rolf NB]

I have noticed a difference between Wii U and Vita doom threads. They always talk about Nintendo dropping support next year and not so for the Vita. What historical facts make people think Nintendo will do so? The Vita is doing worse. I see a disconnect here.

Third parties make games for the Vita. Relatively low budget, quirky/niche/core gamer games yes. But they keep coming out. And Vita owners, as few as we may be, are receptive of this kind of thing. Nothing first party going on OTOH. I'm not even sure what or when the last first-party game was.

Wii U OTOH rests entirely on first party now. Third-party games barely sell, even third-party exclusive have had it rough so far. The user base seems almost spitefully opposed to the idea of multiplatform games ("not enough effort" etc).

 

[nhlducks35]

Oh it's something to be desired. Just most people are blind to anything that isn't the newest flashy thing that the majority of visible society is gawking about.

Somebody sounds a bit salty...

 

[figadapaura]

Third parties make games for the Vita. Relatively low budget, quirky/niche/core gamer games yes. But they keep coming out. And Vita owners, as few as we may be, are receptive of this kind of thing. Nothing first party going on OTOH. I'm not even sure what or when the last first-party game was.

Wii U OTOH rests entirely on first party now. Third-party games barely sell, even third-party exclusive have had it rough so far. The user base seems almost spitefully opposed to the idea of multiplatform games ("not enough effort" etc).

Tearaway?

 

[see5harp]

anecdotes =/= problem.

I've only ever seen 1 person with a 3DS, and I know two other people with a Vita. Sony is doing just fine with their marketing.

NIce one. I remember that thread.

 

[Phii]

Portable Minecraft exists, on phones. Minecraft will -not- save Vita.

Isnt that the "Pocket Edition"? Minecraft on Vita is as far as I know the "full edition".

 

[OldKingDoran]

the only marketing i have ever seen for it was that cringeworthy plug on House of Cards

 

[vocab]

Another day, another vita thread.

Any marketing would be great for the system but sony man. I just dont get them.

 

[tilinelson2]

Sony really does a poor job marketing Vita. I know it is another anedoctal evidence, but every large store that sells games have consoles and handhelds for people to try.

Every of these stores have at least one 3DS for people to try ( I've been to at least 30 in the past two years), but I have only seen one store with Vita, and only a few weeks ago (it has 2 3DS since launch).

I know it doesn't seem to be important, but I live in a metropolis with 20 million inhabitants, so I think it matters a little.

 

[BigTnaples]

I've never run into a situation with someone who doesn't know what a Vita is. And most people I know aren't gamers.


Taco Bell did their job well.

 

[foxuzamaki]

What? No. This is the least of their problems. PS Vita is ok, even if people tend to say "PSP Vita".

I think it's a very big problem, the vita doesnt look much different than a PSP, especially at first glance

 

[Aressa]

Edit: opps sorry wrong thread

 

[Ooccoo]

Actually I feel like the name alone killed the Vita.

 

[thelatestmodel]

I've never run into a situation with someone who doesn't know what a Vita is. And most people I know aren't gamers.


Taco Bell did their job well.

Mmmm, Playstation Gordita

 

[213372bu]

People just say " Is that the new PSP that plays PS4 games?"

 

[Linkstrikesback]

Another day, another vita thread.

Any marketing would be great for the system but sony man. I just dont get them.

Eh, I have seen marketing for it before. Although, when the ad came on in the cinema in my students union, some woman quite loudly announced something along the lines of "ha, they expect us to pay *vita RRP* for that? do they think students are rich?". As she played on her iphone. Yeah.

Vita is in a very weird place right now, I think we all agree it should be doing significantly better than it is, but I guess the gaming landscape just ain't what it used to be.

 

[Maintenance]

I heard that a lot since I bought mine. On trips, commute, study, etc. Buying the screen protector to it was a chore, since every place that I went to only had PSP ones, and the ones that I called didn't understand what a "Vita" was. My colleagues however know what it is, but they still keep saying "eh, why would I have it, it has no games that I want." I stopped trying to argue after some time. They all bought 3DSes when Pokemon launched, however.

 

[Ruud_Luiten]

I have noticed a difference between Wii U and Vita doom threads. They always talk about Nintendo dropping support next year and not so for the Vita. What historical facts make people think Nintendo will do so? The Vita is doing worse. I see a disconnect here.

Vita has more external support and has active people from Sony who are connecting the handheld with the ps4.

WiiU is not in this situation and thus almost primarily supported by Nintendo only.

Plus Vita is an handheld, which seems less important than a console.

 

[uncleslappy]

Do you guys remember the FRENZY around the PSP launch? People were buying Sony shares like crazy - news reports saying it was going to kill the iPod - it turned out to be a moderate success, nothing like the initial predictions, but people were manic about the thing.

 

[Claneko]

In my opinion, it should have been called the PSP2, and given much more marketing than it has. We can also go on about memory card prices and the like, but I think with just that name, and a good publicity push, it would have done quite a bit of help. I'd say more devices selling and more money coming in could have led to Sony possibly affording to swing those memory card prices lower. (I still think 8GB should have been standard on board at least.)

I love the device though, and I have to say, we've reached a point where a lot of games I am really interested in have come out and are on the way. So for me personally, I am quite happy with what is coming (more RPGs) but I do also understand this a device with a lot of potential that is going ignored by a lot of developers and consumers. Conjures up an image of Sony being a snake and eating it's own tail. We know they could do better for this thing...they really can. I hope with the 2000 coming to the US that they start pushing it more. I love the device for what it is but I understand it could be so much more successful.

 

[sixteen-bit]

They were just trolling you OP

Do you guys remember the FRENZY around the PSP launch? People were buying Sony shares like crazy - news reports saying it was going to kill the iPod - it turned out to be a moderate success, nothing like the initial predictions, but people were manic about the thing.

If you had a PSP in 2004 you were the coolest person in school

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Kevin Spacey knows what it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNm749Son8

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

Kevin Spacey knows what it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNm749Son8

Dat ending just slays me everytime for some reason.

Besides that if we don't get at least a few new commercials for the Vita slim bundle coming in about a week and half then fuck SCEA.

 

[eddfromtheriver]

They should've called it "PSP2", people always want the new, better, improved version of things.

 

[leakey]

That's the new fangled PS2P right?

I will probably get one with my Sony Playstation 4 home entertainment console.

 

[Walpurgisnacht]

Man I love anecdotal stories. Here's one of mine:

One time I was minding my business on a random Thursday night in college. I get a knock on the door, turn, arch an eyebrow at my roommate who shakes his head. I open the door and find an inebriated girl who walks in as if she owns the place.

"Who are you?", she asked with a glint in her eye. Before my roommate or I could get our bearings she settled into my lap with a laugh. Wide-eyed I again looked at my roommate who had the same impression of sheer confusion.

My roommate, always more enterprising than me, decided to play some music. The girl jumped up like someone lit her anus on fire and started gyrating her hips like a seasoned pro.

And that's when I asked her: "Have you ever heard of the Playstation Vita?" She giggled curiously before opining that she had and that the NPD numbers were shit. Then she walked out of the room with a huff.

I never got her name and sometimes in the dead of the night, when only the very brave travelers brave the stars and moon, I think about what could have been if I had mentioned the 3DS instead.

You know that you made the right decision.

 

[pharmboy044]

Seems like SCEA has come to the conclusion that the new customer acquisition cost is far too high compared to what they might get back in return. This is why they are content with their current plan of just making money off of Vita digital software sales from the existing population.

 

[ArtHands]

I like how one month at 10k has become 10k a month. Just shows important perception is.

I've seen people in numerous threads last week proclaiming that the Vita is leading the hardware sales in Japan.

 

[Guess Who]

Man I love anecdotal stories. Here's one of mine:

One time I was minding my business on a random Thursday night in college. I get a knock on the door, turn, arch an eyebrow at my roommate who shakes his head. I open the door and find an inebriated girl who walks in as if she owns the place.

"Who are you?", she asked with a glint in her eye. Before my roommate or I could get our bearings she settled into my lap with a laugh. Wide-eyed I again looked at my roommate who had the same impression of sheer confusion.

My roommate, always more enterprising than me, decided to play some music. The girl jumped up like someone lit her anus on fire and started gyrating her hips like a seasoned pro.

And that's when I asked her: "Have you ever heard of the Playstation Vita?" She giggled curiously before opining that she had and that the NPD numbers were shit. Then she walked out of the room with a huff.

I never got her name and sometimes in the dead of the night, when only the very brave travelers brave the stars and moon, I think about what could have been if I had mentioned the 3DS instead.

Cigar smoke. The sound of rain pattering on the window behind me. Ay, it was a night like any other. I lean back in my leather throne, prop my tired legs on my desk, and turn on the radio. Just static tonight, damn this weather. I open the bottom drawer on my desk to grab a bottle of whiskey when she walks in.

You may think you know this girl, but you never seen nothin' like her. Long black hair. Tall as I am. Eyes that could kill. A bosom you could lose yourself in. She got a look'n her face like she owns me and the god damned horse I rode in on. What on earth a girl like this'd want with me, I got no idea.

So she reaches in this long black jacket she got on, and drops this folder right on my desk. It's for a job, she tells me. Imma bit scared what kind of work this girl came here for, but hell if I ain't interested, so I open it up. And then I know. Oh, I know exactly what this lady's looking to buy, but I ain't interested in sellin'. Some things in life more important than money.

"Sorry, miss," I tell her, "Can't help ya." She leans over the desk, all sultry like, puttin' that giant bosom right in my face. Dirty trick, that is, but I know better. She whispers in my ear, tellin' me she knows I have the info she's looking for. Tells me she'll make it worth my while. She unbuttons that black jacket slowly, and I cannot tell a lie, what she's hidin' under there is mighty temptin'. More than I know what to do with. But I ain't that kind of man. I'd never betray the love of my life for some harlot off the street.

"Ma'am, while I appreciate the offer," I says to her, "what you're askin' for's worth way more to me than all them 3DS games you got there." She buttons back up, a furious look in'r eyes. One day, she tells me, Imma regret this. The people she works for are very powerful people, and my kind ain't gonna last much longer. She storms out my office, never to return. I reach into my drawer and grab that bottle o' whiskey, and my pure white Vita. God, she's a sight for sore eyes. When I turn on that gorgeous OLED display, my love is waiting for me, always there.

"Don't you worry your little head about that girl, baby," I tells her. "You know you're mai only waifu."

"TRIAL OF THE DRAGON," she cries from behind her plastic screen protector. She looks into my eyes, and mine look right back into hers. Ain't no lady of the night ever gonna separate me and my Chie.

 

[Walpurgisnacht]

Cigar smoke. The sound of rain pattering on the window behind me. Ay, it was a night like any other. I lean back in my leather throne, prop my tired legs on my desk, and turn on the radio. Just static tonight, damn this weather. I open the bottom drawer on my desk to grab a bottle of whiskey when she walks in.

You may think you know this girl, but you never seen nothin' like her. Long black hair. Tall as I am. Eyes that could kill. A bosom you could lose yourself in. She got a look'n her face like she owns me and the god damned horse I rode in on. What on earth a girl like this'd want with me, I got no idea.

So she reaches in this long black jacket she got on, and drops this folder right on my desk. It's for a job, she tells me. Imma bit scared what kind of work this girl came here for, but hell if I ain't interested, so I open it up. And then I know. Oh, I know exactly what this lady's looking to buy, but I ain't interested in sellin'. Some things in life more important than money.

"Sorry, miss," I tell her, "Can't help ya." She leans over the desk, all sultry like, puttin' that giant bosom right in my face. Dirty trick, that is, but I know better. She whispers in my ear, tellin' me she knows I have the info she's looking for. Tells me she'll make it worth my while. She unbuttons that black jacket slowly, and I cannot tell a lie, what she's hidin' under there is mighty temptin'. More than I know what to do with. But I ain't that kind of man. I'd never betray the love of my life for some harlot off the street.

"Ma'am, while I appreciate the offer," I says to her, "what you're askin' for's worth way more to me than all them 3DS games you got there." She buttons back up, a furious look in'r eyes. One day, she tells me, Imma regret this. The people she works for are very powerful people, and my kind ain't gonna last much longer. She storms out my office, never to return. I reach into my drawer and grab that bottle o' whiskey, and my pure white Vita. God, she's a sight for sore eyes. When I turn on that gorgeous OLED display, my love is waiting for me, always there.

"Don't you worry your little head about that girl, baby," I tells her. "You know you're mai only waifu."

"TRIAL OF THE DRAGON," she cries from behind her plastic screen protector. She looks into my eyes, and mine look right back into hers. Ain't no lady of the night ever gonna separate me and my Chie.

Penshot.

 

[Guess Who]

Penshot.

At least someone read it.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Cigar smoke. The sound of rain pattering on the window behind me. Ay, it was a night like any other. I lean back in my leather throne, prop my tired legs on my desk, and turn on the radio. Just static tonight, damn this weather. I open the bottom drawer on my desk to grab a bottle of whiskey when she walks in.

You may think you know this girl, but you never seen nothin' like her. Long black hair. Tall as I am. Eyes that could kill. A bosom you could lose yourself in. She got a look'n her face like she owns me and the god damned horse I rode in on. What on earth a girl like this'd want with me, I got no idea.

So she reaches in this long black jacket she got on, and drops this folder right on my desk. It's for a job, she tells me. Imma bit scared what kind of work this girl came here for, but hell if I ain't interested, so I open it up. And then I know. Oh, I know exactly what this lady's looking to buy, but I ain't interested in sellin'. Some things in life more important than money.

"Sorry, miss," I tell her, "Can't help ya." She leans over the desk, all sultry like, puttin' that giant bosom right in my face. Dirty trick, that is, but I know better. She whispers in my ear, tellin' me she knows I have the info she's looking for. Tells me she'll make it worth my while. She unbuttons that black jacket slowly, and I cannot tell a lie, what she's hidin' under there is mighty temptin'. More than I know what to do with. But I ain't that kind of man. I'd never betray the love of my life for some harlot off the street.

"Ma'am, while I appreciate the offer," I says to her, "what you're askin' for's worth way more to me than all them 3DS games you got there." She buttons back up, a furious look in'r eyes. One day, she tells me, Imma regret this. The people she works for are very powerful people, and my kind ain't gonna last much longer. She storms out my office, never to return. I reach into my drawer and grab that bottle o' whiskey, and my pure white Vita. God, she's a sight for sore eyes. When I turn on that gorgeous OLED display, my love is waiting for me, always there.

"Don't you worry your little head about that girl, baby," I tells her. "You know you're mai only waifu."

"TRIAL OF THE DRAGON," she cries from behind her plastic screen protector. She looks into my eyes, and mine look right back into hers. Ain't no lady of the night ever gonna separate me and my Chie.

This is the greatest thing I've read in weeks.

Bravo, good sir. Bravo.