You sound quite angry and bitter. I don't want to argue with you. My thoughts are that when a system is as far gone as the Vita selling a few thousand units in major territories each month then a company is smart to not throw good money after bad (especially a company that cannot afford to lose any more money right now) and to cut it's losses.
Oh and two things - some posters who agree with my line of thinking do own a Vita, read through the comments again to see this. I myself as I said before did own a Vita but after constant neglect and few games, that weren't back catalogue PSP/PSX titles to keep my interest I decided to part with it. It wasn't 'my line of thinking' as you keep stating over and over, in the beginning but it is now.
Can you honestly say that a 2.5 yr old portable, that despite massive price drops has still failed to sell more than a few thousand units most months in major territories across the EU and US is suddenly going to become a big deal and worthy of Sony's resources, money and time at this point?
Should they have handled things better in the past - yes, should they suddenly try doing that now (when most handhelds only have a 5-6 yr lifespan max) - hell no. Bad business.
lol now you're just being silly. Why should I get upset/angry over this with you? I just think the argument you're making is stupid so I'm trying to point out why. Hell you somehow cut down 5 minutes of my suggested 15minutes because for some reason that would help the cause of ps4! >_> I don't think you are thinking this through well enough at this point. Don't let me making argument against your comments to mean more than just that
And I'm sure a few do own the system among those people, but most of them don't. It was no different last year too really. So this isn't anything unique not seen before.
Again sales sales sales. You just said yourself you sold yours because it didn't have games you liked..and guess why that is? Because like you, sony also thinks about the vita same way. I mean again if this is your angle why they shouldn't spend a a meager amount of time like 15mins on the system, then they should have ditched the PS3 in it's first year. The financial ruin that system brought the company has not been overcome even now. but aren't we all glad they didn't? Even after some horrific first years and losing marketshare big time
IF the company was actually 'smart' as you say, no system of theirs should be selling sub 5k a month in a market as large as NA. Vita is insignificant in the long term of things when it comes to sony's troubles too fyi. If you actually check their financial statements in the past years, this is a none issue for them. Their troubles with losing money primarily lies elsewhere.
Again not saying they should go crazy with the system..that's your own imaginary take on it. I'm saying they can spare about 15mins for content/features/bundles etc for the system. It won't harm the PS4 and it certainly won't harm the ps3.
but yeah I'm happy with the systems content. Lots of localization happening and I actually have a backlog now. I'm just saying the way sony is handling the system at these big events is absolutely pathetic. I mean don't change your initial argument now, you said no one cares etc about vita at these shows, yet I recall many gamers in general being happy with reveals such as Tearaway, KZ Merc, Gravity Rush too. Because at the end of the day we play the games, not the sales. And sony can do much much worse (and have in the past) than spend a brief amount of time about a great piece of gaming hardware like the vita
Anywho I'm done with this for now. Carry on everyone
