The point is that Sony will not just pull the plug. The very idea that Yoshida or Kaz will come out, do a 17 minute bow and say "that's it folks" is absurd. Sony will support it in one way or another. I want them to do more, I want them to seem to fucking try, but what I want and what they do are often wildly different.
I bought the Vita to play games on, that is exactly what I am doing with it and what I'll continue to do on it for years to come. I HOPE that means I'll also be enjoying the fruits of new games, but there's sweet fuck all me worrying about it is going to do.
I could sit here and reel off a list of shit they could do to maybe solve the problem. Yet I doubt any of it would be something that didn't already crop up at one of the (I'm sure) many meetings the brass have had with the agendum being simply "What the fuck are we going to do with this".
I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to do or say. I own one, I regret nothing, I hope that it get's a decent influx of new owners and games in the next 12 months so that 3rd party support picks up. I am enjoying my Vita more than any system I've ever owned, though honestly I've not owned many, yet I don't make games, I don't write a blog or reviews for games (aside from about 3 articles on nearvita), I don't sell games, so in no way can I influence anyone to buy one on a mass scale.
It's rare that I post in these kind of threads simply because it's all been said already. Drop the price, drop the memory card price, release more games both dedicated and multiplats. A thread could be made with that title and locked with no additional posts in it. It would contain the essence of every one of these threads distilled into the core issues. Yet week after week, thread after thread, we go around and around going absolutely nowhere
Of course Sony will never truly "end" the Vita as you describe it, but they'll let it die a quiet death. Kinda like what they've done with the Move and 3D gaming. Oh sure, every couple of months, they'll pretend that it's still in their plans, but quietly letting Vita die is one thing that they can very easily do. In fact, as I mentioned, their E3 almost made it seem like they were going to let the Vita die quietly.
You're right, nothing you say here will help Sony, but nothing others say here will end the Vita too. This is a discussion forum, where people come to discuss video games and things related to video games. You can either join in and discuss and argue and counter argue (because what else does one do at a forum), or you can ignore it.
Coming in and announcing "I love my games, I don't care if it dies tomorrow, I still have a HUGE backlog, nothing I say here matters" is frustrating to me, because it doesn't add much to the conversation (Conversely, those who say "There are no gamez, it should just die" adds nothing either). There is a lot of people arguing passionately for both sides.
I read this everywhere but it's just not true.
- Sony cared enough to have one of the best launch line-ups ever.
- Sony cared enough to release many first-party games, 4 of which had exceptional production values, in less than a year's time.
- Sony cared enough to have a lot of content in the PSN store.
- Sony cared enough to have 2 of the biggest western franchises on the Vita.
- Sony cares enough to produce a new (exclusive) Killzone game for the western audience.
- Sony cares enough to produce a new IP like Tearaway in hope that they find a hit for the mass market.
- Sony cares enough to produce a new IP like Soul Sacrifice in hope that they find a hit for the jpn market.
Is it working? No.
But I'm not sure how can anyone look at the facts and say that Sony 'couldn't care less' about the Vita.
When the NGP's pricing was first announced and its pricing seemed reasonable, what did Nintendo do? Cut it's price, and announce some big Mario games, to be released within weeks of the Vita's release date, and market it aggressively.
A lot of the things you've mentioned here, Sony probably would have done ALREADY, regardless of whether or not the Vita had done well.
All I see is a lot of "Of course we don't like how the Vita is doing, but we feel like our bundles will sell value..don't judge before Christmas!"
Sony could have at least made a big push this holiday season with a price cut, but hey...whatever.
