corrosivefrost
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Works fine if you have a decent network set up. I did some of my Hard mode time attack runs via remote play. Once in awhile, it would lag, but it's not the kind of twitch gaming where it's a showstopper. Now I'm not saying I want to go do time attack hard mode colossus #3 via remote play, but I did enough of my run on Vita and wasn't pissed off by the lag when it occurred.
Sure... are we PSN friends? If not, send me a FR.
Yup -- you need the most recent patch for ICO/SotC to get remote play enabled.
Why in the world would anyone make a AAA game for the vita? The install base doesn't justify the cost.
The future of the Vita, as of now, is indies from the west, imports from Japan, and the occasional "big" title from Sony and the super, super occasional "big" title from third party - like Batman.
This is just, factually, where the Vita is right now. We can argue about "the vita needs this!" "No, it's needs that!" but the numbers don't add up.
I do think there is a path to expanding the install base, which I outlined here. http://fyfyi.com/2013/06/29/fyfyi-episode-196-indies-the-vita-and-you/ in podcast form. But if you don't want to listen this is what I think needs to happen that is realistic (saying "just get GTA!!!" isn't realistic).
1. Price drop at gamescom. Why? Because that's a few weeks before Killzone. So the first few weeks will lift sales just by virtue of the drop and then Killzone hits which should also boost sales. Add an 8gb card and 1 month of PS+ to the box.
2. When Killzone comes out make a bundle. Same other stuff... 8gb card, 1 month of PS+.
3. When Tearaway comes out make a bundle. Same other stuff.
4. When Batman comes out make a bundle. Same other stuff.
5. PS4 comes out, $550 bundle for PS4 with Vita, 8gb card, 1 month of +.
5. Push another HUGEEEEE Black Friday deal. Like $150 for the vita, different games bundled, etc.
6. Early 2014 release your first revision, a cheaper model without an OLED (as far as I understand the OLED is the most expensive piece of the tech that can be replaced... LCD would be just fine for most people). Keep two skus, 3ds style.... the "better" one at $200 with the OLED, the cheaper one at $150.
The point of a price drop is to get a bit of a snowball effect going. If you drop price right now it will boost sales for about two weeks and then it will flatline again because there is nothing else keeping it going. Gamescom and then even with the rather lackluster lineup this fall... it's spaced perfectly to keep that snowball rolling.
Two other things need to happen to help. The first, and this might be a pipe dream, but Sony needs to start advertising the thing. Go directly after what people perceive to be the weakness... that it has no games and it's not a good value.
I would run about 6 different commercials that are all similar in setup that all show about 5 seconds of gameplay from 5 games in each (leaving another 5 seconds for wrapper). I would do it like this. Same wrapper on each commercial so you think it's going to be the same but each time different games pop in the middle.
1. Wipeout 2048, Guacamelee, Madden, Y's, Lumines
2. Uncharted, Rayman Origins, Persona 4, Limbo, FIFA
3. Soul Sacrifice, Gravity Rush, Muramasa, Hotline Miami, MLB 13
4. Assassin's Creed 3 Lib, Dead or Alive 5 Plus, Sine Mora, Need For Speed Most Wanted
5. LittleBigPlanet, Call of Duty, Sonic Racing Transformed, Mutant Blobs Attack, Jak and Daxter Collection
6. Killzone, Disgaea 3, Virtua Tennis 4, Dragon Fantasy Book 1, Unit 13
You could obviously do more than 6... but the point is to take the battle directly to the narrative of "The vita has no games." The ads don't have to mention that meme by name. But by all having the same intro and each having different sets of games... over the course of a few weeks people will start going "holy shit! How many games are on this goddamn thing?!" The vita doesn't have that single "Killer App" but it does have an amazing ecosystem of games and I think this would be their most effective line of advertising. It's not "buy this, we have a big game" it's "no matter what you like, we got it."
Also... if the remote play is as flawless as it should be (and really, it should be... i'm at the point where if it isn't i will consider that a disappointment) that will create good word of mouth on its own. Remote play and controlling a game with the vita could also be mixed into a commercial. Maybe after the PS4 comes out show someone playing Drive Club through it, show a couple of apps (skype, twitter, facebook, browser), show Tearaway and then blast like 50 game titles on the screen.
The thing with the Vita is that it sells itself if people get to sit down with it. I know this isn't 100% true so there's no need to respond with "well I bought one and sold it because i thought it sucked." But, in general, once people start messing around with one they sell themselves. The problem is that kiosks don't do the trick. The lighting is poor, the screen is smudged to shit, you have to hold it like 3 feet away from your eyes (if you're tall like me). So they need to grow the base to grow the base. I know that sounds stupid but I think you get one I mean. Once they are out there and more people have it... those people's friends and families will then see it and more will get sold.
So they need to expand the install base... and this fall into next spring is the time to do it. They also need to deal with memory card costs. I know that with the small install base they need those margins to stay profitable but I do think that a lot of informed buyers are reticent about the machine based on memory prices alone. Get rid of the 4gb, introduce a 64gb, and slot everything down a notch in price (64=$100, 32=$50, 16=$30 8=$20). I think people will be ok with, at the very least, 16gbs for $30. Also, you have to pack memory in every box, sony. You have to.
I tried to convince Adam Boyes to hire me, he declined. I still think he should
Pretty much.
patch? I GUESS NOT!
dammit PSN,
why don't you download and install ALL patches yourself? like..... Wiiu?
PS+ does this. At least if the game has recently been played.
See above.
Hooray! 
