corrosivefrost
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Can you use the web to make your account instead of trying from your Vita?
Vita PSN Game & Service Thread | July 2013 | Slow Month, Fast Games
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Can you use the web to make your account instead of trying from your Vita?
mr teaspoon
Member
Actually I don't own a Vita (or a PS3), I have a PS4 on pre-order and just wanted to get this stuff taken care of now so I could hand my ID out to people on GAF. With this particular problem I've tried my computer using 2 different web browsers and my girlfriends mobile.
Flying Toaster
Member
You need to fix this by getting a Vita. It will solve all your problems and help bring world peace.
Went over this before when it was announced, but I'll never understand this mindset. Scaling is for the best, unless you want to power through enemies and severely diminish how fun the combat is. Think of it as a brawler, like Streets of Rage, Alien vs Predator and Dungeons and Dragons (difficulty is the same throughout the game). Not TES IV: Oblivion or some other RPG.
If you really want the 'thrill' of going mashing one button and killing enemies instantly, maybe easy mode will be the right path.
outunderthestars
Banned
Not sure if this has been posted, but I saw this on pocket gamer and thought it was kind of awesome:
(is it ok to post a scan of an ad?)
(is it ok to post a scan of an ad?)
Not sure if this has been posted, but I saw this on pocket gamer and thought it was kind of awesome:
(is it ok to post a scan of an ad?)
I was going to post this because I saw it at work - the following page was another full page Vita ad promoting the new bundle where you get the 8gb card and the codes for 10 games.
outunderthestars
Banned
It's so strange to have seen "indie" become essentially a bad word in the Vita community. I know it's not for all of us, but it's just odd to see indies so hated on with regards to Vita. I've never seen this before. I've either seen "I don't care about this" or "I love this" but never just vitrol regarding it.
Vocal minority.
outunderthestars
Banned
I think the difference is that people are laboring under this weird misconception that indies and AAA games exist as an either/or proposition. It's quite sad.
Ruud_Luiten
Member
I love my PSVita because of the indie-games. Lot's of excellent, cheap, brilliant games on a dualstick portable with oled-screen. Yes please!
I think the difference is that people are laboring under this weird misconception that indies and AAA games exist as an either/or proposition. It's quite sad.
I think so too. It's weird.
BomberMouse
Member
I love indies too. Perfect blend of creativity, visuals and price.
outunderthestars
Banned
tamaster92
Member
Hotline miami is the best indie i have ever played, so much fun!
Oh and the only game that i can die 300 times and not care or get frustrated
It's not strange at all. In fact, it is quite easy to explain. With most dedicated gaming consoles, people know they'll get BOTH major AAA titles and indie games. They buy their console for the former and also enjoy the later (let's be honest, PS4s, PS3s, 3DSs, Xboxs and even Wii Us are not bought for their indie offerings). The same was the case of the Vita, but..
a) A lot of Vita owners think it is becoming a console exclusively dedicated to indies and feel cheated, something that Sony's statements and behavior about the Vita doesn't help alleviate.
b) (my case) A lot of us want to see the console sell a lot better, and indie games can't accomplish that plain and simple. Big games will come, I'm sure, but what I'm not that sure about is if they will be enough in number to see my most-loved console get any considerable market traction for a stable period of time.
I think the difference is that people are laboring under this weird misconception that indies and AAA games exist as an either/or proposition. It's quite sad.
True enough. As mentioned above, every console needs BOTH to be healthy.
Since when have all consoles had AAA and Indies? This generation only has it become the norm - and even then it was only half way through you saw it emerge properly.
A - This is a valid point; if I had purchased the system under pretences of having GTA, MGS etc maybe I'd be a little annoyed.
B - We're not all super invested in hardware sales - if it sold better we might get more games, sure. But I'd disagree about you saying indie games can't sell systems. If Minecraft never came to 360 and was a Vita/PC exclusive it would have moved a lot of units. State of Decay has sold gangbusters on 360, Journey likewise on PS3 - these games have the potential to explode in sales and that's what Sony is looking for.
While trying to secure "big" games (which I'm sure they are) they're giving us a steady stream of excellent titles. What would we be playing this month without these indie releases? Or in the run up to Christmas? It would be bleaj
I think you're pointing to the wrong problem? The lack of big games doesn't correlate to the presence of indie games. Why are people getting mad about them? Their problem should lie squarely on the lack of big games, and indie games, if they don't care about those, should not even enter the equation. The problem is not with indie games, and definitely not the fact that a huge corporation like Sony is willing to market those games, so please don't bring them in. It's like bringing a kid into a divorce. It's not their fault.
Diablo 3 is coming to the PS3/PS4 too. A Vita version would be nice.
If Transistor comes to the Vita, I'll be there day one.
Having higher stats gives me a sense of progression and satisfaction. It's fine if enemies are tough in later levels, but I don't want to go back to the first level to find that the enemies are still as strong as ever. It kills the point of even having a RPG-like system in the first place. Still buying the game regardless though.
Wickerbasket
Member
If they didn't want people to overpower enemies through grinding then they shouldn't have made it an RPG.
Level scaling is lazy and makes me feel like I'm being punished for playing more.
You should be. The larger a console's installed base is, the more games (of all kinds) it will get. Even more, if the install base if large enough, some devs might even consider developing exclusively for that console.
Those games are exceptions, you know that. And also all good/great indie titles (like HM, the soon-to-arrive Terraria, Thomas was Alone and many others) are not (and most likely will never be) exclusive to the Vita. Hell, even when they are exclusive to PlayStation they also arrive to PS3, all of which greatly decreases the chances of them moving Vita units.
Definitely true. I'm enjoying HM just as much as Muramasa. But as you mentioned above, a lot of Vita owners think of this AAA/indie game scenario as an either/or situation.
On a different topic. VitaGAF, any recommendations for a PSone classic RPG for under $7.00? I'm open to all suggestions. I have been thinking about Grandia, but I don't know if perhaps I might be missing on something better. Thanks in advance!
Diablo 3 is coming to the PS3/PS4 too. A Vita version would be nice.
If Transistor comes to the Vita, I'll be there day one.
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Yeah, but Activison is involved there, and the biggest western pubs are just never going to care about handhelds. The 3DS is doing better then Vita, but Acti, EA, 2K, etc, are not flocking to that either. They can only for Ipad in that sector.
Runic may be more open to the idea of coming to Vita since they do not have a publisher to answer to in the same way. Also if your concern is playing AAA titles in your house on your portable system there is remote play for that.
just buy it, you won't regret it..
Muffin Awesome
Member
Anyone else want to help me politely nudge/make aware to @yosp, shahid, and Kojima that the fox engine would look great on the Vita? Politely please.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
I don't think people would "hate" on the indie games if there were also some AAA announcements.
Sony is not paying for these indies, one does not cancel the other thats what people dont seem to understand. We could be getting NOTHING instead...
But this is not a sales thread.
I understand and very much agree with wanting more AAA games, but that has nothing to do with indie games. Why should I complain that we get indie games? I should be glad since we would have a lot less games every week if it weren't for these smaller titles. In the early days of the Vita before indies were really on board with the platform, we would go WEEKS without getting a single game sometimes.
Wait, Dragon's Crown isn't a fighter? Why did I think it was a fighter? Is it the boobs?
NinjamicWZ
Banned
This, exactly. I love New Game+ and I love RPG elements in my fantasy beat 'em ups, but I want to be able to play the game on my original save with my 1st characters in perpetuity... not restart from scratch every time I see the credits in order to get a proper game experience.
I'll be playing this with a team of friends whenever possible, as well... and this facilitates an enjoyable action experience, where we're not just sightseeing and walking through monsters that insta-die as if they're not even there.
It's because they don't understand that most indies are just as good as the stuff they buy at gamestop.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
People aren't differentiating. Most people bought the Vita on the "console quality on the go" and "Ps3-like graphics" premise and now they are getting indie games and retro graphics.
They're disappointed and angry and unfortunately the indie games are some kind of target to focus their anger on.
And right now it pretty much looks like Indie is pretty much everything the will have to offer in the future. We haven't had a big exclusive game announcement since nearly a year...
tamaster92
Member
You people know its gamescom in a month right?
Dorimukyasuto
Member
That headline...
http://news.yahoo.com/ps-vita-now-crushing-nintendo-wii-u-210519219.html
Can't say I go on Yahoo! For news, but came across it.
It says the PS Vita sold 34,000+ last week in Japan. Not bad at all!
http://news.yahoo.com/ps-vita-now-crushing-nintendo-wii-u-210519219.html
Can't say I go on Yahoo! For news, but came across it.
It says the PS Vita sold 34,000+ last week in Japan. Not bad at all!
Thanks. Also, is Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare any good? Is it playable on Vita?
Freedom wars? It one game, but its more than 0, if it is a 2014 title that would show that Sony is not intending to kill the platform yet.
Also while not exclusive we have had announcements this year including Batman, Rayman, and Fifa, aswell as a bunch of Japanese stuff like Dragon Ball, Toukiden, etc. With SE now being willing to support PSMobile now it is also a good indication we could see more support from them seeing as 90percent of their output now is mobile based games.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
I'm not attacking you, but citing Warrior's Lair as a loss, or as console gaming?
I'm on Vita releases and compiling information like a hawk, and I forgot that game even existed. It was cancelled because no one cared... until it was cancelled and became a talking point of course.
I would love a good dungeon crawler, and it might have been great for simply being more controller and move/attack oriented from the ground up.... but every pic and video ever shown really gave no indication that it was more than a C string game. If it fell off my radar on Vita, you can be sure it's irrelevant.
Half the development was going to be undermined by the existence of Diablo 3 within a few months, to boot. Don't know the business behind it on Sony's end, but I really only see it as a loss in empathetic vaporware terms... presumably a decent amount of work and near complete game, callously discarded.