Post by Steve Farrelly @ 12:50pm 19/06/12 | 10 Comments
"That Wii U tablet doesn't have a processor in it, so it's got to be fueled by that box sitting under your TV," said Scott Rohde, VP of Sony Worldwide Studios in an interview with Gamesindustry International at this year's E3. "We can do some pretty special things that you'll start to see on the [E3] floor this year and you'll see more over the upcoming months about what you can do when you actually have a processor in the thing that's in your hand as well."
The only rub against these comments is that the Wii U ships with its controller, punters will need to purchase, separately, a PS3 and a Vita in order to get that functionality, and the Vita is still trailing in the sales department behind the likes of the 3DS as well as iPad and iPhone.
"It's only been three months though, just three months," Rohde said of the lackluster sales of Vita. "There are a lot of games on that machine and I think what we have to hang our hat on... Every single person that actually picks that thing up absolutely loves it - if you're a gamer and you pick up a Vita, you're going to have fun. And you're going to use it over a device like this [points to an iPhone] if you really want a game."
Time will tell if Rohde's commitment to Vita and PS3 functionality, or the Vita in general, will pay off, but so far it's not looking great.
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Posted 12:58pm 19/6/12
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Posted 02:38pm 19/6/12
The Vita is in a weird position of not really knowing who it is targeted at. 3DS has the kids market and knows who the player base is, which helps it in regards to the app store revolution, but they're hurting too.
Posted 03:25pm 20/6/12
This s*** only works, and will only be put to extensive use by the developers for your console if it's in the original SDK.
No one wants to waste time and money developing for some new gimicky add on.
Also, f*** Sony.
Posted 02:49pm 28/6/12
adults are more likely to spend extra on a phone that can play fun time wastey entertaining game than to spend on a bulky vita
hell, most nerds are more likely to get a DS and play some of the fun memory from childhood games, pretty sure a quick straw poll around here would show a higher number of people owning a DS than a Vita
Posted 06:27pm 28/6/12
People who want a fancier phone buy one, and most people these days do. Most people don't even think about playing games on their phone, they just happen to notice they can do it after they've already bought it.
In other words I think they are for the most part different markets.
Having said that I wouldn't buy either of the current platforms nor am I likely to pick up any future ones, so I don't have anything invested in this either way.
Posted 06:37pm 28/6/12
I'm sure that many adults that commute that would have in the past bought a handheld to while away the time are now more likely to play some upset avian's, check facebook, or make a tweet about the state of somebody's ill advised clothing
you are always going to get people who will buy a DS because pokemon is still cool to play when your thirty,