In a somewhat controversial move online gaming publication IGN has stated in a recent article titled The PlayStation Vita Is Set to Succeed that Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation Vita ‘is destined to sell better’ than the Nintendo 3DS.
For better or for worse, Vita will be pitted against the Nintendo 3DS. But the comparison doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, and even if you were to pit them against each other, Vita is still destined to sell better. That’s because in addition to games (which Nintendo 3DS is still sorely lacking), it’s also a much more powerful machine capable of doing a whole lot more than 3DS.
Nintendo isn’t the primary competition for Sony this time around. The major complaint against something like Vita is that its space is being encroached upon by the phone and tablet market, and hence the real competition for Vita will come from Apple and Android devices. There’s certainly something to be said about that. People are playing games on iOS in insane amounts. Hell, 30 million people play Angry Birds everyday. That poses a real problem for Sony.
When you combine everything the PlayStation Vita can do, it could easily make you wonder why it’s been short-changed by many people in the gaming community. The Nintendo 3DS is certainly not going to take the Vita out with N64 ports and tired, worn series. The iPhone and Android phones are in everyone’s pockets, but who’s going to play a competent first-person shooter or action-heavy games like Arkham City on them any time soon? The Vita seems to be the best of both worlds – a technologically-advanced and connected handheld that’s tailor-made for gamers.
IGN always want to start a fanboy war and they said the same thing with psp and DS and we all know how that turned out
did they really?
Yes they really did lol
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but its diffrent this time bud
“But it’s different this time!” -Classic line. No, it’s not
sony learned from there mistakes… analog mistakes.
so you’ve personally got to try them out?
no but i know that there analogs and that theres two of them sooo…yea.
I’m not gonna lie, this thing looks incredibly sweet, but I just don’t see it beating the 3DS. Yeah, it’ll sell. I never said it wouldn’t. But I don’t think it’ll beat the 3DS is all.
if thats your opinion, then im not going to change it. but i just think we should wait and see what happens. you now Nintendo wasn’t always king (ps2 and gamecube)
PS1 102,000,000 N64 32,000,000
PS2 150,000,000+ Gmaecube 21,000,000
Sony knows how to make good consoles but they priced PS3 wrong. Will anyone really pick Wii over PS3 if they were priced the same when it launched? I dont think so. PSP came out and stood its ground against DS selling over 70,000,000 thats more than Gamecube and N64 sold in their entire lifespan. Sony has come back for round two and if anyone says Vita isnt a kickass device is a blind fool who has their head stuck up their ass.
agreed, as i said before, sony learned from there mistakes. NEW IP’s, MORE/BETTER control. forget about graphics thats probably the last thing in the vita’s list.
Your numbers are wrong man. I recommend you watch this http://gameoverthinker.blogspot.com/2010/08/episode-39-emperor-has-no-clothes.html
It will change your mind about sony.
Sales do not account for how much people like something, only that people will buy it not knowing how much they’ll actually like it. So many people bought the Wii, but as we’ve been seeing for a while, not many people actually like it.
It’s always been in portable consoles…
So what if it doesn’t? It doesn’t make it a crappy system, just like how Vita possibly beating the 3DS doesn’t make the 3DS a crappy system either.
Here we go again, I suppose.
What I got from this statement:
Any and all first person shooters> Angry Birds> Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
IGN just lost the tiny ounce of credibility it had left.
Well what you got from that statement was really wrong.
Hey guys, here’s an idea.
Why don’y we look at thing with an open mind, stop being unbiased for a sec, and see how stuff works?
What? To hard?
Oh.
“in addition to games (which 3ds is sorely lacking)” IDIOTS haven’t they heard of mario kart 7, super mario 3d land, mario tennis, kid icarus uprising, and many more? some times they are annoying but here just stupid
The point is, none of those games are out yet. Not a single one.
Try harder.
And of all the ones you just mentioned, Only Kid Icarus could be considered a brand new franchise (totally revamped gameplay, so not like the old games) and the rest are Mario Spin-off sequels.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I love Ninty Forever, but the 3DS needs some good breakthrough games to help it move along.
Yeah just like the other consoles, 100 FPS games and casual crap like angry birds… I would rather play my NES…
Yeh!!!!
I want to play NES over Angry Birds. Who says no to the best ever games like Zelda?
I give up.
Hell, 30 million people play Angry Birds everyday.
The Nintendo 3DS is certainly not going to take the Vita out with N64 ports and tired, worn series.
The iPhone and Android phones are in everyone’s pockets,
but who’s going to play a competent first-person shooter or action-heavy games like Arkham City on them any time soon?
Hence the any and all first person shooters> Angry Birds> Legend of Zelda; OoT
Zelda OoT is old and newer games have surpassed it. It’s still fun to play and was revolutionary at the time, but the stuff you listed HAVE surpassed it.
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2004: “The PSP will outsell the DS.”
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
did they really say that?
they never, did they only said it was more superior than the ds not that it would sell more.
They did…2004.
show me the article
@Vito yea they did. Some posted a link on here of it
Practically every website/magazine/analyst said the same thing in 2004 with the same reasoning.
Better tech, better controls, better media functionality, etc.
The argument is exactly the same, so it isn’t ‘different this time bud’.
If The Vita does outsell the 3DS and win this generation then there is something wrong. Afterall Nintendo practically owns the handheld market for 22 years and all have tried to beat nintendo’s Gameboy’s and DS and all have failed.
A market that nobody really participated in. There wasnt really anyone making handhelds but Sega who made the game gear and went out of the hardware business.
You don’t really know gaming history do you??? here’s the list of tried and failed portable’s all made to take a piece of Nintendo’s pie:
Sega Game Gear
Atari Lynx
TurboExpress
GameMate
Supervision
Neo Geo Pocket/Color
WonderSwan
GamePark
N-Gage
Gamepark 32
GP2X
PSP
You probably never heard of most of these, but that is exactly the point. Nintendo always knows how to do portables proper! Most of the above have played the “console in your pocket” card and all have failed. Sony hasn’t learned anything seeing as the Vita promises to be exactly the same thing all over again.
didn’t work then… won’t work now.
You are actually a fool, naming a bunch of handheld consoles made by different manufacturers and calling it competition is quite stupidity and lack of knowledge at its finest. Are you kidding me? I consider myself a console historian as i pretty much know and have owned a lot of consoles ranging from Atari, to Sega to Nokia, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Phillips, Mattel, Coleco etc. And im a sony fanboy even though i game on other platforms Sony is my favorite.
In other to be called a competition in the gaming industry you have to at least have a platform with not just 1st party support but also 2nd and 3rd with a market that exceeds just 1 region.
Sega Game Gear, Atari Lynx, TurboExpress, GameMate, Supervision, Neo Geo Pocket/Color were all consoles created withing the generation of The original gameboy but lacked enough support from 3rd party developers and failed to gain traction outside Japan so they were essentially scrapped.
Both Game Parks was launched in Korea and not after long went bankrupt so they scrapped it, WonderSwan developed by same person who made the original gameboy was released solely in Japan, gained moderate success and was scrapped. N-Gage was a phone capable of gaming but was first and foremost a Phone, its like saying the Smartphones are competing with DS and PSP.
GP2X was just a multimedia device disguised as a game console. Overall the only real competitors to Nintendo in the handheld race were Atari, SNK, Sega, Sony, the rest are just little companies trying to make a few bucks but not having the balls to back it up.
PSP has seen a massive success, 70 million is not little even when compared to DS’s 140 million units. It has generated a massive amount of Revenue for Sony that it warrants a second gen. Nintendo has not created the best consoles but have always had a monopolist business POV and know how to market their devices so they sell well. Game Gear was a better console than Gameboy, Atary Lynx was a better console too, heck the games.com by Tiger Electronics introduced touch screen into handhelds in 1999 but they werent really a competitor. They are portable consoles, they arent tiny fit in your pocket consoles. There point is to have a console that works on its own without requiring a TV, external controllers and a power supple that plugs into a wall. The Lines of Nintendo portables and DSes aren’t even the most pocketable devices, heck 3DS is huge compared to say a phone that is created to fit in peoples pockets, get it?
Actually Sony has learnt a lot from PSP, they have learnt that gaming is an activity that requires immersion in other for it to be really satisfying and what better way to immerse people into gaming than a big screen? sure you can enjoy a game on a 2 or 3 inch screen but nothing beats bigger screen. They have learnt that for a console to truely play FPS they require proper dual 3rd axial analog sticks not single sliders like the PSP had, they have also learnt that powerful specs give developers room to explore, a slew of control options and a back touchpad will open up new gimmicky but fun ways to play games. They have learnt that selling it for cheap will attract more buyers, they have learnt that easy and cheap development makes developers more like to support your platform, they have learnt that a full online experience should not be exclusive to home consoles that is why they have added Party voice chat and full PSN online architecture. You are an idiot to sit there and say they have not learnt anything, they have learnt a lot and they appeal to their audience, people like myself and 70 million others. Heck they have learnt that you not only need to create a device you have to give developers reason to create for it that is why they created PS SUIT which stream lined Android developers to port or create new games and Apps that will run on Vita and Android devices. Tell me, what have Nintendo learnt? apart from portable game consoles shouldn’t only do gaming but other things which by the way is what Sony has stood for. PS1 could play music, PS2 plays DVDs, PS3 plays blurays and 3D, music, streams netflix etc. What nintendo does it bring their tried and true first party games and while i wont say they are bad games you idiots buy same games over and over again.
So you see my friend, you are just a little fool who thinks they know console history by googling portable devices and listing them as competitors to Nintendo. When i said “A market that nobody really participated in. There wasnt really anyone making handhelds but Sega who made the game gear and went out of the hardware business” I wasnt saying nobody has created a handheld, im saying there haven’t been any real competitor in that sector but Sega, Atari and Sony. Sony has held its ground and seen success and now coming for 2nd round.
…
OK, bye Nintendo. (switches teams)
That shows you know nothing about gaming history. I don’t blame you since you really don’t have to, but if you want to make a valid points or an intelligent argument over this, you have no choice but to learn about gaming history. The handheld battle has been as fiercesome as the home console battle. Everyone was trying to tear the competition apart. Kaikoshumi presented you with the competition.
The handheld console race has not been feirce in fact i will go as far as to say Sony has been the only manufacturer to have really competed with Nintendo thus far. Some have tried like Sega, Atari and etc but just gave up half way. Think you know console history, because if you did you will know the first handheld was created by Mattel, first to have a touch screen was done by Tiger Electronics in 1999, the first to do a DPad was Coleco, first analog stick was by Smith Electronics, dual analog sticks was by Sony, AR Sony, motion control was done by Atari in 1982. You think googling names of handhelds and getting some info from wikipedia makes you someone who knows gaming history?
@Common Sense That sounds like what you’ve been doing, Sony copies what’s good and improves upon it, not that I’m a nintendo fanboy but lets look at how sony was back when it started in the race for gaming. Nintendo actually had an agreement to make a CD based game console with sony back in 1991 from concepts that Nintendo actually drew up. Now this was not an original idea, but Sony had taken this idea from Nintendo because they “cleverly written” in the contract that they would have all the rights to the SNES CD-games Nintendo broke that agreement. In 1994 the Playstation came out with a sort of, but not all the way stolen idea.
Now let’s talk about you, you are a fan boy, you will never give an honest review on anything when it is in between the two. Inside the gaming industry, the CEO’s, PR’s and other big money thrive off of you because you advertise for free. You suckle on the run off sony gives to magazines from paying them and other forms of media so they can leave a good impression on people like you. Total FANBOYS. You seem to know a lot, but not enough about the gaming industry as you yourself are not part of it. Don’t forget about touch screen joysticks, and the second joystick that’s already out for the 3ds, and the FPS
market these days. (The 3ds joystick is something i don’t know has come out before the VITA).
To be nice and not to bash you on your ego, and ignorance I do agree Sony in the past years and even the PS3 has shown that they know their gamers. I will tell you PS3 is my favorite console this generation, but every console has their advantages. I’m sure the PSP VITA will be a wonderful handheld and will fit to a group that will want those extras, but I don’t feel 300 big ones and 30 dollers more for 3G access is kind of a rip to me for online gaming. I don’t know how I feel about it but then again I haven’t tried the online support just the VITA itself and I won’t tell how I feel about it ;). Let’s just say there are things that are not as glorified as the Sony Reps and PRs are trying to make it sound.
Chow,
Anonymous
IGN has based their website on sucking off Sony and Microsoft. Their biased nature should just be ignored at this point
Actually IGN was made to cover N64 news.
IGN first began as IGN64.com, but they moved away from being a Nintendo-based site sometime in the past.
You can’t spell IGNORANT without IGN!
are you a comedian?
cuz u so funny
No way, Nintendo is going to kick Sony’s butt!
Totally agreed! \m/
fuck yeah! ;)
lol fanboys UNITE!
and a HATER above! =)
hehehe move along fanboy ^_^
Sony fanboys are the worst. They are hypocritical. When the Playstation came out, the Nintendo 64 was its competition. I bought the Playstation and tried 5 first-gen games. The jumpy graphics (hardware not being able to decide where the pixels should go) hurt my eyes and gave me a headache. I returned the system after a week of trying to let my eyes get used to it. Then, I bought a Nintendo 64 and was happy that the polygons seemed more stable. Sony tried to make it sound like the CD having more storage capacity than a cartridge made the Playstation superior. However, the CD drive seemed to take forever to load the game whereas the cartridge didn’t take near as long. Also, Nintendo claimed that with their cartridges, they could acheive a 60:1 compression ratio. Let’s do some math: CD’s hold 600 MB to 800 MB. Nintendo 64 cartridges held up to 512 Mbit or 64 MB. Playstation’s CD format did not support compression so 700 MB = 700 MB. A 64MB N64 cartridge, if compressed, would be able to hold 64 X 60 = 3840 MB. However, game developers never trusted Nintendo enough to put their claim to the test. Playstation’s graphics were 32-bit while Nintendo 64’s was 64-bit. When the system specs were conveyed to a Sony fanboy, they would simply respond with a, “it’s not about graphics. It’s about the games.” Now, when their words are repeated back to them, they act like the person saying it is an idiot. Wait, doesn’t that mean that when they said it, they were idiots? However, once Square moved over to Sony. I had to buy a Playstation, again. This time, it was a PS2 and I was glad to see that their system could “make up its mind.” The PS2’s CPU was around 300 MHz. A new competitor entered into the market with a 700 MHz CPU. It was the XBOX. And, the Gamecube’s “inferior” 486 MHz Power PC CPU was greatly underestimated by developers. They made the juvenile mistake of comparing a Power PC CPU to an Intel-based CPU. It would be the same as comparing the PS3’s cell-computing to a multicore CPU.
*system specs were obtained by wikipedia (I thought PS2’s CPU was 600 MHz)
In conclusion, I don’t believe that anyone should own only one system. I believe that each system has its own strengths and weaknesses and that the owners of the systems should NOT be made fun of or belittled.
That was the most well reasoned arguement I’ve ever seen anyone make on the Internet. Bravo.
YEAH GO NINTENDO!!!
I LIKE PENIS!!!!! Oh wait… we were talking bout Nintendo…..
…wft? …you’re obviously a sony gamer
lol, what the hell?
suck it!
rofl
Well played mister…
They did it twice before whats to stop them from doing it again?
InB4 “you can’t spell ignorant without IGN”
LOL good one there IGN = Ignorant lol nice!
You also can’t spell ignore without ign… Best to ignore them and let them say their lies.
Absolute Crap.
This is why IGN has lost all credibility, at least to me.
You just say that because they said something you don’t like. EA has also said the same thing and you started to hate them, saying,
“who gives a shit about EA they lost my support long ago because of the games they make that sound cool always turn out to be shitty with the occasional ” wow this game is fun”
If EA and IGN said the same thing to the 3DS and not to the ps vita, you wouldn’t hate them. That’s how the minds of the fanboys work.
How… sad.
Please, don’t give us news the kind of: ‘IGN says …’ I believe we all know they act as Sony and Microsoft pay them to publish anything. We come here for Nintendo news, which this blog actually do it rigth.
Okay. When the PlayStation Vita is marked at $250 and $300 when the Nintendo 3DS is marked at the $170 price point, I really see there not being any competition because consumers will go after what has the better price, and the Nintendo 3DS is already starting to pick back up with having strong 1st-Party and 3rd-Party games. I will admit, the PlayStation Vita has an impressive launch line-up, but how many of them are made available at launch? Plus, with the 3G/Wi-Fi plan, I think it is going to be fully obsolete before the year ends. I really don’t see how it is that many people got hyped for a device that was showcased at this year’s E3 when they constantly think it’ll slam the 3DS when journalists continue to look at the 3DS because of the Battery Life and the failed launch of the system. It’s really ridiculous. It’s like they always give Sony and Microsoft the Red Carpet treatment while treating Nintendo like a black sheep. That is really bad journalism on their parts because they are not being diversified.
I think the one thing that both competitors are lacking is having a strong launch. In order to have a strong launch, they need to have a strong line-up of games at launch that are 1st-Party and 3rd-Party games. I just hope they take that into consideration before their next console comes out.
I agree. Also Sony is hurting themselves by not releasing it during the holiday. The vita does look good but there are a couple things I don’t like. The 3G one is $300 plus the monthly bill. People have enough bills as it is. Secondly and thi isn’t just my opinion, look at egm, for a year or so companies may just be doing ports of their games that are already on consoles. Also they make it sound like the launch will be incredible. Look at the psp. Before launch it looked awesome but later as it was about to launch people started delaying games and the launch was ok at best. I doubt that uncharted, resistance, modnation, and ffx will be ready for launch. They’ll come out later most likely. I’m not saying it’ll fail but let’s wait and see what happens. IGN said this about the psp and ds and look what happened.
well they BOTH have great first -party games, it depends on personal preferences. third party is is ok on the 3ds, we dont know about it on the vita but im guessing because of the double analog sticks and other features it would get a good amount. and believe it or not ppl in japan are pre-ordering the 3G vita more than the wi-fi version.
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/10/18/3g-vita-pre-orders-nearly-double-wi-fi-only-version-majority-of-gamers-buy-memory-sticks/
i do agree with you that Nintendo is getting the treatment that sony and MS is getting, but thats because nintendo is a company that likes to be diffrent an not mainstream (talking about wii and DS that is). one the WII U comes out they would get there respect back, and im sure of it.
You know what sucks? I think Sony or some credible website (not IGN) said that the ps vita won’t be able to play the ps one classics from the psn. I’m serious. This isn’t some fanboy bashing. Also if vita is getting a lot of ports I rather play them on the ps3 with an hd tv
thats wierd, because isnt the vita going to use psn just like the ps3? and another thing, all consoles get ports. some get a lot (psp) but there was an article in plastationlifestyle that said sony is going to be looking at new IPs for the psvita. and by looking at the launch list there are going to be more new IP’s and sequels than ports (escape plan and uncharted: golden abyss are examples of both)
Wow. That’s just intentionally fueling a fanboy war.
I’m not even mad because I like Nintendo, I’m mad because that’s an incredibly immature thing to write an article about.
If IGN wants to continue as an “unbiased” gaming website, they need to stop being so… biased about everything.
lol the PS3 is more powerfull than and has only sold 53million copies while the wii has sold 89million copies which means that power doesnt matter. also lets remember the PSP DS everyone said that the PSP would outsell the DS because PSP was more powerfull and shit. it ended with the PSP selling 66million copies and the DS selling 151million copies. also the PS vita wont outsell the 3DS because of power wanna know why? because the 3DS will have MOTHERFUCKING pokemon ruby and saphire remakes and FREAKING pokemon gray (it will probably have the first games of 6th gen aswell) there is no existing way for the vita to outsell it because 3DS will have those games. IGN you are IGNorants.
*than wii
i like what you did with the last sentence… because its true ;)
You do know that those pokemon games arent confirmed. but I honestly want them bad! i dont care what system sells better, i just want them both! (but i honestly see Vita selling better.)
then you are blind my friend vita wont sell better as long as 3DS has pokemon
I absolutley love pokemon and its the ONLY reason why im getting 3DS. I dont see R/S remakes till 2013 seeing how nintendo likes to do that on 10 year anniversary. They need to stop with the cheap spin offs like rumble blast. thats not gonna make a 3DS sell.
exactly but keep in mind that by 2012 those remakes will be ready on japan in 2013 they will be here
When they told us the battery life of the 3ds people was like OMG!!!!! what is this s**t nintendo sucks!! But when they told that the vita battery life is worst!! People was like o well thats ok, not a big deal
Lol. That’s because the Vita has Ultra Cosign-Tangent technology designed by Vulcans. It would need an Ark Reactor to be properly powered.
You’re sooo Zetta slow. ;)
SIGN! COSIGN! TANGENT!
please dont remind me of math,it gives me pain :(
The 3DS doesn’t need that much battery, the PS Vita is using an HD screen with HD graphics. It’s only an hour worse by the way
Is that still an excuse? The point is; you get less time to play on the Playstation Vita. That’s it.
day one Sony is releasing a battery that doubles the time to 18 hours so…
If they wanted to, Nintendo could make an attachment that gives the 3DS 18 hours of battery life, so I don’t see your argument…
You proved my argument. The battery life is the same basically
What? Is it because I used the number 18? Okay…
If they wanted to, Nintendo could make an attachment that gives the 3DS 24 hours of battery life.
I don’t think you understood my argument. An extended battery could be made for absolutely any portable machine.
they said 3-6 hours of battery life, that includes the HD graphics. smart ass.
Nope they said 3-5 hours if you think again.
3DS has better as it last up to 7 on 3DS mode with lowest settings and up to 12 hours with DS mode.
my mistake. but you know what, they both still have low battery life!… and why are you bringing the DS mode up?
I play DS mode often to play my old games and also the NES classics.
I am sorry, but Sickr, you just seem bent over about wanting the ENTIRE comment section to go and troll the source lately. You are the only person I know who has lately been posting more about the competition than the ACTUAL company, which brings out some of the worst fanboys in the comments on the internet. I would just like to see more POSITIVE posts from you than “look at what THEY are saying about the 3DS, it is obviously wrong” or something along those lines. Have a good day.
yes… otherwise I’ll leave this site and find a new one.
Seeing as IGN mentions the 3DS multiple times in the article, I’d say this counts as news pertaining to the 3DS.
It’s a site designated for Nintendo Surprise!!!!! In all seriousness there’s far more trolls etc on IGN. My god the comment section of pretty much any article on that sight are loaded with far more nasty comments aimed at someone else then I’ve ever seen on here. Judging by your icon I’m assuming your just here to troll anyways so I don’t know why I’m bothering to respond to your comment.
You’re supposed to go to IGN and expect trolls (except the actual reviews, those are the most legit and unbiased I can find on the web) When I come to MNN I used to expect highly intellectual, open minded debates in the comments. I used to…… But now I expect crap.
I to like the reviews never really disagreed with them. If they say a game is good I’m all for it. I do however think their journalism has gone to crap. They must have the only computers on the planet without spell check and I’m not trying so say I could do better by any means but if your gonna be a journalist my god proof read that stuff. The reviews are good however like you said and I check the site daily for those and for any system since I have them all.
sickr should ignore all the ign bullshit, or any type of inflatable material
excuse me, i ment flamable
Yep, to avoid a future cluster fuck of comment sections.
The “cluster fuck of comment sections” is kinda the point.
You can inflate their articles? Lol jk (no trolling)
sickr loves flameswars, it gets him more hits than regular old nintendo news. so itll never stop. for the sake of his website he’ll instigate like a diva every time a moron speaks bad about nintendo. we all know that by now.
FUCK YOU SONY !!!! NINTENDO FOREVER <3
FANNNN BOY!!!!!
The PS3 is capable of a hell of a lot more that the Wii. Look how that worked out.
It’s just an opinion piece.
I don’t think that what they say is right, but still, what if they are right, so what? … If vita sells better then what? what’s wrong with it? I don’t like PSP or PS3 or PSP Vita, but I really hope that the new handheld sells well, at the end of the day who end up winning with all this competition are us. if sony do something good, nintendo will try to do something better.
on the other hand…. why are they talking about iPhone and Android, I mean I got an Andoid device, but I hate the games from the AM, the competition is between 3ds and vita. just like the competition was between Wii, PS3 and 360, they did not include PC games, because it is a diferent device, meant to be use for diferent purposes, (wich include gaming, but not only it). and I prefer PC games but still, it is not a console, just like Iphone is not a game handheld
^THIS
1 I agree. Finally a smart comment. Yes we win and I would like to see nintendo win but if we get great games on both sides we win. But saying one side is gonna succeed or fail is ignorant. Nobody can tell the future
+1
IGN, you are so fucking wrong, $170 3DS vs. a $250 to $300 PS Vita, I think the 3DS will sell better than the Vita, just like the DS sold better than the PSP, and the DS had a similar situation to the 3DS iirc, and look what happened :P People still want Mario, Zelda etc.
Wait, they just contradicted themselves. First they say Vita is destined to sell better than the 3DS, but then say that Vita will have strong competition against Mobile devices. I know 3DS will too, but it shows the weakness of IGN’s assessment.
You people are FUCKING RETARDED, the Vita HAS to sell well or else the future of handheld gaming is Angry Birds, MOTHER FUCKING ANGRY BIRDS! You call IGN ignorant? Because 99% of these comments AREN’T? Jesus fucking Christ. I don’t know how you people even get your god damn shoes tied.
if the 3DS doesnt sell well the video handheld industry will be angry birds everyone knows the vita wont outsell the 3ds just like the PSP with DS
Haha, oh wow. I ignored what you said about Sickr in your first comment, but this is amazing. Saying some of these comments are ignorant doesn’t change the fact that the comparison between Vita and the 3DS made by IGN is biased. I plan on getting a Vita, too, but I still think the 3DS is outselling it. Just because there’s been significant growth in the market of casual gamers, specially through handheld devices which don’t have gaming as their main purpose, doesn’t mean the future of gaming is Angry Birds. That’s like saying there’s gonna be no more consoles, because computers are able to emulate some of them. Honestly, I think the retarded one here is you, and of legendary standards, I think you only have rudeness.
Haha, been eating red meat, bro? IGN’s been ignorant for years. And by the way, language like that shows how loosely tied the point you’re trying to make is. =P
I’m sure it’ll sell fine I dont see why phones etc are truely competition. I know I’m getting one but I don’t see how it’ll automatically sell better then the 3DS especially with the games that are coming and for a much sweeter price. Your obviously just throwing a fit cause you think the Vita is gonna sell better while everyone else here thinks otherwise. That’s your opinion and the other is theirs. I couldn’t care less what you spend your money on. I don’t see how the vita surviving will save the world from angry birds either as long as one or the other survives ( and I’m sure they both will) Soooo chill? And you shouldnt bring Jesus into it I don’t think he cares about video games :-)
dont try to change there mind bro, you cant get anything through their “nintendo seal of quality” heads.
LOL
If EITHER one of the handhelds fail, we’re fucked. There would be no competition to drive the winning handheld, so they would get lazy and wouldn’t do SHIT about it. Shut up with your “Sony is Superior” crap and think. We need both handhelds to succeed. I don’t know why you come to a Nintendo based website if you suck Sony’s balls 24/7.
tell me when did i said that, all im trying to say is that psvita IS going to suceed unlike the PSP, and 3ds is going to suceed too! no need to say offensive things to prove a point bud.
The PSP had, what, a million features that the DS lacked? DS won by a landslide. Frankly, I don’t want a portable PS3. I want something that can only be done well on a portable
I love how people still consider smartphones to be a legitimate contender in the handheld gaming market. Handheld gamers go for a device that has one purpose. To play games.
Millions of people play smartphone games. They don’t have to fit the bill of what you consider “handheld gamers” to be a part of the market.
Phone gaming sucks anyway.
I have a $100 phone and i don’t care about games on my phone and only care if my phone has good access on internet and has good things.
I leave 3DS for gaming as it’s good for gaming.
hundreds millions of people listen to the radio in the car . yet car not consider a radio.
So why arnt pc considered gaming consoles?
exactly. and anon should think about what he said. people dont buy cars for a radio. its for the means of transportation
Millions of people download free or cheap $.99 games doesn’t mean they play them. I know I have like 20 games I downloaded and I actually play 0 of them lol. Playing on my phone is horrible. Yet when I get t really bored I try to dl one and play it but noooooo its more aggrevating then fun.
So IGN isn’t allowed to have opinions and try to prove their point? You’re all trying to prove your point that the 3DS will sell better, nobody know’s who’s going to be right but people should be allowed to have opinions
Yeah, PEOPLE are allowed to have opinions. Sometimes we disagree with reviewers, but the thing here is that the person who worte that article is representing an entire site’s views. A site that’s supposed to deal with technology advancements should avoid being biased. That’s the same reason the jury of a crime can’t be related directly to the victim, for example.
I don’t see how you can hold that opinion and read this blog.
This is a Nintendo blog. When a blog like IGN has to cover all gaming news and present it to readers with such diverse opinions, they can’t be biased against one particular company
Exactly leave the flame wars opinions to themselves and just cover game news and reviews.
Having an opinion is one thing. Acting like it should speak for everyone else is another.
This is IGN’s opinion, Jio.
Any and all first person shooters> Angry Birds> Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
IGN just lost the tiny ounce of credibility it had left.
Hardware means nothing if it doesn’t have the software to back it up. Something the Vita, at least for me, doesn’t have.
as of July 28, 2011, the 3DS has sold 4.32 million units world wide…
Keep in mind that that is without many of its portable heavy hitters (Pokemon [RPG version], Mario-kart, Brain training, Super-Mario brothers, Animal crossing, etc.)
The way I see it, SONY can’t distinguish between portable gaming and console gaming. All the games announced for it, apart from LBP, seem like they belong on consoles, rather than portables. Sure that uncharted game looks great, but I don’t think I’m going to be flipping that out of my bag when I’m waiting at a train station. The games that I pull out are Professor Layton, Pokemon, Phoenix Wright, Brain Training, etc. Not COD, Uncharted or Arkham city. I play those games at home, on a big screen, were i can be focused and immerse my self.
I remember when the PSP was announced, I was so excited, the fact that I could play a console game on the go amazed me. But I found myself only being able to play it at home, as i could not connect myself in an everyday scenario. And when I was home, I would much rather play my PS2/PS3.
What people keep saying is that they don’t want console games on the go? So if that’s your logic what’s wrong with iPhone games? I hate them, but I don’t understand this argument “PS Vita games are horrible! I need to play them at home”
1. I don’t even remotely see iPhone games as competition. They’re not even games unless there is buttons. iPhone games are not even in the same genre as portable games. One offers real games that work, the other offers sub par, $0.99 games, that are good for one minute. Useless for any gamer.
2. “PS Vita games are horrible! I need to play them at home”
Don’t put words in my mouth. If you’re going to quote something, at least directly take it from my post.
I’ve been a portable gamer since I could remember, trust me when I say this, there is no way in hell you would pull out COD or Uncharted to play at the train station, in replace of a portable game like Phoenix Wright, Pokemon or Professor Layton.
I would, don’t say I wouldn’t.
That’s what you think now, but when it’s in your backpack, wherever you are, you’ll pull it out for 5mins play COD, uncharted or whatever, then put it back. You might not realise this now, but when you’re in that situation, you’ll remember this comment.
I played the original PSP with console games like Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, Socom, Killzone, Gran Turismo, etc. I love doing that, I’m in a different market. I’m the person the PS Vita is aimed at.
Like!
His comment only applies to Nintendo handhelds. PS vita and 3DS are for completely different audiences. For example, an iPhone gamer could say “why would i want to play a 3DS game? I wouldn’t pull it out, I’d rather play angry birds.” You would disagree, that’s what I’m doing here. I like playing bigger games, but some people don’t, however TheQurve is saying everybody thinks that way.
IGN = Ignorant Gay Nitpickers
To be honest Nintendo is not worried about that Competition here why I think so. The direction they took with Wii and DS to go casual to gather more future Fans or gamers then created an HD Console to turn them into Gamers.
For 3DS vs Vita that automatic win for the 3DS here why we got Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, Mario, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Pokemon, Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, Sonic, Dead or Alive, Monolith RPG, and more system sellers. Vita only has a few Uncharted, Littlebig Planet, Bioshock, and couple more.
The Tech battle we know Vita wins but in reality 3DS wins. 3DS will have a lots of features before Vita is out that include the December and November Update.
Once Pokemon Main Game is on 3DS sales will rapidly increase while Vita fails to catch up.
Vita is not a handheld GAMING EXPERIENCE why Sony is still treating it’s portable systems like “Consoles in the PALM of you HAND”! That shows you they don’t UNDERSTAND the meaning of Handheld Gaming.
Console handheld gaming is a different market. You guys don’t like it because you’re used to nintendo handhelds, but I’m getting a 3DS and a vita and from what I can tell, the Vita is clearly aimed at a different market.
i tried using PSP for awhile before but I couldn’t get into it cause Dissidia, and Resistance plays like a console game.
Who cares what IGN says anymore?
I could write a long paragraph explaining my views on the PS Vita, but I’ll just leave it at this:
screw sony nintendo 4 lyfe
YES.
Don’t even bother with ign I mean I know for a fact the 3ds has sold between 6-8 million alreday and there are good first/3rd party games out yet. Also phones have to stop being comparedt to gaming portibles. IGN=IGNORANCE
If they both get all ports, it all just traces back to the console wars.
It’s an editorial by a member of the IGN Sony team. True I don;t always agree with their articles and they do dismiss Nintendo a lot. But even the main Sony guy, Greg, is looking forward to Skyward Sword.
As for the pricing, don’t forget how much the 3DS was at launch. Strange thing is people complained about the price, but how much are iPhones, etc?
But I’m not backing IGN’s comments here, because I personally don’t see any reason why I personally would want the Vita. I have a PS3 and they always refer to games such as Uncharted as cinematic, so why would you want to play them on a small screen?
Here’s what I see. I see Sony going, “Dammit! Make it HD! Make it touch screen WITH a full controller. Shit, make the back a touchpad! Touch analog sticks! Put damn Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 on there! Facebook! Twitter!”
They are literally shoveling every capability they can into this system. Hardware-wise, you couldn’t ask for more. And the lineup is solid.
Let’s be real. The DS and Wii were carried by Nintendo titles and their relatively low prices. They did not have significant third party support, and that is a fact. And don’t act like the 3DS had some great launch without big Nintendo titles, cause it didn’t.
If the Vita fails, it will prove ONE thing: That nothing can overcome how much Nintendo fans love Nintendo games.
The third party support for the Wii was not the best, but the DS had a huge support from 3rd party developers, and that didn’t happen until later on. The 3DS is already getting that support before the Vita releases everywhere else, so I wouldn’t use that as a valid point for the success or failure of a system.
THIS. Remember Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Contra 4, Professor Layton, The World Ends With You, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, etc on DS? It had one of the most diverse gaming libraries of all TIME. Yes, even SNES.
It isn’t IGN – it’s the editor of the Playstation section of IGN, which is kinda different.
And here’s an article from IGN in 2005 predicting that the PSP would pwn the DS.
http://uk.gameboy.ign.com/articles/516/516005p3.html
PSP failed miserably only managing to sell 66million copies while the GBA sold 88million copies and the DS sold 151million copies so the guy that made this article only said bullshit
thanks, i was looking for this to lol
IGN really needs to do something different instead of this kind of crap…
99% of the worlds population is retarded.
So numbers mean nothing.
nice analysis, but whose side are you on?
93% of statistics are made up.
IGN should look at how badly the PSP and PS3 did and learn that the buyer gives fuck-all about hardware; what gamers want is entertainment at a reasonable price (compare PS3 and Wii sales).
In the end, it’s the game library that matters the most, not the system’s horsepower (and that is clearly where the DS won over the PSP).
The ps3 has done great. Whilst the console has not sole as much as the other two, is respected as a very powerful machine that can do more than what it is originally intended to do.
What i think is a mistake that the author of this artical is that he has not calculated that the games that are the top dor xbox and ps3 are 15 and over. Call of Dutys online multiplayer on both platforms is more than fifty percent under 18, even though the certificate suggests otherwise.
So in this handheld war, sony shall have great games such as the new uncharted game and various others, but as a whole, i doubt they’ll be able to reel in all age groups. Super mario galaxy 2 was revered as a phenominal game, which it is, Nothing more rewarding that getting that last 242nd star.
I think the 3ds will come out on top, Only if sony produce games that are for “real gamers”, which is, 15 or over gory games that make a child a bit crazy.
I doubt shooters will do brilliantly on the console.
This seems to have no base other than how a more powerful system means it’ll sell more. The “tired and worn series'” have huge and loyal fanbases. And Nintendo has a fair amount of money makers. Especially games like Pokemon that have a strong history with handhelds and it’s inevitable that there will be a handful of those games on 3DS, so 3DS vs. PSV sales could go either way.
I don’t really care which sells better, though. I’m just gonna get games I want and have fun with what I enjoy either way. It’s not like IGN’s depriving me of any fun factor if it turns out they’re right.
SINCERAMENTE IGN son unos fanboys parece que si una consola no tiene buenos graficos no es una buena consola IGN me la chupa!!
tienes razon IGN son unas putas graficas ellos dijeron en 2005 que el PSP iba a ganarle al DS por que tenia “mejores” juegos y graficos. al final el DS gano vendiendo 151millones de copias y el PSP solo vendio 66millones de copias (ni siquiera le pudo ganar al gameboy advance) lo que me lleva a esto: el poder no importa son los juegos lo que importa, y mientras el 3DS tenga los remakes de pokemon ruby y zafiro y pokemon gris el PS vita no va a poder asercarse a las ventas del 3DS.
3DS will have pokemon …so…….
Lmao yeah Pokemon will sell shitloads.
Yeh true!
3DS is going to also have Resident Evil and getting Mario kart… so, who says Sony games will sell better?
im not exactly sure if sony games will sell better (it comes down to personal prefrences when buying a game and about sales… who cares ^.^) . but because you challenged me i might have to say modnation racers road trip and any other scary game for vita (resistance burning skies? i dunno…)
ofcourse… who couldnt forget the cashcow of all cashcow’s.
The vita will get ps3 downports, doesn’t mean shit. Uncharted golden whatever the fuck its called looks like ass compared to uncharted 3. Gravity daze looks bitchin reminds me of mario galaxy. Im getting a wiiU @ launch, soooo… the vita can fuck off… (until at least 2013). Im not bashing sony but yeah at this point the vita is not even in my thoughts.
Who actually gives a shit about IGNorant’s opinions?
The man ^ ^ ^
This isn’t completely different from Rich George of IGN Nintendo saying that Nintendo will kick ass and take names (even though he hasn’t said anything of this sort in a while aside from the usual article praising what little they’ve played of Skyward Sword). What they portray on the website may not be a hundred percent indicative of what they do in real life. Of course Colin Moriarty has to be gung ho about Playstation; aside from the fact that he LOVES it, that’s the area of his job. It wouldn’t do him any service to be fanatic about Nintendo when his job isn’t Nintendo-oriented. At the same time, though, you can’t say that playstation represents the majority of his gaming life. This goes for every editor on that website; they’re GAMERS, they’re not always going to play on the same system during their real lives. It’s just an opinion representing someone’s anticipation for an upcoming system, just like how someone would dye their face red to represent their team color or something. Just let them do their jobs. Now, I find some of the things in the piece not entirely farsighted, but for the time being, that’s how the situation is between the systems. Personally, in the long run, I know the 3DS will be prevalent.
The 3ds will kill this holiday, I mean KILL this holiday with no competition. I think the vita is obviously superior to the 3ds, but 8player online mariokart at 60fps will molest sales wise no matter how many things the vita will be doing 2 whole months later. I love how people react to these horse shit predictions of how the market will pan out. But all in all I agree with you, ign is just doing their job and honestly nobody knows what will happen.
(sighs and slaps hand in face) IGN……where do I start in means to your stupidity?
I’m a nintendo fan but I gotta admit vita looks awesome! Ign might got it right this time. Who agrees ?
Ya know? I almost agreed with you and then I saw your name…………. nuff said.
HAHA, must be mentally fucked to believe ign for what they said. don’t be guulible man, dont fall to the dark side. ;)
fuck you
Rude. :|
True, thats rude. :|
What is it with Rude words these days on this blog.
People use rude words to much and especialy the worst
mario pokemon zelda and smash bros are on 3DS. vita only has graphics.
vita wont stand a chance in sales just like psp with ds and ps3 with wii
Vita only has graphics? Wtf did I just read… o.0)
they focused on graphics for the vita and the games that are for the vita are available for the PS3 so everyone would get the PS3 version over the vita version.
The same can be said about the 3ds, the focus on the 3ds is 3dgraphics and every game on the 3ds is on another system. Starfox, sims, ssf4, pilotwings, ridge raaaaceerrrr, kid icarus, zelda, mecenaries, mariokart, super mario world, and Im sure im leaving some out. you can’t deny that the truth.
Actually, the focus on the 3ds was graphics, gryoscope, and motionsensor. Personally, what i think what makes the 3ds cool is the gryoscope and the motionsesor. And I like the pedometer thing too.
“what i think what makes the 3ds cool is the gryoscope and the motionsesor.” The PS Vita has both of these, plus an electronic compass.
But are they the same? Star Fox and OoT are remakes of popular N64 games, and those were significant remakes and not just by name. SSF4 3D had its own modes and features, so it’s a port made for the system. Pilotwings? I know it was an N64 game and SOME of it was in Wii Sports Resorts I think. The rest are ports, which is in every system. Also, “mariokart” and “super mario world” on the 3DS are not the same as what’s available on other Nintendo systems. Just because there are other Mario and Mario Kart games out there doesn’t mean they’re the same, and that goes for every franchise out there. And Kid Icarus? Are you serious? That hasn’t appeared in 20 years! Pit from Brawl doesn’t count because he was just a playable character.
Ok what ps3 games use motion controls or a touch screen? And those features dont mean shit, thats expected of a remake or reboot that “justifies an update.” Its about playing the game on a new platform with new features and yes all those games I listed are all either ports reboots or interations in long running series. Its not a bad thing, its just unecessary finger pointing.
Nintendo will once again come out on top of this 3DS vs. Vita war. Even if they have to do it alone, relying on their first party titles. Which is the situation they are usually in. To me every Zelda, Mario and Smash Bros. game feels like a love letter from Nintendo to their fans. No other company can do that.
I do think they need to introduce a new franchise or two. Maybe a JRPG from Miyamoto-sama himself.
Agreed. Or at least expand on their current JRPGs such as Golden Sun.
for what i know nintendo bought the IP of project offset
I don’t really want any of the Vita games… None of them appeal to me.
me neither
The only reason I might even want a PSVita is for the Tales of Innocence remake, and that’s slim, because it might not even get localization..
IGN is overlooking the fact that nintendo has the best games, if the 3DS had had Mario, Kirby, Zelda or Pokémon at launch it would have sold like pancakes even at its initial price, and since those are coming anyway, well, let’s see if the vita has a chance against it.
I love Sony too, but really, as a gamer, the Vita is a luxury while the 3DS is a first need product.
for the ones that say that vita will outsell 3DS: 3DS has pokemon, smash bros, mario, zelda, and more.
i fucken hate fanboys, and honestly, nintendo fanboys are as bad as sony and microsoft fanboys (retards of the same pot) BUT as long as nintendo has mario & Pokemon, nintendo has the handheld market on lock. (im still getting a psv at launch either way and in the end, i win)
I think it will probably come down to price as much as it will capabilities.
The 3ds is cheaper which suits the casual gamer more than the vita does. Casual gamers dictate the market. Wii fit and the like resulted in the success of the wii. A massive ad campaign before Christmas from Nintendo with Nintendogs or something will result in the 3ds outselling the vita.
That is all.
There is a problem right off the bat with IGN’s statement. The games that the 3DS supposedly doesn’t have will be there before the Vita launches in Japan, which will get the most 3DS games this holiday season. The Vita doesn’t launch outside of Japan till next year, which is byt the time the 3DS will get other games such as Kid Icarus, Luigi’s Mansion, RE Revelations, Kingdom Hearts, etc.During that time period, Sony would need to release VERY high quality/selling games to stop the 3DS from taking off.
As for what the Vita offers over the 3DS, they’re wrong in every way. Sure the Vita is a powerhouse and all, but is that enough. I mean, you could have the most bleeding edge tech crammed into a fancy system with the ability to record 1080p videos, take really high quality pictures, have a battery life that lasts 50 hours with everything turned on, free 3G support, etc., while selling it for $100 dollars, yet this device would not beat phones in any way. Why? Because a phone is something you need. If you leave your home and forget your Vita/3DS, it won’t matter because those are devices you use because you want them. If you forget your phone, you will go back to get it because you need it. There’s not point in competing in that regard. It would be better for them to focus more on the games more since the primary function of dedicated game machines is to PLAY GAMES!
One of the reasons the PS1 and PS2 sold really well was due to those systems promoting CD and VD playback, which were new back then. The blu-ray player on the PS3 was the cheapest one available at the time, yet it didn’t take off as expected. They can’t hope to grab the market with just that anymore; they need the games, and Sony games don’t have a very good attach rate. If anything, the Vita seems more of an entertainment device that puts video games as a side option, which is what they tried to do with the PSP and it suffered for that.
The worst part is that they’re making games that will be available on the PS3, so right there, they’re taking away Vita sales using their one other system.
As for a last issue, who wants to bet there will be people complaining about the analog sticks on the Vita? They stick out really well, but wouldn’t that be hard to put in your pocket? And they (Sony) also made the comment that the Vita is not necessary portable because it’s too big to fit in your pants. If that’s the case, then what the hell is the point of it?
I dub thee, the smartest commenter in this whole article. Basically said everything and more.
you get OVER 900000000000000000000000000!!!!!!!!!!!!! internets
I still get the feeling that people are going to love the hell out of the Vita. The dual analog sticks are the key to its access. Anyone would want a device that they can easily pick up and play (and go). With that function, plus the tech behind the Vita, it will appeal to people. The key difference between the Vita and the PSP is accessibility. The PSP seemed cumbersome, while the Vita seems more approachable. I know I’m talking a whole lot about the Vita here, but I don’t see it as detrimental to my enjoyment of anything DS or 3DS related. Remember — the DS was an awesome handheld because we loved it and it was awesome, not because it beat the PSP. Same goes here. The 3DS doesn’t have to beat the Vita in order to be great. If you want to love it, then you’ll love it because it’s cool, not because it beats the Vita.
That’s still the same of what people had said about the DS and PSP in the past. They all said that because of all the tech packed into the PSP, it would become the better choice. They also said that the “analog stick” on the PSP would kill the DS since the DS only had a D-pad.
You can argue about tech all you want and it will take you only so far. The PSP lost its popularity outside Japan, which was when the DS really took off. In Japan, small developers used the PSP as a medium to release small budget games such as dating sims and stuff. Since that was popular over there, it made the PSP more relevant. Now the gap in power is not much different than what it was between the PSP and DS. These developers will leverage their games, and since the DS had better reputation outside Japan, then more of these developers will jump in. More DS games were released outside Japan more often.
If one analog stick didn’t beat the DS’s D-pad, I don’t see how two would be better. In the end, it’s the games that will make the system succeed. In that aspect, Nintendo wins with just their games since they have a better attach rate than Sony games. The best selling games on the PSP were third party games and a couple Sony games; and even at that, the numbers were fairly small.
So what their saying is… The PS3 portable (because it can have PS3 graphics) is going to outsell the 3ds? Right? IF I owned a PS3, and wanted to play it, why would I leave my house, or my living room, to play a handheld? Handhelds are supposed to be the gaming when your away from home, not while at home, they’re supposed to be different than home consoles… Hence the name HANDHELD.
The Vita IS a handheld. You could take it in a plane and you could play games with PS3/XBOX360 quality graphics.
Nintendo 3ds is way better
Who really thinks this is true. IGN is IGNorant when it comes to Nintendo vs Sony and they always back up Sony and act like Sony fans.
We don’t know if it is going to be better anyway. It’s all Up to Sony on how good it goes and the Vita is redicilously expensive alredy, More then the 3DS!
If IGN is going to be IGNorant when it comes to this sort of stuff, We just start WARS or just forget it and feel ashamed. Well… im going to start a war so… NINTENDO ROCKS AND SONY GOES DOWN! Really, IGN acts the opposite, and thats just not really me ok.
It’s their OPINION. Just like you backing up Nintendo.
I think Sony’s biggest mistake was the price, yeah it is reasonable and all but $250 bucks for a handheld the price of a PS3? That’s honestly kind of steep.
Actually, it’s the opposite; it’s too cheap. If the original $250 price for the 3DS was too expensive for it, then the $250 price for the Vita is too cheap and highly misrepresenting its real value. There’s a lot of tech in the Vita, and it’s really not inexpensive, so for Sony to sell it that low means they’re going to be taking losses, but at the same time they hope to sell a lot to compensate for that loss. Then again, maybe technology has gotten cheaper through the years and I missed out.
What do I care which handheld sells the most.
I got a 3DS to play DoA:D and if any games worth buying appear on PSV then I’ll get those also.
Sales figures, US industry talk and trends mean little to me.
I come to this site to read news on Nintendo, then I go to my preferred Sony and Microsoft sites to read news on them. Whatever games come out that I want, I’ll get. This defensive loyalty to a single company is ridiculous, it’s like they have been turned into football teams and supporters are turning into hoolagins.
Just play games people, like we all did as kids. Did we really give a shiz about the differences between Nintendo and Sega back in they day when we enjoyed them both? No, we didn’t, until we started reading those cursed magazines.
^ Someone who knows what they’re talking about.
True, you made the point.
When the curesed mags and cursed internet pages like IGNorant IGN came in, then Fanboy wars begun.
So lets start more wars because everyone is doing so: NINTENDO IS BETTER THEN SONY SO EVERYONE STOP TROLLING!
Blah blah blah… You talk too much. Shut up.
No one cares if you want to start a war.
A skeptical opinion, I must say.
a gay ass opinion, i must say
^ A homophobic opinion, I must say.
^this
Honestly, we will have to wait and see. I want to see Vita sucessed though. I dont give a fuck about battery life anyways. People its not like your buying AA’s anymore! just fucking charge it and shut up.
“The Nintendo 3DS is certainly not going to take the Vita out with N64 ports and tired, worn series. The iPhone and Android phones are in everyone’s pockets, but who’s going to play a competent first-person shooter or action-heavy games like Arkham City on them any time soon”
I’m sorry but you’re in no fucking position to say that about Nintendo, IGN when A) only two N64 games have gotten remade so far and B) Vita is port central from what I’ve seen so far.
And maybe someone can correct me on this but last I checked, Arkham City was not getting a port on Vita. So unless someone corrects me, not only do you put up pointless flame-war bait you call articles on your website IGN, but you flat out lie too. And I don’t know about all of you but I think the idea of playing Arkham City on a portable is a dumb idea. I look at that game and it’s clearly made for console play in my eyes.
So yeah, the “can’t spell ignorant w/o IGN” mantra once again rears its head.
The 3DS will sell better, but I’m hoping the Vita will out sell it because Sony deserves it. Sony put a lot of effort in to the Vita and made sure it was polished for launch. Nintendo still stuck in the 90’s, they used cheap components for the 3DS and launch it with lack luster titles and feature not ready until a few months after launch and expected people to pay a huge amount of money for it, they releasing a second circle pad add on and expect people to pay for it when it should have been built in the 3DS. Sorry to be negative but Sony deserves to win this one.
shut up idiot the vita is like 250$ (wifi version) and 300$ (3G version) it will be the same as the PSP it will have a lot of stuff and in the end it wont outsell the 3DS. also 3DS has pokemon which will sell a lot. sony deserves nothing because they allways copy from nintendo.
Yeah and 3DS was $250 too. Dosent meant Vita isnt going to get a price drop. At least you have a choice as to what model you want. Sure 3DS is in 3D but really thats it till more games are out (like later on this year). And dosent every company in the world steal something from theyre competators? its competition moving us foward. Plus nintendo should of really added 2 slide pads in the first place, at least the screen would be centerd compared to the add on lol. And at least Vits has proper analog sticks…
I’d rather have a system that continues to evolve adding new features as opposed to a system crammed with so much stuff, there’s nothing else you can add but a simple update to the OS. Not to mention too much features that does’nt make a gaming device. It’s actually a multimedia. Yea the 3DS was $250….and. What did nintendo do, they dropped it and gave the ppl who already bought it 20 free games. You forget sony had mishaps too with their psn getting hacked but you don’t see me going around “oh hey sony’s security is their fault so xbox deserves to be better than them”. as far as cheap components go, I guess you must want everything to be super high priced. It does’nt matter if they got parts from a dumpster, it works and it works superbly well. nintendo is the only company that finds parts that’ll do the same exact thing and be cheaper. whats wrong with that. Save money, make money. It’s a company and if your too focsed on the most expensive powerful parts then your company would’nt last long my friend.
I much rather have everything cramed on at one time instead of buying a new upgraded system all the time. I dont care about expenses either, id buy a 3DS and Vita if it was $400! Its also the games that sell the system. i havent seen anything like new characters/game series directly from Nintendo in a while.
and has sony directly made any new characters in a while. Not to mention, why would it have to be a new upgraded system that you must BUY when the first system can gain those upgrades by evolving with updates. The only thing that needs to be bought is the second circle pad attachment which makes sense because you would be paying for it ANYWAY if it was already built in.
why would they need a new IP when they’re characters are the most famous among gamers, look at mario everyone knows about mario and everyone gets hyped when a new zelda or pokemon comes out so your point is irrelevat
Yeah and thats pretty much it, nothing new.
I know and I love all of Nintendo’s IPs too but alot of ppl wanna bash it and call it washed up recycled games. Well these recycled games are beating the competition right?
no, nostalgia is beating up the competition. get your shit straight.
Little kids are playing them too. How is that nostalgia?
your whole comment is irrelevant to what me and Allison were talking about.
I get what your saying but Im just loving sony mor. I grew up with a PsX not a N64. Anyways I think Vita will have a better chance this time around. 3DS just didnt get off to a flying start this year.
The 3DS was also $250, i already said the 3DS will sell better, wow pokemon… Motion controls was before the Wii, glasses less 3D was in arcades before the 3DS, Touch screen was on Game.com before the DS. This is a Nintendo blog i don’t expect opinionated Nintendo fanboys like you to understand.
So says a member of Podcast Beyond. Get back to me when Rich George says that.
you know what, fuck you guys, i wish the vita the best. that being said i wish nintendo’s future well too.
fuck you and sony
i said i wish nintendo the best as well but w.e fanboy…
No need for profanity mister, I want the Vita to succeed to, don’t assume we all hate Sony. :D
sorry there joe, i got carried away with all these ” 3DS $170 PSVITA $250, NINTENDO GONNA SEL MORE!!!1!1 SONY FAILD1!!” comments
no need to worry about 3ds, when the games come out, nothing will beat it… nothing will even come close ;)
yea because those same IP’s would always save nintendo from dieing out, gotcha.
Yes. And why are you inferring that they will die out? They can always incorporate new ideas into their franchises, and there are plenty of new games about to come out. Just because Vita will get a better launch than the 3ds doesn’t mean that the 3ds will do bad in the future. Its true that it had a rough start, but that was because Nintendo tried to give 3rd parties a chance without their own games, and that didn’t work out too well. Towards Christmas, when all these new games come out, whether you like it or not, Nintendo 3ds will sell very well and I’m doubtful it will be dying out in the slightest.
i dont hate nintendo or 3ds, i just want more IP’s then the typical mario, zelda, kirby, donkey kong, samus, etc. instead of bashing sony, lets look at them for a sec, they come out with these new IP’s (LBP, modnation, etc) that although dont sell as much as halo/gears or mario/zelda (except for some) are still as fun as those games in there own ways. i like mario and i can tell you that, but instead of releasing all these spinoffs they can try make a new IP so people can cherish and love. its nothing against Nintendo is just one little problem i got against them. and your right, die out is an exageration.
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Well, one IP could be Kid Icarus. It may not be brand new, but it is new. And I think Nintendo was going to do something on Wii U for a new IP. I can see your point though, I have a PS3, I’m no fanboy. But personally, I’n not tired of these Ip’s just yet.
To be honest isn’t Nintendo the one with the most IPs of their own in the first place. I’d like a new IP as well but why not Sony or Microsoft make an IP
kinda incorrect there, nintendo has the oldest IP’s, which they constantly sequalize (although they new ones do appear). sony actually has a lot believe it or not. have you seen the long live play commercial? almost all of the characters are sony IP’s (ALMOST),but that was just some of them. plus each generation sony try to use new IP’s instead of there old ones. now microsoft on the other hand has 4 main ones: halo,gears,fable,and forza… plus some other small ones.
ok I get it, I was thinking an IP is a character/game made by the company themself
For what I know, a new IP can’t sell very well these day especially in Japan. People are like more stick to old ones cause they think recognized title are better(safer). Suppose game developers won’t take the risk. Sometime Ninty JP is a bit conservative I think. Actually me hope for new IP also. Don’t hate Sony, but no extra money for them. Lately a lot of article from Sony to criticize Ninty don’t like that either. If go to Sony section, a lot of fanboy seeing Ninty as bs thing so nothing change here.
Sony may have many IPs, but they’re not very…strong. That’s the thing with constantly releasing new IPs: it’s hard to pick one and identify it with Sony. Nowadays, that’s not really an issue with Sony, with Uncharted, Resistance, Ratchet and Clank, and Infamous, to name a few, slowly becoming more identifiable with Sony, but they hardly have as much standing power as the likes of Nintendo’s own IPs. It’s because Nintendo sticks to the same IPs over and over that’s why their IPs are especially strong. Sometimes having too many things can be distracting, so having one or two strong ones instead leads to a more clear focus of what you would want to play.
i disagree, first of, when sony comes out with a new IP, they advertise the heck out of it. its ok nintendo sticking to the same IP, i dont mind, but having the same thing over and over again just gets repetitive except for some gimmicky stuff (example: mario kart wii).
That argument is so tiresome. At the end of the day, Sony and Microsoft wish they had mega selling IPs that they could fall back on like Nintendo do.
Nintendo also created the best selling new IP of the generation. See if you can figure out what it is.
of course nothing would even come close to those repetitive cash-cow that we all buy because of nostalgia.
Children play the games too, I don’t think they’re old enough for nostalgia.
I’m getting vita also :-)
Since when is a biased opinion considered news?
True this is called my nintendo NEWS and yet we get biased opinions as news…
Who cares If the vita outsells the 3ds nintendo has owned the portable market for 22 years….but off topic who is getting Kirby returns to dreamland tomorrow for wii??? I kno iam
I’m not getting it until next weekend.
I agree with every one of you, I am a Nintendo fan, I have a 3DS with Ocarina of Time and StarFox 64 3D and I’m planning on getting a Wii, but I think what Nintendo really needs to do is step outside it’s safety zone and explore new territory and not re-release a game or make a “new” game with the same plot as one of their older games (Mario, Zelda). True, it’s a big risk for them to take but I think it’s worth taking since it could make them more money since Nintendo is at a low right now. Don’t think I’m a hater, I’m not, but that’s just what I think Nintendo should do next..Skyward Sword is a good example of what I mean. I’m sure Zelda isn’t going to get kidnapped and Gannondorf isn’t in it, which means they are taking a step in a different direction and it does look awesome.
You mean like Majora’s Mask?
That’s a matter of opinion. The problem with Nintendo is not their lack of new IPs but the number of currently available IPs they have. You may want something different, but others are still waiting in line to get to play the next game in one of their franchises. They just barely announced a new Fire Emblem, and fans of Pit are still waiting for Kid Icarus Uprising after 20 or so years. Home console Zelda games don’t come out very often, and Smash Bros has only one appearance per generation. F-Zero and Star Fox skipped the Wii altogether, Metroid didn’t appear on the N64, Luigi’s Mansion fans (myself included) have been waiting 10 years for a new game in the series, and now that we’re getting it, it’s generating quite the buzz. If they can make a sequel to that game, then there’s still hope for a new Eternal Darkness game. They also have their sports games such as the 1080° series that they can use for sports fans.
They have a game in just about every genre out there, and keeping the current fans happy is their top priority while trying to lure new people in with the changes they make. Their library of games is just too big for them to ignore while making new IPs. Fans are waiting for that one game in their favorite franchises. Sony was able to introduce new IPs because their older IPs started to lose popularity.
Nintendo has a lot IP they make new ones everytime one stop selling or lose it’s ground.
Imma list most of them
Mario, Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, Game n Watch, Zelda, Kid Icarus, Ice Climber, Punch Out!, Metroid, Pokemon, Kirby, F-Zero, Duck Hunt, Excite Racing, Super Smash Bros, Pikmin, Earthbound, Fire Emblem, Golden Sun, Advance Wars, Drill Dozer, Custom Robo, Wave Race, 1080 Snowboarding, Pilot Wing, Animal Crossing, Star Fox, Steel Diver, Rhythm Heaven, Brain Training, Nintendogs, Eternal Darkness, Endless Ocean, Elite Beat Agent, Electro Plankton, Battalion Wars, and couple more that more than what sony has or had.
I want Star Fox Rebooted on Wii U.
I want more F-Zero
I want more Earth bound
I want Metroid on Wii U
I want more Ice Climber
I can’t wait for Pikmin 3
MAKE THIS HAPPEN NINTENDO!
Guys read my comment twice please . Ps3 and Vita got almost same games, do you want to pay twice for same game?
If you want to stay in home and hardcore gaming then your picking the wrong device Ps3 and Xbox made for home using.
Get 3DS got different games make you feel u paid for a new game not a silly semi-remake Uncharted
( Vita graphics worse than Ps3 and they got same games (( why you get Vita on the first place??)))
“Guys read my comment twice please . Ps3 and Vita got almost same games, do you want to pay twice for same game?”
This is a Nintendo blog. Most people here no not own PS3’s, so that point is moot. Even if it wasn’t, who says you have to pay twice for the same game? Pick the one you’d rather play and just play that. :/
“If you want to stay in home and hardcore gaming then your picking the wrong device Ps3 and Xbox made for home using.”
Any device that can play games can be used for “hardcore” gaming. “Hardcore” is not a genre, it’s a feeling; it’s how involved you are and how much time and energy you exert into it. Let me tell ya, I’m the hardest of the hardcore when it comes to Pokemon, and that’s not on the PS3 or Xbox. ;)
“Get 3DS got different games make you feel u paid for a new game not a silly semi-remake Uncharted.”
Yeah, ’cause Starfox 64 3D and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D aren’t remakes. *rolls eyes* Hell, at least Uncharted: Golden Abyss is a SEQUEL — a brand new entry in the series — and not a straight up port.
“( Vita graphics worse than Ps3 and they got same games (( why you get Vita on the first place??)))”
Because I want to play Tales of Innocence R, Gravity Rush, Super Stardust Delta, LittleBigPlanet, Wipeout 2048, Little King’s Story 2, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Rayman Origins, Persona 4, Resistance: Burning Skies, Shinobido 2: Tales of the Ninja, Zone of the Enders HD Collection, Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Street Fighter X Tekken, Touch My Katamari, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and Ys IV. Who NOT buy a Vita? It will complement my Nintendo 3DS quite nicely. :-)
*”Why not,” not “who not.” My bad.
Well. i have an XBOX 360 and i don’t need a ps3 to enjoy the Vita, now do I?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! IGN SHOULD BE STUPID XD
People never bought a PSP and its versions nor a PSP GO, who makes ’em think that this one is going to be the difference?
The 3DS is selling a lot!, meanwhile the Vita isn’t even on sale.
Actually, quite a bit of people bought the PSP and before you start bashing Sony, you should sneak a peek at how many people, US and Japan, have pre-ordered the Vita. Don’t get me wrong, I love Nintendo, I own a 3DS and I plan on getting a Wii soon but Vita is technologically superior when it comes to specs. Also, the 3DS had a horrible launch while the Vita will have Sony’s games at launch, which makes it’s better. What big name games did the 3DS have when it launched, Super Street Fighter IV and Pilotwings Resort? Vita’s getting Uncharted, LittleBIGPlanet, and Modnation Racers: Road Trip to name a few and I’m sure there will be more available Sony titles at the launch.
sickr stop posting this shit
yeah you’re pissing off nintendo gamers
yeah, and i talk to myself (p.s. this isnt me)
This Is Stupid To Me. No Other Systems Besides Nintendo Have A True Mario, Legend Of Zelda, Pokemon, Kirby, Or Star Fox Game. Nintendo Will Always Be My Favorite(PS: 3DS Owns The Vita) Can’t Wait For MM3DS If It Happens.
overall, the 3ds will win, and deserves to win, but the vita highly upgrades the graphics and fixes the control problem with the psp. i think what ign should’ve been focused on was not games, because all people have different opinions (and nintendo is obviously superior in this category, although i love sony’s franchises) but the fact that the vita will have a better launch. i would argue this if ocarina and star fox were launch titles, but instead there were no games that i was interested in the 3ds launch. we dont know all the exact games launching with the system, but uncharted is confirmed, and although its not by naughty dog, as long as its good and is like uncharted the vita already wins in launch titles, and uncharted/sony fans will want vita day one, while some/many 3ds fans waited till games like ocarina came out or a price drop. luckily im not a CRAZY uncharted fan, so i wont be buying day one. right now resistance is the only game i want more than uncharted, and i dont expect that until probably fall 2012. once infamous or god of war come to vita, then i will be purchasing.
Lmao, how exactly will it outsell IGN? It’s the same thing as the psp a portable console in the pocket with games that are already on its console counter part. Vita doesnt even have a selling point. It’s basically a sequel to the psp and that’s it. wonder why the 5200 and 7200 failed? because of marketing ideas that sony shit out and support from ignorants like ign?
As we say, you can’t say ignorant without IGN!
I’m not going to take the side of either system being better (I’m saving my final judgement for trying both), but given the success of DS versus that of the PSP, I would say that the 3DS has an overwhelming chance of selling better.
I believe the DS sold better than the PSP…
If the 3ds does keep up with VITA sells it will only be because of the popularity of super Mario and Zelda games…………Even than no Nintendo fanboy can argue that the VITA is far superior to the 3ds …after all the 3ds is still a toy and the VITA will be the most powerful handheld piece of tech to date…. just accept that Nintendo screwed up and maybe they’ll get it right next time
Really? Doesn’t seem like Nintendo screwed up. And I don’t think you argument about a system’s power proves much of a point, the PSP was more powerful than the DS and yet the DS sold more units.
And you really can’t say it’s far superior, yet. To me, the Vita seems like it has some useless hardware on it. I don’t think that many games will use the touch pad on back or the touch screen on front.
So stop whining like a fanboy.
I have nothing against Sony, but the Vita seems like a mediocre handheld to me.
vita does not have glasses free 3D. 3DS does. vita is a toy compared to the 3DS the only thing vita has to offer is 3G analog sticks (and somewhat better graphics) because the touchscreen the gyroscope and the arguented reality where made by nintendo a long time ago. fagboy
*argumented
What are you talking about? So what if it doesn’t have 3d? It’s a different handheld ffs. If you’re just gonna talk like that…
the 3ds has two crappy screens, one analog NUB and SLIGHTLY better graphics. The 3ds is a toy compared to the handheld beast that is the playstation Vita.
I doubt it will sell better in the short run. The price and needing an ATnT contract seems to be a deal breaker, but if they can learn from the mistakes Nintendo made with the 3DS (price, the extra analog stick attachment, the inevitable remake with that included and other things) they could easily be the better handheld and probably out sell it. I am going to wait, but it is looking like I might have to actually get it sometime. Either way it just means I will get the best of what both companies have to offer.
sony cant drop the price of the vita more because the would lossse a lot of money.
If they can not drop the price then they will need to convince the consumer that it is worth paying the 300 dollars for it over the 170 dollars for a 3DS or the ??? dollars for an iProduct, Which I doubt they will be able to do easily.
it doesnt matter if they point out that its worth it in the end of the day people will go with the cheapest
I personally don’t care who outsells who. At the end of the day, it’s all about the games. I would rather have both than to bash one other system to no end.
Sometimes I just want someone to nuke the fuckin hell outa ign headquarters!!
For having an opinion?
you wouldn’t say that if IGN says the same thing to the 3ds.
Looking forward to playing the Vita, along with my 3DS. I don’t see why we all can’t just enjoy both. Just my opinion. :)
Finally someone who is not a fanboy.
The thing I see holding back Vita is its price. It’d being touted as a portable PS3, which is awesome, but it’s being advertised to a very niche market.
Nintendo has lost its footing for an entirely different reason: it captured a massive casual and young market and then failed to deliver to their needs on top of the needs of older Nintendo fans. The root of that issue was price. How can anyone predict that the Vita sells better than the 3DS when its cheapest model is going for $250? If anything I think the two will remain neck-and-neck, or at least narrow the gap made by the PSP-DS era.
Nintendo’s 3DS is lacking software. Don’t quote a bunch of shit that hasn’t been released yet… I bought a 3DS on day one, and can only sleep at night by telling myself It’s a Next-gen DSi… As I play DSi and DSiware 60% of the time.
That said, DS game-play was, and still is ahead of it’s time. Vita has horse-power and two analog sticks out of the box, but it’s hardware is missing something critical… A second fucking screen. Nintendo can throw on an ugly second analog stick that gets the job done, but Let’s see Vita throw on another screen when they realize that’s what’s missing from their game-play strategy.
Two screens is better. DS has been kicking ass because of it.
Nintendo had also created the biggest, kick ass DS version of all time: the BFG of the DS models. HD and all the trimmings. Also known as WiiU
PS. If you don’t like fan-boy wars, google game release dates, new-releases and upcoming, and stay out of the fucking forums, you “I don’t know why we can’t all get along” hypocrite.
End of Line.
The whole reason I come to this site is for the comment section, thank you very much. I am on the forefront of game news. I almost always learn things as they happen, before sickr ever posts about it hear, since I’m practically always plugged into the net, 24/7. Were the comments nonexistent, I would not be here. Debating with others is great fun for me. See? I’m doing it right now, with you. Thank you for giving me a good time.
Jerk. :-)
He just got pwned, nice one dude.
I have been following you around and have huge respect.
You have your gaming faqs and cap on unlike other people.
Keep up the good work!
Lmao
Thanks for the good laugh, I must do that more often. :) :)
Ok, anyway. Point is, DS has two screens. WiiU has two screens.
I’m honestly shocked Vita doesn’t have two screens. I can’t imagine playing a handheld with one screen anymore.
(oh, and will the Robert Healy fanboy try to step it up? I expect more humor in your next comment, and maybe more effort for an avatar name.)
More effort for an avatar name? Why do I even need such a thing? You see, unlike you, I don’t feel the need to hide my identity when voicing (or in this case, typing) my opinion. You, who hides his/her name, are a coward. ;)
First. I wasn’t talking to you Nimrod. I was talking to you’re fanboy.
Second. Did you not see my name in my last post?
So who’s the coward again? Stop making an ass of yourself, and try reading a post before replying to it.
No way! You mean your name actually really IS Heath?! Hahahaha! Dude, that’s hilarious! You’re named after a type of candy! That’s rich! Oh, man, I just had a thought: if MY name was Caramel, we’d be like, the greatest tag-team duo EVER!
Introducing HEATH with CARAMEL! Hahaha! We’d be like be the next PANTY and STOCKING with GARTER BELT! We’d have candy weapons and special candied abilities and candy-coated super-powers and everything! That’d be so sweet! LITERALLY! :B
Hahaha your making a joke of yourself, I dont care what you call me since you just talk like a typical fanboy, raging becuase you got pwned.
Fan boys make me laugh at how they push their opinion to be fact, and critisize personal prefrenses withought backing up their argument, keep up the good work your making me laugh.
Your a nerd. You know why? You used the word pwned.
The casual audience (which is bigger than gamers) would definitely choose the 3DS for two reasons. Reason 1, the pricing. Reason 2, the software. Mario is trusted.
Reason III, TWO Screens make for a better gameplay experience. It’s why the DS (And DS lite, DSi, DSi XL, DSi 3D) have dominated the Market!
Along with the other two you mentioned. ;)
Nope, if all the first screen is,m is a touch screen i dont know were your going at.
The vita has one big screen, the 3ds has two little screens, Nintendo fanboy
3DS has free glasses 3D screen and a touch. vita is just another PSP and will fail misserably
3 Words: Monster Hunter 3G.
Nintendo win in Japan.
Nope, online reduced that.
people in japan dont use online games. asshole sony fagboy
Even if the PSVita outsells the 3DS, will it outsell the iPhone 5?
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I love nintendo, but I would like to see them push out some darker titles, I got a 3ds and I love it. I’m nervous about the psv, i’ll probably get one when they have there first price drop.
just one thing though, does nobody feel like they’re playing tomb raider when they play uncharted?
I think it’ll be closer this gen. Atleast I want it to be. Sony and Nintendo being competitve = better games from both of them (atleast in theory anyway)
I actually think the Vita will outsell the 3DS for a while, the initial wave of 3DS big hitters are still being released, whereas I think the Vita’s launch line is solid enough to (puts up flame sheild) appeal to a larger fanbase than what Nintendo is currently doing. Once Nintendo gets their shit together I can see them leading somewhat comfortably.
I love Nintendo’s first party franchises (and a couple third party titles, like Chrono Trigger, the Dragon Quest remakes, and the Phoenix Wright series) but at the moment the 3DS isn’t anywhere near living up to the huge expectations set by the sucess of the DS. Here’s hoping that begins to change quickly.
Lol IGN is so out of touch…
The cost alone is probs enough to restrict the success of the Vita, the 3DS had a tough first year, but that was mostly due to a lack of games, those games are coming soon and the 3DS is slowly getting better, the Vita is somewhat appealing but I doubt the power advantage is something that will greatly boost sales…
………… well blaze blue is a sic game im geting vita just for that
Have you actually looked at the address of the article? It’s in the PSP section of the site, which is already an obvious sign that its going to be a pro PSP article. Same reason a site about the 3DS will by default consider the 3DS the better console.
But never the less, IGN like trolling, best not to reward them for it by giving them page views.
IGN just wants to get attention. Let the PSV’s sells talk by themselves.
What just like the PSP totally blew away the DS? Good one! The vita has monumental flop written all over it. As we have seen time and time again no-one can compete with Nintendo in the hand held market, why other companies keep throwing their money away trying is a mystery.
I’ve lost hope on IGNorant opinions now.
There was a time IGN was good, but i lost hope after their comments on things that they don’t know at all.
Okay! My turn from a thirteen year old point-a-view. Excuse my grammar and spelling- I hate that class -.- Now, I think PSP VITA dn the 3DS are great handheld gaming consoles. The thing is, a lot of the older crowd will go to the 3ds and PSPVITA for the memorable games and hardcore games (aka zeld, mario for 3ds and COD or whatever for VITA). Think about it: there a lot of kids who want to play games out there. Population has increased a lot over the years since the PSP and DS and now a lot of that population are mostly kids. Now, from MY view, a lot of kids want to be hardcore gamers. But, their parents are kinda strict so they get 3ds’s, which also kinda supports the hardcore gaming sense because of Resident Evil and all those fighter games. there are fewer older audiences than younger. The older audiences will go for the hardcore and the young for casual, fun games like mario and pokemon. Idk where Im going with this anymore lol Im tired and I need to go to bed.
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