63% of PS3 owners will buy Vita, Sony survey says
Sony is missing the holiday season with its February release for the PlayStation Vita. But, Sony's John Koller isn't concerned at all. Why? Because Koller points to "significant" pre-orders from current Sony loyalists.
Sony is missing the holiday season with its February release for the PlayStation Vita. But, Sony's John Koller isn't concerned at all. Why? Because Koller points to "significant" pre-orders from current Sony loyalists. According to Sony, 63 percent of PS3 owners have said they would buy a Vita within 18 months of launch; 60 percent of PSP owners said they would upgrade.
Missing the holiday season will work in Sony's favor, Koller argues. By missing the holiday, Sony will have enough systems to make a big impression at launch. "We learned our lesson to make sure you have enough product."
Speaking to AllThingsD (via Industry Gamers), Koller noted that missing the holidays won't be detrimental on sales. He pointed to PSP's March launch, and noted that it still sold one million units in its first week.
With over one hundred games in development for the Vita, Koller is confident that Sony's handheld won't fall into the same pit as the 3DS--lacking quality content to drive platform adoption.
The PlayStation Vita will be available in a special $350 bundle on February 15, and will be sold separately in Wi-Fi and 3G models one week later, for $250 and $300 each.
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replyAndrew Yoon posted a new article, 63% of PS3 owners will buy Vita, Sony survey says.
Sony is missing the holiday season with its February release for the PlayStation Vita. But, Sony's John Koller isn't concerned at all. Why? Because Koller points to "significant" pre-orders from current Sony loyalists.-
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If you're implying his post did make sense, It actually does, even though he meant it as a joke. Let's say out of all PS3 owners, only 10% of owners actually use it. so if 100 people own it, only 10 people use it. 63% of those ten people (6.3) are going to buy a vita.
If you weren't implying this, idk what your problem was with his post. My bad.
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What are people more interested in - the hardware itself or the games?
Games:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Vita_games
Personally there's not much there for me to drop 400 bucks right away to just play Uncharted for example.-
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Tax? Silly buttons, pre-order through Amazon, get free release day delivery and tax free.
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what the fuck are you talking about
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LOL... fast-forward 6 months:
"But... but... they said they would buy Vitas! They promised! Why would they respond to an anonymous survey saying one thing, then do something completely different?" -
so....how many people were polled? 63% of something may not be much
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Haha, sure they are. I want to see the question. It must have been something lame like "would you like a vita" or "does the vita look attractive to you?"
If it actually said something like "are you going to buy the vita" then people were just lying or they managed to severely bias their survey pool. -
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I am definitely one of the 63%, they games look amazing.
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I'm buying it. It has most of the things I kept wishing my PSP would do with my PS3. But I use my PSP everywhere. At home when someone is watching the tv I use the remote play. In my car I hook it up to my stereo, I have lots of music on it. If the Vita charges like my PSP does than battery life won't be a issue for me. I have a house charger and a charger in the car. I hope they use the same plugs.
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Why do so many posters hate the Vita so much? Is it because it's from "oh-my-god-they-raped-my-family" Sony? Many posters seem to have hated the PSP for no particular reason either, even though they've never used one. It reminds me of Apple fanboyism - bordering on religious fanaticism.
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- The Vita is $250, which really isn't that much for a new system
- What? My PS3 has backwards compatibility and they removed it from future models so they could cut the price some more
- People hated the Vita before that happened
- Yes it was a failure because it was a terrible idea. I don't see how that applies to the Vita at all.
No consideration for the consumer? Protect their financial interests? How the fuck is that any different from Microsoft, Nintendo, or Apple? -
Shutup....
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I seriously doubt you'll see anything comparable to FFX, Persona 4, Disgaea, Uncharted, etc on iOS anytime soon, if ever.
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Doesn't matter, mobile iOS games are "good enough" for most people. They are made to be played in small doses, they are on smaller smartphones with much better battery life that people carry all the time, and they actually overlap with a lot of the games that were sold on Nintendo and Sony handhelds, except that they only cost free-$5 instead of $20-$40.
Nintendo and Sony have already been hurt by iOS gaming after only two years, what makes you think this is going to change?
To be clear, this isn't a knock on the quality of the games, nor is it an endorsement of touch/gyro gaming over a gamepad. I'm getting the new Mario game for the 3DS the day it comes out. That said, mobile gaming is changing very quickly and Nintendo and Sony aren't going to enjoy the same success they did in the 2000s.-
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I think the Vita is in for a rude reception. You're looking at $300+ for the hardware and a couple games. PS3 in the palm of your hand sounds nice but I think that also is aiming for the high end, hard core, PC gamer equivalent of the hand held market. Smartphones, tablets, and the games they play are good enough on the go and will only get better in the years ahead.
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I love reading all the dumb comments here... Bla bla bla the games suck for the vita! (he clearly did no searching in the many games for it) I'm not going to pay for this 700 dollar handheld! (has no clue how much it costs) But if you add a 12 games you get that price plus tax you know.. eh...
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