RobBright 35 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Am enjoying katamari stretch and minna golf Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarder 0 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Really looking forward to SSX in Feb. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 yeah that should be good. Postman just came and gave me a nice present.... 30000 yen worth of gift vouchers, from points I had built up on visa. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Awesome gg, what are you going to do with those? And ssx has been delayed until March at the earliest. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 If you don't need them, I'll take them off your hands. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Second week Vita sales don't sound too encouraging. Just over 70,000. The 3DS sold something like 400,000! :eek: Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I guess people have more difficulty parting with $40-$50 for a game when you can get tons of games on mobile devices not for one or a few dollars. However more simple they may be, it's got to be a big wall for more expensive games. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 3DS is selling shed loads now. Guess what - Super Mario and Mario Kart. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 My Vita froze on me the other day. Couldn't do anything. Pressed the off button for 20 seconds didn't seem to do anything either. A bit later the screen went off. Couldn't turn it back on again. Went back to it about an hour later and it was ok and no problems since. Best game --- Virtua Tennis. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 I haven't had a screen freeze at all. Hope that was just a one-off. Yes I have got the tennis game. A lot of fun. Now I am looking forward to Wipeout. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Ditto about the tennis. Also waiting for wipeout. Should I get the Japanese version or wait for the uk version? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 As much as I can mostly read the Japanese in games, I prefer to have it in English. BTW, what people doing re: downloads vs cards? I suppose I'm 'tied' to the Japanese store, so I think my strategy will be to buy major games from overseas and download smaller things. Maybe. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Currently playing Deus Ex and loving it. Can either be stealthy or full blown pow-pow. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 As much as I can mostly read the Japanese in games, I prefer to have it in English. BTW, what people doing re: downloads vs cards? I suppose I'm 'tied' to the Japanese store, so I think my strategy will be to buy major games from overseas and download smaller things. Maybe. Thinking of getting a Vita. I like the idea of downloading and having them all there without messing around with cards. I suppose the 32GB would hold quite a lot of games, right? Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I just think the games are too expensive. I know they are bigger and better and take more work than ios games etc, but still. They are over-priced. Something needs to give, I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 4k isn't that expensive though is it? Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 4000-4500 yen is expensive compared to 180-630 yen, yes. I agree they are going to find it more and more difficult to sell the games at that price with the alternatives out there. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Well that's the price you pay for a 5min iphone game versus a 20hr console game isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Mass market does not care about that. The cheaper alternative was not there before. Most people use a handheld for quick blasts etc. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 and where is the mass market? Is the ps vita aimed at gamers or people with smartphones etc? Most people being who? did you do a survey? If do,please share your results with us. Ps vita and 3ds can happily coexist with android and ios games. Personally I dislike using my phone for games, as the controls are too fiddly or the game, in my opinion, isn't comparable to say katamari damacy or super mario 3d. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I have quite a lot of games on my ipad that have given me many hours of fun. Some I keep on going back to. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Hey I don't know. All I'm saying is that in days gone by if you wanted to play video games on handhelds you had to pay that price. That was the price. Now there are lots of much much cheaper alternatives. They may be simpler, but for lots of people I would imagine that works just fine. Asking 4000+ yen for a handheld game is going to surely become more and more difficult. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Yes it is tough to ask but then you have casual gamers, and hardcore gamers, who are happy to spend that money. For me 4k isn't that much if I can get a fair whack of game time out of it. Call it value per hour. I might buy an android game for 99¥ but get bored of it after 10mins, which is 594¥ per hour. Power smash 4 cost me 4000¥ but I have played it for about 25hrs in total, which is about 165¥ per hour. Spinning the numbers. Link to post Share on other sites
Bradley 0 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I can understand what you are saying Man, but I think it is going to be difficult for them. Hardcore is a much smaller market than casual. Personally I'm not into these huge games, but I do enjoy the simple games on ios. And some of them are surprisingly good. I would say that they are getting better and better and some coming close to what you can buy on a DS etc for that 4000 yen. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Some of the games are really good. I'm having fun with one called Where's My Water. Link to post Share on other sites
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