No Wonder VITA Still Fails

Got Vita last year with 4 games. It's a very good system and I enjoyed it for a while. Once I ran out of games to play (not into PSP and Mini) I shelved the system. 

Yesterday I charged the Vita, updated it and went to Best Buy to buy Killzone. After around 5 minutes of looking around gaming section for Vita games I had no choice but to ask the sales associate where the Vita section was to which I got "It's right there in corner, but you won't find much there". He was right, there were around 7 games (none of the new releases). 

Luckily for me there was Toys R Us right next door. Same story, after around 5 minutes of looking through gaming section of store I had no choice but to ask for Vita section to which I got similar reply "It's in that corner under the TV". Yet again store stocked around 8 outdated titles, to their credit Killzone was soldout, as opposed to not being stocked at all. 

Since I wanted to check out Killzone I ended up heading to local Gamestop across the town. 

At this point Vita has several solid titles (personally I want to pick up at least 2-4 more games), but no one knows about it, because no one stocks Vita games at all. 

Sony should get off their asses, get better placement in stores and force them to stock majority of the titles (not just 8 outdated games). 

I remember reading an article a while ago saying something along the lins of like 60% of the vita sales are digital. So over half of the sales for a system that could be selling better (at least in the U.S.) are digital, does not give stores much incentive to have a large stock.

I have around 30 games and only about 4 of them are physical copies.

Digital sales are good and all, but Sony needs to let people know Vita is still alive and kicking.

I resufse to pay nearly x4 of what it should cost for the memory card, that's simple nicke and diming. 16GB card is $10, not $40. 

thats great and all.....but you cant demand any company that they have to sell your product. if something doesnt sell, why bother with it?

i love the vita.... and there are good games, but you really have to do some research to find them. playstation plus has been keeping me busy (and happy) with the free games being handed to me every month. but theres the kicker.....now u have to buy a $100 memory card. it's far too expensive...but its the best option for gaming on the go.

Vita became a mostly digital platform. Probably because the games are max 3.3Gb, which makes them more attractive to download and means no game card swapping.

You can still get physical very easily if you order online. But retail shops have every few games. (Buying online is cheaper anyway)

thats great and all.....but you cant demand any company that they have to sell your product. if something doesnt sell, why bother with it?

i love the vita.... and there are good games, but you really have to do some research to find them. playstation plus has been keeping me busy (and happy) with the free games being handed to me every month. but theres the kicker.....now u have to buy a $100 memory card. it's far too expensive...but its the best option for gaming on the go.

MetalHead888

You dont really need a big card, just make a backup of every game to the PC with the content manager, that way you can move games to the vita easily, never losing the backup in the PC.

Placement is determined by retail demand forecasting. 

Try finding a retail PC game..........

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thats great and all.....but you cant demand any company that they have to sell your product. if something doesnt sell, why bother with it?

i love the vita.... and there are good games, but you really have to do some research to find them. playstation plus has been keeping me busy (and happy) with the free games being handed to me every month. but theres the kicker.....now u have to buy a $100 memory card. it's far too expensive...but its the best option for gaming on the go.

ManatuBeard

You dont really need a big card, just make a backup of every game to the PC with the content manager, that way you can move games to the vita easily, never losing the backup in the PC.

The single biggest problem for Vita in my opinion. Why can't I just back up the save files only like with PSP games?funsohng

Or you could have just pre-ordered it online at any of those stores and have the game delievered to you on release day, for free. Storefront retail is in decline, and it's little wonder that major retailers cut back on their inventory.

Stores wont make much room for what doesnt sell.

And Sony needs to get off it's ass and promote the damn thing. The recent price drop didnt even make the sales numbers spike at all.

I dont think the average consumer cares you can use it as a PS4 controller. They will go into a store, see the incredibly small Vita endcap and think it is on it's way to the clearance section since it doesnt even have dedicated real shelf space. 

I am never going to buy a Vita.

The games interest me, but I am never going to sit down and play a several hour long campaign game on a handheld... And any other game outside of those I will play on other platforms (shooters on consoles, quick puzzle games/platformers on phone...).  I literally have no interest in a vita outside of the software (which while interesting to me, is not a selling point alone) and I am never getting one because of that.

I am never going to buy a Vita.

The games interest me, but I am never going to sit down and play a several hour long campaign game on a handheld... And any other game outside of those I will play on other platforms (shooters on consoles, quick puzzle games/platformers on phone...).  I literally have no interest in a vita outside of the software (which while interesting to me, is not a selling point alone) and I am never getting one because of that.

Squeets

Best Buy is not the place to go for Vita games, or really any game that isn't super popular.  Really, for most things Best Buy is not the way to go these days, but yes, it would have been nice if the Best Buy I went to had enough copies to not sell out the first day they got KZ (I'm assuming they may have gotten 5 at most).

[QUOTE="funsohng"]The single biggest problem for Vita in my opinion. Why can't I just back up the save files only like with PSP games?DJ_Lae

Wow. That's awful. I didn't even know about this. One more reason to buy the retail copies. I just get mine online, never had trouble finding anything.

Wow. That's awful. I didn't even know about this. One more reason to buy the retail copies. I just get mine online, never had trouble finding anything.

logicalfrank

The target I work at had copies of KZ: Mercenary on the floor the day it came out. The PS Vita's lineup may be looking grim with Pokemon on the 3DS's horizon. But after that, both handhelds are in desperate need of new announcments.

The 3DS has Super Smash Bros, potentially, in the future. But after having a look, there's not much else I think they have in store that will sell like hotcakes. The vita has tearaway, and a few other lesser-hyped titles, but really, both consoles need some updates to their game line-up.

I highly doubt many people will actually buy the Vita just for remote play, when SONY has previously announced remote play for other devices. So they're going to have to make some kind of move in the games department if they want to keep the Vita's fire aflame. 

I work at a local gameshop, there just isn't alot out for the vita, we have pretty much every game released and a few accessories and its still only about a 4 foot by 4 foot space on the wall.

EDIT: alot out physically there are a ton of great games on PSN, i hope they end up putting the Atelier games on a cart..

If it wasn't for P4G and PSP BC I'd have sold my Vita long ago. There just aren't enough interesting Vita games out there for me. I hope that changes sometime in the future.

Amazon and Newegg. Retailers don't stock Vita games because nobody buys them, and their shelf space is limited. They want to put things people actually care about on the shelves. Sad but true.famicommander

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Wow. That's awful. I didn't even know about this. One more reason to buy the retail copies. I just get mine online, never had trouble finding anything.

DJ_Lae

[QUOTE="logicalfrank"]

Wow. That's awful. I didn't even know about this. One more reason to buy the retail copies. I just get mine online, never had trouble finding anything.

DJ_Lae

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[QUOTE="MetalHead888"]

thats great and all.....but you cant demand any company that they have to sell your product. if something doesnt sell, why bother with it?

i love the vita.... and there are good games, but you really have to do some research to find them. playstation plus has been keeping me busy (and happy) with the free games being handed to me every month. but theres the kicker.....now u have to buy a $100 memory card. it's far too expensive...but its the best option for gaming on the go.

funsohng

You dont really need a big card, just make a backup of every game to the PC with the content manager, that way you can move games to the vita easily, never losing the backup in the PC.

Hey, funsohng. All this Vita talk aside, it was your sig that made me research, order, and watch Orphan Black.

THANK YOU.

[QUOTE="funsohng"][QUOTE="ManatuBeard"]

You dont really need a big card, just make a backup of every game to the PC with the content manager, that way you can move games to the vita easily, never losing the backup in the PC.

sundown19

Hey, funsohng. All this Vita talk aside, it was your sig that made me research, order, and watch Orphan Black.

THANK YOU.