Sony PSVITA E3 2012 Press Conference = terrible

The PSVITA showcase was very weak... I expected so much more!

...eh

They didn't want to embarrass themselves.

I was shocked at the lack of Vita announcements. We already knew about YouTube, PSone Classics, Call of Duty, and pretty much everything else they brought up.

No mention of PS2 Classics on Vita. No mention of PS+ integration with Vita. No apps announced for Vita (that I can recall). No UI improvements. No, and this is most important, virtually no game announcements for a struggling system with tons of potential.

I have to say that this is the most disappointed I've been in a Sony E3 presser in several years. Don't get me wrong: Beyond and the Last of Us were jaw dropping, but the glaring lack of Vita announcements was horrible.

But hey. They sure devoted tons of time to a stupid Move/Book...thing, though.:roll:

Looks like only a price cut is going to save the Vita now. Nothing was announced for it that we didnt already know. E3 is supposed to be all about surprise, not just confirming leaks. Hope Sony can get the Vita off the ground before it dies like the PSP Go did. Mean come on if Uncharted and Resistance didnt move systems what makes them thing AC3 will when you can get the same experience on the PS3. I was expecting them to at least announce something worthwhile other than portable versions of PS3 games.

The ps3 showing was decent but yeah the Vita showing was poor for the position the vita is in right now. I have no idea how they are going to sell the project 11million this year after that conference.

All stars vita, CoD, ACIII;Lib are all great for exciting vita owners but how are they going to get on-the-fencers to purchase the vita.

I CAN ONLY HOPE that sony is doing this so the third party Vita AAA games dont take the limelight from the first party devs.

Yeah that was weak, was hoping for so much more. CoD coming ot this year but they didn't even show any gameplay, and no gameplay of Assasins Creed either. Oh well PS One classics for Via soon so thats good!

Did I miss something, or were there only two Vita games announced?

And is it just me, or were both of thos Vita games basically known quantities at this point?

luzer7072

PSVITA is not dead, it was just a weak showcase. LOtS of great games coming, they should just have shown it.

Anyway I will do my part to promote the PSVITA, If sony does not know how to!

PSVITA FTW:cool:

I honestly thought they were going to save the PSVita but I see they are too arrogant for that.

Price drop would have been nice, and some gameplay of CoD. Either it was a lack of confidence, or they are saving it for something else.

The PSVITA showcase was very weak... I expected so much more!

...eh

digimonkey12

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The PSVITA showcase was very weak... I expected so much more!

...eh

danish-death

I was shocked at the lack of Vita announcements. We already knew about YouTube, PSone Classics, Call of Duty, and pretty much everything else they brought up.

No mention of PS2 Classics on Vita. No mention of PS+ integration with Vita. No apps announced for Vita (that I can recall). No UI improvements. No, and this is most important, virtually no game announcements for a struggling system with tons of potential.

I have to say that this is the most disappointed I've been in a Sony E3 presser in several years. Don't get me wrong: Beyond and the Last of Us were jaw dropping, but the glaring lack of Vita announcements was horrible.

But hey. They sure devoted tons of time to a stupid Move/Book...thing, though.:roll:

nyc05

All I wanted was Skyrim cross platform play for VITA. Pretty sure this would get anyone who was thinking of buying one to get one. I was expecting Sony's whole show to be devoted to VITA to save it. Right now, I can't fathom buying one until they really drop in price. No new games except ACIII look interesting to me really.

The whole show was just terrible, but hey, at least the fanatic PSone classic PS Vita owners will have their need satisfied.danish-death

[QUOTE="danish-death"]The whole show was just terrible, but hey, at least the fanatic PSone classic PS Vita owners will have their need satisfied.DJ_Lae

All I wanted was Skyrim cross platform play for VITA. Pretty sure this would get anyone who was thinking of buying one to get one. I was expecting Sony's whole show to be devoted to VITA to save it. Right now, I can't fathom buying one until they really drop in price. No new games except ACIII look interesting to me really.

Lack of Vita announcements was horrible, I expected them to bring the thunder yet shoved Wonderbook in my face.

Sony would have been wise to at least reduce the price of the memory cards for the PSvita. That would have helped sales. Plus only 7 PSone classics annouced. Why not have all of the ones on the Store? It is not like the playstation one games have to be rewritten to play on the Vita. Sony should have given the PSvita a bigger push at E3.

Sony should have had a price cut for those memory cards at the very least. My only compliant with the PSvita is the price of those memory cards.

I won't call it a complete failure. Nor is this the last game show for the year.
Very, very happy about cross-play for Battle-Royal.
With that said, 1 more minute of wonderbook and I was going to shot myself.

Ok this is my guess why sony played their cards that way. I had to let the anger and disappointment clear before I analyzed the show in a non-bias fashion.

1. They wanted to focus on first party titles on the vita. Maybe third party devs didnt want to showcase their software in the shadow of Sonys Conference.

1.5. They (third party devs) are going to announce these titles within a few months so that it will make the biggest impact.

2. To save time on the conference they decided to release a presser that outs REMOTE PLAY as well as other stuff that we will hear as the press leaks it out to us.

3. Since the vita doesnt have video out, you would have to have a camera man standing over the shoulder of the presenter. That not only limits the presentation but does not properly show the graphical capabilties and gameplay. (I know you guys are going to say that anything would be fine as long as its an announcement). But this is why there was no gameplay of ACIII: LIB

4. There is probably so many things going on behind the scenes that we don't see that sony is comfortable not showing everything at once. Remember this is a western audience trade show. Anything asian related, and EU for that matter to an extent, is not relative to this show.

i sat here 03.00 i n Sweden, hoping for something good. Something .. I mean, i have never been so dissappointed, pissed off, mad and furious.

This years E3 have only one game standing out that we know nothing about .. And its Watch Dogs?

We know about Last of Us and some other games.

But the only VITA GAME WE SAW WAS A ASSASSINS CREED GAME?!?!? Really? i dont even like ASSASSINS CREED.

Thank you for the *u*k*d up Teaser for Call Of duty, nothing else to show??

I'm a gamer i own every freaking console (From current gen, last gen and nearly anything Nintendo and Sony spit out). But Microsoft, Sony really made me ... OHHHH!! i want to kill something.. damn you E3, every year you do this to me.

Hopefully Nintendo Can deliver so i can ease down a bit! I can't belive im the only one this pissed off.

Ok this is my guess why sony played their cards that way. I had to let the anger and disappointment clear before I analyzed the show in a non-bias fashion.

1. They wanted to focus on first party titles on the vita. Maybe third party devs didnt want to showcase their software in the shadow of Sonys Conference.

1.5. They (third party devs) are going to announce these titles within a few months so that it will make the biggest impact.

2. To save time on the conference they decided to release a presser that outs REMOTE PLAY as well as other stuff that we will hear as the press leaks it out to us.

3. Since the vita doesnt have video out, you would have to have a camera man standing over the shoulder of the presenter. That not only limits the presentation but does not properly show the graphical capabilties and gameplay. (I know you guys are going to say that anything would be fine as long as its an announcement). But this is why there was no gameplay of ACIII: LIB

4. There is probably so many things going on behind the scenes that we don't see that sony is comfortable not showing everything at once. Remember this is a western audience trade show. Anything asian related, and EU for that matter to an extent, is not relative to this show.

damann22

Ok this is my guess why sony played their cards that way. I had to let the anger and disappointment clear before I analyzed the show in a non-bias fashion.

1. They wanted to focus on first party titles on the vita. Maybe third party devs didnt want to showcase their software in the shadow of Sonys Conference.

1.5. They (third party devs) are going to announce these titles within a few months so that it will make the biggest impact.

2. To save time on the conference they decided to release a presser that outs REMOTE PLAY as well as other stuff that we will hear as the press leaks it out to us.

3. Since the vita doesnt have video out, you would have to have a camera man standing over the shoulder of the presenter. That not only limits the presentation but does not properly show the graphical capabilties and gameplay. (I know you guys are going to say that anything would be fine as long as its an announcement). But this is why there was no gameplay of ACIII: LIB

4. There is probably so many things going on behind the scenes that we don't see that sony is comfortable not showing everything at once. Remember this is a western audience trade show. Anything asian related, and EU for that matter to an extent, is not relative to this show.

damann22

Eh...i still have faith for the Vita..i'll give it till spring of next year to decide if theres any hope left for this Device.

If Sony is going to get some games then they better do it or the Vita will be no more after 2013. Serlous Sony get to it.