{"id":3604,"date":"2011-08-07T08:05:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T12:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3604"},"modified":"2011-08-07T08:05:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-07T12:05:21","slug":"vita-%e2%80%93-no-go-for-christmas-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/08\/07\/vita-%e2%80%93-no-go-for-christmas-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Vita \u2013 No Go For Christmas 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least in the US; I\u2019m not sure why the Japanese region is considered to have a better (more complete) launch lineup.  Maybe it is just a region thing where Sony does not consider it all that important to have a huge selection of quality games for a <a href=\"http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/2011\/08\/04\/playstation-vita-not-releasing-in-us-or-eu-until-2012-ready-for-japan-holiday-launch\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/2011\/08\/04\/playstation-vita-not-releasing-in-us-or-eu-until-2012-ready-for-japan-holiday-launch\/', 'day one launch');\" target=\"_blank\">day one launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting another <a href=\"http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/2011\/08\/05\/analyst-believes-sony-must-lower-vita-price-or-risk-a-major-failure\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/2011\/08\/05\/analyst-believes-sony-must-lower-vita-price-or-risk-a-major-failure\/', 'PlayStation Lifestyle article');\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation Lifestyle article<\/a>, at least one analyst believes that doom and gloom are in store for Sony if they do not adjust the price accordingly to be more competitive with their straight-up competition (i.e. Nintendo 3DS).<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t really have any concerns over the price, but I think Sony does need to have a long hard look at the <em>other<\/em> competition.  It is not as if I need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2390447,00.asp\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2390447,00.asp', 'PCMag or Bloomberg');\" target=\"_blank\">PCMag or Bloomberg<\/a> to point out the obvious, but just for shits and giggles \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bloomberg reported that Hirai said that Sony will not lower the price of the Vita to keep up with competitors.<br \/>\nThe elephant in the room, however, remains the wealth of mobile gaming apps that have sprung up for the Apple iOS and Android platforms. Reports from Flurry and others have suggested that gamers are enamored with low-price, \u201cfreemium\u201d games for their phones and tablets, that they can upgrade with in-app purchases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To this end, Sony will really have to look at the price structure for Minis and PSOne Classics, as those can be the driver for competitive trash apps; at least in the case of Minis.<\/p>\n<p>I could see this being the last generation of dedicated portable gaming hardware.  I only hope that Sony moves enough Vitas for it to be well supported for at least 5 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least in the US; I\u2019m not sure why the Japanese region is considered to have a better (more complete) launch lineup. Maybe it is just a region thing where Sony does not consider it all that important to have a huge selection of quality games for a day one launch. Quoting another PlayStation Lifestyle &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/08\/07\/vita-%e2%80%93-no-go-for-christmas-2011\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vita \u2013 No Go For Christmas 2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-3604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-vita"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3605,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604\/revisions\/3605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}