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Has Sega Given Up on the 3DS for the Vita?

Is SEGA ditching the 3DS for the Vita? Not only have games in development dropped vastly for the former and significantly increased for the latter, the actual projected sales for both are skewed in a way that's disheartening for Nintendo and Sega fans.

Read on to find out the details, and our opinion as to why this is happening. Chime in with your own thoughts!

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GraveLord4370d ago

Very interesting.

It's no secret that 3rd party games have a lot of trouble selling on Nintendo consoles/handhelds.

Any smart 3rd party would be releasing their games on the competition as well.

MasterCornholio4370d ago

Well the main reason why people buy a Nintendo handheld is to play Nintendo games so it isn't a surprise to see 3rd party titles sell poorly in comparison to Nintendo games. Just look at the sales of revelations and compare it to Super Mario 3D land or Mario Kart 7

Super Mario 3D land : 6 million.
Mario Kart 7 : 5.5 million
Resident Evil Revelations: 500 thousand

It's a shame to not see Revelations sell more because it really is a great game according to fans of the franchise.

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dark-hollow4370d ago

half million for such a small install base compared to more established system is not bad at all. it just nintendo games sells like crazy!

ronin4life4369d ago (Edited 4369d ago )

You forgot monster hunter 3g, which has passed 1.5 million in japan alone and continues to sell.
Or harvest moon(Japan), which has seen its highest sales in years on the 3ds.(although, this isn't common knowledge...) And rune factory 4 has seen massive pre orders, which is surprising for a series that sells most of its units through day one non pre order sales.

3rd parties usually do fine on Nintendo systems as long as they make good games. But expecting them to outsell Mario, a household name the world over, is a bit unrealistic.

And I highly doubt that Capcom are unhappy with revelations sales, as the producer wants to make more re games for the system. Which some rumors say will be available by years end

Hicken4369d ago

Small install base? Those are all 3DS games, correct? Then the install base is the same.

But despite RE:Rev being a quality game, it sees only a fraction of what the first-party games do. This has plagued Nintendo systems for a while now, and could very well be the reason why a developer would shift support to a different system.

miyamoto4369d ago

So you mean to say Nintendo 1st party games are both blessings and curses?

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Chrono4370d ago

No, they'll make games for both.

Blastoise4369d ago

Wasnt Rhythm Thief by SEGA?

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No_Pantaloons4369d ago

Sega has no clue what they're doing. All they've done is stumble around in the dark trying whatever they think might turn their ship around.

They're likely turning to the vita since it has an older demographic and will undoubtedly rehash their excellent titles from decades past to garner nostalgia and make a buck.

ronin4life4369d ago

Sega is just releasing their launch window games for vita, just like with the 3ds in the previous year. They aren't ditching anyone.
That's like saying 5 is less than 2+3: Nintendo already has the support(5) and Sony is next in line to receive an equalizing amount(+3), as it is the newest freshest console.

(The numbers aren't actually representative of the number of titles released. Just randomly chosen numbers to illustrate my thoughts.)

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers5d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken4d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g4d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing4d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H94d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola4d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn6694d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle4d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg5d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos5d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola5d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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SEGA announces Fearless: Year of Shadow

SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.

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