Poll: Advice on PS Vita

[Akimoto]

If you're interested in mostly shovel-ware and a few decent titles to play in your 5 minute downtime on the crapper, the 3DS is the way to go.

It's nice to know you read my post thoroughly. =) Been waiting for a long time to use the word 'crapper'

Some of the Escapists have recommended waiting for E3 reveal, I'll probably do that. But knowing how gimmicky E3 has gotten it's unlikely I'll use the line up as the final decision point.

*snip*

Except OP said he's mostly a pc gamer so in this case, a library of games past are new to him.

The prices are new to me as well. I noticed that the price can be as much as USD 74, which translate to SG 93 (around there). Has PS games always been around this price range?

$74? In good old 'Murica? *snip*

Mind if I ask why you wouldn't want to sign up?

As far as I know in Singapore one of the games I am eyeing is close to SG 100. Like you said, I could go for a digital download but I have never believed that a customer friendly business should require me to sign up for an account.

As a disclaimer, I'm a dinosaur - patches in my day used to be manual downloads and a complete list of changes was available. I had the option to educate myself on the changes made. I also still believe that multiplayer can have persistent stats without having to sign up for yet another account. Right now I have a Steam account, a GFWL, youtube, gmail etc.. Signing up just to play multiplayer to me is like proving my loyalty to the company when I have already proven it by buying the game.

Just way too many accounts.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

If you're interested in mostly shovel-ware and a few decent titles to play in your 5 minute downtime on the crapper, the 3DS is the way to go.

It's nice to know you read my post thoroughly. =) Been waiting for a long time to use the word 'crapper'

Some of the Escapists have recommending for E3 reveal, I'll probably do that. But knowing how gimmicky E3 has gotten it's unlikely I'll use the line up as the final decision point.

*snip*

Except OP said he's mostly a pc gamer so in this case, a library of games past are new to him.

The prices are new to me as well. I noticed that the price can be as much as USD 74, which translate to SG 93 (around there). Has PS games always been around this price range?

$74? In good old 'Murica? *snip*

Mind if I ask why you wouldn't want to sign up?

As far as I know in Singapore one of the games I am eyeing is close to SG 100. Like you said, I could go for a digital download but I have never believed that a customer friendly business should require me to sign up for an account.

As a disclaimer, I'm a dinosaur - patches in my day used to be manual downloads and a complete list of changes was available. I had the option to educate myself on the changes made. I also still believe that multiplayer can have persistent stats without having to sign up for yet another account. Right now I have a Steam account, a GFWL, youtube, gmail etc.. Signing up just to play multiplayer to me is like proving my loyalty to the company when I have already proven it by buying the game.

Just way too many accounts.

I actually agree. I hate hate hate hate hate signing up for accounts. My dream is to some day find a digital distribution service for TV shows and movies that only needs a credit card, no accounts, and just video files with no drm. I hate the idea of losing access to content that I paid for due to a services I invested no longer being supported. I'm afraid it'll always be a dream

Rant aside, I think psn is the least bullshitty of the accounts I've had, what with Google signing me up for their crap and letting spam bots friend me on my untouched fake name Google+ account. The only time Sony ever bugged me was twice in the last few months to give me 10 playstation dollars which I will take any day. My only qualm is that they don't let you change your name or just fucking do what steam does which keep your account name and let you rename your profile. And I agree about the price drop too. They dropped the price in Japan and the vita outsold the 3DS at the time so I think it'll drop elsewhere too