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Posted By Robert H. about 9 months, 1 week ago
The start of an upward trend for the Vita?
In a recent interview, Shuhei Yoshida, studio president of Sony Computer Entertainment, has gone on record saying that the company has encountered more difficulty than expected in attracting third-party developers to the Playstation Vita. Despite this issue, Yoshida states that the company will continue its efforts to entice developers toward the system.
Specifically, Yoshida brought up the upcoming Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation as an example for developers to see what can be done on the relatively new system. He hopes that their continued efforts, alongside such examples, will have the desired effect of beckoning third-parties to make more games for the system.
Although I don’t follow very much Vita news due to my lack of interest in the system, I still remember hearing about similar concerns earlier in the Vita’s life cycle. It seems that, despite some popular third-party games showing up in the library, those concerns are still felt now. What are your thoughts on these statements? Be sure to comment below with your opinions.
Source: Gamespot
The Vita is a portable console with so much potential, Sony really need to avoid the mistakes they had with the PSP if they wanna make the Vita succeed, and so far, they’re not doing very well with that, which makes me sad, cus I really wanna buy one, but I’m just waiting for it’s games library to expand a little bit more, that, and a price drop.
You can count on one hand the number of third party games currently on the Vita that anyone cares about… when you consider the Vita library is just barely bigger than the Virtual Boy one.. that says something.
so the vita is turning into a nintendo system with third party games
PS3 took a year or so to get started but now they have tons of great exclusive games. The VITA is a great machine, just needs more support. I can understand the i-pad/i-phone fad is messing up VITA sales a bit but when you need those analog sticks and a more in-depth experience, you’re going to want a VITA for portable gaming. For me, someone who never had PSP, I have been happy with the VITA titles and DLing the older PSP games – no complaints from me. BTW, today Soundshapes is out and you can get the VITA and PS3 versions both for one price. $15!
I haven’t bought a Vita, mostly because I just have to put the money elsewhere for now, but . . . it’s very strange the way people react to it. From everything I’ve read, the system itself is sound and all its features work perfectly. Its hardware and software work, and there are no known ‘legitimate’ issues with it that I’ve found when reading up on the system.
As far as I can tell, the only reason for its lack of support is a strange bias, and I can’t even figure out where the bias came from or why it exists. It’s not even a system preferential bias, because some of the developers and people hating on the Vita don’t seem any more interested in the 3DS. It seems to be an issue with people see the Vita or see Sony and are suddenly turned off and I can’t for the life of me understand why.
Literally the only complaint I have for it is . . . really, the one thing I wish every portable device would rip off from Nintendo. The DS. Not the dual screens themselves, but the flip to close functionality that acts as a very, very effective way to protect your screen from scratches through daily wear and tear, like dropping it or what have you.
I see nothing mechanically wrong with the Vita, so . . . that’s why I just have to assume it’s some weird bias, that I don’t know where comes from nor do I understand. It’s the only thing I can really imagine being the issue because, again, I’ve gone over the specs for the Vita again and again and there is nothing lacking. It’s not even hugely expensive, I just can’t manage it myself right now. It’s no more expensive than the 3DS was when it came out. So . . . yeah. I’m confused. The library even has some solid titles in it that should showcase what other developers could do with it, but they still see the Vita and run screaming in the other direction or turn up their noses like it smells bad. I don’t get it. I don’t understand. It seems absolutely silly.
The hardware is great and most of the major titles released for it have been received well, but there’s a few little niggly things. First off, there’s the disappearance of features such as TV Out, which were available on previous PSPs. For some reason, Sony thought to rework the PSN integration and it’s… awkward at best to use, now. Personally, I hate the new menu design. The biggest kicker for most people I think though, is their stupid F’ing proprietary new memory cards, which is where the real cost of the system lies.
The price of the system is pretty ridiculous considering how limited the new game library is for the Vita. The 3DS faced a similar issue but they could afford to hack the price of that thing and still profit. The Vita just costs too darn much for both Sony and the consumer as a handheld with so few exclusives.
Also, as you said, they cut features that gave the handheld far more viability. The lack of TV-out was the tipping point for me from “Well I’ll get it and maybe it’ll get some good games soon” to “Nope.”
The tipping point for me was backwards compatibility. The 3DS has it. The Vita doesn’t. If I get a Vita, I pretty much have to sell my PSP for pennies, and I loose all my titles on it unless I buy them again. If I get a 3DS, I get access to DS and virtual console titles, and I can afford to keep my PSP as a poor man’s video iPod.
Whyever would I pick the Vita? I can afford to be patient about buying because I’m happy with my PSP, but I’m pretty much sold on the 3DS.
The actual main reason I’m buying a vita is so I can play my PSP games that are too big for my memory stick. Plus my PSP was bought used and has this terrible scratch on it, I’ve survived with it for two years and now I want that sexy vita screen. I think the Vita will succeed, we just need for that one third-party developer to make the plunge and release a game on there that most people want.
The bigger 3rd party.companies will support it it’s just the ones on the fence that they need to pull in.
My PSP library is almost all S-E published, too. Strange to see Kingdom Hearts and Thearythm on 3DS.
The Vita costs almost $400 with all the fixings: effectively twice as much as the yet-unreleased 3DS XL. Developers look at that, look at their target demographics, and conclude that what customers of theirs *have* bought a console have probably opted for the 3DS.
Third parties are probably reluctant after how things went for the PSP.
My PSP library primarily consist of Square Enix games (I know, I’m just as surprised as you are), so I’ve been waiting for them to announce something that will make me want the Vita. If they’re not successful with finding third party support, than makes me curious if they’ll actually succeed.