Don’t hold your breath for a new portable PlayStation platform, as Sony has suggested that it doesn’t see much potential in the handheld market. Speaking with Bloomberg, group president Andrew House explained that the company doesn’t see a “huge opportunity” for the sector outside of Asia, and that it’s focusing on living room experiences like the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR for now.
“The Nintendo device is a hybrid device and that’s a different approach and strategy,” he told the site. “The Vita experience was that outside of Japan and Asia, there was not a huge demand. The lifestyle shift toward the dominance of smartphones as the single key device that is always with you was the determining factor.”
House believes that the platform holder has embraced this change in direction by forming ForwardWorks, its new mobile-focused development group. So far the firm has published one game in Japan based on Everybody’s Golf, but it’s worth remembering that Sony also owns the largest smartphone title in the world right now – albeit through its music division.
Despite the early success of the Switch, House doesn’t believe that it’s stealing sales from the PS4 at all. “The folks at Nintendo have their strategy and that’s great,” he said. “We remain focused around a highly connected gaming experience and also coupled with having a great range of other entertainment experiences so you can reach multiple people on the big screen in the household.”
While we do love the Vita here at Push Square, we reckon that this is the right move. Many will point to the success of the Switch, but as House notes, it’s a hybrid – and we still don’t really know how large the market is going to be for the system as a handheld device. In our opinion, the company’s best off focusing on the PS4 – and let’s not forget it has a head-start in the fledgling virtual reality realm, too.
[source bloomberg.com]
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Disappointed. I always thought there was room for handhelds but I have come to accept Sammy's point that, for Sony, there isn't a big business reason to do it. I have seen a lot of people asking for a portable that could play PS4 games but that would be very expensive and just take sales away from PS4.
I think Nintendo can do it because they have a different gaming strategy, not focused on power and they have a fine history of making handhelds work. Plus, the Switch is a unique form factor. I can't see the market ably supporting two bespoke portable gaming devices and the Switch is off to a strong headstart.
The reason I bought switch is because nintendo titles, not because it's portable. Although I do like it's portability since I'm more likely to play on ps4 when I'm playing games on tv.
I absolutely love the Vita but I think they are right - the handheld market is just not there anymore. Even the 3DS sold less than the PSP... It's food for thought.
We don't need an actual console, just let me sync my dualshock 4 to a phone/tablet/laptop and let me stream from PSN/My PS4
In other words they got their ass handed to them on a plate thanks to 3DS and smartphones. They also didn't help themselves with ridiculously expensive proprietary SD cards.
I loved my Vita too but let's face it, Sony played there cards poorly with that one.
@Dodoo They could have done better with the Vita, but how many sales do you think supporting SD cards would have realistically added? A couple of million at most.
And as @feena pointed out, the 3DS probably won't outsell the PSP when all's said and done, which definitely puts things into perspective.
Hope the Switch succeeds and Sony give handheld gaming another go. Never stop dreaming.
I'm glad I stopped going to Nintendo Life. I'd be willing to bet a year's salary they have this article up and it's turned into a Sony bashing orgy
Hmm i'm not sure i quite believe him, i fully expect the PS5 to be a hybrid, it would result in relatively easy sales in Japan for starters and just seems like a good fit for the Playstation brand, let's not forget Sony dismissed the Wii's motion controls not long before they brought out the Move controllers, i really enjoyed Sony's dabbles with handheld games especially when they tried to make games that fitted being a handheld game, Daxter is a great example, it would be a shame if they never revisited the idea.
This is the first time I've felt they really won't make another handheld, I always assumed they'd make a portable PS4 after PS4 sales declined enough and PS5 was announced.
I wonder if this comment will hurt PS4 sales in Japan, as those customers think Sony is abandoning them? Vita games still release there, but if no Vita 2 is coming, maybe Vita owners move on to Switch? Maybe some of you don't realise this with all the everyday comments about how great PS4 is doing and how poorly Vita has done, but Vita has outsold PS4 in Japan. (Last I checked.) So do those Vita owners move on to Switch or PS4/5?
PS5 development is probably well underway, it will just be a beefed up PS4 as that's worked for them so far, but I still wouldn't be too surprised if by PS6 Sony doesn't have some type of hybrid model in the works. Japan is a large market for them to just hand over to Nintendo.
Who knows, maybe PS6 will just be a Geordi LaForge like PSVR visor with a wireless TV out option.
@JoeBlogs Terrible in what way ?
@JoeBlogs That is a possibility i guess but by the time it came out tech would have moved forward and there's a chance they would be able to cram more power into the tablet form-factor, the Switch isn't that far behind the X1 after all.
They would definitely lose some gamers to Microsoft, particularly western gamers but i don't think it would be a huge amount, i'd say they'd gain more in Japan than they'd lose in the west too.
The Switch is selling really well in the west as well as the east so it shows there is a definite appeal and desire for hybrid gaming, time will tell if Nintendo remain the only ones to attempt it, but as i say i personally think Sony will dabble in it at some point.
I spend more time reading pushsquare than playing on the vita.
Andrew House is right.
Smart phones dominate the handheld sector.
@NintendoFan4Lyf Come back and post this comment when Switch has sold 100 million units.
Vita had sssoo much potential. Sony, unfortunately screwed themselves and customers with greedy, cynical, shady practices. If it was micro sd compatible it would have flown off the shelves!!! I, and many others, didnt purchase on release due to this. When potential customers steer clear due to mind boggling decisions you know youve done something wrong!
BUT , redemption could have been easily achieved with the release of a revised model, obvously (to everyone 'cept Sony Fat Cats) scrapping the propriety memo cards and adding a full suite of buttons for the PS4 remote play function they love to remind us about. But no, nothing was rectified and they ultimately stuck the final nail in themselves..... twits!!!
The Vita was a great handheld and still is. But Sony didn't know how to market it anywhere outside of Japan where it did very well. Sony let stock run out for so long before the launch of the Slim that many people thought it was dead at that point. Outrageous memory card pricing hurt as well. I feel Sony lost interest and gave up on it way too easily.
I'm sad they don't see a future in dedicated handheld gaming, but if their next business model followed that of how they handled the Vita, perhaps it's for the best.
@NintendoFan4Lyf great post man.
@get2sammyb you realy are the ultimate Sony Fan boy.
Portable gaming when done right is a great thing and Nintendo always seem to get it right. Just because Sony say it has no potential dosnt make it true. I love the Switch its an amazing bit of tech and has some great support.
@get2sammyb Don't really understand your reply Sammy, he's only saying that the potential is there, none of us can see into the future after all, but no-one can deny that the Switch is off to a flying start, and even more importantly, third-party games have seen early success.
@RustyBullet Would you care to explain? You can't claim Nintendo has started a "new age of console games" when the thing is barely six months old and we don't know how it's going to fare over the next five to ten years.
As I said, come back when it's sold 100 million units and then we'll talk.
I like my Vita and it gets a lot of play time, but the system struggled from early on. Sony made the usual mistake of using expensive proprietary solutions to storage and they also went deep into advertising the Vita as a home console experience on a handheld.
That second point of itself isn't bad, but they really didn't deliver on that promise and did their usual of dropping the technology as a lost cause when it hadn't performed as well as they wanted in the first 6-12 months. Funnily enough the 3DS had similar problems in the first year of its life, but Nintendo tried to fix those problems and that system went on to sell really well.
Unfortunately Sony's expectation of failure in their gaming division seems to be becoming a self fulfilling prophecy now as people are getting wise to the risks associated with buying anything outside of their home console and adopting a wait and see attitude before putting down their money.
I think Sony may be a little disappointed in that the Vita probably could have fulfilled the same or similar "niche" as the Switch had it been released 3-4 years down the road and had more advanced streaming technology.
@Toadie My point is exactly what you said: it's too early to come to any conclusions other than that the Switch is off to a good start. We certainly shouldn't be heralding "a new age of console games".
It's a tough call. The only way I could see a mobile gaming system do well was if it were also a full fledged phone. Even in that case, it's a risk because it would need to be able to scale with consumers.
When I was in highschool, portables were great. Now that I'm an adult, they don't fit into my lifestyle very well. I'll grab my Vita to play Freedom Wars/Soul Sacrifice from time to time, but when I do, I always wish the games were on PS4 instead.
@get2sammyb Yeah i saw your reply just after i tagged you, i agree with you on that, bar the 3DS, Nintendo have a bad habit of dropping off support for their consoles in the later years of their life, which usually signals sales to drop off earlier than they should (the Wii is a great example of that) i wouldn't be surprised to see them do the same with Switch, even if it carries on doing really well, hopefully not though.
@ShogunRok I'm not quite sure what that gif is from but it's the best darn gif I've ever seen.
I've gone back and forth on the Switch, but in the end I don't think I'm gonna get one. I've actually been having a lot more luck with remote play on my Vita. I think they've gradually been improving that service. What I really would like is a new Vita with that thing getting on for 6 years old now... That doesn't appear to be in their plans. I wonder what they're going to do for that Asia/Japan market though...
The thing is, Nintendo always had a different approach to handhelds ever since the Game and Watch during the early 80s. Switch already has potential.
Vita also had potential, but was mistreated and poorly executed. And it's not the Vita's fault, it's Sony's. The whole excuse of smartphones is irrelevant. The same could be said for the 3DS and look how it turned out.
It's not the market that hurt them, it's the way how they treated the market.
@Wesker easy, rely on 3rd parties...
@Derpie1 I mean in terms of hardware. When the Vita gets even more outdated than it already is.
Considering how much a flop the Vita was compared to the PSP, I cant say I'm surprised.
@Derpie1
Worked so well for the wii U ;p
@KitsuneNight in Japan yes they can rely on Vita Cus Japan loves Handhelds and depending on what type of game it is... people will get it...
@Derpie1
that's nice for japan but the vita is quite dead in the rest of the world
then again i want a Wii U ...cause i'm mental.
@RedMageLanakyn Just read some of the comments on there...
My god...
You'd think their mothers left them all with a Game Boy in their crib for a man named Sony.
I kind of agree too. Its probably not the right time for a portable device - not with Switch, 3DS, Mobiles and tablets. I am sure they could build a more powerful handheld than switch and at least 1 of their mobiles has a 4k Screen but even running a 1080p screen, along with PS4 quality games would require a 'hefty' battery. They could of course use a 720p and wouldn't need as much GPU performance as the PS4 to run PS4 quality games at that resolution - it would still be more powerful than the Switch though.
However, if Sony did try to beat the Switch on Power/performance, Even if they could make it for a Similar price and get 'good' battery life too, Its got a lot of competition. They could of course build a 'companion' Handheld that doubles up as a DS4 with PS4 (and maybe PS5 too) where the touchscreen works like a touch-pad, has the speakers for audio and maybe even a glowing strip for the camera to track. It could work in a similar way to Switch - albeit nt quite so 'quick' to transfer between 'handheld' and TV screen but it could allow you (if powerful enough) to play games on the go and when 'connected' to a PS4, the PS4 version syncs and carry's on from where you left off on the hand held and vice-versa. Sony coud offer a 'similar' deal to MS in their 'Play-anywhere' games. In other words, if you buy 'digitally' you get 'both' the handheld and console version (I know they do this with some Vita games but I am referring to the 'big AAA' games. I believe the Vita can be used as a 'streaming' devices for the PS4 but in this scenario, you wouldn't need to stream or have wifi enabled (if playing a SP game like Uncharted 4) - you would have the game installed and as soon as you get home and 'sync' with the PS4, all you trophies, progress etc updates and you can carry on on the big screen using a standard DS4 OR the new handheld if you want but its playing now on the PS4. Its kind of like the Switch in that respect but, in this case, the PS4 is 'the dock' and the Dock runs the game at PS4 (or Pro if you have it) level and as soon as you 'undock' it syncs and switches to the handheld version. Maybe its not possible and your progress would only be at the last checkpoint - so you couldn't carry on from the middle of a level or race.
Anyway I still think its a 'risky' venture right now - with a lot of competition, would probably need more power/longer battery life etc than Switch and building it to a price-point that's competitive.
My main issue when Vita launched was that it was more expensive than the PS3/XB360 yet not able to deliver that 'level' of gaming. The XB1 and PS4 can be purchased for £200 and I think they could probably get away with £250 ish if it was more powerful than the Switch and could run PS4 games (albeit scaled down to say 720p) and Sony also offered a 'Play Anywhere' style deal where all Sony's Digital games (and maybe a lot of 3rd Party games) also came with the 'V2' version. It would show that the Handset would be better supported, capable of running the latest games so wouldn't need 'developers' specifically making games just for that and could be a 'great' portable PS4 companion. But above £300 is a hard sale for all but the 'dedicated' Sony fans. Sony also have the VR headset too and I wouldn't be Surprised if we see a PS5 in a year or two. In my mind, even if the PS5 were to release, a Vita 2 (as I envisioned it) could still work in the same way as I suggested with the PS4 - ie a portable 'console' that syncs up with the 'home console' and operates as a DS4/5 but can also play PS4/5 games on the go. The reason I also think it could work' with the PS5 is because of the fact that the PS5 will no doubt be targeting 4k and as modern game engines are really scaleable, the V2 version would be 720p - that's 1/9th the size. It may also mean that 'handheld' version may not have as higher visual settings (like shorter draw distances, lower quality shadows etc) but as its on a 'small' and much lower res screen it could still look great. In a worse case scenario, the V2 version could also use some of the rendering tricks - like CB rendering and/or even have 'half' the frame rate too - like 2160/60 on PS5 and 720/30 on vita but like I said, 720p is a ninth (1/9) the size of 4k.
I think if Sony were to build another 'handheld', it would really need to be able to sync with the base consoles and not be a 'separate' entity exclusively. By tying it into the 'home' consoles and offering the same games on the go, it shows that Sony are more likely to support it and it will also double up as an 'extra' controller or be an 'alternative' option to keep playing if the TV is occupied by others - a lot easier than disconnecting the console to move it to a different TV. I guess its more 'hybrid' this way and has, I think, more functionality - I don't know how feasible this would be and to build it at a price point to sell. I think if it worked as I envision, then I would be a lot more interested but then I would have to reconsider my love of 'physical' media. I guess though if this was feasible, Sony could sell at a loss knowing that 'digital' sales would rise and increase their profits that way.
@JoeBlogs "But cater to Japan at the potential expense of the rest of the world? "
Well Vita TV launched in Japan about a year before the rest of the world before they renamed it PSTV. In hindsight they probably should have just left it there. Or really not bothered at all, crippled little piece of plastic that it is.
Nintendo launched the New 3DS in Japan but the US still hasn't really ever gotten it, just a 1 off Black Friday deal. The 2DS released in the West long before reaching Japan.
And the amount of games that release in Japan for the Vita that never make it West, well that's a lot.
So 5mil sounds like a worthwhile number to me even if it's only marketed and sold in Japan. Surely there are other devices sold only in Japan?
So I don't think Sony should blow off the rest of the world in favor of Japan, I'm just nto so sure a Japanese company should blow of their home country entirely. And their home country is handheld obsessed. And it's not like Sony is opposed to doing stupid things, like $500 24" 3D displays, Wonderbook and that worthless Nav controller. Why not sell 5m handheld PS4 in Japan?
Of course 1 problem with my earlier comment that only came to light after some caffeine reached my brain is those 5m Vita owners may all be the 5m PS4 owners, a 1:1 ratio, so Sony wouldn't be losing out, those 5m will all just by PS5 when the time comes, regardless of what it is. But I have no idea were that info resides. Surely Sony knows, but I doubt they have anything to gain by telling.
I think they should still support the Vita to a certain extent but shift some of that time and effort into VR. I know a lot of people are interested once they actually sit down and play a few games. If they did a small price drop this holiday season I am sure it would sell quite a bit.
Handheld gaming will be deader than disco soon, outside Japan at least. All the evidence is there. The 3DS is a relative failure to the DS, and the Vita is a relative failure to the PSP. The 3DS hasn't even sold as much as the PSP did. And that's after about fourteen hardware revisions.
I realise how redundant this is before I've even said it, but Nintendo fans really should temper their expectations for the Switch before declaring it the second coming of Christ. It's a Nintendo console that has only been out for six months. It could be a cardboard box with a dead dog inside and it would be selling. It's not selling because it's a handheld. That's incidental. It's selling because it's a new Nintendo console and it just happens to be a handheld.
Once the dust has settled on the Switch and the hardcore Nintendo fans have bought them, it'll be interesting to see how the sales drop. And I'm almost certain they will drop, because I honestly don't think the thing has much of any appeal to anybody other than the hardcore Nintendo crowd, much like the Wii U.
Time will tell, anyway. We'll see once we're out of the honeymoon period.
@johncalmc
By your logic, the PS4 failed as the successor to the PS3. It still hasn't reached PS3 sales and not even close to PS2 sales, hell even PS1 sales for that matters.
By all of your logic, console gaming will die in favor of PC gaming.
It's a damn shame their probably done with portables , the Vita was an amazing little system the Potential was there for it to succeed.
@Feena 2DS and 3DS still haven't stopped selling. Reaching 70 m soon, so passing PSP isn't out of the question.
@Mahe yeah but still...the best selling handeld of the generation trying to catch the sales of the weaker contender last gen? Not a good sign...
@Feena Yeah, obviously 3DS had a lot of problems in its early years. Things started getting better with 2DS and other later models & better games.
If Nintendo had just released 2DS to start with and had never bothered with the 3D stuff, the situation could have been much better.
@Feena
Neither the PS4 trying to catch up with PS3 sales. Console gaming is dying then by your logic.
@MrGamerClock64 Sigh. That's not by my logic at all. The PS4 is outpacing the PS3 in sales. It's doing better. Everyone knows that. Something being released and not immediately being on more sales than it's predecessor doesn't make it a failure. Something being released and selling less, month on month, makes it a relative failure.
@johncalmc
The 3DS had a rough start while the PS4 had an amazing start because of the One's terrible reveal and E3. Opposite start but end up having same sales. And 3DS sales started to slow down because of the Switch. PS4 sales will also slow down if Sony revealed a PS5 around this time. (But we won't be seeing it for a year or two.)
@MrGamerClock64 The PS4 didn't just have a good start, though. It's had a good everything. It's still selling very, very well after four years on the market. After four years on the market it's sold sixty million units which is way more than the PS3 had done in the same timescale.
Comparatively, the 3DS has sold around 68 million units in six years on the market. And the DS did 150 million units.
My point was that, when looking at the sales data, the trend for handheld consoles is down. The obvious conclusion to draw is that smart phones took a massive chunk of the business. The PSP sold way better than the Vita did. The DS sold way better than the 3DS. Handheld gaming struggles because we now have smart phones on us at all times, and a lot of people aren't bothered about buying a dedicated gaming device if they can play Candy Crush on their phone.
Wow some already saying Switch may be another Wii U ok... then how bout we discuss should Nintendo go 3rd party n bring thier games on PlayStation 4 and PC...
From a sales perspective he’s not wrong.
PSP sold 80m, while Vita is at 15m. DS sold 150m, while 3DS is at 65m.
To argue handheld gaming is still going strong after such a massive decline, is foolish. But to argue Sony didn’t mess it up is also foolish. But House’s statement is not one without a base.
The Switch is a hybrid and it’s only been a few months. As such its relevance to the handheld sector is exactly 50%.
@johncalmc
Just because it sold less doesn't mean a market is drying. Vita failed because Sony failed to keep it alive. 3DS still did good overall, especially during a time with casual gaming at its peak with smartphones.
@MrGamerClock64 Well, nothing means anything. It implies. We look at the sales data and we extrapolate hypotheses based on said data. The data says that both Nintendo and Sony handhelds sold a fraction (just over one third and just under one third respectively) of their predecessors.
Maybe both consoles were unlucky. Maybe wizards had something to do it. But looking at the data, and looking at when smartphones became ubiquitous, one can draw a fairly obvious conclusion.
Handheld is on the wane. And Sony would be wise to stay out of it.
It's the first time that a Nintendo handheld didn't outsell its predecessor, and there are reasons why aside from the rise of smartphones. At the end, still did better than a lot of people expected. Why did it still sold decent even during the age of smartphones? Because Nintendo supported it. Sony abandoned the Vita in less than a year, before the PS4 was even released. Don't blame the market because of Sony's failure.
And by looking at sales data, the Switch still currently outpacing the Wii, which is the second best selling home console of all time. At the current rate of the Switch, it will not only outsell the DS, but also the Wii. That's only an if statement and things will change in the future, but even after 6 months in the market and shows no sign of slowing down.
@NintendoFan4Lyf
Smartphones will never reach the power of a console. Current phones can barely run a PS2 game at medium settings. By the time a phone can play PS4 games, home consoles and even handhelds will be much more ahead.
And the thing is about smartphones is that it's a casual device. Looking at the top 10 apps and games on both App Store and Google Play, they're all free to play games like Candy Crush. You think a hardcore gamer will play a game like that? Of course not. A dedicated gaming device is much better to play games on than a smartphone. Casuals won't need it because they only play video games for a couple of minutes. Smartphones does that perfectly.
I'm a little late to the game but I just wanted to say
@get2sammyb (,,꒪꒫꒪,,)
Sony tried twice and got beat badly both times. Be foolish to try again. Once it's clear that traditional consoles are finished both PlayStation and Xbox would be better suited to going more service-based. Nintendo is the only one who has ever found true success in the portable space and it's tough to predict where that company will go in the future or what's best for it. Sony and MS are easier to read.
Maybe if they weren't so half-hearted with the Vita...
Its a shame if there no ps vita 2. Sony has an amazing library, and you could imagine a new vita could easily play all ps3 games.
I love the ps vita. Built to last. Been my most use console since its come out. Never been a shortage off games to play. An i have at least one more years worth off playing. It been great value for money.
The switch will be a great replacement. An i am happy that nintendo is proving to the world that there is a space for handheld.
@NintendoFan4Lyf
PC has proven to be a viable gaming platform since 1983, during the North American game crash. So it's not anything impressive with today since it's already the norm. And I know that technology advances pretty quickly, but not all devices can do everything perfectly. A phone is excellent at social elements, such as social media and of course to call. A handheld is the opposite of that. The PC is literally the only device that can literally do anything, but needs lots of horsepower to achieve it. Since a phone will always have limitations, it needs to focus on one thing.
@johncalmc You could also just as easily argue that DS + PSP numbers was a market anomaly, and that the drop was simply market correction and nothing else. 3DS + Vita aren't that far off from GBA numbers.
@MrGamerClock64 Look, I don't want to get pulled into an awful debate here but:
"Smartphones will never reach the power of a console. Current phones can barely run a PS2 game at medium settings."
What year are you living in?
@IceClimbers You could argue that. But then somebody would probably just point out that a) the GBA is a bad example to use since the DS was launched only three years after it, and so it isn't analogous to any of the consoles we're talking about, and b) even if you take the GBA into account, the latest iterations of Sony and Nintendo handhelds still sold way lower than GBA, original Gameboy, DS and PSP. Like not one or two million lower. Lots of millions lower.
The point still stands. Handheld sales are trending down. All conventional wisdom says smartphones are the reason why.
Sony has no f-ing clue how to make and support a handheld properly. Vita was tossed in the trash less then 2 years after launch, yet 6 years later and I just bought a new Metroid game for 3DS. That's how you support your platform. Take note, Sony.
It's a shame because I would love to be able to play PS4 quality games on the go. I'd be very happy to have Sony copy the Switch with the functionality to play PS4 games. And it's a shame that mobile phones are taking the market, because I have a 600+£ Sony Xperia and I'm literally struggling to find any actual good games on the thing. They're all just crap. (Got decent specs and still no good quality games) So I'm probably going to get a Switch at some point either end of year or early 2018, since it's getting Skyrim, Doom, Wolfenstein 2, Fifa 18 and think Zelda Breath of the Wild looks alright but I've never really liked Nintendo games so I'm hoping it gets something like Fallout 4 aswell and I'll just make it my Bethesda machine and everything else will be a bonus!
@EVIL-C Oh they know, hence why they were still releasing games for the PS3 alongside the PS4 launch while Nintendo practically took a year off with the Wii U.
We can all cherry-pick examples.
@get2sammyb PS3 was supported heavily from day one by every major studio, and was never in dire straights, despite a shaky start.
They really don't know, otherwise they would've kept bringing over big titles, not just JRPGS.
Vita itself is great, Sony are the idiots here.
Nintendo allocated their resources to the switch, obviously. You'd do the same if your flagship product was doing so poorly. I don't expect much criticism of Sony here on a Sony fan site, but come on. If Sony is allowed to screw up and have a dud, Nintendo is too.
@EVIL-C I think you need to read your comments through again and pay close attention to the obvious hypocrisy you're showing.
@get2sammyb The fact I prefer Nintendo, yet gladly criticize both, shouldn't bother you. Nintendo made many poor decisions with Wii U, yet I loved the software I bought for it.
When Sony makes a portable PS4 or 5 in the future, we'll know who was on the right track. (BTW I think it's Nintendo, as IMO VR is not gaming's sole future) Until then, R. I. P. Vita, the forgotten child of a neglectful parent, with some great high points.
"Many will point to the success of the Switch, but as House notes, it’s a hybrid."
Nah. I'll just point out the success of the 3DS.
I have no problem with Sony not going back into the handheld market. PSP wasn't supported that well after the first couple of years and they just repeated that with the Vita (mine was a great before it broke).
@JoeBlogs If i quit Sony i will go to Nintendo or stop gaming.
@EVIL-C Sony has the best support with consoles no one comes even close. Handhelds not so much though and to be fair they only had 2 handhelds. Even the handhelds with Nintendo are not completely foolproof missing a extra stick games that run terribly on the older 3DS. But they just have awsome games just bought the Metriod 3DS and for FFS could they stop creating a shortage the Amibos is a terrible joke just like the Mini SNES and Mini NES it was a shamefull and insulting thing.
@Bliquid Plus we are not the group who brings in the cash and ys im the nerd and im loving it.
MHW on the PS VITA? That would sell VITAs in Japan for sure.
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