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Re: Talking Point: Are Indie Games Enough to Save the PlayStation Vita?

brendon987

There a gaming revolution happening at the moment. The past 4-5 years when a AAA completes development, a lot off game developer have been released from their jobs. Game developers are sick off this and have been forming team 2-6 people to make their own games. You can see in the quality of games that are being release now that Indies games are going to take off.

Indie games will fuel the gaming industry for the next few years.

But will they save the PS Vita. No – because to survive as an indie developer you will have to port your game to all system and mobile devices. Yes some games will be a lot better on Vita because of the control. But people will play these games on other devices.

Vita needs AA/AAA games to survive. To offer something different from ipad, smartphones.

Re: Reaction: PlayStation 4 Catches Second Wind at GDC

brendon987

Sony had a branding issues. Which is partly caused by the orginal price tag of the PS3, partly caused by just being a big successful companies at the time. Even before the PS Vita was released alot off gaming website wanted it to failed because of the sony name.
Now by Sony becoming very Indie friendly, I looks like they are over coming there branding problems. An Playstation is being seen as a positive thing again.
Sony timing is perfect at the moment. Announce the PS4. Then get headline again with GDC, then E3. Very smart.

Re: Sony's Aggressively Approaching Indie Developers for PS4

brendon987

I think the next generation off games, we will see less AAA games. As it getting harder for them to make there money. i.e Tomb raider sold 3.4 Million, and still need to sell 1.6 million more just to break even.
So sony smart getting the indies on board early, as HardCore gamers will turn to the next generation off gaming. Which are games made by small teams, with new ideas and willing to take risk again.

Re: Pachter: Sony Won't Make Money on the PlayStation Vita

brendon987

Pachter stated a few month ago, that Sony could not afford to drop the price of the Vita in USA, as they are already sold just under cost.

Nintendo lost alot off money last Fin year on selling 3ds, below cost. With the knowledge that they should make the money back this year.

Sony is not in a position to do this.

Instead they offer great plus content. Cross buy. Getting the indies on board. An there alot off games on the VITA, its just missing regular AAA games releases.

Sony in for the long haul. An this year looking alot better then last year.

Re: Review: Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PlayStation 3)

brendon987

I love the mini games. I am currently playing the game on the Vita and I would give it a solid 8. What you guys say about the boss fights is true. Bit too easy, but at least they are all different.

Question for the reviewer, would you give this a better score on the Vita. As it better then most other game like it, on any mobile device. Or will you review it compare to the PS3 version and say it worst graphics and therefore its a worst score.

Re: Talking Point: Do We Pay Too Much Attention to Review Scores?

brendon987

I read review to see if there a common complaint between the reviews. But I take the scores with a grain of salt. I have seen many Vita games mark down because they are "not" as good as the console version. Reviewers forget that the vita is not a powerful, and you can do mobile gaming on it. They just mark the game lower. Compare the games to other mobile games, not high power consoles.
I feel that some big games like GOW,KillZone just receive worst score, because sony has a branding problem.
I also feel that reviews are lazy at time. I have a 3D tv, but many reviewers don't even comment on the 3D aspect off games i.e KillZone 3. I would like to know if its worthwhile in 3D.
Saying all that, this website does write up good, fair reviews