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The Top 5 Apps PlayStation Vita Needs To Survive

What" about other apps that the iOS and Android handhelds have like Youtube, WordPress, Pinterest and others? As it stands, the Vita’s app selection is bare-bones at best. Horrid at worst. Because of that, I’ve listed the top apps that should be on the PlayStation Vita." - JTM Games

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NukaCola4396d ago

Survive is a bit of a drama term. But I would like some of these.

YouTube was confirmed at the first showing at E3.

My wife loves Pinterest. I thought that is like a club though. They don't just let you join. You have to subscribe anb wait. They are tough to keep trolling and immaturity off their social networking site.

I would like to see an App Store. It would be awesome to have a fully digital copy of a Game Guide so you can pull it up with ease.

Dante1124396d ago (Edited 4396d ago )

It's weird how Skype just kinda get overlooked now by the journalists now (Most asked for feature by gamers and journalists alike. Now that the Vita has it, it's like it doesn't matter to them anymore).

But on topic, the only thing I would really want from that list is Crackle. Youtube is already confirmed to be coming.

metsgaming4396d ago (Edited 4396d ago )

Yea apps arent whats going to make the vita survive or not, its all about the games. with that out of the way Youtube is needed, the most important. crackle eh not so much its not very good but it is welcome. Personally i think Sony is missing out on not having a HOME app. People have their opinions on home but alot of people go on it and it would only make perfect sense to have it on the vita, it makes them money. Plus people are always talking about the "social" aspect, thats what HOME is. Also I would think Home would be more desirable to go on with a handheld then a console.

one2thr4396d ago

A Playstation Home app would be awesome

mcstorm4396d ago

I agree with you the psv dose not need any apps to make it sell it needs games and full games not like some we have see so far. A mnr and uc game that have full mp. Lbp, gt, are two games it needs to start boosting its sales.

I really like the psv but i do feel some games and developers have let it down. For me mnr is a game that should sell well on the console but without mp the life of the game is short the same for uc. Ridge racer needs alot more in it too mp is fun but not enough tracks or cars.

I think the psv is going to follow in the ps3 footsteps and start to pickup sales after the 1st 12 to 18 months of being on the market.

Xof4396d ago

Indeed. And the Vita's game-line up is getting to be absolutely stellar this summer... in Japan.

That's the real reason the 3DS and Vita (and PS3, while we're at it) tend to look so bad early on: we're stuck in a perpetual catch-up cycle for the localization of Japanese titles, often putting us a year or more behind.

If the Vita had the exact same library internationally as it does locally, we'd see a lot fewer of these inane articles dancing around the implication that the Vita is doomed to failure.

Ravenor4396d ago

Am I the only one who finds these "Features" kinda...superfluous? Yeah great I can go on Youtube on my Vita, either with a Wifi connection or you ponied up for the 3G edition, sounds kinda similar to my phone. It's like when Netflix support was announced for the 3DS, who views these things as make or break features when the device is built exclusively for games?

BISHOP-BRASIL4396d ago

Exactly the reason I'm not so interested in handhelds right now (well, this and the prohibitive price that Sony Brasil setted for Vita). Everyday is another news of some phone app for the handheld A or B... I don't care, I'm not dissing my phone if those things don't have phone calling capabilities, now if they focus more in the games my wallet may take the hit.

I'll probably get a Vita down the road, but right now, I'm more inclined to the 3DS since it have more cool games (no surprise there, it has been out longer), but not enough to make me buy... I still don't like the hardware, I don't care for 3D and the rest it's barelly better than PSP, which I currently own.

jujubee884396d ago

I want a music playing app with lot of colorful and pretty lights for the visualizer.

The VITA's OLED would show that off so good.

jujubee884396d ago

Good one!

Come to think of it, some .m3u file compatibility and RSS/online radio play (like on PSP) also needs to be added. Even though they are more system level things (and not really apps) they still feel like they should be in the VITA.

Hicken4396d ago

If it's not an app geared toward gaming in some way, it's not an app the Vita NEEDS, period. It's a bonus, and some of them can even be pretty big bonuses, but the Vita doesn't NEED them, especially not to "survive."

The same goes for the 3DS: it doesn't NEED apps.

What they both NEED is great game support. And that's it. And so far, they both seem to be getting it.

metsgaming4396d ago

im eager for E3 and gamescom for more vita game announcements. Hopefully thats why they are getting GOW and All stars battle royal out early so they can show everything lol

mr_badhand4396d ago

Good lord....i actually agree with you Hicken.

I don't usually rag on articles but even I find it hard to believe that the Vita needs apps to stay alive.

jeeves864396d ago

An app that lets you record gameplay would be pretty cool. But I'm more for good games over superfluous apps.

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night DLC Adds Free Gameplay Modes

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1821d 9h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie23h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere14h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin20h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere14h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow27m ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere14h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow42m ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX1d 12h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

RNTody1d 12h ago (Edited 1d 12h ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno1d 11h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Sheppard7t31d 9h ago

How did Sony kill the series?

Inverno1d 9h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii19h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno18h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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