When Street Fighter X Tekken comes to the Vita later this month it will bring with a neat new way to play the game on the Playstation 3.
Cross-Link, announced during Capcom's New York Comic Con panel this week, allows owners of both the PS3 and Vita version of the game to use the PS Vita as a controller while playing the game on the PS3.
When playing with the Vita as a controller, gamers can use the touchscreen and rear touch panel to play the game. That means swiping to pull off some moves and specials.
Or it's about to leave the storefront like another Capcom title.
With Street Fighter 6 now upon us, it's time to look back at some classic Street Fighter titles, beginning with Street Fighter X Tekken.
It was a cool gamble imo. In reality, everyone were waiting for Namco version, Tekken X Street Fighter.
What killed this game was their planned reliance on GaaS with the whole gem system. It made little sense and made the game extremely unbalanced. Not to mention the unbalance of most of the characters, especially on the Tekken side
Ahhh the game that Capcom had DLC on the disc on release yet you had to pay to unlock it
VGChartz's Daniel Parker: "Tekken and Street Fighter - two giants of the head-to-head fighting genre. A clashing of decades-old titans that was once thought to be a dream matchup that would never happen. It ignited a flame of excitement that quickly fizzled out and became a cautionary tale for game developers."
It's good to see that there are now some 3rd party games that are following Sony's directive. Whether or not the Vita/PS3 combo will work as well as the Wiiu is uncertain, but emulating 'some' of it's abilities can only help cement relations with PS3 and Vita owners.
People seem to want to concentrate on the sales war this Christmas, choosing to focus entirely on the idea of direct competition between the Wiiu and the PS3/Vita combo, but in my opinion it's not really about that. Sony aren't pushing this to compete with the Wiiu, they are pushing this to offer devs a broader market for those that may like the Wiiu experience... That may sound like a contradiction in terms but it's not because it's about 'holding' rather than 'gathering'.
Sony are doing this for one reason: to hold onto their already established userbase. The combo 'may' help sell a few more PS3s and Vitas, but it won't compete as such with the Wiiu, which will sell very well this Christmas. This is just to muddy the water so to speak and make it harder for current PS3 owners to justify investing in another console. Microsoft have exactly the same strategy with smartglass.
It's a step in the right direction for Vita/PS3 usage. Even if it fails it's still nice to see someone willing to test the waters; if it passes I can see sport games (mainly Madden and other football games) using the touchscreen to call plays.
i just hope we see more PS3/Vita combo deals on games. Sony first party games have been pretty good about including a PS3 /Vita copy when you buy one or the other and you have both.
IE Soundshapes givse you both, Hustle Kings also did this too. Imo, if we saw more of this happening w/the bigger releases and they advertised it as a "For $60, you can now get both the PS3 and Vita version, vs buying a multiplatform game on the 360 and one copy". i hope we see more cloud syncing abilities and game save syncing on the vita soon. i love that on my PS3 w/PSN Plus.
i'm wondering if we'll see some first party publishers use the touchscreen on the vita to add some mini-game type features when you use it to control a PS3 game (ie Wii U like). however, people forget that Sony's been trying to do remote control integration between their handheld and the PS3 since the 2nd year of the PS3 launch.
sony need to get their own business strategy instead of copying nintendos.
how can the ps3+vita be more than a wiiu? its either a wiiu or its not a wiiu. ps3+vita is not a wiiu, rather a imitation.
you all sit there discussing how the ps3+vita can mimic the wiiu like you have all lost your minds and integrity. just as sony clearly has.
just stop it, its embarrassing.
It's too hard to just be happy that games are allowing more options regarding the PS Vita and PS3 usage?
It's a welcomed move by those who own both, I would assume. It could also encourage others to grab a vita.