That’s all there is folks. The Vita is no more. After not even a year on the market, the plug has been pulled on Sony’s fledgling handheld… NOT!
Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights.
Sounds like patent trolling they tried the same thing against Nintendo with the same pattern.
Motion and control input traversing over higher and lower frequencies seperate from each other allowing the controller to do both
So to recoup the money Genuine is going to take on Nintendo or Microsoft next. I hate patent lawyers they are some of the worst bottom feeders out there.
Sea of Thieves is the first Rare-developed game to launch for a PlayStation console, and Sony was heavily involved in helping the studio bring the swashbuckling pirate romp to its flagship console.
Out of curiosity could any of these ms games going to ps5 have been leaked by Sony themselves? Not Sony but someone at Sony
sony isn't about to let some console wars get in the way of trying to make microsoft become a third party dev by showing them that they make more money with them than without them. of course with that in mind they'd help them. it's also doubly so because microsoft are bringing what is considered a popular game over that can also make sony money
Nice.
Still don't want it though.
Tell me Killer Instinct is coming to PS5 and then we'll talk.
"All signs point to the hardware becoming less and less important to Microsoft."
Less innovation and competition. People act like if MS went away life would be better but it would just mean you have one less choice as to where to spend your money. If Sony became the defacto home console provider and Nintendo the handheld, then these companies could limit what you get and you would ultimately have very little choice but to support them if you want to play games.
I was a video that suggested that Steam could potentially get into the console market if Xbox ceases to exist. They already had the Steam Machine(?), and they have the Steam Deck for the portable market. I’m not in the pc space at all so I wouldn’t know if that would be a realistic statement.
No Xbox future I am going to guess Microsoft will go down the path Sega choose and be a publisher/game developer with their in house studios. Or sell off their in house studios and just go back to making os for PC's. I highly doubt the second part. Microsoft like any company wants to make money. So if Microsoft did say pull the plug on Xbox I see them going down the path Sega went. And utilize Xbox as a brand and not just as a console. I can see the name of XBox being mainly a brand after that. And maybe with the game you see published by or developed by Xbox studios.
Great article, I agree completely. Tired of hearing all these complaints by people who probably have never even used one for more than a few minutes. It's a terrific handheld, the best I've ever owned and I've been through them since the original Gameboy. Just give the dang thing some time to grow and really show off what it can do with games, features, apps, etc.
Armchair analysts or not the facts remain:
-SONY themselves have decreased VITA and PSP projected sales by 6 million since May, slashing estimates twice now
-Vita has lost some 3rd support or at least hasn't gained any
-the PSP is outselling the VITA 2:1 on worldwide sales,
-VITA was at last count selling 400k units per quarter
-VITA's software sales barely crack any top 20 sales chart, heck even a VITA only top 10 sales chart it's hard to find a VITA title(that part was a joke)
-$250 IS indeed too expensive regardless of the PSP and 3DS launch prices because VITA has crazy expensive memory cards. If it isn't the price then what's the alternative you'll be pleased with? That it isn't selling because people just don't want it? Would it please you if people started saying that instead?
I'm sure many of us remember the ps3 during first two years of release..."Worst PlayStation in history", "Blu-Ray is just another gimmick", "the ps3 looks like a fridge". Look at the ps3 now. One of the best selling product Sony has to offer. Give the vita some time, it's only been 8 mounths
Don't get me wrong, I love the Vita, but the amount of soft to be released after the holidays and on is worrying me. I liked the streak we had September-October of 2-3 games a week, but I doubt Sony will be able to keep this going, and we'll drop back to 1 game or less a week.