The Playstation Vita, Sony's successor to the Playstation Portable. It's a handheld device bursting with functionality. In theory, the system has a great many things going for it. It has the best graphical capability among the handheld gaming devices as well as some functions that even its Playstation 3 big brother doesn't have ( ex. Cross Game Chat). However, for all the great potential it has, there has been one single detrement to the system's possible rise to greatness, the price.
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.
We wish. Vita doom and gloom won't stop until there's another Sony product coming to market for these sites to fixate on. We've already seen PS4 doom articles popping up and just weathered a spat of Wii-U doom. When we get closer to the PS4's launch and more is revealed, only then will the Vita doom talk stop, to be replaced with PS4 doom. It's sad that this is the current state of game journalism.
In game journalism, the old saying "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar," has been replaced with "You can catch more flies with crap."
That's doubtful. People cried foul about the 3DS when its price dropped as well, and the Vita was initially being sold at a loss.
The doom and gloom articles really won't stop (as others have already stated), people are too hungry for attention and clicks.
For the billionth time, the Vita IS NOT EXPENSIVE! Just because Nintendo couldn't justify their incremental upgrade to the DS with the 3DS and charge $250 for crap DOES NOT mean that that's the same situation for the Vita. The memory cards are expensive, true, but the unit itself couldn't be more affordable for the buttload of features and tech you get.
Why the hell are the media so so stupid? Even if they are bloggers, they are making those people who are trying to get going in the gaming media a very bad name by being so stupid.
It's the human condition to bitch and whine. Even more so to attack something because you have a different view (3DS VS Vita). It's disgusting and I'm personally sick of it, pertaining to video games or otherwise. Everyone grow the hell up and accept each other. Also, be a little positive about the Vita. It's beautiful on the inside and out.
Edit: and the price point? Just stop talking about it. Not even major corporations can afford to sell at a loss. It has a 10 year life cycle and Sony WILL support it. They may make mistakes but in the end they haven't dropped the ball with any console yet. Especially given it has a ten year life span, things will start to pick up in the next year or two. I personally don't even think they need to, though, just need more third party developer support. Other than that people should bite the bullet and pick one up for the current price. If that's too much for you then hunt around for a cheaper bundle.
Yes, the price of the Vita is a problem, but in my opinion, the price of memory cards is a bigger problem.
100$ for 32GB is far too much. Divide that price by 3 and you'd be on mark. Same for the rest of them. Also, take out anything 4GB or below, it's far too small these days, especially if you have PS plus.