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Ways That Can Help The PS Vita Stay Alive

It’s been 13 months now since the PS Vita launched in early 2012. Despite the PS Vita having PS3-like graphics on a handheld system, the high price and lack of killer exclusive games failed to encourage people to buy the system. Not to mention many people now own powerful smartphones and tablets which pretty much do more things than what a PS Vita can do.

The PS Vita is a great little system and Sony (and other third party publishers) should not abandon the handheld so quickly. There’s no other handheld device on the market that can play PS3-like games. Even though it looks like support for the system has died, here are a few things that can help the system remain relevant for the remainder of 2013 and beyond.

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jujubee884059d ago

-Worldwide Price Drop
-More Quality Exclusive Games
-PS4 Connectivity
-Some More Free Apps And Games

Irishguy954059d ago

+ Fix the memory card DRM. ****ing stupid.

The price drop is coming i'm sure anyway.

ziggurcat4059d ago

what memory card DRM?

or are you just interested in stealing games?

tubers4059d ago

EDIT: + Fix the 1 user account DRM.

(You can juggle with cards with differing regional content that way)

BullyMangler4059d ago

All it needs is comfort, and GREAT games. Even though the vita got's separately sold comfort grips, that still cant fix the wrongly placed joysticks . shame .

r214059d ago

Wrongly placed joysticks? This is a PS product, the sticks will always be at the bottom and parallel to each other till forever. I will have to disagree with you bully.

GrandTheftZamboni4059d ago

Didn't you get the memo: moving around with D-pad is so last gen.

Max Power4059d ago

Lately, I have acquired several decent Vita games for free via PSN+, that is incentives for me to repurchase the Vita. Soon, once there is a price drop I will buy another Vita, my other was stolen out of my car last summer.

Garethvk4059d ago

I think the PS 4 may be a big boost to the Vita but they need to do more with it.

Th4Freak4059d ago (Edited 4059d ago )

Can you or someone explain to me how is the PS4 going to boost PSV sales? Seriously this is a legit question not trolling or anything, i'm a PSV owner and hopefully a PS4 owner soon too and I just can't see how is the PS4 going to boost the PSV I mean what will the PS4 bring to the table to make users buy a PSV, what's the difference between the PS4 and the PS3 related to the PSV besides a more complete remote play?

jrbeerman114059d ago

More complete remote play? That assumes remote play ever worked for more than a handful of games. If it works with every game available than that is huge. The ps4 uses gakai which is supposed to mean more functionality with remote play as well as streaming games, hopefully meaning that we can play entire playstation library on both ps4 and psv.

Big if though.

CommonSenseGamer4059d ago

I would buy a ps4 to play ps4 games. I would buy Vita for Vita exclusives and not playing downscaled 1080p ps4 games. I know there are some that don't get to game on their TV all the time but for me that's not an incentive for buying a vita.

Remote play is a nice to have but not a reason to have.

Th4Freak4059d ago (Edited 4059d ago )

Well I don't think that a PS4 user will pay $250 for a PSV just to use it as a controller or to keep playing in the bathroom and @CommonSenseGamer just proved my point.

In my opinion the only way the PS4 can boost PSV sales is to focus on the Cross Play which is an awesome idea but Sony just has not given the attention it needs and deserves, what worries me is that they haven't say a word about this feature in PS4 and they dropped it on PS3. I think that's a diamond in the rough but I can assure you that remote play and stream games to PSV won't boost PSV sales.

Joe9134058d ago (Edited 4058d ago )

So far they say every single Ps4 game will play on vita via remote play unlike a handfull of psn game on Ps3. I think they need a Metal Gear Solid for the vita.

Th4Freak4058d ago

@Joe913 Yes but I dont think that anyone is going to play $250 for a PSV just to play PS4 in the bathroom, im just trying to be objective and analyze the premise that PS4 will boost PSV sales through the Remote Play feature.

As I said before the only way that PS4 could boost PSV sales is through Cross Play but Sony isn't giving it the attention that it needs.

SpinalRemains1384058d ago

Because the gamer may want a full experience which only the Vita can provide.

If remote play or second screen can add a new aspect to games, then guaranteed there will be a group of players, albeit small, who will automatically want to experience it.

Personally, I think Vita sales will pickup. The Gaikai service of streaming old games on it will be really cool.

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PeaSFor4059d ago

i wonder what should we do to kill the doom and gloom articles?

LOGICWINS4059d ago

You can't. What you CAN do is ignore them.

BullyMangler4059d ago (Edited 4059d ago )

in the still of the night

KingofGambling4059d ago

@ bullymangLer is that a song?

admiralvic4059d ago

I know your question is rhetorical, but I still have to reply...

Buy the system in question, since these article are almost always about sales.

tubers4059d ago

Buy more of the doomed products?

PeaSFor4058d ago

already did on day one, being a Lumines fan....i just couldn't ignore Lumines Electronic Symphony.

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Xer0_SiN4059d ago

why would it NEED help staying alive? it already has susainability all by itself. the price drop is just the icing on the cake. you already have all these great games coming out this year, plus interconnectivity via ps4. it doesnt NEED help. it can do that all by its bad self.

LOGICWINS4059d ago

The Vita doesn't give itself price drops, nor does it give itself great games or PS4 interconnectivity...thats Sony's doing. EVERY device needs help sustaining itself, at least until Skynet takes over and machines become self aware in 2022.

Xer0_SiN4059d ago (Edited 4059d ago )

LOL i had to agree with you. even if we agree to disagree. SKYNET! i aint scared of zombies, screw that. its the damn terminators. if they truly become self aware, were totally screwed. until then, the terminator lore is my utmost favorite. kinda sad they didnt continue with sarah connor chronicles. :(

EDIT: actually, i reread your comment. i do agree with what you said. but i think sony has a specific timeline its following for the vita. now like how people say it needs to happen. ie: price drop, no games etc. i think this is all part of the timeline sony set forth.

LOGICWINS4059d ago

^^Sony said they have big plans for Vita later this year, but I hope the majority of those plans aren't PS4 related. I'm not planning on getting a PS4 for another 3-4 years, so I'm hoping Sony focuses on exclusive Vita games, cross buys, and PS Plus.

GreenRanger4059d ago (Edited 4059d ago )

The problem with the Vita is that Sony are using PS Plus, PS1 games, PSP games, Remote Play and a promise of PS4 connectivity to sell it and not Vita games - which is the reason i bought it.
I could care less about stuff like Remote Play and what the Vita can and can't do with the PS4.
I bought the Vita to play Vita games, so give me more of those.
And drop the price worldwide, so it can start selling a lot more.

LOGICWINS4059d ago

"I bought the Vita to play Vita games, so give me more of those."

Exactly!

Ravenor4059d ago

Maybe less ports of older games, I really like playing Ninja Gaiden anywhere I go. But I would really like to see more games built around the Vita.

admiralvic4059d ago

"I bought the Vita to play Vita games, so give me more of those. "

I can think of about 17 Vita games (including cross buy, retail, digital) that were published by Sony directly. So even if you bump the total Vita game total to 200 games, Sony still has a little under 10% of the WHOLE library under their name. Needless to say, Sony can only publish so many titles for the system, which lead to them implementing all those features you "could care less" (the expression is "Couldn't care less" by the way).

Also the PS4 promises are just to show the system has a future and isn't forgotten. I am sure we will see some fantastic games or at least new ones at E3. Till then we have Soul Sac, which will ideally bring some good.

TheRandomDrifter4058d ago

GreenRanger, that is one of the most intelligent responses I have ever read on this site. Well said. Give us more Vita games!

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC6h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC4h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer6h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6025h ago(Edited 5h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya3h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde3h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Unicorn Overlord is a tactical RPG masterpiece

Vanillaware's tactical role-playing game Unicorn Overlord is a beautiful mix of old mechanics and new-age graphics, with over 65 unique recruitable characters and a rich storyline.

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jznrpg5h ago

I have the game and downloaded it going to start it tonight and play it on the Portal.

NotoriousWhiz4h ago

Enjoy. This game is so much fun and so addictive.

jznrpg2h ago

I heard great things and I am a fan of most Vanillaware games so I’m looking forward to it. Waiting for my kids to fall asleep and I’m good to go

hard joe43m ago

the only rts that worked for me
other titles didn't

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Kingdom Come Deliverance is just $4 on PS5 following reveal of KCD2

If you’re hyped for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, then you can play the first entry of the RPG series on PS4 and PS5 now for a very low price.

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FPSRUSSIA10h ago

Just Bought it Thank you after checking reviews alot people enjoyed it Worth Picking up for that Price.

Spenok7h ago

I already own the physical copy on PS4, and even bought it on Steam for my Steamdeck... but I went ahead and bought this as well. Because, why not?

thesoftware7306h ago

Yeah, good price, saw this yesterday on SX as well