Can the handheld become something more?
by Jayden Williams
Despite having a robust and varied library of games available for it, the PlayStation Vita risks being nothing more than an expensive emulator for games already available elsewhere.
Every week, following the PlayStation Network update, I scan over the new additions to the Vita’s store – provided there are any – and while some exclusive games may pop up here and there, by and large I often see games that are either new additions to the PSOne roster or cross-buy PlayStation 3 titles.
Okay, so before I go further I’ll come out and say I’m actually a huge supporter of the PlayStation Vita. I like the system and I like the games that are available on it. And I see where Sony’s coming from wanting to present it to gamers as a PlayStation 3/4 on the go.
The only thing is, most of us don’t want that. And the sooner Sony change direction the better off the Vita will be.
Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.
Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.
I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.
Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.
How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.
Sony has patented to add multiple dialogue modes to let players switch between how many conversations with NPCs they want in the game.
Sony is like the only ones outta the 3 that has atuff like like this pop up changing thing in ways.
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.
I have always defended the vita and I will continue to do so. I play mine every day and enjoy it! It has quite a few good games out, and I have faith that sony will reveal more exclusives in the coming months....well I hope they do.
the vita is an amazing piece of tech. I just think the entry price (system, mem card, game) is just too high for most. I'll still be playing mine as long as its supported
Wait, didn't everyone want the vita to play past Sony games? Now that Sony is doing what fans want, it's is now called an emulator? It seems that the vita can't win regardless. People wanted iOS like games, Sony gave them mini's. they want to play psone, and some ps2 games, Sony gave them that. Sony gives us great exclusives, people complain no games. Smh
I never was a fan of handhelds, but Vita introduced Persona 4 to me 5 years after this wonderful game was released. For that, I am forever grateful to the Vita.