The PS4 has launched in Asia before Japan, creating a quite unique situation for the brand, and Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Asia Deputy President Hiroyuki Oda and Sony Computer Entertainment Taiwan General Manager Tatsuo Eguchi told Game Watch that things are going quite well.
PS Vita will be manufactured until 2019 in Japan and there are currently no plans for a successor, Sony Interactive Entertainment senior vice president Hiroyuki Oda told Famitsu at Tokyo Game Show 2018.
“Currently, we do not have any plans regarding a new handheld device,” Oda said. “In Japan, we will manufacture PlayStation Vita until 2019. From there, shipping will end.”
In related news, Oda confirmed that the 20 titles in the newly announced PlayStation Classic will differ between Japan and the west. (All of the currently announced titles are shared, however.) Oda said that each title is being carefully selected on the basis that it is highly popular, has a lot of fans, and is representative of PlayStation.
That would make Sony’s run in the portable market 15 years cuz I doubt Sony would release a successor.
It was a wild ride while it lasted. Seemed like yesterday that Sony announced their intention to challenge Nintendo’s dominance with handheld gaming.
Sony's bad management killed this console.
i still don't understand how such a handheld can die so soon by having no support 6months or less after it released.
It was an extremely capable console with gems like Uncharted,Tearaway,WipEout,Gra vity Rush,LBP,Killzone,Sly,Velocity 2X just to name a few. and of course the killer app feature remote play PS3 and PS4.
i personaly loved cross save and cross buy features too.
really shame on you Sony you lost your fans trust when it comes to handheld.
Yeah they worried to much about tablets and phones competing with the vita so much they just kind of gave up.
Shame when I brought one I was expecting more games like infamous making a vita version but not much actually came
The vita died due to Sony's PS4 launch, because they moved all the resources to PS4. simple as that.
I agree. They lost me as a console gamer due to me being mainly a racer on consoles and this gen Sony's exclusives have been poor compared to Microsoft's but I was all hyped for the vita. Games that were shown off like uc, mnr, allstars lbp, resistance and more got me excited for the console and got it over the 3ds 6 months after it came out felt like support had dropped half the games were also half assed to like mnr not having online support. If Sony so enter the market again I will not be getting day one again I will be keeping an eye on it and get one later on in the gen if it's still supported. For me loved the psp and vita in terms of hardware but vita just did not have the software support.
Just to prove that Sony does its own thing and not to compete with Nintendo.
They dont give a rat's ass about Nintendo's handhelds. They did PSP and PS Vita because they wanted to as a business and service.
Not to compete.
Just like Nintendo does their own thing, for business and not to compete. This is why both Nintendo and Sony are doing so well. They both follow their own vision and deliver quality exclusive games. There is a reason to own both, and it is great for the industry.
The sad part is that the recipe for success is right there in front of them. Everybody has heard the things that made vita a failure,... so just do away/fix that and give the gamers what they want from it. If the did that and made it a better and true companion to the ps4 and future consoles, make some great exclusives that thing would fly off the shelves. Sony can be frustrating sometimes because a simple money making solution is right there!!!
When the VITA launched, the money was not there. Sony was in a very bad spot. By the time they got out of the whole they were in, the stigma was already there and little could save it.
It is a shame because the VITA is a good system with some real gems on it. It was bad timing that killed it outside of Japan ultimately.
It's sad. I'm not a switch fan, so I'll keep rocking my GPD Win 2 until maybe Apple / Google comes up with phone/console hybrids
Huh? Sure, they could have some things better, but I wouldn't call it cowardly. It probably just wasn't worth continuing from a business perspective.
the Vita sold very poorly considering how good of a device it was. Sadly Nintendo just seems to understand the handheld market a little better, especially in Japan. Partnerships with key studios and specific games really hurt the Vita. Had the Vita been able to get some MH games, or more solid 3rd party efforts, the story might have been different.
You have no idea how business works do you?
I mean never say never. But it might be awhile before Sony return to the portable gaming scene. Home console is very profitable for them so that's where they are for now.
I missed the part where they said it was "the end" of portables for Sony. They probably should have though. And even if they had, how the hell is that "cowardly"? You do realize this a business, right?
One of my fave handhelds ever. Sad to see this but hung in there a good while. I still play mine often.
PlayStation need to drop the price for the Memory card by 50-75% percent off the original price. They need to do it, if they killing production and might as well have PSVITA, games and memory card on sale.
Agreed. I do need to also purchase a backup. My backlog on my Vita us my biggest on all my gaming devices.
Sony Interactive Entertainment Asia president Hiroyuki Oda recently sat down for an interview with Nikkei, where he gave his thoughts on the Nintendo Switch's success, and the Chinese market.
The PS4 Pro is nearly outselling the entire Xbox One console catalogue. Incredible.
Funny how he actually mentioned Animal Force from China Hero Project but didn't mentioned as well The Walker? I mean, was The Walker really that barebones that everyone just forgot about it?
Anyway, the quality of chinese games has been so far mediocre at best, with Icey, Shio and Light Tracer being the true best ones on the system. I think what saddens me about China Hero Project is taht the only game people seems to care is Lost Soul Aside which is fine but it really saddens me that barely anyone are even caring on the other ones like Hardcore Mecha and Project Boundary (Kill X and Pervader looks 'meh' in all honesty). Though, I guess you could easily compare this slew of mediocrity to the first gen VR games, so I guess we have to wait maybe one or two more years until China can be on par with Japanese and Western developers. Heck, while Animal Force may not be great, you can say the same thing with one one of the launch exclusives of almost every consoles (and hey, at least it's playable and kinda fun at times). So I'm glad that Sony does acknowledge the trials they have to go to achieve chinese developers' skills on console games, even if it doesn't turn out so well with some of their titles.
The reason why I'm complaining about this is because chinese games like The Walker, Unearthing Mars (not the sequel), Dying Reborn, Gene Rain and Ranch Planet aren't really helping showing the true talent of chinese developers, other than telling us that they can make games look pretty.
Also, just a heads up, I'm not bashing on chinese devs nor sony's support on it. I just wanted to share my concerns.
And god dang, isn't this a wall text of a post?
I'm glad that Sony is still supporting chinese devs, even if most of the games we recieved on the PS4 from chinese devs were average at best (Icey was good though).
And this may be just me but I really want to see Sony make their own Switch-like Playstation console. I mean, who wouldn't want to play games like Bloodborne or MH World on the go?
Sony executives take the stage at Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the local branch of PlayStation.
Again, ridiculous how some of these comments gets flagged as inappropriate when the main comment does not? Are some of the moderators really that hardcore fanboys? It's pretty funny to see actually. Hypocrites.
Even funny how the Vita sales question comment stays but once its related to the other console (I obviously can't mention) its instantly "inappropriate" lol.
@ Abriael
It's a shame they go through the effort of releasing it there and then acting like it doesn't exist.
@ Dragon
Do research before you comment to prevent your foot from going in your mouth.
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Yep. It's welcome for the last position on charts. Sony has always dominated MS on Asian territory. It's not going to change now that they dominate everywhere lol.
PS4 winning Asia is a no-brainer.
Gee, thanks so much Sony for allowing MS to compete. Talk about hubris.
But Nintendo wont allow either of them HAHAHAHAH!!!
Sony domination everywhere