PS Vita 2 Will Be Better Than Switch

The PlayStation Vita is such an underrated handheld device that it's almost sickening on how it just disappeared in the hands of gamers. And even though the Vita vanished off the face of the earth, this does not mean that a next gen Vita isn't welcomed. If another iteration of the PS Vita does come to be, than this could spell disaster for the Nintendo Switch.

[naruga]

i m calling it now...No Monster Hunter 5 No portable console for me .....if Vita 2 is to be released with games like 'portable"Uncharted&a mp;a mp;q uot; , portable "Horizon", portable Assasin Creed , is Hell NO ...portable consoles need proprietary games (ex Splatoon Monster Hunter, Gravity Rush ..games that can be played portbale) and not degraded versions of home console games (huge mistake from Sony to support Vita with Uncharted and Killzone (two mediocre appeal IPs that could only be enjoyed on pS3 because their graphical superiority) and most importantly Vita died because its main life source MHou series was stolen/went Nintendo exclusive ...

[Kaneki-Ken]

Ignorance at it finest. Vita died because no one bought it and the games. The reason that no one bought it and it was because the pricey Memory Card.

[princejb134]

One of the many reasons. My reason was because I just don't game while traveling

[fiveby9]

I agree the pricey memory cards really diminished the sales of the Vita. I recently read that one of teh reasons Sony stuck with their pricey card rather than standard SD cards had something to do with concerns over piracy of games. One would have thought cheap standard cards would open up software sales on the PS Store. But oddly piracy was some major concern. Regardless, I'd like to see a new handheld from Sony.

[The 10th Rider]

But the 3DS floundered at first and had comparable sales, however it's now a success. I think the Vita was less salvageable due to the memory card costs. On top of that, Nintendo moved development to the 3DS, resulting in great 3DS support but poor Wii U support, and Sony moved development away from the Vita, resulting in poor Vita support but great PS4 support. On top of that, Vita was clearly the more powerful device, which is great, but games with a higher visual fidelity take more time and money to develop, making it far easier for Nintendo to turn around and get games out than it would be for Sony.

The big reason I think we won't see another Vita is because Sony would have to split their development teams between PS4 and their handheld, and it would be even more powerful leading to increased dev times and cost. It may be possible to make a handheld that plays the same games as a console (in 720p) if consoles go native 4K next gen, especially if it released a few years after the home console. Other than that I don't see Sony making another handheld that pushes power. (Maybe something different that's affordable, portable, versatile, and doesn't push power though.)

[freshslicepizza]

sony is about tradition, they will come out with another handheld. they invest quite a bit into in-house studios and want more than just the ps4 to sell their ip's on.

[nveenio]

I don't think Sony wants a new Vita. I think they want to get Playstation Now ready on all mobile devices. Then people can play whatever whenever and Sony doesn't have to worry about the hardware headaches or being first to market or anything like that.

[Erik7357]

Nintendo had better games on the 3DS , hence why third party sucks. Who wanted the shitty assassin game on vita?

[zb1ftw777]

By saying no one bought the vita and it's games, you essentially agreed with everything naruga wrote.

He literally listed the best games on the vita and then explained why no one bought them.

Funny how two people say the same thing, but word them differently and obtain different levels of likes.

[toyzombie]

I kinda disagree.... They had to release the Vita at the correct price. We've already seen what happens when something is priced to high. Lets say they would have released the PS Vita at $350 with an internal 64GB of storage. People would have lost their minds because its $350. People just arent willing to spend a high dollar amount for a high quality portable device due to cell phones.

[conanlifts]

Uncharted is a mediocre ip? Have you even played the game?

[xMANB3ARP1G]

the memory prices would have been forgotten and went down if monster hunter and some other games came to it the PSP memory card prices were way worse than the vitas at release. I never understand when people want the newest and greatest up till it comes time to pay. Sometimes new things cost money sucks but it is a fact of life. uncharted wasn't bad and resistance was sick but overall they misfired on this one would of loved one now built with ps4 in mind and a real mobile connection that can be used with your current plan and plan data limits for like a 10 buck a month fee better quality stick and hopefully sd card support but it would still need stuff like monster hunter Patapon LocoRoco wipeout and final fantasy games. unfortunately mobile games ruined handhelds to many ppl are ok with the garbage mobile games anymore and its a tough sale for a handheld and a handheld game now there will always be ppl like me who love portables but now with everyone owning a cell phone and every dev having at least 1 cell phone game of all various quality its hard to sell a buck cell phone game much less a full priced handheld game.

[EddieNX]

There is no PS Vita 2 lol so good luck with that. PS Vita had way worse games than the WiiU and was a disaster outside of Japan.

[Kaneki-Ken]

Good Luck with the Switch having no 3rd party support from Big Publishers after Skyrim releases. After Zelda hype dies off, no a lot of people going to buy a Switch for a port Mario Kart games and Indie, a sequel that doesn't feel like a sequel *cough* Splatoon 2*cough*. And the puchies game that doesn't seem nothing new and The only good exclusive is coming out in the fall, Mario.

[EddieNX]

I was just playing Splatoon 2 before on the global test fire and I can confirm now that its fantastic, an iteration sequel like COD but its gunna be worth owning a Switch for the amount of hours you can sink into its sensationaly addictive multiplayer. Mario kart is a perfect game 10/10 the only thing wrong was balloon battle and they've fixed it made it 1080p and portable you can play multiplayer anywhere, fantastic, can't wait.

Mario Odyssey is gunna be epic, so is Xenoblade chronicles 2 and Fire emblem. Fire emblem warriors and Arms will both be great, there's a TON of amazing indie games and other games already announced, god knows what they're going to show us at e3.

Honestly, Switch is turning into my favorite ever console. The portable nature of it is amazing. Im so excited about the future of Switch and I really feel sorry for people who are going to miss out on the games I've listed above. I have an XB1S and will be getting a Scorpio as well, so I won't be missing out on any third party games. But I'll also have the ultimate portable/ hybrid console with Nintendos truly amazing games

[conanlifts]

"The only good exclusive is coming out in the fall, Mario"

So you think xenoblade 2 is not a good exclusive?

[Prince_TFK]

Kaneki-Ken

You seem to forget that Nintendo has many unannounced games that is coming such as Pokemon star, monster hunter, fire emblems...on top of that E3 is coming and who know what Nintendo has up their sleeves.

But yeah...keep putting your fanboy google on and keep on hating Nintendo, while i keep on enjoying their games.

[V0LT]

I think your crystal ball has been hacked. You couldn't be any more wrong.

[PhoenixUp]

Switch has Dragon Quest XI

The next potential PlayStation handheld will not.

That alone spells which will be more successful

[Platformgamer]

Ps4 also has DQ XI and sony could do a cross-platform thing with a potential psvita2 so...

[_-EDMIX-_]

I don't know how you came to such a strange conclusion.

The likeliness is statistically if Sony does release another PlayStation Portable it's going to be what the PlayStation 4 is in regards to strength or near it.

[PhoenixUp]

If Sony couldn't get DQIX for PSP, I doubt they could get DQXI for a future handheld

[Miguelitons]

There will be no PS Vita 2, that's just it!

[InahimeHondaSengoku]

I love how you are always right. :-)

[bluefox755]

Not a very high bar, frankly. That being said, I think Sony should stay out of the mobile consoles, I believe it's a declining market.

[Money-Mike]

A declining market for Sony

[InahimeHondaSengoku]

A declining market for consumers like yourself ;)

[_-EDMIX-_]

Maybe you misspoke or you worded things strangely but I don't believe the mobile market is declining just the opposite

I believe the dedicated handheld Market in regards to gaming is declining if that's what you mean.

People are just not purchasing dedicated handhelds for gaming like they were a generation ago and I believe that is because of the rise of cell phones in regards to their complexity they're able to be all-in-one devices and consumers are contempt at having those type of casual quick experiences experiences that they otherwise might have purchased a standalone device to a play.

[Fearmonkey]

PS Vita is a nice machine but the lack of bumpers and triggers in my opinion is what killed it. Along with Sony not having handheld friendly IP compared to console IP. I think it would be a mistake for Sony to consider making a new handheld right now.

[Kaneki-Ken]

Memory card is what killed it* If bumper and triggered was the reason then the 3DS would have the biggest issue. I do agree, PlayStation had barely any family/friendly games like the Psp.

[Fearmonkey]

I agree memory cards helped as well, but the reason the 3DS wasnt affected by not having bumpers and triggers was because of the handheld friendly IP. Everyone knows Mario, Zelda, and those type of games dont need standard controller. Sony's IP coming from console is a foreign experience playing without them.

[JEECE]

I wonder how many of the people who say Vita had no games are the same ones shouting about how Switch has more than just Zelda.

[InahimeHondaSengoku]

They are Nintendo fanboys and Vita trolls :-)

[The 10th Rider]

I don't see many people in this thread claiming that the Vita has no games. The more widely shouted claim is that Sony dropped support for the Vita, which is true. They literally did not publish a single game for it in 2016 and not a single physical game in NA in 2015.

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[JEECE]

Obviously they'd have to figure out the controls (unless they went the tablet+controller route), but what would be awesome is if Sony came out with a portable PS4 as the next handheld. This obviously assumes mobile tech will continue to get cheaper and more efficient, making this a viable option. But it would be great, as it would have an established library, and people would already own a ton of games.

[The 10th Rider]

A portable PS4 isn't likely to happen. By the time it'd be possible the games would be outdated. On top of that it would have to rely solely on the Playstation store because a disk drive would be too massive to fit. meaning people wouldn't be able to play any physical PS4 games they already own.

However, lets say next gen releases in 2020 and actually does native 4K. I can see it being possible in 2022 or 2023 to make a handheld that plays the exact same games in 720p. The biggest issue I can see with that would be storage space, seeing as flash memory and SSDs are expensive and HDDs are too bulky. Who knows what will happen, though.

[JEECE]

Yeah I was assuming no physical media, but I feel like the people who would care would mostly be people buying digital anyway. And yeah, the price of flash memory would need to come down enough that they could put 512gb or so in there.

[Istolla]

Lol they said PSP will be better than the DS that didn't happen. Next they said the Vita would destroy the 3DS and that didn't happen. I'm not going to hold my breath on Vita 2 coming out. If it does I'm betting the Switch beats it.

[Platformgamer]

PSP was way better than DS, the latter had good games like the layton ones, but PSP had masterpieces like the god of wars or the square enix ones (dissidia, KH BBS, etc.)
PSvita is a better console than the 3DS but sony, after 2 years of support, stops to care because of low sales and thats a shame...

[Istolla]

I had both. The PSP was more powerful, but definitely not better. God of war for the PSP was terrible (in my opinion) nowhere close to the console versions. DS and 3DS had way more games (better ones too) than Sony's handhelds.

Why do you think the PSP and Vita had low sales (especially compared to Nintendo's handhelds)?

[DreadGara]

Who are "they"?

And you're ​talking about graphics or games?

[Istolla]

they = Nintendo haters

People thought the PSP and Vita would destroy the DS and 3DS in sales. That didn't happen.

[IAmLoki]

For handhelds there is no room for two devices. Nintendo has never had any competition ever since the Original Game boy. Game Gear had color but even that flopped. PSP was the most successful Nintendo alternative handheld, but still was no match for DS in sales. The PSVita only sold a sliver of what the PSP did at the same time of their lifecycles. PSP 3 would have far too much to prove for it to have any hope of challenging the Switch. Hardware means nothing if the games can't properly back it up, or in the Vita's case, support from Sony. Now that virtually everyone has a phone it only makes it worse for Sony. The only way for Sony to even have a chance to beat Nintendo is to come out with a handheld a year before Nintendo releases the Switch's successor, and of course do everything right. Instead of just a handheld, a hybrid is the only way that would work now. It just might have to be the PS5 or PS6.

[Chaos_Order]

It's unlikely there will even be a Vita successor.

[Knushwood Butt]

I agree unless they try something unique like a PS Now dedicated device.

[GameBoyColor]

It has the possibility!

[Muzikguy]

Why are there all these theories about a Vita 2 all of a sudden?

[ILostMyMind]

I think the Vita life cycle has come to an end. So these speculations of a new PSP.

[The 10th Rider]

Well, in the West its lifecycle has been at its end for a while. In Japan, though, I can see the Switch eating into the Vita's market. However as long as it has a decent install base Japanese devs will still release games for it for a while (hence why the PS3 is still getting games over there, including Persona 5). I think it's just that another Sony handheld is probably the closest thing to a Switch that we could see in the next few years.

[Puty]

It wouldn't be called "Vita 2", because aside of it sounding dumb "Vita" is unfortunately a synonym of the commercial failure.

[Einhander1971]

Switch is amazing, Nintendo are King at handheld gaming they have fought of many before Sony. Game gear, Lynx, PC engine gt, NEO Geo pocket, psp, vita. Now the switch with its hybrid nature is genius dont ever underestimate Nintendo.

[Knushwood Butt]

My Vita gets used pretty much every day.

New games with Plus every month.

[InahimeHondaSengoku]

People who hate on the vita have never owned one to talk trash about it. ;)

[InKnight7s]

To be honest vita suffered from being treat as weaker console and releasing no sense spin off and expensives memory sticks

[ILostMyMind]

I would like to see a new PSP but i doubt that will happen. Compete with Nintendo now would be a suicide. Nintendo has its handheld as the main console, totally focused on it. For Sony it would be more of a peripheral, a secondary device. Hardware power is also not the solution. We are to review that hardware just does not gain market with the launch of Scorpio. Sony can not make the same mistake now.

[BlakHavoc]

Lack of AAA support is what killed the Vita. If Vita 2 doesn't have these things, it'll fail as well.

[PixelGateUk]

Ps7 will be better than Nintendo Tit Tat Too, because i want some free hits for literally nothing in return. Come on now

[chris235]

handhelds are dead, dudes.

[Prince_TFK]

An imaginary console is better than a real one? That is just bullsh*t. Sony havent even announced psvita 2 yet and i doubt they will as their last portable console was a failure sale wise.

Also, Sony doesnt have many good portable games to compete with Nintendo anyway. I want Sony to concentrate on home console only, as that is what they do best, espcially with their great exclusives. Leave portable market to Nintendo.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Click bait at it's finest.

Sony isn't making PS Vita 2.

[InahimeHondaSengoku]

Source? :)

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Trust me. I want to be wrong on this one. The Vita was such an incredible system. Still worth owning.

Sony does have a patent for a new handheld device. but it's more likely their answer to the Switch. Sony always follows Nintendo's lead. If the Switch really takes off you can bet that Sony will release a similar completing product.

[Kallisti]

LOLOLOLOL

[sk8ofmnd]

I dont think the vita 2 will ever be a thing...

Much like how the switch will never succeed but maybe slightly more then the wiiu. The games they have are mainly targeted towards children and nintendo fans. Nothing outside zelda and mario this year will garner mass appeal.

[Platformgamer]

Psvita awesomely supported is better than a potential psvita2
being better than switch it's not that hard XD
if sony really wants to do a psvita2 this time i wait for 10/15 games that interests me before buying it

[Amorist89]

Switch is decent and marketed to high heaven.

Vita was and still is an impressive handheld experience, plus the games available on PS Store is a hefty amount.

If a second Vita does come along, it could succeed, so long as it intergrates with PS4, backwards compatibility and PlayStation Now.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

Umm there is no Vita 2 and Sony has not announced a Vita 2. What is the purpose of this article? Nintendo owns the handheld market and nothing will change that.

[feraldrgn]

Would love a PS Vita 2 or a "PSP2" for a more sensible & recognisable name, even if Vita was technically the PSP2.

[shewbrookj]

....if the Vita was that big of a disaster why are developers still releasing games for it? (I know they aren't triple A titles) Yes, it didn't sell in DS / 3DS size numbers we all know that. But the year in and year out negative articles from the media (aren't they supposed to support the game industry?) announcing the death nell of the Vita have missed the mark big time. Despite their best efforts - they haven't killed the thing off yet - 5 years after it was released. The machine had just about everything (apart from the stupid proprietry memory card) yet the Media still f*****g complained. Whinging, whiney, miserable and toxic. I wonder what could have been had they decided to support the device? Just as well they appear to be adopting a more positive approach for the Switch (despite the limited library of games and users complaining about screen scratch and joycon issues). I've just bought a switch and hope it doesn't suffer a similar fate at the hands of the Media - they can be really fickle.