Heroes of Handheld 80: PS Vita 2 announcement incoming?, BAFTA Gaming Nominations & New 3DS

It's episode 80 of Heroes of Handheld, and this week we discuss the "Secret Playstation Event" and what announcement could be around the corner, Ironfall Invasion is coming very soon to 3DS and this week saw the nominations for the BAFTA video game awards revealed.

[Protagonist]

Doubt a "PS Vita 2 announcement incoming" however, would love to be wrong and stand corrected.

[Benjammin25]

It would annoy me to be honest. They have barely supported AAA games for the PS Vita and now I'm expected to upgrade? No freaking way. I love my Vita but it deserves more love from Sony than it's getting.

[MSBAUSTX]

That is kinda what I was trying to say below. Why not support your already more powerful than any other handheld you have on the market right now. A renewed advertising campaign? Bundle it with 2 or 3 games and drop the price a little? There are a number of things they can do to make this thing get some Western traction and they aren't doing it. don't get me started on the PS TV issues.

Take any and all money you planed to support that thing, the money you would put towards a new vita and invest it solely into the already existing fantastic hardware you have instead. That is in no way a bad idea.

[Balsanoid]

It would annoy me too, BUT I would consider a purchase if it were fully backwards compatible with current PS Vita titles. I love my Vita, just wish it had more games.

[xetiro]

Why do you would love a PSVita 2 if the current PSVita is already awesome in hardware perspective but is just lacking AAA support?

There is no point of PSVita 2 both for Sony and for consumers/gamers.

I would prefer to see Sony resources allocated to support current PSVita with more than just indies or remote play.

I also love indies but PSVita is a PlayStation Portable gaming device and Gran Turismo is just one of the AAA PlayStation games that I would like to see with a exclusive and dedicated portable version on Vita.

I loved the GT on PSP and I can imagine how great would be to have a GT designed for Vita.

[Scatpants]

I'd love to have one if it could play PS3 games natively and had L2L3 R2R3

[tubers]

VITA 2 may only make sense in Japan as they seem to prefer handhelds.

A way to annex the Sony home console to the Japanese PS fans.

Seems that's on the way with several PS3/PS4-PSV multi-platform releases (GE2RB, New YS, Senran EV).

[xetiro]

@tubers

That's not even the case. Sony already have one Vita 2 and it calls Vita lol

What I mean is that the current system is very well designed and it has no direct competitor in his class. Also everybody agrees that the system true power is not being used due to the lack of AAA support.

So whats the need of a Vita 2 announcement even in Japan?

People that have a Vita is well aware of the true power of the machine. No one even in Japan is waiting for a Vita 2 but rather that Sony do something more in terms of AAA support to the machine.

[MSBAUSTX]

As an owner of a PS Vita right now and its only use for me is to remote play my PS4 I doubt I would ever buy a PS Vita 2. I am sure I am not the only one either. With Nintendos handheld domination and PS TVs failure, it would be a mistake to make another Vita. They should focus all that money and energy into their online infrastructure, get PS Now working better, and revamp their software department for their current Handheld which is still more powerful than even the newest 3DS. Making another one is pure foolishness.

[mixelon]

Sony would have to do something pretty destructive with a vita 2 design to make people interested.. The template hasn't worked out ideally for them in the past. id think it a waste of their time. They could probably make more money making games for mobile and releasing an official controller case thing. :/ which is sort of a shame, but handhelds are an awkward proposition now. (Unless you're nintendo and thus have pokemon, mario and monster hunter, etc.)

I'm not sure if trust sony to support a new handheld well in the West either.

[csbunk02]

Sony, Stahp.

[Mustang300C2012]

Anyone thinking we are seeing a new handheld from Sony is delusional.

[PsBoxGamer]

No thanx .I pass on Vita 2 after the way the handled this Vita I wouldn't buy another handheld from them.

[kayoss]

If this Vita 2 is built with R2/L2, R3/L4 buttons, and with better analog sticks i would definately buy another one for remote play. Remote play with the PS Vita is very cumbersome for certain games.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

How about focusing on the vita and releasing an add on that basically clips onto either side of the vita to make it more like a controller (With triggers and proper sticks). That and more AAA titles and I'm sold.

[andibandit]

and call it Vita 2

[DeadManMMX]

I would be legitimately pissed. The Vita has plenty of life and power left in it. They and other developers could easily cater games to it that would work wonderfully portable. They have not supported the Vita like they should have. This BS Remote play garbage is not good enough. The system needs a price drop and more games that's it and let it flourish as best it can over the next few years.

[danny818]

Psvita 2 and a revised hardware so it wont be so expensive would be a smart idea

[andibandit]

I think SOny should pull out of the handheld market asap, I dont even know what they were thinking in the first place....first with the PSP and then with the Vita.

[GokuSolosAll]

Vatia 2 COMING! Or an upgraded Vita like Vita XL or something.

[Joe913]

I agree with most of the people here why would they think people would trust buying a vita2 after what they did with the first vita. They need to spend that money making games for the vita1. They should have one of their small studios make another Uncharted game maybe something that can tie up the story with the vita game and the first game unless they have more stories to tell on vita. They also should make a Infamous game on vita. A MGS game on vita will bring it back to life people was saying the psp was dead until MGS PO came out even though peace walker was considered better PO seemed to be the first major game the psp had at least that got my friends and I playing Killzone was okay to.

[IrisHeart]

People keep missing the point on why most people got the Vita even after Sony abandoned it. I also don't see why they would need to upgrade it considering it still WAY better than the 3DS aside from not having Fire Emblem. Oh and it has plenty of games, better games IMO than any AAA titles it might "need".

[joeorc]

If anything it would be a playstation xperia smartphone with PSVita innards, running Android! Would not be an PSVita 2. But I would gather How many Gamers would be Mad over such a release. No built in game pad, but DS3/DS4 native support, and all future xperia's branded playstation xperia Phones"

If anything even remotely was going to have any real chance to be released, that I think would be the extent of it. The Hardware in the PSVita inside a smartphone with a Vita card port along with a standard Micro SD for game saves for Vita Games and for Android Games and Apps would net one of the largest complaints about the PSVita resolved.

It would pretty much knock the main complaints about the PSVita, with the same hardware inside as a PSVita on a smartphone or Tablet Single Board template, this could be a series of smartphones and tablets that progress past just dedicated game handheld only market. It would serve both parts of the market.

[iTechHeads]

lol PS Vita 2.
There won't be a PS Vita 2.

[telekineticmantis]

They should wait until Broadband is raised, and then create PlayStation Plus Platinum (Triple P), where you can play online Vita anytime you want, on 5G, then make more MP centric games, that's what modern gamers want Battlefield/Call of Duty on the go.

[TwilightSparkle]

I would buy a ps vita 2 if they upgrade some of the specs, and take away the rear touch pad and add four shoulder buttons instead. Built in memory would be nice like either a 16 gig model or 32 gig one. Idk just rabbling pay me no mind

[illtornworld]

Hm thing id love with Vita 2 would have 1080P native display 4-6GB VRAM and RAM and 32gb built in memory. get rid of the touch pad on rear its useless now. have L2 R2 bumpers. And a built in capture card so YouTubers can directly upload there vids! And record them of course ^^