SquareXO: PlayStation Vita is a bit of an enigma, a portable console which has sold badly but is still loved by many. Everyone who owns Sony’s portable system seems to adore it, yet for a number of reasons it failed to hit the heights of its older sibling, the PlayStation Portable, which itself went on to sell an incredible 80 million units.
The Vita is a well-designed system, albeit one that Sony left for dead as soon as it hit its first bump in the road. If it weren't for a couple negative quirks, it might have even been one of the best handhelds ever made. Unfortunately, those quirks have turned into awful problems as of late, and have only served to tarnish the legacy of what has otherwise been an excellent cult system.
I like the Vita a lot. I actually blame Sony in putting less faith in it than it should
I'll always find it hilarious how even when Sony seemingly abandoned their second handheld, Vita still outsold Wii U which was heavily supported by Nintendo.
Never underestimate the power that third party support can do for a platform.
got the vita although it was dead on arrival. mobile gaming on dedicated machines is deadder than dead. oh wait, the switch is doing stellar, even rivaling the ps4, the xbox and the new xoxbox. ok, let's forget for one second about the absolute market dominator: when was the last time you saw someone playing his or her dedicated machine outside? I can't really remember. what I'm seeing everyday though is that everybody and their little daughter got smartphones when they are on their way to go somewhere.
Vita was and still amazing. Playing uncharted and gravity rush on it was simply epic. Such a shame Sony gave up on it
Are you a huge PS Vita fan? If the answer is yes, and you absolutely adore your Playstation Vita then this video is going to be tough for you. The VitaBoys count down the top 5 best PS Vita games that got cancelled.
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.
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 ...
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.
Switch has Dragon Quest XI
The next potential PlayStation handheld will not.
That alone spells which will be more successful
Biggest blunder was the insane pricing for the proprietary memory cards.
32gigs for $100? No thank you.
Sony,knows better than anyone that exclusives sell systems. How the hell did they not bother creating or work with a 3rd party to get an exclusive god of war, gran turismo, ratchet, gta, monster hunter, final fantasy game is baffling.They really did give up on it.
The last game I played on my original Vita was KZ:Mercenaries.My Vita is just collecting dust.
So much in my opinion hurt the PlayStation Vita.
Clearly the one to blame for this is Sony since it is their product and I believe their choice of going with expensive memory cards is what ultimately hurt that device.
I owned the PSP indefinitely planned to purchase the Vita but even years after its release used added with the memory cards it's still a very expensive purchase I ended up just settling for the PlayStation TV and purchased it on sale to play a lot of the Vita's games.
Because I used the PSP 2000 to play a lot of my games on the television I at least wanted the same option for the Playstation Vita and they actually never released a specific cord to allow such a thing.
But on top of Sony I also believe it's the current market.
This just isn't 2004 anymore and even the 3DS is significantly lacking in the same sales but the DS received.
Now I understand it's unlikely that the PlayStation Vita was going to be getting something like 40 million sales but I believe it definitely could have sold a couple more million if priced appropriately.
Because of low sales Sony ultimately had to pull support.
I think the best thing Sony did for the PlayStation Vita in my opinion was having a very smart and easy to use architecture as it's actually still getting games today.
If Sony creates another handheld I believe they need to price it appropriately based on market demand cuz I just don't think there's room for an expensive handheld in the market.
I believe they also need to be able to have lots of the same features that their previous handheld had especially being able to out to a television.
But in my personal opinion I actually don't believe Sony Should create another handheld, not at the moment anyway.
Nintendo and mobile phones absolutely own that market in there may not be room for a third player.