Acquiring third party support for the Vita is challenging says Sony president Shuhei Yoshida
9/30/12 1:40pm
It’s no secret that Sony's newest handheld the PS Vita isn’t exactly a financial success for the company and isn’t really resonating with the majority of gamers. This could be due to any number of reasons, although there's one reason that sticks out like a sore thumb to those working at Sony and that’s the lack of support from third party developers.
During a recent interview with Gamasutra’s Christian Nutt, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida admitted that acquiring third party support for the system is challenging and the company is disappointed that it’s not as easy to attract developers as it has been in years past.
However, Yoshida remains optimistic as he said the company is working hard to make the Vita more appealing, although he also said the company will also have to “define what PS Vita is” to make it more appealing to customers as well, in order for that to happen.
"As we can expand our install base and articulate what works really well on the platform as compared to others, it will get easier for us to be able get support from third parties."
I think we can all agree the Vita is a solid piece of technology with a world of potential and I’m pretty sure there are plenty of developers who see that to. But with all due respect to Mr. Yoshida, I think the main reason why consumers and third party developers have yet to embrace the Vita is because the thing is too expensive!
The $250-$300 price tag that rivals the Wii U’s standard model (which is a next-generation console) is not an appealing cost for those looking to buy a handheld.
If Sony would stop being so stubborn and lower the price to something more reasonable, the Vita would see a sales increase and more developers would be likely to jump on board.
But hey, that’s just my opinion and I could be wrong. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens I guess.
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darkhyrulelord
You probably should have thought about that before releasing the Vita....
Fiery_Elf
I have a vita, I think it's great but all my games are Japanese imports because there's really not much to play on it in America...
Tjoeb123
Fuck the Vita's (and its Memory Card's!) prices.
P.Suzuki
I think a major sticking point is that you cannot play PSP UMD disk games on the Vita, thereby limiting how many die-hard PSP owners are willing to buy a Vita of their own.
joeshadowman
Price drop or not, without 3rd party support the Vita is as good as dead. Which is what I've been saying for the past 4 months. I don't see a future for the Vita. If you have one sell it now before you only end up using it as an expensive paper weight.
Jawbreaker Alumni
I think Sony doesn't give a damn about the Vita, when I hear sales of the Vita, the PSP is selling more, WTF Sony?!
joeshadowman
Like I said. They need to stop with promoting, making and selling the Vita. They should have those departments focusing on the Vita focus on the PS4. If they don't do that then the PS4 will suffer big time. They need to let the Vita go and cut their losses.
Tjoeb123
Screw that idea. Just pay Crapcom enough money to secure the next major installment in the Monster Hunter series (Monster Hunter 4 Portable?) as a Vita exclusive.
But then again, Crapcom has screwed us over how many times now? Fuck them.
southsing
I don't think that its entirely unreasonable to say a price drop would be good for the Vita.