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E3 2015: Sony is not making any big Vita games

Sony’s first party studios are not working on any big games for PS Vita.

“To be honest, I wouldn’t say we will have big AAA Vita games from first party,” Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida told IGN.

Even without big games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss or Killzone: Mercenary on the way, Yoshida said Vita will still have plenty of support from third party studios and smaller digital games.

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Protagonist3265d ago

Hmmm I´m not convinced, I need more articles about this matter. Preferably one every hour from now on, since this was not clarified more than 10 months ago. /s

MegaRay3265d ago

Any Vita owner would already figured this out since e3 last year.

Atleast Bamco, atlus and now Square enix is still making games for Vita.

Protagonist3265d ago

Bamco been awesome. Sony betrayed their own product. It is what it is!

KimikoGaming3265d ago

Sony have said multiple times that they consider the Vita a legacy system and will not develop any AAA games for it.

But they have also said that this does not mean the system is dead. Many third party developers and indie developers are still developing games for it.

So the vita isn't dead, it just won't be getting first party support.

But none the matter, if you have a vita and a ps4, you can play all ps4 games on your vita. So at least that is something.

Christopher3265d ago

Now if we can get the info on those AAA titles headed to other handheld devices.

saposaposapo3265d ago

Tbh, I don't care about Vita anymore. They shall focus their energies on the PS4 and that's what they've been doing. PS4 is going to have one of the best libraries of games ever.

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Thefreeman0123265d ago

If Sony is going to stay in the mobile gaming market they are going to have to make a smartphone that doubles as a vita or just do nothing cause most people are just doing mobile phone games

ABizzel13265d ago

@THefreeman012

A smartphone isn't going to work simply because Apple and Samsung have far too much marketshare and mindshare among the phone industry, and Sony has been trying (somewhat) with the Xperia Z line to get PS gaming onto mobile, but they keep doing the stupid thing of making the phones exclusive to certain carriers (Verizon) which instantly limits their market.

http://www.cnet.com/news/so...

If Sony wants to stay in mobile gaming their only option is to make a PSTablet. The tablet market isn't nearly as dominated as the smartphone market is, and the battlefield there is simply iPad vs. Android vs. Windows.

It seems the same, but the big difference is the iPad doesn't command as much marketshare as the iPhone does, and there's no dominate Android Tablet like the Galaxy phones are for smartphones, and that's Sony's chance to be that device.

Also that tablet form factor means, better hardware, better cooling, bigger screen, HDMI out required, and a better battery. All things that are important for making a solid PS gaming device.

joeorc3265d ago (Edited 3265d ago )

Or follow me here, Sony makes the Duel shock 3 and 4 driver for Android, and sets up a playstation Phone Apk store front that is tied to selling Playstation Games made for DS3/DS4 on Android,to load on any Android Tablet and Phone and sell Software and More Bluetooth DS3/DS4 game pads!

Like the MOGA Pro controller has the MOGA point APK that when synqs with your controller opens up to a app store for Where Games that work with tthe controller!

Since Sony already has a Playstation App. Linking to a web store for Android devices. Is only a low investment to move forward, than trying to sell another Handheld game device, Tablets are just as cut throat in the market , not as much as smart phones , but its pretty d@rn close.

I think Vita will be their very last dedicated mobile hardware gaming device, and go just software and services for a mobile playstation offering. Besides it would be a hell of a lot more lucrative in this day in age in the mobile market as it is.

not say that's 100% the end result, it just key indicators is already there. That is the direction they are heading.

fermcr3265d ago

Sony's going to change the PS Vita name to PS Muerta.

Captain_Wormy3265d ago

Not bad, mate. Not bad. Bubble for funny.

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai3d ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19722d ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

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@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19722d ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel3d ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz2d ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay2d ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

RaiderNation2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Progress is inevitable. Nobody driving cars today is complaining that the horse and buggy is no longer around. Yes, some jobs will be lost but guess what? With innovation comes new job opportunities. It's how the cycle of the job market works.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

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Profchaos32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers32d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos31d ago (Edited 31d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken31d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g31d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing31d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H931d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola31d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66931d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle31d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

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jznrpg32d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos32d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola32d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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