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Let's Talk About How Sony Bungled the Vita

The PS Vita had a ton of potential upon its release and moving forward when the PlayStation 4 came out, yet it seems that at every turn Sony has simply shrugged and ignored it.

It's hard not to just outright blame Sony for the failure.

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ApocalypseShadow3153d ago

Never seen so much negative mud slinging on a portable before.I guess if you can't sling mud at ps4,got to find something Sony is weak at and throw that wet earth.but seems to be doing quite fine in Japan.

I'll just repost since this article failed
http://n4g.com/user/useract...

Im all for some corrective criticism,but this is getting out of hand. Tell you what,don't like vita,how about going out and buying that other portable on the market that's NOT Nintendo's.since there are so many to choose from and Nintendo doesn't have a near monopoly on portable game consoles./s

dvewlsh3153d ago

Read the article, I love the Vita. I just genuinely feel like they didn't give it enough of a fair shake.

I hear your points, but really, it's hard to defend the kind of support that it received.

OB1Biker3153d ago

Again and again an opinion piece on 'Sony killed the Vita, not mobile gaming'? or 'Sony hide their incompetence selling the Vita behind mobile gaming?'

Sony has full responsibility about the Vita lack of success but that s not the point of the recent interview.
The right question should be 'Is Sony right to think the climate is not healthy enough to launch a new handheld?' (like next year?) and thats all what Shu was on about.

joeorc3152d ago (Edited 3152d ago )

@dvewlsh +
"Read the article, I love the Vita. I just genuinely feel like they didn't give it enough of a fair shake"

Sony didn't give it a fair shake?
That's rich, look at the posts about every freaking AAA game that ever released for the platform on websites like IGN, Destructoid, Polygon, Kotaku.

And you are going to sit there and say that Sony did not give the platform a fair shake?

They freaking released
" I love the Vita. I just genuinely feel like they didn't give it enough of a fair shake"

:as an example Sony released both uncharted & Killzone and go look at reviews on that and look at N4G and VGChartz response's to those games.

After Nintendo secured Monster hunter and dropped price the perception of the PSVita took a freaking drop off of a d@mn cliff, never mind the flack Sony was taking over the blank memory cards , because they did not want a repeat of game dumps onto the blank memory cards like the PSP had when AAA games freaking cost for development on the PSVita and Team size as much as a PS3 game.

You had gamers on this and many sites asking over and over to bring those AAA games for the PSVita over to the PS4, because many stated " I really do not want to buy a PSVita just for that one game"

Than followed up by the blank media card price failure gamers lambasted Sony over for trying to keep the new platform from vecoming what happened to the PSP.

And you really think Sony after

What happened to the PSPGo, the xperia Play to put forth more effort, to a caustic environment in the west to support a region where the majority care really only about the Nintendo and Smartphone market more than even entertaining buying a Sony handheld?

Let's put this even more in blunt terms of that 12 million, how many millions of consumers are from Europe & United states?
25%, half? A 3rd?

Sony followed exactly what this Market wanted, the market in the west talked themselves right out of a non Nintendo game handheld. I have Two playstation TV systems myself and a PlayStation Vita, and while I do think its disheartening to see this happened, Sony is not completely to blame for what happened Also, yes they do Infact hold blame for support, but also on the same token I would have done the same thing they just did after the reception of every AAA game that was released for the system in the west also.

Making it a network supported and digital download of 2nd tier IP's at least in Japan keeps it viable as a platform

muddman863152d ago

let's plan a black propaganda. let's make psvita famous. stop pointing who is who. it's time to write something good for vita. news makers, bloggers, commentors let's help vita rise from its grave, do something to our device that we all love and cherish. spread the good news.

ApocalypseShadow3152d ago

This is exactly what I was thinking.The Vita's dying or it's dead from what we're told but it continues to sell.

I'm all for truth and corrective action.but I have not seen any POSITIVE articles.

Enjoy what you CAN get out of it as I have with many portables in the past that didn't sell like Nintendo's. or,sell it and move on.griping about it over and over is REDUNDANT.enjoy what it gets right.

OB1Biker3152d ago

This opinion piece and many others shouldnt have been approved being all duplicates turning Shu answer that they wont release a new handheld because of mobile into a sort of lame excuse about the Vita from Sony they can rant about.
'they announced that there won’t be a follow-up to the PlayStation Vita due to the prevalence of mobile gaming. The thing is, I call bullshit on this. You should too.'
And then goes on about the last few years mistakes and have the Vita pilloried instead of reasonably talking about present and future perspectives in handheld gaming.

InahimeHondaSengoku3152d ago

Be careful what you wish for you just might get it... :/

stavrami3152d ago

Now now, don't be like that I love my portable media player :-0

muddman863152d ago

the only AAA game nintendo got is mario. supermario 3d, super smash bro( mario spars with friends) pokemon (mario teenage version, ash is mario red and blue? sounds family?) metroid( mario tag touch to samus " your turn my lady.) Zelda( disguised princess toadstool to be princess zelda ).

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SEGA / Atlus Switch eShop sale: lowest prices for Catherine, Persona 4 Golden, Valkyria Chronicles 4

A new SEGA / Atlus May 2024 eShop sale is now live for Nintendo Switch featuring Persona 4 Golden and much more.

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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.

Eonjay3d ago (Edited 3d 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

Einhander19723d 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"

-Foxtrot3d ago

@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.

Einhander19723d 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.

RaiderNation3d ago (Edited 3d 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

NotoriousWhiz3d 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.

Eonjay3d 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.

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.

z2g32d ago

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

phoenixwing32d ago

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

H932d 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

SegaSaturn66932d ago

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

Popsicle32d 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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