6 Game Series That Could Have Really Helped the Vita

"When the PS Vita launched it was known for being a pretty powerful handheld device, it was easy to imagine what some of your favorite game series would be like if you could take them anywhere you went. Here are six franchises I think could have brought the PlayStation Vita to greater heights." -- PlayStation Enthusiast

[gangsta_red]

The Vita tried, unfortunately it was marketed as a hardcore, dedicated mobile device at a time where casual gaming on mobile phones was at an all time popular high.

Plus the 3DS which which was also available and did cater to a more casual friendly crowd was definitely more appealing for gamers on the go.

Then you have Sony pulling all their support for it and leaving nothing but waifu and otaku games and you have a portable now specifically for those types of folks.

[Fist4achin]

I agree that the casual gaming on the mobile phone was and still is at an all time high. Mobile phones have soccer moms playing while waiting for their kids practice to finish, elderly waiting at the doctors office, and even coworkers playing at work when they shouldnt be...

I think probably one of the biggest contributing factor to the ds and 3ds success was due to pokemon. I wonder what their numbers would look like without it.

It would have been awesome to see these some of these titles on the vita. I still rock out on mine, but theres always that what if aspect.

[Scatpants]

I'm thinking about dusting my Vita off for Danganronpa 3

[3-4-5]

Love my Vita....can't stand it's weebo game selection though.

Way too many atelier and hyperdimeniion netunia all female cast anime jrpg big boob games and not enough just classic rpgs or normal games.

It has all the most super niche games ever on it and those games don't sell very well. That is the biggest problem.

Even if they are good, they don't appeal to a lot of people and with a majority of gamers being male, most guys don't want to play as a bunch of little cuteey squeaky voiced girls in short skirts with colored hair.

That just doesn't appeal to 90% of gamers and yet that is like 40% of the Vita games.

Don't believe me....go look at the cover art for all the rpgs.....notice anything similar?

^ huge reason and nobody talks about it because it "offends people"

[FallenAngel1984]

Nothing could’ve made Switch a mainstream success

[Prince_TFK]

Switch? Don’t you mean the Vita?

[FallenAngel1984]

Oops wrong term meant to say Vita

[Evolve]

I lose my mind every time I remember the Bioshock announcement for the Vita :(

[PygmelionHunter]

I’m still waiting for it :’(

Also would’ve loved to see a Demon’s Souls/Dark Souls game for it. It’d have been the perfect platform for it.

[ObviousGoldfish]

Lol. No series could have helped.

[Eidolon]

Souls Game, Monster Hunter game, Syphon Filter/Splinter Cell MGS, Diablo type game, Fallout 1/2/3, Ratcher & Clank. I'd still buy a PS Vita 2 or PSP2 in an instant, I use my Vita a lot for some games that are just better on the go or a few exclusives

[InKnight7s]

Make ps4 remote play smoother, release TV cable, New FF for vita, SF, RE7, ps2 games, some casual multiplayer game that easy to access and handle whatever shooter or something that grip people attention, Simply, half of ps4 support would create huge success and may even compete with Xbox and Switch in term of quality not graphics or specs.

Edit: Persona5 would be a massive victory.

[ApexWolf22]

The Vita would've done well if they hadn't used those ridiculously overpriced proprietary memory cards. It was $100 just for a 32gb, when comparable Micro SD cards were $20 or less...there were tons of games and the lack of proper storage put a serious dent on its appeal for most consumers. The slow as molasses downloads didn't help the situation much either.

[mercyblades]

The auto download and store layout doesn’t help either. I adore my Vita, but functionally, it could use many overhauls.

[ILostMyMind]

Vita could have been the best handheld ever made ... but it died. The past is past and nothing will change that.

[USMC_POLICE]

I so wanted San Andreas stories to be a thing, the two stories games before it were fantastic.

[Tross]

Um...not to be pedantic, but the Vita Bioshock was supposedly going to be a port of the original game, which was set in Rapture, not Columbia. Otherwise, great list and I agree wholeheartedly. Granted, I'm also a fellow PS Enthusiast writer, so I can't be considered unbiased.

Anyways, yeah the Vita could have used more Western support, especially from some mainstream series. I blame Sony though for just deciding not to give it first party support from Western studios after the initial lineup. Quality first party support could have translated to quality third party support, but alas, it was not meant to be. Quality third party support did come, but only from Japan, which isn't a bad thing IMHO, but it would have been nice to have something for the AAA crowd too.

[Rangerman1208]

Sony should have just continued the Freedom Wars and Soul Sacrifice series.

[GamesMaster1982]

I loved the Vita when i had it thought it was the best handheld console ever in my opinion. Nice big screen, amazing graphics etc, But as much as i loved it and Sony console's in general. Sony just did not care about it and abandoned it. Simple as that Sony was and are the one's that killed the Vita and that's the truth whether you like it or not. So me personally if Sony ever made another handheld i would simple refuse to buy it.

[LOOK_AT_THIS_I]

Wish they would have made an adapter cradle for the controller to use while playing ps4 games on remote play. Saw something like it for the ps phone and I think the newest model vita but iirc it was released overseas. Not seen anything like that in the states.

I'd use mine a lot more if I could use a controller during remote play. Just can't grasp the controls for shooters or games where the l2 r2 are used frequently. Big hand problems. Lol