PS Vita No Longer Available at Major Retailers

Hardcore Gamer: Not only was the PS Vita almost completely absent from Sony's E3 showing, but now seems to be absent from major U.S. retailers as well.

[iDadio]

Its a shame really as it really is a great piece of kit, it just never got the games to kick it off like a monster hunter.

[skulz7]

Yep they should have kicked it off with monster hunter, an infamous title, a kingdom hearts title etc etc Uncharted was a great launch title.

[iDadio]

I really enjoyed Gravity Rush and Infamous but it just wasn't enough to persuade people to become early adopters.

A MH game would of single handedly sold hundreds of thousands of units in Asia and maybe that would of had a knock on effect for game support and interest.

[GrandpaSnake]

yeah you know whats up, they got a little push with some original ip's but people ignore them. They main reason why the 3ds does so well is mainly because it has almost 3 of these games, monster hunter, pokemon, and mario. If they would of released a monster hunter a brand new one as a launch tittle im pretty sure it would of exploded in popularity.

[Mr_Writer85]

Nintendo paid for MH exclusivity.

[jujubee88]

@MR_Writer85: I also wouldn't dismiss the fact Capcom were just foolish and didn't see why a MH on VITA would benefit the handheld sector all around in Japan.

[WeAreLegion]

I personally think Soul Sacrifice is much better than Monster Hunter, but that's just me.

[Yahdaree]

This really bums me out. I hope the relationship between the Vita and the PS4 help Vita sales. Its a really nice system.

[pwnsause_returns]

they weren't ambitious enough to go walk up to capcom and throw them money for MH...They saw how it sparked the PSP...yet they did nothing about it... it ended up on the 3DS...further hurting the Vita.... The console doesnt deserve this punishment...

my opinion, i prefer a game like SS over MH... but brand power can make people buy one thing over the other.

[iDadio]

Thats exactly what stumped me, if you have a runaway success on that scale surely you do whatever it takes to keep it?

Good point about brand power, MH is the reason me and two friends bought a WiiU and spent 400+ hours playing it so proofs in the pudding I guess.

[pwnsause_returns]

what angers me about it is, based on what happened on the 360 vs the PS3, where these 3rd party companies where flocking to microsoft at the time (ESPECIALLY CAPCOM), did they think the same was not going to happen with the 3ds and the Vita? the same applies here, especially when a company like capcom loves money, and the popular machine is the 3DS...of course they where going to bring it to the 3DS, and i dont blame them...

Sony had to walk up to them, not the other way around.

EDIT @IDadio

EXACTLY!

[rainslacker]

I think Sony wanted to create their own MH type experience. Soul Sacrifice was great, but as you say, brand power wasn't there.

In some ways it might be good to go their own route on this, as it means the potential for success is much greater. Like Nintendo has Pokemon to rely on, without having to buy off 3rd party publishers. Unfortunately, it's hard to make that happen, mostly because new IP's are extremely hard to get on the level of a MH or Pokemon. On a side note, Soul Sacrifice isn't exactly a super family friendly title.

It's really a shame because the Vita is a great system. I've been a bit disappointed in Sony's handling of it, this year especially. But I love the system, and it has games that are the kind of games I like, but I understand that I like mostly niche Japanese titles which others may not.

[Mr_Writer85]

You do know Nintendo (who have more money than Sony) paid for MH exclusivity.

Even if they wanted to Sony wouldn't of been able to match Nintendos offer.

[HighResHero]

Well, with the new SKU, etc. they may still have time, if they choose to actually market the thing properly.
I don't need only "aaa" games and fast sales, but if they want to sell 100m, then they will need to create a buzz, period.

[iamnsuperman]

It is possible these retailers don't buy stock that often, as historically the thing doesn't sell that well, which is why they have run out (also the Playstation TV is coming out soon so retailers might be preparing for that stock over the Vita as it is essentially the same thing). If it was something major then it would be a world wide issue (for instance a new bundle would come with massive price drops, as it doesn't sell that well, on previous bundles and if it was a discontinuing issue then it would be a world wide issue)

[trickman888]

Vita is life

[imXify]

Life in prison...

[Mikito11]

Vita is death at the moment.. Even Sony are backing away from supporting it with first party games and relying on indies which is kinda silly

[Chrono]

It's for a niche market. Those who want it know how to buy it.

[PlaystationSquuad]

What i don't get is how the Vita flopped. It is so much stronger than the 3DS yet it's a worse system. How does something like this even happen...

[DiscoKid]

Still don't see it? Power and graphics aren't the most important factor of a game. The gameplay is.

[PlaystationSquuad]

Yes, i know that but I dont get how the games on the Vita are so lackluster compared to the 3DS's library. The Vita is able to create experiences that are impossible on any other handheld

[GrandpaSnake]

yo playstationsquad that is very true and he wont really be able to answer that. the games on the vita are not lack luster at all in fact from the ps1 rpg's and the current rpg's i dont see any actual lackluster in that situation, racers and platformers are so much better on vita. some people are just settling for the 3ds.

[WeAreLegion]

For me, the Vita has the stronger lineup of games, as well. I'm definitely in the minority here. I like Pokemon and Zelda, but I definitely prefer Gravity Rush and LittleBigPlanet. That's the problem. Sony made games that appeal to a niche market, like me. :/

[Highlife]

We have 2 3ds and a couple of ds s we also have one vita the vita is far and away used more often thanks to ps plus. I hate the 3ds the thing is terrible to hold I can only get through 2 tracks on Mario kart before my hands hurt. Plus almost all the games on that system don't interest me.
I would say that it's a nice system for a little kid great crap ware with a smattering of Mario and it's somewhat durable.

[SilentNegotiator]

Price of the main system, memory cards, and a bunch of s**t versions of highly rated series (Resistance, RE, Silent Hill, COD, etc) killed Vita before it ever even had a chance.

[randomass171]

^This. Vita doesn't have many exclusives and it's priced a lot higher than its competition. It's saving grace is Japan where handhelds are thriving.

[hkgamer]

its not about power, also like to say that 3ds can get away with an ugly game, but with the vita people are expecting a nice looking game.

i reckon sony needs a good exclusive platforme like mario.

[Golden_Mud]

for example , PS2 and Xbox , the Xbox was using a Nvidia card that is powerful , on the other hand PS2 was just a top notch gameplay focused system , it was a beast on the gameplay side so people bought it .

[Mikito11]

It doesn't have many games that match up to the quality of 3DS games... Power doesn't make everything instantly better... Games sell systems

[Imalwaysright]

Because a gaming platform is defined by its games. Having all the horsepower is meaningless if the software doesn't back it up.

[il-JumperMT]

The production cost of VITA games is way more then DS games, due to more power. They cost similar to console games to develop

[Imonaboat1]

Sony killed their own child ...

[TongkatAli]

It didn't kill it, molested yes, killed no.

[vivid83]

lol!!!! comment of the day !!!!

[Highlife]

@vivid
Is it the only comment you read?
If so you speak the truth.

[LOGICWINS]

If you had to describe the state of the Vita in one sentence, that would be it.

1) Not releasing a consitent amount of AAA titles.

2) Not localizing enough Japanese titles

3) Announcing Playstation TV, basically a Vita for half the price+PS4 streaming.

4) Stupid expensive memory cards.

Sony doesn't deserve the Vita. They created a beautiful child and blatantly killed it.

And we still have Yoshida playing dumb by downplaying AAA games. AAA games SELL consoles. The Vita ISN'T selling. Only a fool wouldn't be able to see the issue here.

[TheTwelve]

5. Not getting Monster Hunter

[Salooh]

Agree except for Yoshida part. He's just wondering why some people only look at AAA titles. There are indies games more fun then AAA games. So they are as important as the AAA.

However , they shouldn't be the focus because that's what's killing the vita. I'm studying in UK and i just got back to my country. I didn't cary my vita because nothing interesting for me in vita. It's dead to me until they deliver AAA games and at least 3 killer(Masterpieces) games.

[rainslacker]

2. Not localizing enough Japanese titles

I actually say they don't get enough Western titles to appeal to the western audience. There is a slew of great Japanese titles on the system. More than enough to play in a few years time, and a good amount of variety. It's why I like the system so much, because those are the kinds of games I like to play.

Agree with the rest of the stuff. AAA titles, they're there, but get very little press, and are few and far between.

3. Agree because it seems like Sony is going to take the focus off the Vita handheld. It may work out well for the Vita system overall though, as it could mean more support if it does well.

4. Worst thing they could have done IMO. Particularly early on since it was just an added cost to the system.

[hkgamer]

vita needed more exclusives. the launch line up was pretty impressive. however, less and less people were confident in releasing exclsives for the device and now i barely se anything.

however, i do feel that if vita does not have anymore exclusives. it still can survive if vita becomes a port machine. i wouldnt mind sony just porting every ps2 and dc game onto it.

[extermin8or]

@twelve tbf it is finally getting a monster hunter game soon. Its not like sony disnt try to get monster hunter but capcom I believe it is vasically said "nah, cba we're already supporting 3DS so we'll stick there for the moment" apparently Nintenso hasnt even paid them... never understood that especially considering the psp basically made monster hunter what it is today. What converns me is that Sony maybgive up after vita and never release an NGP2 I reakly hope they do and that they try to correct all the mistakes made. They really need to try abd setup some new srudios that exist solely to make gamesbfor handheld-new Ip's and existing ones. Plus rhe pricepoint nwesa to be about 250 with inbuilt mempry of at least 16gb and an option to buy it carrier subsidised with a 4g contract say 15 pounds a month for 18 months and th we consoles free plus allow texting/calling and video calling but don't market it as a mobile phone per se. OS based on android so they can add android mobile apps and games to the ps storebif their quality is good enough.

[GamersHeaven]

Sad great hardware had so much potential lack of games killed it Sony trying to keep it a float with inferior PS3 ports it was obvious Vita was doomed.

[TongkatAli]

People are rooting for its death, nothing like a strong gladiator getting hanged in the roman times that was the Voice and American Idol during their time.

Lack of western games i agree, but it got plenty of Japanese RPG type of games also not using Sandisk memory cards like wow Sony you got greedy there is no defending you for that one.

@Mr Swank after we get Digimon brahhh Sony can kill it after that : p

[hkgamer]

digimon and that new phantasy star game that was announced.

[extermin8or]

Wait is digimon comming west??!

[Jeremy24]

I love vita

[SpiralTear]

Sony doesn't.

[60FramesPerSecond]

What? Why? I dont have a vita, but surely it cant be selling that poorly!!!! NO!!!!!!!

[Masterman280]

Well only in Japan is sell well, the rest of the world, not so much.

[Swiggins]

The Vita is trailing so hard behind the 3DS it's now no longer even a contest.

It's something like 9 million vs. 43 million.

It really is a shame because the Vita is a top tier mobile-device, great specs and a lot of potential.

It could have been a contender....

[hkgamer]

its trailing a lot but it may stay around for a while. the pstv may boost 3rd party interest.

[xazingop]

all people go polygon article......

[MrSwankSinatra]

Sony would be smart not to even make anymore vita's. Cut the thing off life support and just focus on PS4 & PS3. If anyone wants to facilitate their handheld gaming needs then just go with the 3DS. It may not be as powerful as the Vita, but at least it has the library.

[RexDD]

Yeah.. What about the 9 Million people that bought the Vita? The vita actually has a fanbase you know.

[xazingop]

please go polygon article and why 3ds fanboy and ps vita hater on ps vita article?troll?

[MrSwankSinatra]

I am not a troll, is that the only argument you people have when someone has a differing opinion from yours? I actually own a vita, i owned the very first day it came out, playstation has always been my preferred platform ever since the PS1. Even with all that i'm not going to put the shutters over my eyes and place my hands on my ears and act like everything is okay with the vita when it's a untrue statement. The vita is by far the worst system sony has ever been put out. I've never seen such a lack of support when it comes to sony system. Every sony system i've owned has been fully supported even the PSP had major support. The vita should've never been made, sony should've called it quits in the traditional handheld market after the PSP. An honestly i would rather sony call quits on the vita and put even more focus to systems that they're actually "Focused" on rather than have focus on the PS4 & PS3 with the vita just being there for the hell of it.

[Revengeance]

Nah I'm good. I have great games on it that will never hit the 3DS. And also the 3DS can't be used to play a console either, but guess what can?

[Urzusix]

Love my Vita, cant wait for Freedom wars, Disgaea 4 and danganronpa 2. Really dont understand anyone who says there isn't anything to play on the system, there is too much

[xazingop]

because ps vita hater and troll.

[Salooh]

Naaah , i just don't like these games. Never was my type of games. :(

[rainslacker]

Not everyone is into Otaku style Japanese games. There is a ton of those available, so for you and I, there is a ton of content to play.

Sony isn't supporting it with more variety. It had some there early on with KZ:M, Gravity Rush, etc, but since then it's mostly been barren on the western type games from Sony devs, and other western devs as well. Almost all western style games are just ports of console versions, or spin offs. There are no defining games that appeal to the western audience. PSP didn't really take off until MGS:PO came out, if that puts things in perspective.

I haven't counted them out yet, but I have to admit that they do seem to be somewhat disinterested in the platform. Hopefully they have some secrets in store with the release of PSTV, because otherwise it means they are just looking at the Vita as an accessory, and not it's own console.

[hkgamer]

yet konami decided not to port peace walker onto vita. which was really strange.

vita has turned into a crossbuy machine/ps+ machine i think. well for me it has, i havent really been interested in anything for a while.not sure if that is a bad thing though.

[plmkoh]

Misleading article, Vita original model has been discontinued and North America never got the Vita Slim outside of the Borderlands bundle which is 'limited edition', so of course consoles are going to be disappearing from shelves.

[vivid83]

I think they made the slim so I t wont cost so much to make an official bundle

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

I just read a article that Sony is trying to keep up to the demand of the Vita in NA. It was a VG247 article. Check it out for yourselves.

http://www.vg247.com/2014/0...

[sloth3395]

you know its not demand or some places would still have it. Its not like its a new system its been out for awhile.

[KonsoruMasuta]

They must be producing in small quantities then. The Vita sales in NA are nothing to write home about.

[bub16]

Only reason I have a vita is remote play. When people take over the TV I carry on gaming!! Not that interested in the games for vita

They really should advertise remote play more. It works amazingly good once you set it up proper

[nevin1]

Isn't it only one set up?

[Gezmoyassine]

How is it when you use it outside you're house? Have you tried it over the internet?

[Doge]

They've been advertising nothing but remote play ever since the PS4 was announced. Horrible decision for a dedicated handheld with a lot of potential.

[KonsoruMasuta]

"They really should advertise remote play more."

That's pretty much the only thing they do advertise about the Vita. They see it as a companion device. Yoshida says that remote play is how the Vita will get most of it's AAA experiences from now on.

[SpiralTear]

"Not that interested in the games for vita."

Good for you. Too bad there are millions of people who own the system that actually want some good, original games for the system.

[nevin1]

PSP2 would of been better choice.

[CrawFail]

All they need to do is:

1) Release Skyrim, Gran Turismo, an exclusive MGS, inFamous and a few others for Vita
2) ...
3) Profit

Making some of the PSN PS3 games available on vita would work wonders too. The older ones especially.
I love my Vita but it's full of PS1 games and a handful of PS+ releases.
Kick the AAA development back in!! It's an awesome console! Give it the games it deserves!

[andibandit]

Whos gonna play immersive games on the train or bus...
Remote play is a really cool feature though

[RexDD]

Vita is love, Vita is life.

[mrpsychoticstalker]

Vita is already following the PSP which I loved. its a pity.

[e-p-ayeaH]

Sadly im not surprised it just lacks support...

[x_RadicalAura_x]

You stupid people, the Vita's not dead/being discontinued. Most likely reason: the phat Vita 1000 and the BL2 bundle are being replaced by a new Vita slim standalone SKU for $149.99, which would make them the price leader and boost sales (hopefully).

[hellothere1977]

There's no way in hell they would cut the price of the hardware 25%, when their latest edition is completely sold out and being sold on ebay/amazon for a near 40-50% mark up of current retail price.

[x_RadicalAura_x]

Wanna bet? The BL2 slim bundle retailed for $199. Take away the ~$50 game and boom, you have $149.99. It's not rocket science, it's simple math.

[60FramesPerSecond]

i would pay $129 for one.

[Scumdog]

Playstation Vita isn't the worst handheld ever, it is the worst outcome of an old game company that, imo - "is" trying to give us a f kn sick games system. I have seen the past & forgot the future... ha - sadly all Sony had to do....,all they had to do ages ago, was give us an official wireless DS2 controller with a screen on it...done. What the f k were they thinking we wanted? ( the DS2 slightly miniaturized for portability just a hair though ) or DS3 ( same thing slightly miniaturized ) then leading to DS4 obviously. Having the screen become upgradable over time. Where is my f kn check?

[masa2009]

People in the West don't necessarily buy a portable system to play on the go, at least not in the streets or transports.
They maybe take the device with them on Holiday in the car, and that's it. But mostly they will buy it for a big exclusive or two.
It's not like in Japan where they have low crime and play in the comute and public places.
So the portability of the Vita is not a huge deal for Westerners as it is for the Japanese.

I wonder if they might not quietly retire the Vita from the Western market and replace it with Vita TV/Playstation TV only, which is cheaper and looks like more of a viable proposition as a PS4 accessory.
There was already so little interest in the Vita in the West, surely when people have the opportunity to buy a device that costs twice less, can also play the few quality exclusives Vita had, and is compatible with a full blown controller, it will be the death knell for the portable Vita.
The portable Vita with a screen will surely remain in some form, but maybe not in all régions.

[rpd123]

I agree. I only play my Vita in my home or take it on trips. There's really no time for me to play on my commute or between classes, the little time I have then is spent on my phone. I just want some great exclusives like the PSP had.

[Flames76]

Vita was a horrible handheld that flopped and lost sony alot of money.Everybody knew this was coming sony needs to just let it go forget the bundle it will not sale

[AkitAtikA]

I like the vita...it is cool to use the ps4 remote feature indeed, but it would have been better if the screen was better and of course not having the shoulder triggers and l3 r3 really suck and makes most games unplayable using remote play.

[OMNlPOTENT]

Sony played the Vita TERRIBLY. The Vita is a powerful handheld with a beautiful display and some major potential that never got tapped and probably never will. The Vita has some great games but they're mostly games that apply to a small audience or new IPs that people aren't ready to risk their money on. The triple A games it needed to be able to sell as a system? They made cheap knock off versions of actual triple A titles which a few might have been halfway decent (AC Liberation) but never actually held up to the franchise standards. They let a studio ruin Resistance near launch and from there it went downhill. Where was the exclusive Ratchet and Clank, God of War, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, and Metal Gear Solid exclusive that the Vita deserves? I swear if it had an exclusive from even 3/5 of those that wasn't a cheap knockoff title it would at least see PSP sales. Throw in some other big hitters like Bioshock, Infamous, hell port Morrowind or maybe even Oblivion onto it if possible and you have a portable to rival or even beat 3ds. I love my Vita and it has some great games but Sony has not brought games the general public wants. I'm going to continue to support it because honestly, other than marketing and lack of system sellers, the things it does are amazing. Seeing PS4 games play on the Vita is magical. The Vita has some of the BEST new IPs. The Devs weren't afraid of getting creative with the features. Tearaway, Gravity Rush (anyone know anything about 2?? Wasn't it announced last year?), Soul Sacrifice, and I'm probably missing a ton but even those three are brand new impressive IPs that I would surely by a sequel to if they turned into franchises. TL;DR. Vita is a great system, Sony did a shit job of selling it. If it dies out this quickly it was Sony's own fault and they missed huge opportunities.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

Sony need to get games that are only for the Vita. I don't like playing PS3 or PS4 made games on Vita.

[Benjaminkno]

I'm still considering getting one. Holiday or early next year, but 3ds may have a successor by then.

[illtornworld]

1st im going to make a valuable point, Sony has brought us everything we as Vita owners has asked for, GOW collection, ratchet and clank is coming, Jak and Daxter, Sly collection, Borderlands 2- which i never ran into a single problem playing it on Vita, guess what? These are ports yes, which Sony themselves paid studios to do. Why? Because we asked them to. And most people are saying Sony isnt supporting Vita? Are you blind? Its not their fault consumers only want CALL OF DUTY games. I dont care how many n4g trolls hit the dislike button. If you actually buy the games, more support will come its logic. Of course when developers see Vita game sales are so bad that they dont support it. Gravity Rush, Uncharted, ModNation, Soul Sacrifice, Tearaway was all beautiful games that deserve to be played. There's what 8-9 million units sold of Vitas? Why is there only 1 game that amassed a million copies? There's tons of great Vita games available, its the only device with PlayStation diversity. Sure most are on PS3 too, and PS4, but theyre giving us the option with cross buy to play these games anywhere anytime. Sure Sony needs to actually advertise Vita more, and add games that can only be played on Vita, but it takes time. Sales will increase after Gamescon, North America is full of dumb ass gamers. Vita is without a doubt my favorite PlayStation product, its fully connected.Ive played it more than PS3, in its whole life span in just 2 years. And remote play is a great feature but Sony shouldn't use that as a System seller. Vita really needs a successor to its great games like Gravity Rush Uncharted Little Big Planet 3, Soul Sacrifice 2. And idk the big deal with MH games they were boring. I tell you what world help a Demon Souls/ Blood Bourne title. Resident Evil 4HD should also come to Vita, and god imagine Okami! :)

[Underworld]

I really hope the Vita picks up. I love mine and I've been playing it a lot lately. I just bought Killzone a few days ago and I'm having a great time with it.

[TheLastGuardian]

It's not being discontinued you idiots, but even if it was I got my monies worth out of it long ago and still have years worth of Vita games I need to play. Why these so called "gamers" want one of the greatest systems of all time to die so bad is beyond me.

[chaosx]

I honestly believe Sony will slowly remove the themselves from the Vita as it currently is. They have positioned themselves perfectly to use all of the supply of Vita components in the Vita TV. No one wants another Indie gaming hand held the market is full to the brink with them. Having Borderlands was a great showcase , but unless the developers release the game on the Vita and PS4 at the same time and install off the same disc it will never work.

If the Vita had arrived a bit earlier and played your old PSP games it could have been huge , but smart phones and tablets ( and Sony make some awesome products in this space ) have cornered the market for casual gamers .

[Freeball]

This site is a joke.

[Father__Merrin]

both psp and ps vita were missed opportunities, they are over engineered for what they needed them to be

psp should have been a handheld ps1 with smoothing, on my pspgo ps1 games look absolutely terrific, thats what they should have done it should have kept price low and given ds an even more run for its money

same with ps vita, essentially should have been a handheld ps2 with extras, lots of game support etc, if only..........

this is what nintendo did, it kept the consoles cheap and games still looked amazing, ds was a slightly bumped n64 etc

[Rockdown]

The fate of the vita is a tragedy. It had nearly everything it needed to be a success; apart from proper support from Sony. I have learned something from this mess, that is not to buy any future Sony handheld consoles.

[joeorc]

You will not have to worry, they most likely will not be making another dedicated game handheld console past the PSVita! The reason is very simple aside from Nintendo there is little growth for anyone else who makes one, Smartphones will be it. Sony is moving support for psvita platform development from mainly playstation vita over to playstation Tv. Its still a "Vita" any way.

Its growth rate is much higher in as a Micro-Game console than as a dedicated game handheld system only.

[lunatic0001]

The problem is that there are no games that interest me...the jrpg support is awesome...but I like a couple only...Sony need to release games that are built around the vita and you can only play on vita...take a page from Nintendo and make games that can only be on vita not ports of ps3 games...I don't want a console experience...I want a handheld experience and the 3ds nailed that

[mixolydian_id]

Only available remotely via PSnow lol (just joking btw)

[SH1ELD]

Sony is failing to make it a dedicated platform for it's own games and just treat it as a ps4 accessory.

[wheresmymonkey]

its still on stock at amazon.com too. http://www.amazon.com/Borde...

[sprinterboy]

Gamers asked for dual analogue sticks,
gamers asked for console like gfx
gamers asked for social connectivity
gamers asked for game variety

yet a massive majority of gamers who asked for these things never bothered to support or buy the VITA.

I had never been a handheld gamer before my day 1 VITA purchase, but sony delivered with the dual analogue sticks, i am still having a blast with the VITA and never regretted my purchase but come on guys, eventually sony will just say enough is enough and where will we be then?

[Hanuman]

If it's got no games, I ain't buying it.

[feraldrgn]

When people don't buy it, it gets less support.
Catch 22.

People are fine buying consoles at launch, even when they only have a handful of games.

[sprinterboy]

It has loads of games

[SpiralTear]

@feraldrgn

People bought the PS4 at launch because Sony hyped it up with a huge amount of marketing. They did no such thing with the Vita.

[WitWolfy]

I love my Vita, I so hope they pring out a bigger more comfortable version though... If they can release anything as big as the Wii U controller I can die a happy man.

[1nsomniac]

Apparently official news from ShopTo & Sony is that the vita is selling out Nationwide across the US.

If this is true the writer of the article must be feeling pretty stupid right about now.

[NixonMonoxide]

I'm not surprised at all. Seeing there's little to nothing on the Vita.

Just let the thing die peacefully, and then maybe the PS4 can have actual new gen games to play on.

[Hanuman]

Hopefully it's getting ready for a re-release. Vita's lifecycle is such a sad story..

[Ultimax]

Nintendo ruins everything for the Vita to be successful
they really want to dominate the handheld market that's why they moneyhat most of the titles that used to be successful on sony side , they really want to kill the Vita in anyway and they mostly succeed with that , now all the 3rd party companies tend to Nintendo instead of sony just because 3DS did well worldwide ( thanks to 3rd party titles )

[PSNintyGamer]

Nintendo is doing what they have always been doing, just because Sony favoring the PS4 over the Vita doesn't make Nintendo a bad guy.

[SpiralTear]

You mean like the Monster Hunter thing? Well, the developers will make games for the best-selling system, and the 3DS is the best-selling handheld system. Capcom just went where the money is.

And the 3DS doesn't owe its rise to success to the third-party developers. Its comeback came from a price drop and Nintendo pushing better first-party stuff. Third-party developers like Monster Hunter just increased the already established lead.

[seraphym88]

This is why i traded my vita in for 3ds. NO GAMES, NO SUPPORT. I know this wont be a popular post, but sony simply doesnt know what they are doing in the hand-held market. MH was the only thing keeping psp afloat, and now that its mostly Nintendo, sony cant keep up. Sony is two fold worst at handhelds than Nintendo is in home console market.

Its a pipe-dream, but why doesnt sony call it, and approach Nintendo with a "we make the system, you make the games" proposal. A sleek ass sony handheld, playing Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Zelda, Mario, proff Layton and such, would be ridiculously cool. Sony could take all profit form hardware, half from 3rd party...while N makes profit off 1st party games, and half off 3rd party.

[PhucSeeker]

I said this a lot and i'll say it again . Ps Vita failed cuz the lack of exclusive games that can make people goes "i got to get that system to play that sh*t" . 3DS got quite a lot of those . And Sony giving up making more of those for the system is certainly a big(final?) blow .
Back to topic , maybe Sony give Vita a re-release and a bunch of exclusive games ? Or maybe i slept to much .
Edit : nevermind , it's just Sony reducing the number of Vita on the market hence not enough supply .

[feraldrgn]

It's ridiculous how stores have been shrinking the Vita display space over the years, most places only have 1 column of shelves dedicated to the Vita here, it's no bloody wonder it's not increasing in sales as much if you're killing display space & advertisement.
How are Sony supposed to support it if retailers & media aren't?
It's a catch 22 situation now.

[NicSage]

I saw one last night @ my wal-mart locally.

[Adityac]

There could be a new version of the console coming out. Might be announced at Gamescom.

[CawMasterX]

It's a shame because the Vita could've had more potential had enough devs and pubs invested in it.

[iceman600]

hahah your losers got ripper off, and sony knew the vita was dead years ago. What a contradiction vita is supposed to stand for life yet it had no to begin with lol. Congrats nintendo you destroyed another hand held.

[Soldierone]

Titles way misleading. They all ran out of stock. If they were clearing house the Vita would have went on sale first to milk whatever they could. They don't just randomly send them all back to Sony out of the blue.

Then there is the obvious other articles noting Sony stating a spike in demand, and a battle to keep up with the increased interest.

Also forgot.... they'd clear the ENTIRE VITA SECTION, not just Vita itself. That means games, accessories, all of it would be gone too or put into clearance bins. Didn't happen as I was just at some of these stores yesterday.

[MurdochR]

Man you turd burglars will believe any articles that's posted on here. This is misleading click-bait. You guys are really just commenting on your hopes or fears for the vita as if they've become a reality. Get real.

[Geoff900]

Biggest problem with the Vita is the same problem Sony had with the PSP, they tended to make console games on a hand held, rather than making games specifically for the PSVita.

I would like to get a Vita, but simply cannot justify the price.

[KillerPwned]

Amazon still has it...Personally I'm waiting for the Vita TV.

[pop-voxuli]

OK, its either "No Longer Available at Major Retailers" or "Sony can’t keep up with demand for the Vita" but it cant be both. Make up your mind N4G!!!

[Rydro]

So sad... Shame sony.. Stop focusing on money only

[CAB1802]

Just because Sony can't afford to ship more Vitas, LMAO