Umm, no. As much as I'd love it to, the cost of development vs. return makes no sense. The bean counters are deciding this, looking at current Vita growth sales rates - anyone would be mad to approve it.
Ooooh psychic mumbo jumbo... one handheld in Japan has now sold 8 million (and will do 30 million+ lifetime), if the Vita hits its stride, that'll be another 10 or so. You think someone won't launch another one (in Japan at least) to compete with or replace them in a few years time?
Good on FuturLab, lets hope Sony do more deals like this to drum up great games for the Vita...
How long does it take to fix some crappy generic boxart?
At least Sony are finally advertising the damn thing heavily (in the UK at least)...
Glad it not just me, the box ignores all the cool stuff in the Infinite world and makes it look like a totally generic shooter
I find games in second hand shops for £$€1-5 all the time, and I don't mind my kids having a go on it, it is a well-built bit of kit.
Hopefully the next update will speed up deleting of games which takes forever, and making links go to the right app (YouTube, Twitter, etc) rather than the browser, which is just dumb.
!Brian Blessed Voice! The Vita's Alive?
Hopefully the engine is now there for someone else to go and do a proper development job, hopefully with a unique story or background rather than pretending to be CoD. Both Uncharted and Assassin's Creed are proof you can do a big game on the Vita, but would any developer risk the investment?
Whatever happens in 2013 (with that really skinny release schedule) my Vita and I will have great fun together. Its already got a decent range of games, and when the overpriced titles drop in price, it'll be a decent budget games system.
I think the third parties will steer clear (unless it really picks up) but as an indie platform, it could become a cool place to game.
FuturLab's Fuel Tiracas was only 40p and most PSM games are £1.59 or £2.79 so it shouldn't be too pricey.
Whatever the UK equivalent Vita deal is, it goes live at 9PM GMT - http://n4g.com/news/1126547...
Not going to read or approve the article, but the basic rules are shower regularly, go places where other people are and let nature do the rest.
Remember? Still play it on my Vita on a regular basis!
No, but its not there to compete with Apple, its there to provide a steady drip of extra games for the Vita while allowing Sony to creep into the Android market and courting newer developers to get them "on-board".
Gonna have to import it, too good not to own right now...
I think we've already established that the publishers don't want the sub-games (or whatever you want to call them) interfering with the main course, that's despite Need for Speed getting great reviews and AC3 Liberation getting decent reviews and better sales.
Since Sofia is actually in Bulgaria, not sure I'd trust this reviewer's accuracy.
Question still stands, is there lots of action on the PS3 version, or is this just another Sony gimmick, doomed to a quiet life?