The difference is the ds was massively succesful by that point. The Vita is currently not, in an environment where western devs are more horrified by the prospect of handheld game development than ever before.. and few ever thought foundly of handheld development in the first place.
I would think so, especially if it is just an optomized computer you hook to a tv. You can already access a steam account on multiple pcs.
Except ps3 games and back won't be compatible with the tech, as it has to be built into the disk. Which, of course it hasn't been.
Furthermore, Sony and others don't like the idea of you playing slightly used games, so why would they want you to play old ones? The Vita non Backwards compatibility (and moreso, the half assed Japan only solution of re-paying for games you already own) already shows precedence... along with axing BC in the ps3 only to resell 1 gen ol...
Because being "heroic" in this case brings in no money. Especially if someone else in the industry filed it so that they could use it, and suffered sales damage as a result... which would shift market share to Sony.
Basically, it wouldn't make sense to do that, and it wouldn't be worth the costs asociated...°A°/
In europe, resale of digital content has beem ruled legal and steam can't stop you from doing so.
Furthermore, steam has a laundry list of positives that eclipse the negative aspects of its native platform, and if consoles just become little pcs without those steam like benefits it makes sense that many may just do away with consoles and stick with pcs, something they are bound to have/need regardless.
That list looks bs to me. No basis for what was included. No clarification of what qualifies as "exclusive". And no listed titles: just numbers that we have to trust were tallied correctly.
Also suspect that the site threw a security flag at me.
In fact, looking at the numbers that just looks like EVERY vita game released physically was included rather than picking which were exclusive...
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Seriously, all I can think looki...
You want to play it at home?
Then play the vita version while at home. Why buy the exact same thing at the exact same time for one person that will do the same thing as buying it once? Most people would only want it once, and currently there isn't enough for the vita to make it worth buying over the ps3, nor to make someone buy it to complement their current ps3.
Just saw this on Nintendo everything... pretty saddening.
Seeme to be doing lukewarm in the usa, good in Japan and poorly in eu....
I do think it will do well long term however. ^͵^
@crillvirus
While I tend to agree with your argument(after all, we need something to compare with, and precedence is very important) it also can not be forgotten that the market has grown since then and equivalencies need to be considered as well.
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The systems set up to manage it would also act as defacto region locking, as the vitas online pass already does for online play of imports.
Surprised no one has realised that yet.
That would cause an uproar six times the size of the psn hack. We are talking mass complaints, threats and sellbacks, huge drops in console sales and media backlash worse than the red ring of death.
There is NO instance that any of the big 3 could implement something like this and get away with it... especially if it makes them the lone offender.
Not that it would surprise me to see one of them attempt something like that..-.-
@the storm
Nope, hidden result number 1; Ubi and EA abandon ps4 for higher install base/selling rate xbox and wiiu, which consumers have jumped on.
Devs are a "consumer" as you mentioned, but they are also the slaves to their masters: GAMERS and INVESTORS. To whom they must comply.
In your example world, people wouldn't think like him by default: he is able to think like that in the first place ONLY because he is able to find used games... Which HAD to be NEW first. So, we are back to reality: used sales exist because of new sales, not in spite of them.
Pretty sure the devs got their money when the disk hit the rack. Me buying used doesn't evaporate anyway: it goes into the games industry to be spent on MORE GAMES.
The fact that so many on here are so deluded they will believe anti used tech is good for them just because it might be implemented by their console of choice is disgusting. The fact that there are so many others here that simply believe used games are bad for the industry just shows a lack in forsight... both...
@ravinash
Normally I would say that is an over generilazation... but after last years anti japanese riots...
Also @blackblades, Ps3 is not always on top. The wiiu and 3ds are besting it in Japan. So your argument is flawed there anyway.
Nintendo has stated why there are no system wide achievements: they don't want to force them on anybody. Games are free to have achievement set-ups, but aren't forced to like they are on ps3 and 360.
Monster Hunter p3rd hd not being brought over, according to Capcom, was caused by Sony keeping them from releasing it west without trophy support, which Capcom refused to add(among other situations of non-support). While that IS a one-sided accusation, all Sony would say ...
@sidar
The wiiu also has a full lineup of wii games to play via backwards compatibility, something the ps4 is rumored be incapable of. Sure, it is just a rumor, but even a back alley wisper is still more substantial than the current "nothing" of the known ps4 line up.
I don't think the wiiu will be starved for 3rd mp games at all... this is going to be similar to the ps2, where the "stronger" consoles are't advanced enough to leave the weaker system behind and in fact are held back by it. Or, more recently the 360/ps3/pc: the games will be made for the first out, lowest common denominator and ported up.
No, though I don't think it is far off... it pretty much sold out instantly in japan, causing SE to shove it on the Eshop to meet demand while shipping out more.
A game rarely does so well only to be kept from other teritories...
Who said they won't be coming over? Hell, PXZ seems very unlikely, yet people from Bamco have hinted at the possibility, making it seem more likely than it should.
And it wouldn't be up to Nintendo anyway... those are 3rd party games.
@hammad
Probably the same way 3ds has compared to Vita.
Very few games will capitalize on the power well enough on the newer machines to really express their strength while the hardware itself is bogged down by poor design choices(like high dev costs, high price or comparable issues) while the wiiu starts to ramp up good games and incredible looking upcoming exclusives.(like 3ds has done with its Mario games up to resident evil, and beyond).