The thing people misunderstand is handhelds never died. DS attracted people who never got into games and moved to smart phones but 3DS failed to pull them back.
That doesn't mean dedicated handhelds don't have players though. I blame Pachter for this!
Actually Gamerzero, all money made off a game Microsoft publishes goes to Microsoft. Developers are paid to make the game and get completion bonuses or metacritic and sales bonuses upon reaching score and sales targets.
The risk here is if MS is funding the game they need to see it through but developers being paid from sales is a misconception.
Translation = its up to Microsoft that the game happens but they have to see it through to the end.
GameFAQs is worse
The weakest system is the one that has tended to sell the best. History has proven power lovers are just vocal internet posters and don't represent the views of the mass market.
I read it to the end. No wonder the website is called Game Spew. The author has one thing on this website and ends it by saying it lives.
@ DA_SHREDDER
Here is a solution just off the top of my head = cut the budgets of the games.
Except Wii U was still an option on the market even with PS4 and X1 being the "hardcore" machines. Sony might have wanted it but backed out at the last minute.
Nintendo being competition could have put them off or they could have kept 360 or PS3. There is more than just "we'd have been forced on it". Wii U was a threat to DRM and EA knew it which is why they opted to kill it.
360, PS3 and Wii U still stood in the way of blockin...
The problem with this strategy is people don't know what your going to stick with and when you'll drop their version of the system. I can't see this model flying long term because consoles are a different breed to those who buy smart phones.
I wish people would stop using Apple as a standard for everybody else's behaviour.
@-Foxtrot
PS4 Pro sold well enough to prove your theory wrong. There is a market for upgrades under the same name but it gets confusing to consumers as evidenced with Wii U (which many will forever believe was just a tablet controller).
@Kun_ADR
I really wish Sony would have given Vita a proper chance. They could have made more money, people playing mobiles aren't the same people who were going to buy Vita. You would think considering how long they've been here they'd know this.
Safer but not better. The best thing for a company to do is broaden their scope because the only people that benefit from a company focusing on a single system are fanboys. Sony could have made more money on Vita if they just stuck to their guns and Switch proves it.
They fell for the lie that smart phones are viable for gaming and practically handed the market for console quality games to Switch. Dark Souls would have been incredible on Vita.
Its having marketing. Every time R* delay the game people have it on their minds.
I find it pretty hard to believe a website which previously had leaks dead on and has a $1000 pay wall would publish the information as a late April fools. Sony's first party studios at least must know something. Rumours wouldn't be popping up to the extent they are if only 2 people knew about plans.
This year was always going to be off the table but I wouldn't be surprised if it releases next year. Last gen created the illusion that console generations last ...
If the guy in Nintendo Official Magazine who asked his mum to get him Project Rub protested at that what would she say to this?
Cliffy B reminds me of Vince Zampella. Both think they are great because they released shooters which took off when they haven't reached their targets since.
Be honest with yourself, you know exactly what happened. If it didn't happen he wouldn't have said it in the first place.
I smell backpedalling.
There isn't anything to feel betrayed about. They are still releasing games on PS4 so unless they stop its good. I think its just unusual to hear fallings out from Sony's camp. We've heard this is common with Nintendo and Microsoft but very rarely happens with Sony.
If NISA feels this way then there may be others as well.
It almost sounds like a conspiracy. NISA see Vita slowing and offer Nintendo their games practically knowing Vita owners have nowhere else to go in exchange for Nintendo supporting their sales and advertising.
They could have been doing TWICE as well if they turned Vita into the success Switch became. There is nothing more foolish than ignoring market opportunities to cater to a small group that want every game on a single system.
If Sony had handled it right I guarantee there would have been way more Vita owners than people asking them to make PS4 games only. The market wants choice.