Fergal Gara on PlayStation Vita: "It's proving remarkably resilient"
Sony UK chief sees a new, more specialised future for the device
Despite a history of middling sales figures, Sony claims they aren't giving up on the PlayStation Vita.
Speaking to Eurogamer this week, Sony UK chief Fergal Gara described it as having "found its niche" as a device more suited to smaller games and cross-platform ports than AAA-style efforts such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
"For those who want that more specialist device and a more specialist experience, it does a damn good job, and therefore it trucks along quite nicely," Gara said, adding that sales are now "robust and consistent".
He also pointed to its growing appeal among younger gamers.
Sony will be looking for a substantial boost in coming months with the release of Minecraft and a FIFA 15 bundle, with Gara describing the former as "the biggest and potentially most powerful release of the year" for the Vita.
I'd say any actual "disillusionment" is coming from people who want 3DS numbers all the time (okay, Sony would kill for those) and not people who own and USE the system on a daily basis.
It's not good enough as a media consumption device as it's screen and functionality was already superseded functionally by other devices like tablets or through convenience (phones). As a games device, I feel it initially made the same mistakes as the PSP by trying to be the home console in your pocket, which in reality few people actually want and because few publishers saw the financial argument for doing providing those types of games. In total it's catalogue doesn't make a compelling enough case for a consumer to drop the cash on it as a dedicated gaming device, especially when the alternative choice is cheaper and is the Mario Kart, Mario Bros, Smash Bros, Zelda, Donkey Kong and Pokémon machine. Personally I think the catalogue of games is pretty good but many of them are either new IPs or not must-have.
Edited 1 times. Last edit by Patrick Frost on 15th September 2014 11:27am