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Why did Sony ask software dev of PS4 to implement PSVITA compatibility into all of their games if they're killing it? 3rd party publishers described it as an easy process. Interesting.

I can honestly see it getting dropped early on. If it's an easy process, then why wouldn't they act like it's something to stay to keep people interested until they formall end it?

I'm not so sure they're going to kill it.  they might, but I have hope it will turn out.  I'm still going to get one because of FFX and remote play, and there's been some Japanese games announced for Western release for next year.  I hope they don't kill it, but you may be right.

I'd love for it to turn out right, but this fall lineup is pathetic. I mean, Wii U doesn't have the best library either, but look at its 2013-14 lineup and it puts the Vita to shame.

I don't even have a Vita yet!  There's not a whole lot of games on it that I want to play.

Yeah, can't see you getting that interested in P4G, Uncharted, or Killzone. Gravity Rush looks like kind of your thing though and Tearaway definitely does. Maybe you can get one really cheap or they're ported to PS3/4 though.

I don't think the Vita is going anywhere. It's not a stupid idea like the PSP Go was. It just needs time and a price reduction to take off. I still want one.

It may not be a stupid idea like the Go, but it's not just the lack of sales. That's something that can change later on. When you can count the number of upcoming retail games on one hand, however, that's something that's only seen with dying systems.

Its great system but Sony is killing it by not cutting the price. I think it will be around at least another 2 years though.

I think we'd have at least something new and big to be excited for in 2014 if it would be around for a couple more years. They're hurting it with memory card prices too.

I think you're wrong here. It's true that Sony should have ensured more games were released at this stage but it's only going to gain steam. More games get announed for the Vita every week and I feel as though Sony are waiting for the PS4 release so they can spring a bunch of Vita exclusives to push the Playstation brand. I'll admit personally that i've considered trading in my Vita for a 3DS to avail of its amazing catalogue but I'm willing to wait it out to get my moneys worth. If you're correct than I'll sell but i'd be massively surprised if this time next year we're not drowning in new Vita games. Time will tell...

I'm unsure of what you mean by more games get announced every week. Unless you mean downloadable games which I admittedly don't pay much attention to. But even then they seem to be mostly ports.

You're right with ports but give me a break here 

Well, that's my point. A healthy system should have a good stream of original games, or at least ports that aren't on something else current gen like Persona 4.

As you mention, coming up we have Killzone and Tearaway. In addition, we have Valhalla Knights 3, Y's Memoris of Celceta, Rayman Legends and Dragon's Crown. All sound pretty good (I hope it turns out as much). Port wise, we have Final Fantasy X 1 & 2 coming this year (BS that they're separate). Muramusa has just been released and it's also meant to be great. In my opinion, there's far too much potential in the Vita for Sony to just give up but I may be wrong. My best guess is that it pulls a 3DS and this time next year we're wondering why we ever doubted. If not, this will be the last time I ever choose a competitor over a Nintendo handheld 

Rayman and Dragon's Crown are ports as well. The thing about 3DS is it still had a solid lineup on the horizon. They showed off Luigi's Mansion, Fire Emblem, SMT 4, Animal Crossing, Project X Zone, Monster Hunter, Castlevania and Smash Bros (thought didn't show anything on the last one until this year). These games were known about around this time last year too, there was stuff to get excited about. That's the difference between the two. If there was a lot of games announced, I wouldn't be saying this. There's just not.

If you are right, it's a damn shame. Gravity Rush may just be my favourite game this gen. 

I have one and I love it. I really hope Sony has a trick up its sleeve- I think the price is what's suffocating sales.

I love mine too. I think the problem is less the price and more that they're not justifying the price.

It's a possibliity though like you said we'll have to wait and see what comes about. They have been talking about that cross platform play feature for the Vita and the PS4, its one of the reason why I considered buying Limbo on the PS3 with that cross platform promise in mind.

Perhaps this cross platform theme will actually become a reality, untlike how we were suppose to get some of that from the PSP to PS3. Remote play is a novel idea but you gotta have more than that to sell system hardware.

Really, I can see Sony dropping all these Vita-PS4 features so easy though. They drop things like that all the time.

Shame if that happens. Even with the lack of games, I still think the Vita is a very interesting console.

I love mine, just wish I had more to play on it.

Nooooooo. I'm just thinking about getting one although I may get a Wii-U instead. That doesn't say much for the system does it? There are still so few games for the Vita that interest me. It's incredible to me that they would kill it without really doing anything with it. I think it could work even better with the PS4 and I hope they continue it and make some games for it. 

Well part of it is how Sony's relied on 3rd parties a lot more than Nintendo and they're choosing to support the 3DS over the Vita most of the time. I don't think Sony anticipated for this few number of developers to support it.

I expect the Vita to be discontinued in the Western market in the next twelve months if the software situation doesn't improve.  Outside of independent developers and the projects that Sony is funding, there is nothing happening on the development scene in North America and Europe.  Meanwhile, the Vita is gaining some traction in Japan and increased development (both exclusives and ports).  If the system can at least gain a level of developer commitment like the PSP achieved, then the system might survive abroad.  It would be a niche survival, though, because not every game is suitable for localization.

That said, it truly is a shame that the system has been repeatedly handicapped.  If it's not the price of the unit (which isn't a real problem) and its proprietary storage (which is a problem), it's the continued apathy of the Western development community towards handhelds.  If it's not Sony's ineptitude at supporting its own hardware, it's the developers not bringing console experiences to the unit (seriously, I'm tired of seeing only local multi-player options).  The Vita's a powerful device; If only someone would treat it with respect and show everyone what it's capable of.

I could see that. Would be cool if they'd at least put most of those Japanese games on PSN even if they didn't translate them. I'm sure Vita owners would be more likely to ignore that they aren't translated if they're getting something.

I plan to get a Vita some day.  I'm waiting for a nice price drop. 

The problem that I personally have with the Vita is that it's completely and totally uncomfortable to hold for any lengthy period of time, a problem that is made all the worse when playing games that use the back touchpad. You have to adjust the way that you hold the system when playing a game that uses it, but it's not exactly the most ergonomical device so it just ends up making playing such games feel like a chore.

For example, I'm a huge fan of Jak and Daxter, but even setting aside that the PS VIta version of the collection is ridden with bugs and the games play at a jarringly low framerate, it's just no fun to play because I have to keep my attention on how I hold the device lest I accidentally activate the L2 and R2 button functionality that the game's developers relegated to the back touchpad by accident. That's no problem in Jak 1, but in the other two games, accidentally pressing those virtual buttons in the mist of gameplay can screw you up quite a bit. So I play with my hands cramped at the corners of the handheld, and it's just not fun.

I like games that don't use it a great deal more, but again, the system isn't particularly comfortable to hold even then, so I don't play them for long, and it takes a whole lot of willpower to work up to wanting to play it at all because of that. It's not as if I have huge hands either. I'm a smaller-than-average dude with normal sized hands, but I just can't get comfortable with the thing.

Folks have suggested that a grip solves that problem, but I haven't got one yet. I'm still not sure enitrely whether or not I'm going to keep it. I've had no problem finding plenty of great games for it, but the device itself has had a way of sucking the fun right out of even the best of them.

I think if Sony makes a generous price drop and some decent titles come out of the woodwork the Vita can be salvaged. They might have a trick up their sleeve with connectivity to PS4.

We'll just have to wait to see how the PS4/Vita integration works first. I think that if they can successfully intergrate the systems, the Vita has a decent chance.

I think we won't know until the PS4 comes out. I reckon it will pick up, it just needs more games!