The Playstation Vita should just be a smartphone. Sony should pull out of handheld gaming.

[Euphoria14]

greenmedic88 said:

Euphoria14 said:

So once you start gaming it shuts down the phone features? Kind of defeats the purpose of what the OP wants doesn't it? Going to look into the Ubuntu thing Superchunk is talking about though.

As for your question, I wouldn't. I like my phones to be small in size and I wouldn't want the Vita to be that small. I actually really like the size of the Vita, especially once I connect the PDP Trigger Grips to it, which is the way I play it.

 

Thinking about it though, maybe there is a way to make it work. If it slides out it would need to do so by sliding out from the sides, that way once it is pulled out it almost perfect mimics the PSV form factor, although the tracks placed on the back of the device would still kill the chances of keeping the rear touch pad... so I'm still having issue there.

Then I run into another problem and that is I wouldn't want a new, updated, more feature rich and spec upgraded version to worry about each year. How long would that take for early adopter to be left with new games that just don't run quite right? I already run into this issue with my phone and I don't have that kind of disposable income. I want to make (1) purchase that is 100% dedicated to my games that won't make me feel like the odd man out 5 years down the road.

And that right there is the reason why the majority of potential PSV buyers would stick with the platform as is. 

Part of the reason why I don't game on my iPhone much anymore is that any graphics intensive games developed within the past year won't run usably on it, and understandably so. Smartphones have about a two year operational life after which, you really can't expect to be able to run more than the same apps you've been running (tough when a lot of apps have automatic updates) and certainly not any apps that take full advantage of current processor/hardware updates. 

Lastly, and I think I'm not the only one in this boat; I'm not buying a new handheld gaming phone every two years. Assuming the PSV platform doesn't go down like the Titanic, like most people who already bought a PSV, I expect to be playing current games on it 4 years from now at minimum. That's the reason why I buy dedicated gaming platforms.

Also, how long before some bigger and more badass phone comes out and everyone who bought a PSVita Phone hops over? If it doesn't stay relevant as a phone device it won't survive as a dedicated gaming device due to cost outside of contract. That alone can and most likely will hinder it's long term viability. This happens and expect it to be dropped completely and all resources shift to the 3DS, due to being a dedicated device.

Too much would need to go perfect for the idea to even be worth any of our time.

 

I say keep dedicated gaming on a dedicated device and not try to mesh everything together.