| BasilZero said: Nothing wrong with depending on third parties, its what made the PS1 and PS2 such a beast imo. |
I don't think the market is anything like that any more. There's no amount of money you could offer a third party for exclusivity that would trump the sales they'd make from having it on a second/third system. At least this gen, the HD twins are just too close to be relying on third-parties.
With that said, Microsoft rely on them. But they've got their stable of four key franchises (Halo, Gears, Fable, Forza) which sell their specific system, and then rely on third parties for the rest of the stuff. I guess XBLA is a selling point these days too; Kinect was for a period.
Anyway, point being is I don't think Vita can rely on them. I don't think the Vita will be a failure and I don't think it's going to die, but it's going to be really interesting to see what things like Assassin's Creed/Call of Duty do for it. Between them & Uncharted the thing has a fair lot of stuff going for it in the west, so it should start doing alright. If they don't boost it, I don't see how much things like God of War, Gran Turismo and the other big Sony franchises are going to do for it.
And then there's Japan...!
