| Jay520 said:
1. That makes more sense. But the way you worded you're post was weird. You said "potentially having damaged relationships with third party publishers due to the PS-Vita, there is a risk that the PS4 won't have a chance to be (particularly) successful." By saying "having damaged relationships, it seemed like you were saying Sony wouldn't be trusted anymore. What you're saying is not a result of the Vita, it's a result of the Wii U. In any case, I don't see the Wii U having some multiplatform games as sparking much of a problem for the PS4/720. We'll see though. 2. Like I said, it's impossible to know. 3. Fair Enough |
The Vita and PS3's impact is that third party publishers are not going to assume that they can devote all of their support to the next Playstation system and be successful. They're going to be more focused on multiplatform support and giving strong support to platforms which have demonstrated strong hardware and software sales. The impact of this change will likely be seen with the Wii U and/or XBox 720.
Sony's strategy (since the Playstation) has been to encourage people to buy their platform to gain access to the best third party games, if those games are more spread out it undermines their strategy. As an example, the 3DS getting Monster Hunder games rather than the PS-Vita will likely result in significant reductions in software sales; and, even if the games do not come to the 3DS, if the PS-Vita doesn't get entrusted with Grand Theft Auto games there will be many more systems that were never sold.
Until I see the PS4 I can't predict what the reaction will be, originally I was just trying to make the comment that Sony was bringing "baggage" into the upcomming generation which wasn't being accounted for.
