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Kresnik said:

forevercloud3000 said:

 

Just for study and speculation purposes, I thought it would be key to take a look at what were the top selling games for PSP.....

1. GTA Liberty City = 7.46mill

2. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite = 5.35mill

3. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 = 4.82mill

4. GTA Vice City = 4.75mill

5. Daxter = 4.06mill

6. Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters = 3.64mill

7. Midnight Club:DUB Edition = 3.57mill

8. God of War:Chains of Olympus = 3.09mill

9. Crisis Core: FFVII = 3.06mill

10. Gran Turismo = 2.91mill

Medal of Honor Heroes, Tekken Dark Resurrection, LBP, Dissidia FF, COD, KH BBS, MGS PW all sold in the 2mills or around it as well.

 

Problem is, a lot of these franchises had their "day in the sun" during the 2000's and are less relevant now.  Medal of Honor, Tekken, Midnight Club, Daxter & Ratchet would all be really awesome to have on Vita, but they wouldn't have even close to the impact they had on PSP.

Sony need to be developing a Gran Turismo and make bloody sure they lock down Grand Theft Auto more than anything right now.  Another Metal Gear Solid would be a bonus if they could get that.  Kojima does love Sony, so you never know.

Some of them are, but the relavance of certain franchises and/or genre are whats important. GTA is assuredly still important. As is any SE/FF title. And like I said, to forget the MH crowd.

What this means to me is that a key component to breathing some life into the Vita's library is Open World Action, Collectathons, RPGs, and any hybrid in between. I wonder if Sony has even attempted to research what does well in the portable market, especially on their own console's predecessors. How they allowed MH to slip from their grasp is embarrassing to say the least.