Sony: “there is still first-party Vita content being worked upon”

[Azuren]

KBG29 said:

Azuren said:
Seriously, the Vita isn't going to be the best thing ever, but they can turn it around into just being not a joke.

Price drop, get some of their better IPs to have Vita exclusives (that are also playable on PSTV), and release a PS4/Vita or PS4/PSTV bundle.

Vita needs to be $100-$130 to sell properly. The PSTV's common price of $35-$40 needs to be official and advertised. People need incentive.

This is so true. Sony is sitting on a gold mine with the Vita and PlayStation TV. If they would dump the Xperia line of products and put all of the billions being watsed on it into a Vita Phone, and bringing mobile apps to Vita they would be rolling in major profits.

If Sony made the Vita a viable replacement for the smartphone, similar to the way they are pushing PS4 as a replacemnet for the PC and Cable box, then they would have the most full fledge hardware, software, and services ecosystrm in both the home and mobile market.

Hopefully this is the direction Kaz is looking at when Xperia inevitably continues to soak 100's of millions from the company, and something has to be done to fix the disaster.

I actually said this on a post a month back. There needs to be four tiers of the PlayStation Phones.

 

The Gamer: It's essentially a Vita, but with extra shoulder buttons and analog clicks to properly support Remote Play. It would also feature AC wireless for more dependable connections, as well as optional 4G data.

 

The Phone: Think PSPgo, or Xperia Play. Two clickable analogs, Dpad, facebuttons, four small shoulder buttons, and touch screen/backtouch pad. This in the form of a slider phone, and is a phone first. Like the Gamer, it would feature AC wireless and 4G data.

 

The Tablet: No conventional button controls would be on this device, but would support a larger screen. Instead, it would ship with a Dualshock 4. Like the Gamer and the Phone, it would feature AC and 4G.

 

The PSTV/"Streamer": Not much would change about the PSTV, except the addition of AC Wireless. Would be packaged in with all PS4s, and the DS3 bundle would be replaced by a DS4 bundle. 

 

Changes across all "Vita" platforms:

1. AC Wireless

2. MicroSD Support 

3. Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Amazon, Crunchyroll, PSnow, and Vue support

4. All platforms support Dualshock 4 connectivity. 

5. All platforms would run off of the PlayStation Store. The Store would feature an Apps section, a Games section, and a Video section. Apps would feature the same level of accessibility and diversity as iPhone apps. Games would be separated into "Mobile" and "Console", and movies would exist as is. 

 

The PS4's role: It would offer the highest end games,  but that would be it. It would continue to remain a device exclusively for gamers, where Vita would become a new contender in Touch OS. The PS4 would receive a new sku including AC wireless, but that would be the extent of changes for PS4 (don't fox what ain't broken).