Sony says No to Ps Vita 2

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couchmonkey said:

Ljink96 said:

True, but you should never become complacent in this industry just because your device is all the rage. Nintendo learned this the hard way with the Wii. You have to stay on top of industry trends. Japan is a huge gaming market, if you lose them (which Sony is well on the way to doing if they haven't already) that's a huge chunk of the market gone.  They'll dominate the classic home console market as we know it but the industry is always changing.

I think by ceding the handheld battle, Sony allows Switch to act as a lever to pry Japanese third party support away.  For example, I'd suggest most Vita developers are more likely to move over to Switch than to PS4.

Products with a very high worldwide base and less demonstrated success on portable systems can hold out on Playstation for a while, maybe Metal Gear Solid is a good example, but for something like Monster Hunter or Dragon Quest, can you afford to skip Switch?

This is already happening. We are at the early stages of it. An analyst already saying it will happen:

“Developers who create games for PS4 and Vita will stop working on Vita” without an update, said Hideki Yasuda, an analyst at Ace Research Institute. “Then they’ll develop for the PS4 and Switch.” 

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Ether way Sony leaving the handheld market is not good news. This means one less cashflow going to Sony. If the PSP and PS2
were not selling the numbers they needed to back in 2007. Sony's Ps3 would have been in a much worse position. If something like that would to happen again who knows what could happen.  It also means that the Switch will have to Vita + 3DS sales all to itself. 

Of course people will say that handheld consoles are dying but one could say the same about home consoles as well.