Conina said:
Sony should give every developer, who bought the Vita devkit within 12 months before closing down the store their money back. That wouldn't not only be fair, but also good PR for them (and I doubt it would cost them much, since I doubt that they sold many devkits in this time window). That said, I can't believe some of the sales projections in the article... what were they thinking? I love both of my Vitas, but if I have to choose between a Vita version and a Switch version, I buy the Switch version. And I doubt that many Vita-owners (which are by default handheld fans) haven't moved on to the Switch or Switch Lite by now... especially the Switch lite is an affordable handheld with an awesome first and third party library. Sir Eatsalot was available in the Vita-store for over three years... who hasn't already bought it for the Vita probably won't buy it in the future, no matter if the store closes down or not. Especially with no way of promoting Vita games in the PS-Store since last fall. Game looks cute, I'll buy it in the next Switch-sale. "Licky the Lucky Lizard Lives Again"is freeware without "in-app purchases", so no financial loss. The developer of "SwapQuest" himself says, that his game won't have financial loss due to the closing of the Vita-store. I can't take the estimate of the "Task Force Kampas" dev serious... 20-40% of projected sales profits from the Vita version, if the game is also available on Switch, PC, PS4/5 and Xbox One/Series? 5 -10% at best compared to the other four platforms... all with a much bigger hardware base and much more active community. If I understand the "PS Store logic" correctly, then cross-buy games including a PS4 version stay in the PS-Store. Even if only the PS4 version is labeled/advertized, Vita+PS3 versions could be further included and you could buy these cross-buy-games with the web-version of the PSStore... so no PS4-hardware necessary. This could be a loophole for games with planned Vita + PS4 version like "Russian Subway Dogs" and "Astro Aqua Kitty" F. e. the point & click adventure "Guard Duty", which was released cross-buy last year: |
If I had to think of a reason for it, I'd say the people who is still playing on the Vita are pretty much guaranteed sales at this point. If you've used the system for this long chances are you are going to continue to use it until further notice, so the sales of each installment are probably nearly the same every time. It's not a big reason, obviously games are going to sell better on much bigger and more active platforms, but it's at least a very safe bet.
