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You can file this story firmly in the “take it for what it’s worth” category. The head of UK game development house Bossa Studios, Henrique Olifiers, said he thinks PlayStation Vita has a rough road ahead. 

“”We’ll keep on the lookout to see what the next gen will bring, but if they want more focus on tech specs rather than usability and accessibility, I don’t think it will be for us,” Olifiers said. “I hate the fact you cannot play a game on the PS3 against the same game on the 360 or PC. Walled gardens in a world where people are freely connected all the time is just a dumb idea that limits what is achievable.”

“Valve is bang on: proprietary stuff is madness, we should be moving to more open platforms, to interoperability, bringing everyone together. If this is not the motto for the big console manufacturers, not only will we not be there — they’re likely to die a horrible premature death, the kind of which I think the Vita will suffer from.”

It’s an interesting story, but we’re taking this with a grain of salt. People who say things along the lines of “if you don’t follow my advice, your company will die a horrible death” don’t tend to be high up on our list of trustworthy sources. That said, there’s no question Vita faces a tough road ahead.

Via Destructoid.



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I don't even know who these guys are. The Vita might have a tough road ahead, but it would be for other reasons, not this.



 

 

Who?



I think... they make Facebook games, .... yup that must be the reason.



*looks at how many games they made* owww 1 facebook game!! even I made more flash games back in the days... so I'm more important and can say shitty things too!



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

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benao87 said:
I think... they make Facebook games, .... yup that must be the reason.


lol



In that interview the guy is hating on all consoles, including PS3 and 360. He says they will ALL have a horrible premature death if they don't all go cross-platform in the future.

 

From the article: "If this is not the motto for the big console manufacturers, not only will we not be there – they're likely to die a horrible premature death"



Platinums: Red Dead Redemption, Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet, Terminator Salvation, Uncharted 1, inFamous Second Son, Rocket League

Kinda a harsh thing to say coming from a bunch of nobodies.. (well, i don't know or even have heard of them). I don't doubt Vita would die; I think it'll go the way of the PS3: it will not sell like hotcakes in the beginning but will gradually start selling and will eventually take off. I for one am pretty excited about it. It has a lot of potential.



Wow, this article is terribly biased. He did not point out the Vita as dying a premature death. He said that as a general statement to ALL console manufacturers. His reason being that he thinks it is silly of them to not have gamer access between consoles and being closed off from each other.

I do have to say that I wish platforms were more open. I'd love to play multiplayer games cross-platform. Will not having inter-accessibility eventually hurt and kill these console manufacturers? I don't think so, but I do see in things changing in the future to be more open.



facebook games are gonna bring the next videogame crash