no the thing with those who repeat this 'mantra' is that they seems to not know or ignore the fact that the system has games that suited for all sorts of tastes. The system is NOT just about ACreed, Gravity Rush and Cod...it's also about Sound Shapes, Luminus, Hot shots, Unit 13, Mutant Blob attack, Escape Plan etc etc etc. You don't have to settle for just one type of gameplay or game. Vita is building a library of all categories. 

I really do wish this stupid 'misconception' would go away. It's getting really silly now

And why is that a bad thing for SONY and OK thing for Nintendo? You have Mario games on both (mobile and home) platforms, same goes for Legend of Zelda games, Kirby games, Wario games...

I don't mind those games coming to Vita as long as they are done right. I love the idea of buying one getting two (since I own both), I love the idea of cross play. Why should the possibility to play with my friends even when I'm not at home be a bad thing? Or even why should the ability to play with people that don't own Vita be a bad thing?

I think it's going to sell like Modnation Racers. Not a flop at all if it reaches 1 million (which I doubt)

so i'm guessing that according to you sony has only released games so far that fit into those categories?

No more heroes was a hit. It was grasshopper manufactures biggest selling game ever followed by NMH2.

Only their 360/PS3 titles flopped.

If some of you guys typed in the links some of your questions would have been answered -_-.

On the Point about sony and retail. Sony gets the same amount taken from there games as everyone as from gamestop/bestbuy/ and others. Just because your sony doesn't mean OH yea you are treated better.

BluRay disc which most Ps3 games use for extra storage and I believe Uncharted uses from everything I seen and heard. That cost about 3 dollars compared to normal CD which cost about .03. Again LOOK UP A LINK WHEN IT"S PUT UP. Sony still has the to pay the same as everyone else as they cost the same to everyone.

Licensing doesn't deal with 3rd party only. It deals with famous voice actors/ or really well paided which I believe didn't have any but I would have to look that up . But if not it's cost nothing!

Distributors cost money.

Outsources percent.


Art/Design cost I would suggest you look up as to how it works because I tried explaining before but people had to look up and then they understood. I believe EPIC or EA talked about it. The money doesn't go directly to them. From what I remember it goes directly to fund that area and the retail and whats leftover goes directly to the company. Again look it up for more exact break down. To add I remember reading that the people still get paid after too for certain things but management mostly.

We are looking at 12 retail(at best) + leftovers which can be up 6-7(best).

@AvaBane guy
What I'm saying is at retail best 12 dollars I thought you were saying they get 30 dollars from retail itself which people often confuse.

Btw marketing lowest is about 4 dollars. Like the author said actvision is one that is usually a higher more costly. Probably 6-8.

I highly doubt it will flop, everywhere I go on the internet this game is getting press. I myself usually pre order games a month out from release just to make sure the release date doesnt move.

You must only be going to Sony specific sites, because I'm all over the internet when I look for news and the last I saw any focus on PS All Stars was during e3 when they put Smash Brothers and its abbreviations as its only hashtags..

I think it will do very bad. I've maintained that position since the beginning though.

Oh my... I'll try to explain it as simple as possible... Naughty Dog to go from nothing to coplete Uncharted game spent 20 million dollars. So the complete game - all the writing, acting, programming, animating, drawing, coding.... costed in total 20 million $.

Sony had to multiply and pack the game, move it through retail channels and market it. That at most costed 20$ per copy.

Anyway this is from an old article (from 2006)

Epic Games VP Mark Rein has said that next-gen development needn't break the bank - Gears of War has only cost $10 million.

From a developer standpoint the power of the next-gen consoles opens up doors that simply weren't there before, but equally brings concerns over escalating development costs possibly in the region of $20-$30 million.

Speaking at the London Games Summit, Rein has shot down claims that next-gen games need massive teams and gigantic budgets, stating that Epic's upcoming Xbox 360 title Gears of War has been produced with a team of 20-30 people and a budget of only $10 million.

Rein acknowledged that $10 million is by no means cheap, "but didn't cost the crazy figures you hear other companies quoting of $20, $30 million." The budget does not include development costs of Epic's Unreal Engine 3, but this was not designed solely for Gears of War, plus the developer has saved money by outsourcing work to Epic Games China.