This is confusing..

You mention "brand" exclusives like Smash Bros (which is co-developed between Sora and Namco btw) and other non-internally developed games like Hyrule Warriors and Bayonetta 2 (which you incorrectly claimed is co-developed) and then go on to mention that there is nothing on Vita that was remotely interesting this entire year, completely ignoring Danganronpa 1 and 2, Toukiden, and Tales of Hearts R (And several decent ports and brand-exclusives). If you meant games made by Sony's internal studios then why did you have to mention Borderlands Vita? oh I know, because it's a crappy game right?

Nintendo continues to support the Wii U because they have much bigger games on consoles than Sony have on handhelds. When Nintendo make a game, they "KNOW" that it's going to sell well and make a profit. Sony tried to measure how well their games sell on Vita with the likes of Killzone, Gravity Rush, Tearaway, LBP and Uncharted but the results weren't so great! It makes no financial sense for them to continue.. "THEY FAILED!" On another note, Nintendo's poor third party relations pretty much necessitates the rise of internally developed games.

And what part in "Gravity Rush 2 coming to PS4" bothers you exactly as a consumer? didn't Smash Bros come to 3DS several weeks before the expected Wii U release? are you one of those who think multiplatform games are the equivalent of no support?


I was a Dreamcast owner not long before Sega killed it out of the blue! Well.. I eventually would sell it and my PS1 to buy a PS2! Life went on!!! Like the Dreamcast, the Vita will be Sony's last dedicated gaming handheld.

On the contrary, since I don't have a handheld, personal feelings don't cloud my judgement.

Saying the Vita has no support is an exaggeration, not having a Vita I can cleary see its still getting support.

Whether or not you like the support, and are representative of every Vita fan is irrelevant to me, because that is your subjective opinion.

Furthermore, I'm not looking at this year alone, like you seem to be.  Wii U basically stagnated for a year, getting ports of last gen games that we're basically no different. To me that is clear abandonment. 

Thats why I'm limiting it to the Vita. Show me that Vita software support has declined overall. Because Vita is still getting hardware support, its been remodeled twice, with the Vita TV releasing this month, and the version 3.35 patch its recieving. Sony has mention Vita at every conference they mention PS4, with new games coming out for it.

This narrative of Vita abandonment describes it as Sony pretending it doesn't exist. The main concern I here from people saying the Vita doesn't get support is that they want support that Nintendo gives its platforms. Completely ignoring the facts that Sony's main focus has always been on the home consoles, PS3 was definetly struggling, Sony is Not a Game Developer like Nintendo, and Sony depends on 3rd parties a lot more than Nintendo.

PS Vita's poor sales, especially in America was definetly a result of price, but it also made it a pariah in the eyes of 3rd party like the Wii U. Meanwhile, its a joke to compare the Wii U's support from Nintendo to Sony's of the Vita when they aren't even the same type of company, and Sony is supporting 2 active home consoles as opposed to 1 active handheld that has always dominated the industry and gets 3rd party support by default. 

Well, since my personal opinion is completely irrelevant since I own the console, I guess I have nothing more to add, other than your claim about Sony not being a game dev being mind bogglingly wrong. Sony is as much a game dev as Nintendo, if not more. They have had more new IPs over the last few years, along with tons of great classics. 

If you are saying Sony is in the clear for giving hardware support to a console that needs software support more than anything, fine. That is your subjective opinion as well. Many people don't like just having an indie and cross-play machine, and it shows in sales. Like I said, name me some quality software on the Vita from Sony this year. On the PS4 we got plenty, on the PS3 we got plenty, but on the Vita? Just Freedom Wars. That's my argument for lack of software support.

Now, you'll probably say that Sony lives off of third-party, but past some indie games that are more playable on consoles, there are few of those as well. Sony tries with AC and CoD, but after that nothing. We occasionally get bad ports like Borderlands 2 and some decent ones like Minecraft, but all of those have better homes elsewhere.

But, like you said, my opinion can't count since I'm just another confused Vita owner. Goodbye and good day.

One of the BIGGER reasons why I think the Vita was a big failure was because it wasn't backwards compatible with the PSP.

Although most PS systems aren't backwards compatible, it is considerably the norm for Handheld gaming devices (bar set that high by Nintendo, unforturently).

I mean even if the Vita had a drought in games, at least Sony could advocate their extensive library they had with the PSP can also be played on the Vita as well. Many Wii U users bought and have the Wii just because of its backwards compatibility with the Wii (and MANY play the Wii games more than the Wii U games)! Again another selling point they didn't capitalize in.

I know you can d/l PSP games on the Vita, but it's just not the same (the consumers who own physical PSP games greatly outnumber the ones who own Digital PSP games, hence why the PSP GO flopped as well). And not ALL PSP games are available for DL.

Lots of DS owners switched to the 3DS I bet when they found out their old beloved games or the games they missed out on could be played on the new handheld as well. I know that's one of the reasons why I bought one.

If you ask me, it's like they SERIOUSLY underminded the 80+ million fanbase they built with the PSP by omitting the games from the past generation into their new handheld. Seriously I rather buy a PSP than a Vita, sad thing is that I will... :-/. It's also like Sony abandoned it from the start with a move like this...