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Will Sony make a successor for Vita ?

Yes, they can make a successful handheld. 77 20.81%
 
No, they're done with portable gaming. 293 79.19%
 
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Captain_Tom on 19 January 2015
Soundwave said:
Captain_Tom said:
estebxx said:
zumnupy10 said:


It's really unbelievable sometimes that Sony just let Nintendo take MH.   This franchise is born and bread on playstation and was huge for the PSP.

yeah it was born on the PS2 and found succes on the PSP, watching it go exclusive to the 3DS almost feels like watching MGS go exclusive to Xbox....

also its even more surprising when you see that the MH PSP games are one of Sonys best selling games across all platforms...


Yeah it honestly is kinda a puzzling turn of events.  I do wonder what the hell happend with Sony and Capcom on that one.

What happened is Iwata made probably his smartest move of the last 5 years and correctly identified that if you removed Monster Hunter from Sony's stable, the whole deck of cards would collapse in short order. 


Well I will admit it was a brilliant move but it sure as hell wasn't the only reason the Vita is doing so much worse.  I mean the entire Handheld market is collapsing people.



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The_Sony_Girl1 on 19 January 2015
Dr.Vita said:
The_Sony_Girl1 said:
Dr.Vita said:
jetforcejiminy said:
retroking1981 said:
Really not sure but like a few others have mentioned the Vita isn't going anywhere.

Its very powerful and I could imagine it staying around so long that it's sales will end up being respectful, and because of being around so long will probably end up profitable.

Because of these reasons it will also slowly start geiing more support, look at RE Revelations 2. The 3DS has been a huge success but for numerous reasons the Vita which is selling horribly is getting it.
Also how powerful will Nintendos next handheld be? Why would Capcom for example make MH5-6 or whatever it will be on by then for the next Nintendo handheld when the Vita (which will possibly be comparable in power) will have a bigger install base.

Vita has sold horribly like the Wii U but the Wii U will not have the continued support or (for want of a better word) 'luck' of the Vita.

In short, Vita will outsell and outlast Wii U, but going back to the OP... I'm very unsure if Sony will ever release another handheld, at least a dedicated one.

the vita is getting "revelaitons" 2 because it's easy as hell to port to vita from ps3/4. and by easy as hell i mean fool-proof. you too could create your own vita port!

as for the vita sticking around, that's how the psp got to 80m, but the thing is the psp at least had support. a resident evil port and a bunc h of jrpgs and dating sims will not help the vita sell. and lo and behold, the vita has not sold. 2m in 2014 (mostly in japan), much fewer than in 2013, and likely much fewer to come in 2015. vita'll be lucky to get to 12-13m without sony pulling the plug on it completely. freedom wars will probably be the last high-profile release, and that wasn't even that high-profile... as for the wii u comparison, there is no comparison. the wii u is getting the lion's share of nintendo's attention whereas vita is getting indie games and jrpgs. wii u will easily pass the vita in mid-2015. and the wii u will be around until 2017-18--no nintendo platform has ever been supported for fewer than 5-6 years except for the virtual boy, and the wii u is not doing virtual boy numbers (the vita's much, much closer to that).

btw, no namecalling: i am a happy vita owner. it's great for playing psone classics and psp games. and tearaway.


1. Vita is 100% undertracked in VGChartz and there are a lot of proofs for this.
2. How do you know the Wii U will be longer supported than the Vita? 
3. Wii U has 0% Third-Party Support, Vita has at least ports from good games!
4. And Vita is still getting exclusive games in 2015, Grim Fandango, J-Stars, One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 etc. are all Playstation/console exclusive! Vita owners are happy!

What proof?


http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=196774


You said 100% undertracked, not 100% for a month.



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kinisking on 19 January 2015

No. They'll be better for it too. They can focus all their handheld teams to make ps5 games(which they're pretty much already doing nowadays). And they only have to give free games for the ps5. This saddens me though, I loved the psp, and the ps vita is a great device hardware wise. They really nailed everything on that aspect.



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PlayMatt on 19 January 2015

I don't see a reason for they completely abandoning it... They have a good market for it in Japan!



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Nuvendil on 19 January 2015

I highly doubt they'll stay in it. The handheld demographic (the actual market all along) isn't large enough to support two; I estimate it is between 75 and 85mil, depending on the situation. Last gen, the neighboring demographic that is now on mobile devices took interest in the DS and to some extent the PSP and artificially swelled the market. They have since moved on. With Nintendo holding sway over the glorious trifecta (Pokemon, Monster Hunter, and Animal Crossing) as well as most of the other heavy hitters, there's hardly even a point in them continuing the fight to split a demographic that isn't *that* large to begin with. So no, I expect them to bow out. Especially given Sony's larger financial woes.



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AllThosePixels on 19 January 2015

I don't think they'll stay in the market, and if they don't that can help them focus on other things the company is working on, like Project Morpheus



Maraccuda on 19 January 2015

Even though the handhelds are the strongest part of gaming in their homeland im still sure they will give it up.

They already pretty much stopped supporting the Vita already, and my guess would have been a phone/ handheld hybrid but even their phone division is almost scrapped too.



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Recycle001 on 20 January 2015

Considering Sony's financial situation and the fact that the Vita doesnt really sell all that well outside of Japan, I'd say Sony is going to cut the fat, so to speak.



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Aeolus451 on 20 January 2015

They could but it would need to be highly supported in regions where handhelds do well.