Sony now Calls the PS Vita a “Legacy Platform” Outside of Japan/Asia

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DonFerrari on 27 May 2015

So they finally formalized it

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Now for the inevitable "handheld gaming is dead" threads. Just wait and see, they'll come

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So now it's officially declared that Sony will stop developing games for the Vita?

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Platina said:
So now it's officially declared that Sony will stop developing games for the Vita?

"Outside of Japan/Asia"

So basically, nothing changed since November 2013.

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bunchanumbers on 27 May 2015

Legacy platform sounds so classy! I am not surprised by this move though. It really makes me wonder if another handheld will happen. If I had to say right now.... I'd lean towards no. Mobile hardware development is too much of a beast for a handheld to contend with.

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Smear-Gel on 27 May 2015

MikeRox said:

PwerlvlAmy said:

I don't see the handheld situation as dire as people make it out to be atm

I think a drop of total userbase from 230m to what is looking like it'll be under 80m in a generation is a pretty dire situation.

Then take a look at the actual games coming to handhelds and note that the West has completely abandoned them seriously limiting the genres available.

Handheld is in a dire place right now.

Wasnt last gen much higher than usual rather than this gen being much lower?

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melbye on 27 May 2015

I feel sorry for the people who bought it on the promise that they would get console-quality games on the go designed specifically for the system, but ended up getting mostly subpar ports

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MikeRox said:

Platina said:
So now it's officially declared that Sony will stop developing games for the Vita?

"Outside of Japan/Asia"

So basically, nothing changed since November 2013.

Lol, unfortunately that is the case..

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Yerm on 27 May 2015

basically confirmed. nobody has faith in the Vita anymore.

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