We’ve seen it with Nintendo’s 3DS and how the impact of new generation smartphones and tablets has made the sales of the handheld blown away just like that.
One would wonder if Sony’s latest offering in a bleak portable gaming market would even managed to get a sale?
“When you look at the type of consumer that’s playing cell phone games currently, it’s someone that enjoys smaller ‘kill time’ gaming and has not gravitated to the larger, richer, deeper experiences that true handheld gaming provides,” Koller began.
“As we go toward the PlayStation Vita, I can tell you that as we started looking at that product and the market opportunity several years ago, we saw a real strong demographic for those deeper, richer, console-type experiences. We had them on PSP, but we’ve taken them to a new level on PS Vita with the entirety of new ways to play.”
Despite having relatively similar technology, such as a high-resolution touchscreen, Koller categorized Vita in a different area from a multi-purpose device like an iPad.
“That “new ways to play” idea, particularly for Vita, really differentiates from what’s available on mobile phones or tablets and, frankly, what will be available on those platforms over the next three to five years. You’re going to see PS Vita expand what a lot of people believe to be true about handheld gaming, and you’re going to see a lot of those current mobile phone and tablet gamers come over to Vita. We’re very convinced of that.”
What do you think? Can PlayStation Vita have something to go on in the mobile market?
Keydell
Aug 19. 2011
After owning both a psp and a playstation 3 I find that the quality of games has gone downhill on the Sony Platforms. I loved the old RPG games from the PS1 and 2 age but since then I find the most innovative and in depth gamin is coming from Nintendo on their DS line of systems.
I would much rather buy the nintendo 3DS and enjoy the in depth games that nintendo and the 3rd party developers tend to make for nintendo systems.
Solid
Aug 20. 2011
No way i have 3des and its really rubbish
just wait for ps Vita
John Smith
Aug 20. 2011
Answer no, the Vita looks MASSIVE. Far too big to be portable in the modern day sense. Some smart phone games have been ported to psp and I dont know anybody who went “wow, now I have to get a psp”. I have an original PS3, great job Sony, but this PS Vita does nothing for me. Will stick to my iPhone, on which I have a mix of light and deeper games. I don’t see the attraction for anyone who already has a smartphone, I don’t know about other systems but on iOS I feel no lack of games worth playing (although I generally avoid most overated cult games and go for the gems which can be found). I have no trouble with touch control games but I can see the appeal of “real” joysticks. Play more on my phone than PS3 now.
John Doe
Aug 20. 2011
So you are saying that you are able to play monster hunter 3, Gran Trismo, Little Big Planet, etc…. on your i-pad or should I say an i-phone with a bigger screen and bigger battery. Apple hasent came out with anything new in a good 10 years so apple is dead and to stay alive they are trying to force people to buy apple only items and trying to pull fast ones in court trying to say that they came up with it first but really apple come out with something new or just get out of the way.
warcen
Sep 04. 2011
well my pc is portable my ipad is portable. the only thing that i own that is a portable device is my phone so the ps vita vould be my second smallest device. i think the vita is great in ewery way stop complaining about it when you dont even care or please try it before you say shit aboat it. you get games in ps3 quality it is light. it has dual analog stick and its ios are twice as fast as any phon. its browser are rumored to be awsome and you can get android/iphone games for the same nice price with better controls and graphics