8/09/2012
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Shuhei Yoshida reveals that they are struggling to get 3rd party developers to work on PS Vita games, more details inside..........
Yoshida claims that due to unexpected growth in smartphone and social gaming, developers are shifting their resources to other platforms.
Sony is “having a more difficult time than [they] had anticipated in terms of getting support from third-party publishers, but that’s our job.”Remember if you have any news tips email us at admin@psvitahub.com or post on our Facebook wall!
Let us know how Sony can convince more 3rd party developers to work on PS Vita games in the comments below!
Source:
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/08/08/shuhei-yoshida-on-vitas-third-party-troubles-socom-and-more
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33 comments:
They could convince them by saying that people would actually buy the games, even though its a bit over priced :P
This is so EaSY, even SonyManagers should be able to know: Make the Vita cheaper, more buyers will mean more potential title customers ...
here's a thought... cut the vita price point and cut the game prices IN HALF (at least)
Well, they could actually spend their own time making more games. They copied SSB, and it seems like a good copy, why not other games?
No more LEGO theme games... start with that.
Find more games thats more appealing and stop listening to closed minded people who keeps saying COD better then any game, i wont buy that game unless its a shooting or racing car game etc etc.
Think of the line-up of games the DS have and what makes it popular. They have many genre of games, some new and un-heard of until they tried it 'Pheonix Wright', prof. layton, rhythm heaven etc etc. And updating and bringing back old timely favorite games for their signature platform.
Sony is well known of having more games made for young teens/adults. You gave us such games like Metal gear solid, Tekken, Resident Evil, Need for speed, point blank and such iconic games.
I'd say you should go back to how everything began and find some nice indie games that could be the next big hit. Don't be lured because someone keeps saying 'More shooting game! Better graphic!'. If you cant find a good shooting game, find the next good idea for a platform game, if not. Try and find a good mystery solving game with multiple endings. Or an RPG with a unique storyline and characters. Find the most popular game from Korea or Japan and get it translated (you dont need to worry so much with dubbing but make sure the text are translated).
Rhythm games can be very addictive and has alot of re-playability like your ever popular PSP game DJ Max portable series.
So, with that said. Good luck and hope the next game you decide to launch will be a hit.
I love my Playstation, I love my PSP & I wanna give the same love for the Vita (Hopefully DJ Max Technika which is coming out soon will win you guys again).
Hmm... price for the vita cut in half...
Lemme think... how long did it take for the PSP to sell less then $200? 2 years? 4 years?
Price cutting for the vita will probably take a very long time until its almost the same price for the 3DS of present =/
For the first time there is a hand-held console that can create a good FPS. As expensive as the system is, Sony finally came around to creating a good all-in-one device that can be used as a cell phone (3G + Skype), GPS, tablet computer (not the best, but much better at surfing the web than my old 2nd gen iPod), and a higher powered mobile gaming system.
Although I think that Sony should drop the price a bit to encourage a bigger customer base, they could also allow for a more flexible PSN store...perhaps one that allows 3rd party apps like what the Apple Store does (no, I'm not an Apple fan or encouraging talk about how something is better than anything else. Just saying that the store is vast and allows for a lot of 'shopping around'). This would allow for more FREE apps, thus, encouraging people to buy the system knowing that they can use it without dumping a bunch of money into other software or games.
With this...Sony will still get money for the systems, people will be using the Vita for more applications and functionality, and in the long run the people who were once hesitant to buy the system will now drop money for games.
It's very exciting to think where the PS Vita can go if the chain is let out some more and could be more accessible to the developing community. Albeit they offered the DEV tools which has already shown that the Vita can remote into your PC and use some programs (including games). It would be a shame to see a company sell their product, and yet constrain or even mask its functionality from the consumers.
Nonetheless, I agree with mostly everyone here when they say that the price needs to come down.
Why is everyone saying cut the price...that's not going to lure developers, which is the point of the article. Look at the Ouya kickstarter, developers just want an open easy process, sadly this is not Sony's area of expertise. I love my Vita, loving Sound Shapes, Gravity Rush and many other titles, but I think it's too late, I really believe now more than ever that the system is going to die much as the Go did. They should have launched with a minimum of 6 AAA titles, Golden Abyss quality (add multiplayer), Killzone, Infamous, REMOTE PLAY. Sony doesn't have the resources to continue support the platform- they can't get external teams to work within (and the lack of software is the main problem) and they sure don't have a large enough development team to put out titles. Hell we may not see a PS4 if the Vita dies. The holidays will ultimately be the deciding factor, but unless Sony is about to announce a number of top shelf titles for this holiday season, better get ready for the slow demise of what could have been an amazing console.
sorry, i didn't mean cut the vita in half, just the games lol
People don't buy the Vita for it's price point, people buy the Vita because they expect a mobile console experience, that's a costly thing, the failure to deliver is the problem.
Get Monster Hunter and problem fixed
Wonder where 3rd parties get the idea that developing for vita may not be worthwhile ..... oh wait ... maybe it's from Sony who aren't backing it with their own in-house AAA devs either ?
Sony are just getting retarded these days, it's embarrassing .. meanwhile my vita gathers dust while I pray for remote play and that MW will not be limited to 4 vs 4 :(
I think the prices is quite reasonable with the very low selection of games selling around US, EUR and such. $50 average of games sounds about right.
Problem is that because theirs a low selection of games the price of the vita games are like that.
The more games are developed is when the price for other games will be low.
Only time will tell. And in truth, when the PSP was out, it was still rare to see someone holding that console in a bus or train ride (I live in sydney aust. btw) yet they're game selection till now is is really huge. Both commercial (eg.Dissidia 012) and non-commercial (eg. Corpse Party).
if sony ever has a price cut then I demand a free game for buying the vita day one. It is not fair that the cheap just wanting everting for free. if they do get a price cut i want a reason for people to want a vita early.
Im a rookie games developer but i don't even get replies back from big companies so I've got no chance at doing games for them, will stick to iOS and android :(
lol sony "ignored" /claimed to had to delay backward support for PSP titels and PS one games and yet they expect 3rd parties to work games for the vita ?
When sony open alll of PS one games and PSP games, u will see more sales and more support from developer.
it is not the growth of iOS/adnroid, it is the laziness on your side SONY. get a move on and unlock all of PSP games and bring on the update for PSone classic "full update not just jokin' 2to 5 games each week update"
not to forget, port the HD collections to PS vita with less graphic to have a smooth 60 fps when playing them on vita
Don't forget, decent reasonable prices for PSone games/PSP
" not a lolz.... MGS:PW for 29.99 $$ ? "
Well lets see the PS Vita's web browser sucks ass and Skype isn't worth piss as I have to either be near a WiFi hotspot or pay at&t to use it and pay Skype in order to call land lines. So just off of those few things alone SmartPhones are kicking the shit out of the PS Vita! And these memory cards are too fucking over priced! I'm an early adopter in the US of a 3G PS Vita so I say what I know to be true. The price of the PS Vita is fine I mean it is a handheld console thats more powerful than a PS3 and better specs than it has aswell, and doesn't require a TV! I mean damn is it to just be given out for free? And good games are already on the PS Vita and more are on the way. And after the holidays more consumers will buy it. But I do feel that until we get a PS Vita that doesn't need at&t and allows you to use it as a true cellphone and a much better web browser, it won't tempt enough SmartPhone buyers or others to the PS Vita to offer the 3DS a true challenger!
It's funnyt how the big thing is PS1 games or PSP games. I did not spend $300 on a unit to play those games. Otherwise I would get a PSP and buy the games used for a couple of bucks. PS1 games is not going to sell the Vita!
Sounds & Shapes has graphics of a atari 2600 game. If you are going to take a step back offer a Mame Emulator. At least the age group that can afford this unit will play offered games from the 80's.Pac Man, Donkey Kong, ETC. You can goolge the "top arcade games of all time" and see what will help. They are still popular! Maybe Namco would be a good move.
If you want to compete with smartphones open a app store where deveolpers can offer them. You would think with all the brains at sony they would have done something like this.
Make it hackable!!
Dude if you do not want games with good graphics or shooting games, then sell your vita and buy a ds. That is if you already have one . I bought my vita to play games with sick graphics like last of us not to play sound shape or some b*****it
Waiting for a price cut on a system because you don't agree with the pricing is smart, not "cheap".
And the system hasn't proven itself to be worth the price Sony is asking for. Sony needs to convince people they're getting their money's worth right out of the gate, and they aren't doing it at $250.
Gamers have zero obligation to put down money on the hope that Sony's long term plans bear fruit.
For the record, I do think they should do an ambassador program. But blaming Sony's inability to sell the system on gamers is ridiculous.
I was not trying to blame anyone for sony lack in selling the vita handheld. I was trying to put it in prospective that It is a big slap in the face to people like me buying it early if sony does not give us somthing like the ambassdor program. I paid the price like why should they get it for any cheaper.
The problem is the standards and expectation of the PsVita is way to high.
Too many people wants amazing graphics, shooting games that is similar to CoD or BF3 and more apps that for some reason many people think that it should act exactly like the average smartphone.
PsVita is a portable game console first and foremost. And as human we tend to be greedy. For example, when the PsVita came out, we expected to have 'Skype' like the PSP had. It took awhile but we pressured them to hurry and deliver. Then we wanted to access Facebook easier. We did it again and they delivered. Then we want Youtube, And after a couple of month they finally released the app.
And around this time we start forgetting it to be a port. game console but leaning more into a smartphone. Let focus what the PsVita really is.
I got both a PSP, DS, 3DS & PsVita with wifi+3g. I love each of them for the games and mechanic of it. Plus knowing how to read Japanese language gives me an advantage more games to play. I knew before i bought the Vita of the low selection of games distributed in US & EUR. As well knowing the games that will come out that many people who never owned a PSP wouldn't know or ever tried games from other countries and would stick to things that familiar thanks to stores like Bestbuy, EBGames, JB HiFi etc.selling commercial known games. Remember that it's like the Ps3, It's region FREE.
Anyone who has a 3g vita or is planning to buy one, remember that it can use any SIM carrier and when making a Plan for it. Smarter thing to do is find a plan that gives the most coverage for internet data usage at a low price and make sure to check how long until the Plan expire before you re-new.
If you wanna know why I bought the Vita exactly?
Let say I'm waiting for games i love playing over and over like i did with my PSP:
DJ Max Technika, Hatsune Miku:Project Diva F, Persona 4, Silent Hill: BoM, Final Fantasy X HD, Monster Hunter (Hopefully), Phantasy Star Online 2, Zero Escape & Eiyuu Densetsu.
If you don't know those games, you can always 'Google' it ^^
well FINALLY Sony admited that they are having problems instead of the same lame excuse of "it is not the right time" and "it is not profitable at this moment".Sony, it is not about money anymore, it is about saving ur product. Of course they will have problems finding 3rd partty developers when THEY do not even give what they promised, and i'm talking about psp1 classic, full psp library, remote control, etc, etc. If u do not back up ur own product nobody is gonna do it for u, SONY!!! start with little things like those to buy some time so other parties can have time to develop more games. Rite now everybody keeps talking about CoD and Assasin Creed and we all keep pushing those two games cuz they are the only GOOD games comming soon but if they rush cuz the demand and don't deliver; well my guess is that will be it for the Vita, which makes me sad =(
Ps vita its still so expensive and sales are low, so nobady want to make games for the vita. You know how busines work... Few vitas, few games to sell... What do u think?
SUPPORT THE FUCKING VITA MORE OMFG. SONY SERIOUSLY WTF ARE YOU DOING. No PS1 support and you even promised at launch its been almost a year and wtf. If you want people to fucking commit to developing games then you should raise the sales by committing to your promises ffs Sony you are fucking dumb. My vita is just sitting at home with nothing to do. Because a) no apps b) no games c) not many interesting games out.
If you're having problems with sales maybe you should fucking support it by advertising and actually trying to get people to buy it. Not waiting for something amazing to happen that grabs everyones attention.
If i could, i would sell my vita but sadly its a gift. Growing impatient sony. Roll out the games and the secrets you've been keeping. i.e 1.80 FW and apps
You must have a PS Vita from someother country cause here in North America it is sim locked to AT&T which is a bitch!
you know what? Now you are talking . In the UK we can only Use Vodafone on our vitas. It costs £5 for 10 minutes of youtube. but i do have 3g vita and do not use the 3G .just bought a (3) sim with unlimited data for my iphone and then I tether between my iphone anfd vita and play online and download as mush as I want for just £15 a month. you should find something like that in US and try it. It is absolutely amazing
The reason Sony doesn't make obscure Japanese titles that you and 3 other people like is because they won't sell. The reason people want cod? Because it sells games and it sells systems which is good for Sony and for vita owners
Yeah I tethere my PS Vita to my Sony Xperia Play R800a. But the point is you shouldn't have to. If the PS Vita has 3G and a sim card it should be able to be used as a fully functional cellphone! Skype sucks as it only allows free mobile calls and you have to pay extra on top of AT&T's over priced data plans to call land lines!
Sony has to do more to get people to buy Vitas. Many were disappointed by the false advert of remote play, and the fact that many psp / ps one classics aren't compatible.
guys if you think they should port more games to the vita upvote my idea on the playstation blog share website its called porting games to the vita
anyone defending the vita is a fucking retard. I bought the vita and have never been so disapointed in my life.
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