Although the Vita would go on to extend its library of quality titles, the lack of support from Sony and their familiar PlayStation franchises only accelerated the handheld’s decline.įrom a hardware perspective the Vita has certainly aged though there are certain aspects Sony nailed, still allowing it to shine even today. Even now, 64GB cards are almost impossible to find outside of Japan for less than £100.Īs for the console itself, there wasn’t a significant price drop even after Sony announced they would no longer developer first titles for the handheld. Not only was the console itself more expensive than its main competitor the Nintendo 3DS, Sony also decided to shoot the Vita in the thumbsticks by using expensive, low capacity proprietary memory cards. Price and first party support were the major setbacks that kept us from a future where I could be sat here not needing to write this article, playing the latest Vita-exclusive Uncharted on my PS Vita 2. The fault instead lies in how it was supported or, more accurately, how it wasn’t. The PlayStation Vita simply didn’t enjoy the success it deserved, but that wasn’t the fault of the console at all.
PSP GO SCREEN SNAKE PORTABLE
Years before the Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation Vita was delivering the next iteration of what portable gaming could mean, and a decade later it is still a complete package as a handheld device with a curated library of high quality titles. Even years later titles like Killzone Mercenary, Freedom Wars, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and Gravity Rush all still stand out as stellar experiences. Everything about the console was a gigantic leap for portable gaming.
It delivered on that promise and then some across the board. At the time of its launch, it was supposed to be the follow-up to one of the best handheld devices of all time, the PSP.
“Vita” means life, and my PlayStation Vita has more life than even Sony wanted it to have. Celebrating its ninth anniversary, we take a look at why the PlayStation Vita was ultimately a failure, also discussing why it’s still surprisingly relevant today.
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Looking back, we can now appreciate the Vita as a diamond in the rough – a superb platform let down by a series of fumbles while also having launched in the midst of a mobile gaming boom. It’s hard to not to think of an alternate timeline in which Sony’s handheld had triumphed, perhaps leading to a hybrid console successor years before the Nintendo Switch even came to market.
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