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[jwk94]

Top of the page recommendations:
Velocity Ultra (currently available on EU PSN)
PS+
Thomas Was Alone
Dragon Fantasy Book I
Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery
Guacamelee!
Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour

Those puzzles for a 5 year old? I'm watching GAFfers in here with troubles solving them, I don't know man... lol

So true. Those puzzles are no joke.

WTFFFF!! WTFFFFFFFF! You are KIDDING?!?!! JESUS, man. Seriously? I'm sincerely having a meltdown because I purposely stopped playing the PC version. In lieu of the vita release. I haven't bought much on PSN lately for THIS DAY 1. God, why have you forsaken us??!?! We praise the Sony god everyday!!!! Why?!

Chill, bro. We still have LUFTRAUSERS and Velocity Ultra coming soon.

 

[Kyon]

Sony dont curr about Vita after this mess

Spoiler

As if that's news

 

[Grinchy]

And Sound Shapes went from awesome game to total crap in five minutes, thanks to that death mode bullshit of a random mode.

lol I was just working on a couple of those yesterday. They piss me off so much but when I finish them it feels so good. I like the mode but I do dislike the randomness. There are so many runs that are impossible because of placement.

 

[Shoyz]

Maybe we'll get Farming Simulator before then

 

[Kafel]

WTFFFF!! WTFFFFFFFF! You are KIDDING?!?!! JESUS, man. Seriously? I'm sincerely having a meltdown because I purposely stopped playing the PC version. In lieu of the vita release. I haven't bought much on PSN lately for THIS DAY 1. God, why have you forsaken us??!?! We praise the Sony god everyday!!!! Why?!

you should vent on Shahid via Twitter, the guy is a slacker

 

[LorDjidane]

lol I was just working on a couple of those yesterday. They piss me off so much but when I finish them it feels so good. I like the mode but I do dislike the randomness. There are so many runs that are impossible because of placement.

I feel you. When I succeed in one of the levels, I don't feel that my skill increases. That is pure luck, whether the notes are close to each other or not. Damn.

 

[zulux21]

WTFFFF!! WTFFFFFFFF! You are KIDDING?!?!! JESUS, man. Seriously? I'm sincerely having a meltdown because I purposely stopped playing the PC version. In lieu of the vita release. I haven't bought much on PSN lately for THIS DAY 1. God, why have you forsaken us??!?! We praise the Sony god everyday!!!! Why?!

to be fair early summer can be a mere 5 weeks from now in late june o.o;

 

[Takao]

Year 7:
MLB 13: The Show
God of War: Ascension
The Last of Us
Puppeteer
Gran Turismo 6

Year 2:
MLB 13: The Show
Killzone: Mercenary
Tearaway

: |

 

[ReaperXL7]

Hotline Miami Developer just tweeted that the PlayStation versions will be arriving in "early summer." I was looking forward to this too =/

They have to save those big Vita announcements for E3. Cant really blame them.

 

[zulux21]

Year 7:
MLB 13: The Show
God of War: Ascension
The Last of Us
Puppeteer
Gran Turismo 6

Year 2:
MLB 13: The Show
Killzone: Mercenary
Tearaway

: |

to be fair the year 7 machine has like 70million out there while the year 2 one has like 7 million, it's obvious at this point which should get more support if you want to maximize profits this year (aka short term gains).

 

[cyborg009]

Year 7:
MLB 13: The Show
God of War: Ascension
The Last of Us
Puppeteer
Gran Turismo 6

Year 2:
MLB 13: The Show
Killzone: Mercenary
Tearaway

: |

Your list is a bit incomplete on both sides...

edit: like Beyond 2 souls and soul sacrifice.

 

[Mario007]

to be fair the year 7 machine has like 70million out there while the year 2 one has like 7 million, it's obvious at this point which should get more support if you want to maximize profits this year (aka short term gains).

THat's actually the exact opposite of what you should be doing. If platform 2 only has 7 million you should, as the platform holder, make sure that it grows. GOW or GT on the Vita would have done this.

 

[Spiegel]

Your list is a bit incomplete on both sides...

He's only listing games developed by SCE studios, I think.

 

[jwk94]

They have to save those big Vita announcements for E3. Cant really blame them.

I was just thinking that.

 

[EMT0]

Any particular reason that in most people's 'big list of recommended games', Touch My Katamari doesn't appear? I bought my Vita used from eBay and it came with it, as well as Rayman. Did I miss something, or is it going to magically turn sour near the halfway mark?

 

[Takao]

to be fair the year 7 machine has like 70million out there while the year 2 one has like 7 million, it's obvious at this point which should get more support if you want to maximize profits this year (aka short term gains).

At this point in PS3's life cycle individual software aren't going to sell units. The combined library, and a lower price point will. I'm not even sure it's a good idea to launch new titles on PS3 exclusively anymore due to the huge declines in software sales for the aging platforms.

They have to save those big Vita announcements for E3. Cant really blame them.

Yeah man, that big announcement of a release date for a year old indie game.

Your list is a bit incomplete on both sides...

edit: like Beyond 2 souls and soul sacrifice.

I only counted internally developed games at SCE.

 

[zulux21]

THat's actually the exact opposite of what you should be doing. If platform 2 only has 7 million you should, as the platform holder, make sure that it grows. GOW or GT on the Vita would have done this.

for maximizing short term profits trying to building up the vita at this time makes absolutely no sense.

If you want overall growth and possible future stability then you try to grow the lesser platform. For a company that has had money troubles for a while now and are just starting to turn it around, maximizing short term gains is likely far more important to them, thus maximizing profits by releasing your bigger games on a platform that will sell more than the other platform makes sense.

In the long term it might not be the right thing to do, but hands down if you are aiming for short term profits you release games for the ps3 not the vita. Sony still feels there is plenty of time to turn the vita around, thus why they likely aren't in a big hurry to release games to it right now. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if sony wants to wait and see how the ps4 sells/ if it effects the vita sales before it makes it's next big move with the vita. As at this point it's likely better for them short term to just let the vita just rot instead of trying to pour money into it and perhaps failing to help it at all and just making the whole ps4 launch an even bigger risk/mess.

 

[The_Monk]

Velocity Ultra is so good and it looks so good! But it's going to get harder and harder it seems...

Just one more screenshot!

 

[spannicus]

Sorry guys hehe.

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[VanWinkle]

Sorry guys hehe.

Haha

 

[ReaperXL7]

I was just thinking that.

I just cannot wrap my head around why they bothered to release it, and then not support it. Say what you want about third parties, but no one can blame them for any of this when the platform holder itself shows about zero interest in supporting it themselves.

GOWA should have been a Vita game, GT should be a vita game(even a port, or tie in), Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, SSM and all of Sonys devs should not have a choice in supporting their handheld platform.

The indie games are great imo, I love them, and will continue to buy them, but even I know that indie game ports just are not going to generate massive interest in the Vita as awhole outside of maybe something like a full featured Minecraft. I could survive with the Vita just being a really great indie/niche japanese game machine, but the Vita cannot.

I cant grasp why they dont just discontinue it if their master plan is to just let it languish on store shelves, and die a slow death. I really feel like Sonys terror of piracy screwed the Vita maybe more than anything else, and that is evident by the outrageously priced proprietary memory.

 

[zulux21]

I cant grasp why they dont just discontinue it if their master plan is to just let it languish on store shelves, and die a slow death. I really feel like Sonys terror of piracy screwed the Vita maybe more than anything else, and that is evident by the outrageously priced proprietary memory.

it's not doing so horribly that they are losing money on the vita right now (overall is likely a loss for them, but at this point in time likely at worse it's break even for them just looking at this year's cost vs income)

and they do plan to have a huge focus on it as a streaming device for the ps4 games... not really sure why you would discontinue a product you are trying to hype up as a companion product to a product that isn't released yet.

really game support wise this doesn't feel all that different from my time with the psp... I got a psp early on and put it down for like 2 years because nothing of interest was coming out, then games finally started coming out.

 

[Takao]

Here's the 2006 internal SCE PSP lineup:

MLB 06: The Show
Pursuit Force
Neopets Petpet Adventures: The Wand of Wishing
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
World Tour Soccer 06
LocoRoco
NBA 07
Gangs of London
Killzone: Liberation
SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 2

And that's not including any Japan/EU exclusive stuff.

really game support wise this doesn't feel all that different from my time with the psp... I got a psp early on and put it down for like 2 years because nothing of interest was coming out, then games finally started coming out.

Why do you think games suddenly started coming out on PSP? It's because the platform started to sell well in Japan, but Vita isn't doing that and Sony has literally nothing to change that.

 

[ReaperXL7]

it's not doing so horribly that they are losing money on the vita right now (overall is likely a loss for them, but at this point in time likely at worse it's break even for them just looking at this year's cost vs income)

and they do plan to have a huge focus on it as a streaming device for the ps4 games... not really sure why you would discontinue a product you are trying to hype up as a companion product to a product that isn't released yet.

really game support wise this doesn't feel all that different from my time with the psp... I got a psp early on and put it down for like 2 years because nothing of interest was coming out, then games finally started coming out.

I can understand that, and personally im excited about allot of things for Vita myself (i am a huge indie games fan) and being that I am married the remote play/streaming stuff will be a godsend if it works asadvertised. Its just a massive shame to me because I have never previously card all that much for handhelds due to various reasons(controls being a big one). So I would rather the Vita not go the way of the dreamcast.

I have had a theroy for awhile that Maybe Sony was trying to hold out until the PS4 was released and selling that way they could focus on both of those at the same time, and even market them together, but its getting hard to have faith when retailer support could very easily disapear.

I guess it is what it is, there is still a ton of games coming that im excited for over the next 6-8 months atleast.

im mainly hopingfor larger memory cards, but even that may be too much.

 

[jwk94]

OlliOlli is coming to the Vita later this year. Here's some early gameplay footage. It looks pretty interesting. Is it just me, or do dev units look darker than retail Vitas?

 

[Takao]

OlliOlli is coming to the Vita later this year. Here's some early gameplay footage. It looks pretty interesting. Is it just me, or do dev units look darker than retail Vitas?

They have black shoulder buttons, and plastic trim.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

OlliOlli is coming to the Vita later this year. Here's some early gameplay footage. It looks pretty interesting. Is it just me, or do dev units look darker than retail Vitas?

I thought it might just be a case, but maybe the devkits are different. I don't remember what they looked like in that Killzone video..

Also that looks like they kind of thing I might enjoy. :O

 

[HooYaH]

They have black shoulder buttons, and plastic trim.

It's probably the new dev unit that was patented a few months ago with all those jacks/video out.

 

[Takao]

It's probably the new dev unit that was patented a few months ago with all those jacks/video out.

No, devkits have always had HDMI-out and black shoulder buttons and trim.

 

[legbone]

Hotline Miami Developer just tweeted that the PlayStation versions will be arriving in "early summer." I was looking forward to this too =/

damn, such terrible news. i was really hoping the vita version was coming at the end of this month like previously planned. oh well, maybe the summer gaming drought won't be as bad as in the past.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Anyone recommend any games for a 5 year old girl?

She's begging me to buy her a 3DS but since I don't use my Vita that much I would prefer she just used this instead of me buying her one.

flying hamster HD
plants vs zombies
sly 4
mutant blobs attack
sonic racing
little big planet

 

[Iacobellis]

Here's the 2006 internal SCE PSP lineup:

MLB 06: The Show
Pursuit Force
Neopets Petpet Adventures: The Wand of Wishing
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
World Tour Soccer 06
LocoRoco
NBA 07
Gangs of London
Killzone: Liberation
SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 2

And that's not including any Japan/EU exclusive stuff.



Why do you think games suddenly started coming out on PSP? It's because the platform started to sell well in Japan, but Vita isn't doing that and Sony has literally nothing to change that.

PSP was killer. Shit...

 

[Schobeleth]

So guys, I finally bought it:

... I think I have a problem, I have such a huge backlog and yet I keep buying games for Vita ;( I'm probably going to get Jacob Jones and a bunch of minis in a few days too.

 

[ReaperXL7]

lol I guess Shuhei was expectating a round of applause on his twitter by retweeting GT news.....all that seems tobe responding are angry Vita fans.

 

[famousmortimer]

Hotline Miami Developer just tweeted that the PlayStation versions will be arriving in "early summer." I was looking forward to this too =/

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!.jpg

 

[Takao]

lol I guess Shuhei was expectating a round of applause on his twitter by retweeting GT news.....all that seems tobe responding are angry Vita fans.

"Gran Turismo 6: A lack of commitment in PSVita"

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

And Sound Shapes went from awesome game to total crap in five minutes, thanks to that death mode bullshit of a random mode.

I only have a handful of Platinum trophies, and Death Mode is certainly a pain in the ass, but earning the Sound Shapes plat felt really damn satisfying.

 

[The_Monk]

I'm just going to hope for something at E3. Will have to wait a bit more, meanwhile I have plenty to play!

 

[ReaperXL7]

"Gran Turismo 6: A lack of commitment in PSVita"

yeah its just a shame that he never responds to anything unless its positive. I really hooe someone in the press hammers them on the issue at E3. I doubt it between PS4,and 720 coverage though.

 

[breakfuss]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!.jpg

Tell me about it. This, along with the GT6 news has just ruined my day. Vittaaaaa, BABY, WHYYY?! Haven't sacrificed enough goats, I guess.

 

[btkadams]

Tell me about it. This, along with the GT6 news has just ruined my day. Vittaaaaa, BABY, WHYYY?! Haven't sacrificed enough goats, I guess.

gt6 ruined your day? how? gt will come to vita eventually. it's been on every sony system.


edit: guys, is guacamelee one of those games where they are separate trophy lists for ps3 and vita, and if so, does one save unlock trophies on both if you sync?

 

[mauaus]

Tell me about it. This, along with the GT6 news has just ruined my day. Vittaaaaa, BABY, WHYYY?! Haven't sacrificed enough goats, I guess.

get to sacrificing them on soul sacrifice

 

[Tomodachi]

edit: guys, is guacamelee one of those games where they are separate trophy lists for ps3 and vita, and if so, does one save unlock trophies on both if you sync?

I don't have the game yet but I'm fairly sure it's one single trophy set shared between the two versions, I looked it up on a friend's trophies list ten minutes ago and under the game's title there's both PSV and PS3 icons.

 

[Takao]

Someone is trying to argue with me on Twitter that the Destiny of Spirits (Bungie) thing is real : /

 

[Agent White]

OlliOlli is coming to the Vita later this year. Here's some early gameplay footage. It looks pretty interesting. Is it just me, or do dev units look darker than retail Vitas?

this looks cool.

according to their website it's being funded by sony. more details on the features as well.

 

[btkadams]

Someone is trying to argue with me on Twitter that the Destiny of Spirits (Bungie) thing is real : /

there are so many things that don't make sense about that rumour. it's obviously fake. pity him.

I don't have the game yet but I'm fairly sure it's one single trophy set shared between the two versions, I looked it up on a friend's trophies list ten minutes ago and under the game's title there's both PSV and PS3 icons.

ah, ok. i think you're right. i think i might go for a platinum with it.

 

[21st century cowboy]

What are people's thoughts on Rocket birds for Vita? It's £5.20 for plus members at the moment.

 

[LuchaShaq]

Just finished Thomas was alone. So glad I bought it. Too bad the dlc is apparently awful.


Pissed no gt6 on vita.

Really ps3? I'd buy a vita or ps4 version but no way ps3 that things getting sold once I get a ps4.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

gt6 ruined your day? how? gt will come to vita eventually. it's been on every sony system.

They said that they have a Ps4 release in mind for later, but for now its just Ps3.
So no Vita version...
Why would they not mention a Vita version if they were working on it?
There is no Vita version, maybe there will be a Vita version, but now they're probably not even working on it.
It just gives me the impression that Sony doesn't care about the Vita and already gave up on it.
They finish up the projects they started in 2011 and early 2012 and thats it. No further support from Sony.

 

[Shoyz]

Really ps3? I'd buy a vita or ps4 version but no way ps3 that things getting sold once I get a ps4.

Not a smart idea unless you're trading in all your PS3 games and have no downloads..

That said, for future PS4 owners, every PS4 game is a local (maybe wifi) Vita game

Have all the people that are complaining about the game drought beaten all the games they already own yet? I'm still toe-deep into Persona 4, let alone Let's Fish and the PS+ titles I haven't started.