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Report: Sony Has No First-Party Vita Games In Development
The writing has been on the wall for some time that Sony isn’t investing in big titles for the Vita. A new report indicates that the company has pulled back even further.
Speaking with Japanese outlet 4Gamer (and translated by Siliconera), Sony executive vice president Masayasu Ito delivered the bad news. “Currently, there are no first party titles that are in development for the PlayStation Vita,” says Ito. “Third party companies are working hard on the PlayStation Vita, so we here at SCE have strategized to focus on our new platform of PlayStation 4.”
When we spoke with Sony president of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida at E3, he explained why the company was starting to shift its focus. "The expectation of the graphical quality and size of the world for these type of games have risen after the launch of PlayStation 4,” he said. “The same thing happened with the PSP. People were so excited to be able to play PS2 graphics games on the go. After PS3 launched, expectations grew. The types of games on PSP were not as attractive."
While Sony doesn’t have anything in the pipeline for its own device, that doesn’t mean games are drying up entirely. Many indie studios have opted to port PS3 and PS4 games to the device, while offering cross-buy incentives.
Still coming in the near future are Volume, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires, Lego Marvel’s Avengers, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, Darkest Dungeon, and more.
[Source: 4Gamer via Siliconera]
Our Take
Sony has been slowly backing off the Vita for quite a while now. Unfortunately, that meant that the PlayStation TV met an early demise, too. Decisions like this are what gives me pause about the long-term prospects for PlayStation VR. I love the technology, but I’m not confident Sony will support it long-term.
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