HeySumbode Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Via gematsu.com <--- Article Here Quote PS Vita will be manufactured until 2019 in Japan and there are currently no plans for a successor, Sony Interactive Entertainment senior vice president Hiroyuki Oda told Famitsu at Tokyo Game Show 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDragon Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Think they stopped it in the US some time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DF007gamer Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 It lasted longer then I thought tbh. Vita had/has so much potential. I will never sell the vita. Made that mistake with previous consoles and gaming devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Feral Posted September 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2018 Poor old Vita, never got the attention it deserved. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittens Are Awesome Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Feral said: Poor old Vita, never got the attention it deserved. It gets plenty of attention from the homebrew community. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Just now, Phil said: It gets plenty of attention from the homebrew community. That's true but Sony could've given it some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicDraco Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Surprised they are still makin em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zircon_Lotus Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) It was Japan that made Vita last for so long, with it's production ending soon wont be long until the games stops as well. I think Vita outlived his time, and it's a shame that it was always a forgotten console. Maybe Sony will rethink its stance and release a sucessor, but they seen to be more focused in the numbered Playstations with ultimate graphics and VR than on the mobile market. Edited September 20, 2018 by Zircon_Lotus Typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted September 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2018 Still a damn shame. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccase137 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Alas, this is the final nail in the coffin. It was an excellent console and I still have a huge backlog of games to play on it so I have no regrets buying it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordguwa Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ccase137 said: Alas, this is the final nail in the coffin. It was an excellent console and I still have a huge backlog of games to play on it so I have no regrets buying it. not worried in the slightest. even if my original vita breaks down i can always get a used one even if it cost's an arm and a leg. currently showing it some love now. played some jak and daxter today. Edited September 20, 2018 by kingdrake2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Fuck this... I really thought Vita-tan could hold at least until 2020 where she would gloriously stop during Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuukiyun Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 7 years isn't bad at all for a console/handheld. The Vita may have failed in the West, but in Japan it did relatively well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka_Marimo Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Yeah there's probably not going to be a successor to the Vita anytime soon. This video is from about a year ago and discusses this exact topic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvick_ Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Even if it was successful 6 years is a loooooong time for a handheld. Particularly with mobile out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBolovo Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I bought one just so I didn't let go to waste those IGC offerings, but soon I started to like it more and more. I need to pick mine up again, I love to read some Visual Novels in bed just before I go to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Fly Spider-Guy Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Amazed it lasted as long as it did, though on the other hand, I wouldn't have been surprised if Japan kept buying them through 2030. Guess they're finally caving to the Switch Master RaceTM. Shame really. I remember being so stoked on the Vita late 2012. I remember riding the train for 20 odd minutes multiple times to the JB HiFi that had a demo unit, and playing Virtua (fucking) Tennis on it. I remember when it was still called NGP and trying to explain to someone how this portable thing looks better than the portable PSP thing I already had. I remember the ads on tele even, it really looked like everything should have worked for it. Until I learned the price of it, and the memory cards. I hold the pricing of both of them entirely to blame for it's failure. The lack of games didn't help, obviously, but the lack of games started AFTER it became apparent it was a failure, first year or so (it's been a while) you had an entirely new Uncharted, entirely new Assassin's Creed, entirely new Call of Duty, entirely new Resistance. You got a new LittleBigPlanet, WipEout, ModNation, Killzone, and so on, not to mention shiny new games like Gravity Rush, Tearaway, Unit 13, and on and on and on. Not to mention the (initial) decent effort of PS3 ports with cross buy and cross play like Sly Cooper 4 day and date, Ratchet QForce day and date, Sly, Jak, and Ratchet's PS2 trilogies over in HD, and so on, plus all the PSP games, plus all the indie games, plus all the PS1 games, plus all the other damn games. Blaming a lack of games for the Vita's failings is stupid. The only universally agreed upon fault of the Vita, is it's price and that of it's memory cards. And I truly, truly believe that is what killed it. RIP in pepperoni. Me and my 100+ Switch games will pour one out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlchemistWer Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Bad decision Sony, you need another portable successor and now with the switch in everywhere this is the best timing to create something much better because now people just want play while walk... Nowadays improve a console is harder than 12 years ago and we don't need a PS5 yet. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katt Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 "there are currently no plans for a successor" I don't buy this. I bet they are up to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fbdbh Posted September 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2018 Vita > Switch. Vita has trophies. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeero7uk Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I still have my japanese launch system, though it's pretty scratched and the shoulder buttons sometimes get stuck, just goes to show how much fun I had with it. Guess I'll have to buy a spare ASAP. I'd actually go as far as saying it is my all time fave handheld system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvick_ Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Super-Fly Spider-Guy said: Amazed it lasted as long as it did, though on the other hand, I wouldn't have been surprised if Japan kept buying them through 2030. Guess they're finally caving to the Switch Master RaceTM. Shame really. I remember being so stoked on the Vita late 2012. I remember riding the train for 20 odd minutes multiple times to the JB HiFi that had a demo unit, and playing Virtua (fucking) Tennis on it. I remember when it was still called NGP and trying to explain to someone how this portable thing looks better than the portable PSP thing I already had. I remember the ads on tele even, it really looked like everything should have worked for it. Until I learned the price of it, and the memory cards. I hold the pricing of both of them entirely to blame for it's failure. The lack of games didn't help, obviously, but the lack of games started AFTER it became apparent it was a failure, first year or so (it's been a while) you had an entirely new Uncharted, entirely new Assassin's Creed, entirely new Call of Duty, entirely new Resistance. You got a new LittleBigPlanet, WipEout, ModNation, Killzone, and so on, not to mention shiny new games like Gravity Rush, Tearaway, Unit 13, and on and on and on. Not to mention the (initial) decent effort of PS3 ports with cross buy and cross play like Sly Cooper 4 day and date, Ratchet QForce day and date, Sly, Jak, and Ratchet's PS2 trilogies over in HD, and so on, plus all the PSP games, plus all the indie games, plus all the PS1 games, plus all the other damn games. Blaming a lack of games for the Vita's failings is stupid. The only universally agreed upon fault of the Vita, is it's price and that of it's memory cards. And I truly, truly believe that is what killed it. RIP in pepperoni. Me and my 100+ Switch games will pour one out for you. People misremember the lineup of Vita all the time. It’s nice to see someone acknowledge that the support stopped when it was clear the Vita wasn’t taking off. Rather than pretend it never had any games. Vita had more games at launch than 3DS did, Wii U and I think around the same “in development” number as Switch. Can’t remember if it had more than switch launch wise as well or not. Could Sony have advertised better? Definitely. The ads it got sucked. It did get some though, and a Taco Bell contest like PS4 and PS VR. System price for me was fine. The 3G model was a waste of time for Sony, a pointless sku. And the memory cards were retarded, when Vita wasn’t selling, Sony should’ve dropped those prices immediately and made every standard unit have a 4gb card included, rather than only specific bundles. But alas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 This is sad indeed. Got a Vita in 2014 and enjoyed playing games while traveling. Played lots of fun games on it and hoping to be able to do that for quite some time to get through the entire Vita backlog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 While I'd like to say that I find this to be a shame, I don't actually really care anymore. It was clear soon enough that Sony didn't care about the Vita enough and personally I don't really care about handheld gaming anymore either. The times when I do want to play on a handheld, I'll just grab my Switch and use that instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Super-Fly Spider-Guy said: Me and my 100+ Switch games will pour one out for you. You are speaking like Vita doesn't have 100+ games I have 100 just from physicals 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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